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= Maria Munir = From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


 * 1 Early life
 * 2 Activism
 * 3. Awards
 * 7 References
 * 8 External links

Early life
Maria Munir was brought up in the UK.

Activism
In 2016 Maria Munir became prominent when they came out as non-binary on live television at a Q and A session with ex US President Barack Obama during his UK Visit.

Maria Munir is an international gender campaigner and blogger who campaigns to raise awareness of the meaning of identifying as non-binary and campaigns for their rights. "At university I came across the idea of being non-binary, and straight away I knew that's me".

Maria Munir has campaigned so that the UK 2010 Equality Act extend its provisions to non-binary individuals. It is that approximately 250,000 people are not recognized by this act.

Awards
In 2016 Maria Munir was nominated by Liberty (advocacy group) for an award for their work highlighting the inequality which exists in UK law relating to non-binary persons.