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Frogself

18 October 2022

11:00 AM

18 October 2022

11:00 AM

A Hobart mayoral candidate has been accused of mocking transgendered people because she signed off an email by identifying as a frog.

In the email addressed to a non-binary Hobart council member, who uses the pronouns they/them, Louise Elliot identified herself as ‘Kermit (Louise) Elliot’ with the tag ‘riddup – I identify as a frog’.

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