Cate McGregor

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"Catherine McGregor" redirects here. For the actress, see Katherine MacGregor.
Cate McGregor
Born Malcolm Gerard McGregor
1956
Toowoomba, Queensland[1]
Nationality Australian
Occupation Army officer, Air Force officer, author, cricket commentator
Television One Plus One interview, ABC News[2]

Group Captain Catherine "Cate" McGregor AM (formerly Malcolm Gerard McGregor) is a serving member of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). She has also been a cricket commentator, author, and advocate for LGBTI issues.[3][4][5][6]

Cricket

From 2011 McGregor has been a cricket writer for The Spectator,[4] a cricket commentator for The Australian,[7] and the Australian Financial Review,[5] and the author of a book, An Indian Summer of Cricket, published on 24 November 2012.[8] In a 2012 review, Tony Abbott, then federal Leader of the Opposition, described the book as "the best sort of book about sport" for "those who think that sport can be a metaphor for life". Abbott called the Chief of Army's launch of the book "a fitting salute to [moral] courage"[9]

Military

In 2012, McGregor was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the Military Division for "exceptional service to the Australian Army as the Director of the Land Warfare Studies Centre".[10]

Following a period between 2010 and 2013 when numerous ADF personnel were involved in misogynistic behaviour (including the non-consensual filming of sexual encounters with women),[11] Chief of Army, Lieutenant General David Morrison AO responded in a video speech which was written by McGregor.[12] In the speech he described the actions as a "direct contravention" of the Army's values, and said "those who think that it is okay to behave in a way that demeans of exploits their colleagues have no place in this army." [13]

In 2013, David Morrison "refused to accept her resignation when she went public" as transgender.[14] In November 2013 McGregor was the highest ranking transgender individual in the Army, and the speechwriter and strategic adviser for David Morrison.[2]

In 2013 there was a number of social media exchanges involving McGregor[15] for which the Department of Defence made a payment in compensation.[16]

McGregor transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on 20 June 2014 to work on projects for the Chief of Air Force.[17]

In 2015 McGregor, in considering having gender reassignment surgery said, "it’s about being congruent in your identity. I would like to feel whole,"[1] and that any sex change, "will be funded independently with no taxpayer assistance".[18]

Queenslander of the Year

In 2015 McGregor was named as Queenslander of the Year, despite not living in Queensland,[19] and as such became a finalist for 2016 Australian of the Year,[20] which was subsequently awarded to her previous commanding officer, David Morrison. She described the selection of Morrison as a "weak, conventional choice",[21] a comment for which she subsequently apologised.[22][23]

Post military career

McGregor has been appointed as a patron of Kaleidoscope Australia, a not-for-profit organisation focused on promoting and protecting the rights of LGBTI people in the Asia Pacific region[24] and is to move into trans-advocacy, on a full-time basis.[25]

References

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  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Malcolm McGregor, The Spectator, 12 November 2011
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 How Malcolm became Cate amidst a passion for cricket and war, Radio National, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 24 November 2012
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  8. ↑ An Indian Summer of Cricket, Barrallier Books, 2012. ISBN 9780987168559
  9. ↑ Tradition meets change, Tony Abbott, writing in The Spectator, 24 November 2012
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  14. ↑ Transgender Lieutenant Colonel Cate McGregor speaks out about abuse and support, News.com.au, 5 July 2013
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