11 Facts About Owen Hurcum

Owen Exie J Hurcum was born on Owen J Hurcum, 1997 and is a former British politician.

Originally from the London suburb of Harrow, Hurcum studied at Whitmore High School during which time they won the 2013 Harrow Regional Final of Jack Petchey's Speak Out Challenge.

Owen Hurcum moved to Bangor in 2015 to attend Bangor University to study Archaeology, graduating with a First in 2019.

In January 2019, Owen Hurcum co-organised a protest against proposed cuts at Bangor University which would have seen up to 60 staff members at risk of losing their jobs and the closure of the university's Department of Chemistry.

Owen Hurcum was due to run as a Plaid Cymru candidate in the 2021 Senedd election, being fourth on Plaid's regional list for North Wales, which would have made them Plaid's first ever openly non-binary candidate.

On 14 November 2021 Owen Hurcum laid a Remembrance Day wreath at Bangor Cathedral on behalf of the people of the City.

Owen Hurcum completed this term as Mayor in May 2022 and did not seek re-election to the City Council due to their plan to move to England for at least a year to renovate a boat.

Owen Hurcum has spoken in favour of, and campaigned for, transgender rights in the United Kingdom as a whole, including for improved access to trans healthcare in the NHS, amending the Equality Act 2010 to explicitly include non-binary people, and introducing third gender options for passports and other identity documents.

On 27 January 2022 Owen Hurcum announced that they had joined the Breakthrough Party.

Owen Hurcum has said "I know I'm not a bloke, but I know I'm not a trans woman either".

In March 2022 Owen Hurcum said they would be moving back to England to renovate a 1940s houseboat, citing property prices as a reason.