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Owen
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Te motu kairangi. Married to danthetape. Trans.
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Great to see this official statement from NZ Greens 🏳️‍⚧️
Media release from NZ Green Party and Marama Davidson: Our trans whanau deserve better than this Government Following last week's political posturing from Christopher Luxon's Government, the Greens promise to do everything in their power to ensure everyone gets the healthcare they need, and that needs to include our trans whanau. "Trans rights are human rights and our trans whanau deserve access to critical healthcare," says Green Party Co-leader, Marama Davidson. "Aotearoa can be a country that leads with compassion, evidence and aroha. But right now, the Government is fanning the flames of an imported culture war by targeting trans and takatapui New Zealanders instead of addressing the issues impacting all of us in a cost-of-living crisis. "They are lauding a UK-style approach which shows disregard for international expert consensus, and has been criticised in the peer-reviewed literature. "Puberty blockers are healthcare, and gender affirming care for trans young people is recognised as best practice. The Government has continued to allow their use for other conditions, so it's clear this move is politically motivated, not scientific. "As we have heard again and again, limiting access to gender-affirming care risks undermining the well-being of trans and non-binary youth, whose voices and experiences have been clear: gender affirming care saves lives. «We have heard the voices of trans people feeling attacked from every direction. Once again, Luxon's Government has espoused some incredibly transphobic rhetoric that aims to cause harm and division. We need to do better for our young people. "What's needed now is a commitment to support our rainbow communities by delivering equitable, accessible healthcare based on robust evidence and empathy, not imported culture wars. "The Greens affirm our pledge to properly resource and promote clear pathways for timely, free, non-discriminatory access to all forms of gender-affirming healthcare based on informed consent and s…
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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pinknews.bsky.social
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
60,000 cisgender women write powerful open letter in support of trans community: ‘We have had enough’
https://bit.ly/43rHxD9
60,000 cisgender women write powerful open letter in support of trans community
“Not in our Name” is the title of a collective of cisgender women who have written an open letter calling out the media and politicians for promoting anti-trans rhetoric.
www.thepinknews.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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suzewilson.bsky.social
#nzpol #sexism #patriachy #leadership

I appreciate David Fisher's reporting on this - but the sub ed needs to be told there's no question mark needed in this headline.

Fisher gives us multiple clear cut eg's of how sexism & patriarchal culture actually works 🧵
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...
Sexism in council? Tears, a resignation and Mayor Wayne Brown’s orgasm joke
Claims female councillors silenced amid 'laddish' climate and crass humour.
www.nzherald.co.nz
August 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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goodlawproject.org
Please share in your networks outside BlueSky - and allow us to contact you going forward. Our one advantage is that we are many - and they are few.
goodlawproject.org Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · Jun 8
The EHRC Guidance is a wicked exercise in removing rights from trans people - and is bad too for employers and service providers, those outside gender norms, people with disabilities and the economy.

We've created a tool to make it easy to respond. Please use and share. goodlaw.social/9e59e9
How to respond to the EHRC consultation
Good Law Project has taken advice from a leading public law King’s Counsel on how to respond to the EHRC’s consultation. What follows is a form which, after you complete it, will automatically be sent...
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June 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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jennifilm.nz
Fuck mate I didn't think I could BE more proud of being a Te Pāti Māori member
tepaatimaori.bsky.social Te Pāti Māori @tepaatimaori.bsky.social · Apr 17
Appreciate the pātai. Te Pāti Māori won’t let Aotearoa import UK/US-style hate.

We reject attacks on trans, non-binary and takatāpui whānau. That’s not who we are.

Our Te Tiriti commitment means protecting mana, inclusion, and whānau safety.

Whakapapa over wedges. Manaakitanga over fear. Always.
Coloured photo: Black background with rainbow rings, a rainbow-styled “Māori” and pride fist. Text reads: “We stand with our takatāpui whānau.”
April 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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siouxsiew.bsky.social
Calling UK citizens and residents! Please consider signing this petition to decriminalise abortion petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Decriminalise Abortion
I am calling on the UK government to remove abortion from criminal law so that no pregnant person can be criminalised for procuring their own abortion.
petition.parliament.uk
March 5, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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ireidani.bsky.social
The core science behind climate change is so basic that it's been understood since the 1850's

daily.jstor.org/how-19th-cen...

archive.org/details/mobo...
Snapshot of the 1856 article by E. Foote describing her experiment, and concluding that an atmosphere of CO2 would result in significantly higher temperatures.
February 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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gidmk.bsky.social
My new piece looks at newly-published data from the Cass review and how it contradicts the document in many ways.

The review continues to be remarkably problematic and scientifically flawed.

gidmk.substack.com/p/gender-dys...
Gender Dysphoria, Children, And Moral Panics
What new data from the UK shows about trans children
gidmk.substack.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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jennifilm.nz
Today's the day - you've got 5pm to email pbconsultation@health.govt.nz with your whakaaro. Lots of resources available in this thread - doesn't have to be a masterpiece, but you do have to do it!
jennifilm.nz Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · Jan 3
I've just published my own submission to Manatū Hauora's consultation on the right of transgender children in Aotearoa to access the healthcare they need - consultation they have opened on request from Minister Reti, with no good justification.

It's long, but may be useful for your own submission.
Transgender children deserve access to healthcare
This is my submission to Manatū Hauora's consultation on the rights of transgender children in Aotearoa to access the healthcare they need.
jenniferkshields.nz
January 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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juliaserano.bsky.social
NEW ESSAY that will solve everything & make everyone happy!!! /s – "Is Gender Only a Construct, Hierarchy, or Political Condition? A Few Thoughts After Last Week's Kerfuffle"
on Substack (free): juliaserano.substack.com/p/is-gender-...
& Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/is-gender-on...
Is Gender Only a Construct, Hierarchy, or Political Condition?
A Few Thoughts After Last Week’s Kerfuffle
juliaserano.substack.com
January 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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cairenntairisu.bsky.social
After extensive review, France has established very positive gender affirming care guidelines, and they’ve rejected the highly politicized Cass Report as simply false.

www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...
New French guidelines show doctors overwhelmingly support gender-affirming care - LGBTQ Nation
The medical guidelines contradict numerous conclusions from the UK's infamous Cass Review.
www.lgbtqnation.com
January 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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meatmechsuit.bsky.social
Please make a submission about puberty blockers in NZ. Those who want to remove trans healthcare specifically and trans people in general are flooding the system.
If you need a short guide on how to do a good submission it’s here:
How To: Submit in favour of gender-affirming care.
A simple guide to avoid some suspicious survey framing.
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December 7, 2024 at 9:18 PM
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jennifilm.nz
PATHA's VP Dr Rona Carroll in the Conversation this morning with a clear explainer of what puberty blockers are, why the quality of the evidence is low, and why access to care is vital. There must not be further restriction to this care - to do so would be on purely political grounds.
NZ is consulting the public on regulations for puberty blockers – this should be a medical decision not a political one
Puberty blockers don’t necessarily result in a measurable effect at the time they are taken. The main impact is seen when people are older and may need to seek surgery and hormone treatments.
theconversation.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:27 PM
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lewsos.bsky.social
David Seymour vs probably the largest single political mobilisation event in NZ history
thespinoff.co.nz/atea/20-11-2...
Was the hīkoi New Zealand’s largest-ever protest?
Media estimates of the crowd size ranged from 17,000 to 100,000+, but one thing we can say for sure – it was bloody massive.
thespinoff.co.nz
November 24, 2024 at 1:46 AM
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Go and fill this in now. Say you don't think there should be more regulation. Say it should be available to the vanishingly small number of people who need it.
November 21, 2024 at 1:30 AM