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Finding respite in community
How can I write an AusPATH conference report and travel diary without talking about everything happening at home?
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PATHA Condemns Government's Unsafe Puberty Blocker Ban
The Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa (PATHA) condemns today’s decision from Minister for Health Simeon Brown introducing a ban on new prescriptions of GnRH analogues (puberty blockers) for transgender children and young people who are not currently on them.
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He Pī ka Pao
When I enrolled in He Pī ka Pao I have to admit that I was worried I wouldn't stick with it. Not because I didn't feel committed, or that it didn't feel important enough - but that those things haven't always translated into me staying with something in the past.
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Dealing with heartbreak
At the start of the year, I sat on a panel alongside some colleagues. One of the other panelists talked about the care our communities need right now, and pointed out that we often aren't talking about what a lot of us are actually experiencing: heartbreak.
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What's actually happening with puberty blockers in Aotearoa
This Government is intentionally exposing our tamariki to significant harm, and they know it.
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From Lisboa to Paris: A WPATH travel diary
I've been in Lisboa, Portugal for the past week, attending my first WPATH symposium. It's my first time here and I'm glad I came, but it's also been a strong reminder of how far we still have to go.
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They do this because they know we're winning.
A common refrain I've heard in the past is something like "why do you have to make being trans such a huge part of your identity?" At the moment, I think about being trans every day, because I have to.
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On continuing to work in the chaos
Aotearoa seems a little dimmer today. The sitting government using urgency to rush through a bill ahead of a Waitangi Tribunal hearing seems so out the gate - I feel like if you wrote it in fiction, you'd be ridiculed for being too unrealistic.
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Ka whawhai tonu mātou
I am relentless with hope. We keep turning up. Ōtautahi spoke up, big time.
A big day and a long walk.
What a year it's been since Friday, huh?
Ka hīkoi tātou
The Gaza strip is 41km long, a distance so long to walk and so short to shelter from bombs. 41km is ten laps of Hagley Park.
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Solutide & Community in Narrm
This piece of writing feels just as massive as the weekend it grew out of. I was lucky enough to travel to Narrm for the 2023 combined AusPATH & PATHA conference.