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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.
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.
Sharing some joy: my job, the next four years.
Coming up on 12 years ago, a very nervous 17-year old went to see her GP about hormones. Now she's leading training for GPs around the country.
Speaking Engagements
Guest lecture: Community Development - Concepts, Practice, and Dynamics of Change
I gave a two-hour guest lecture on my work in and for community, from activism to advocacy, outlining my path into this mahi, what I think is critical for students looking to work with our communities to understand, and what I see coming next for Aotearoa's queer communities.
Trans Walks
Let's go on this hīkoi together.
Speaking Engagements
The Importance of Writing Queer Joy
I was invited to chair a panel for WORD Christchurch on the importance of writing queer joy, especially in our current context, with authors Shaneel Lal, AJ Fitzwater, and Karen Healey.