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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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This Government is intentionally exposing our tamariki to significant harm, and they know it.
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We watched the latest season of Heartstopper this week, at first an episode or two at a time, and then the back half of the season all in one night.
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So, where is the problem? If the authors cannot identify a case where Sport NZ's guidelines might cause an issue - why, then, does Chris Bishop reckon "they make some fair points"?
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I don't think this bill was ever intended to pass. While it certainly seems Seymour and Peters have the run of the house, I'm not sure that Peters cares enough about this bill to hold the coalition government in a stranglehold over it. So then, who's afraid of gender?
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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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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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Around eleven, twelve-ish years ago, a young and very nervous Jennifer Shields went to see her doctor. After a bit of a circuitous journey, ten years and one month and a few days ago, she went back to her doctor and left with a small but lifechanging bit of paper.
Speaking Engagements
I'm speaking on a panel at the Nelson Arts Festival alongside Tusiata Avia and Byron Clark on hate and disinformation in Aotearoa, chaired by Madeleine Chapman.
Speaking Engagements
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.
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Queer joy is more important than ever.
Speaking Engagements
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.
Essays
collaborating with others with different experiences, though often more difficult, can be beneficial—for both parties or just one? collaborating across lines of privilege when you are the one holding that privilege requires responsibility and respect.