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Why do we ignore the evidence?
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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What's up with the Olympics?
The Olympic spirit is aspirational, and I think it's one that's worthy. But, in contrast, the reality of the Olympics and how they've been used to violently enforce these ideals leaves a lot to be desired.
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New Yale Law report finds Cass Review critically flawed
A new report from the Yale Law School, Yale Medical School, and the Integrity Project (based at Yale Law) was released this week, critically examining the Cass Review, its processes and its findings, and has found it critically flawed.
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NZ First & the phantasm of gender
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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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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And then it was Christmas
On new years eve eight years ago I moved back home to Ōtautahi, a city I hadn't lived in since I was ten, a city that had changed so much in the years since. It was the best decision I ever made - I'm so grateful for it today.
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Ka whawhai tonu mātou
I am relentless with hope. We keep turning up. Ōtautahi spoke up, big time.
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A big day and a long walk.
What a year it's been since Friday, huh?
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Finding Hope in Whakatū
I cross the last bridge and I can hear sound of water gently falling, over and above the sound of water roaring of rocks below me.
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How you can help: Make it 16 & show up for Gaza
Submit to support reducing the voting age, and attend rallies around the motū with the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa.
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Where to now, after the disinformation election?
It was a big weekend for Aotearoa, and not the outcome we wanted. It was a concerning election, but with some big wins. What's next for our communities?
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Stuff.co.nz are back at it again, Krispy Kreme
After a few years of better-than-it-was reporting around rainbow issues, Stuff (and the Southland Times) are back at it again today with poor, unethical, and irresponsible reporting about trans folks.