Trans Rights
Toilet politics: Trans people more likely to be victims, not perpetrators
“This fear-mongering is an absolute flipping over of what’s correct and who poses a threat to who.”
'They think you're committing fraud': Trans refugees in NZ need usable ID
“If you speak with an accent, everywhere you go, the first thing they ask [is] ‘are you a resident?’
Why NZ needs a healthcare hub for transgender people
A new article in the NZMJ says transgender people face several barriers to healthcare.
‘Will I die waiting for health care?’: NZers rally for trans rights
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Tāmaki Makaurau and Pōneke last weekend.
98% of trans teens don't regret gender-affirming treatments: study
Advocates have witnessed the positive impact access to these treatments can have.
No, youth aren't trans just because it's 'popular': study
2.4% of adolescents identified as trans or gender diverse in 201, compared to 1.6% in 2019.
NZ book critic called transphobic after review of takatāpui poet’s work
Takatāpui poet Essa May Ranapiri released their second poetry collection ECHIDNA in May.
'Horrifying' some think trans women will ruin women's sport - athlete
Mountain biker Kate Weatherly's comments follow FINA's adoption of a new "gender inclusion policy".
Why changing sex on your birth certificate matters
How trans and gender diverse communities feel about the passing of the BDMRR bill
New law makes it easier for gender diverse people to update the sex on their birth certificate
Previously people needed to prove to the Family Court they had irreversible medical treatment.
83% of trans or non-binary people have the incorrect gender on their birth certificate. A proposed…
A look into proposed law changes to Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act.
Conversion therapy will be banned, with sentence of up to 5 years’ imprisonment
“There are so many people that will have their lives changed because of this.”
Chants, cheers, and a vogue circle - the Wellington trans rights protest in photos
“Trans Rights are Human Rights” - the Wellington trans rights protest in photos.
A near-fatal accident gave me the courage to tell my family I was trans
At 18, Mason nearly died after jumping head-first into a pool drunk. He tells his story.
A billboard in Wellington was part of a ‘dehumanising’ campaign against trans people, activists say
The billboard was removed less than 24 hours later after receiving complaints.
‘What we are is enough’: the fight to ban conversion therapy in NZ
Sexual diversity and gender fluidity are nothing new in Aotearoa, they’ve always been around.
New Zealand is currently debating whether or not gay conversion therapy should be…