Day: April 9, 2025
Craig Young laments on the campaign against Benjamin Doyle. Stuff NZ has uncovered the identity of the individual fuelling online attacks against Green MP Benjamin Doyle: Rhys Williams, a businessman and former member of New Zealand First. Importantly, I emphasise the word former. Despite Winston Peters giving initial weight to Williams’ social media claims and […]
Comedian John Oliver has called out false claims surrounding transgender athletes in his latest Last Week Tonight segment — including the oft-repeated myth that cisgender athletes have lost 900 medals to their trans counterparts, a figure author JK Rowling has amplified. In his 6 April episode, Oliver, known for his incisive political commentary and support […]
A collective of professional health bodies in Aotearoa New Zealand have released a public statement condemning proposed government plans to further restrict access to puberty blockers. Use of puberty blockers in gender-affirming healthcare is supported by both the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care and the Aotearoa New Zealand Guidelines for […]
U.S. President Donald Trump has sparked outrage by likening those who support transgender and non-binary children to child abusers, in a proclamation for National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Trump, who began his second term in January, has swiftly enacted a series of executive orders targeting the rights of transgender Americans — moves he described during […]
Pop star Kim Petras has joined the ranks of global icons with her very own wax figure at Madame Tussauds Berlin, making her only the second trans woman in the museum’s 200-year history to receive the honour. “The highlight of my career has been my wax figure at Madame Tussauds, there’s no question about it,” […]
A trans community event in Manchester was marred by two alarming incidents on Thursday, 3 April, in which groups of men reportedly burned a Pride flag and threatened attendees with violence, including the use of a knife. Trans Mutual Aid Manchester, which organised the “Trans Picnic in the Park” event at Platt Fields Park, reported […]
The United States Air Force has officially reversed its prior policy that prohibited personnel from including personal pronouns in email signatures and other professional communications, according to The Hill. The shift comes in response to a clause within the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), though it remains unclear whether other military branches will follow […]
Greece’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, has reinstated the country’s ban on blood donations from gay men, reversing a 2022 Health Ministry decision that had lifted the decades-old restriction. The original ban was introduced during the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s, a time when widespread fear and stigma drove public health policy. In […]