Tag: Judy Virago
The 2023 NZ International Comedy Festival With Best Foods Mayo is about to get even camper with the New Zealand Comedy Trust’s brand new event - Loud & Queer, a celebration of Aotearoa’s LGBTQIA+ comedians and the capital’s iconic queer community - Saturday 20 May at Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington’s spectacular St James Theatre. This one-night-only extravaganza will be...
Judy Virago feels proud as she highlights the important work of her trans whanau all over Aotearoa.
Most LGBTQIA+ folk born this side of 2000 grew up being told that “It Gets Better”. I’m a firm believer that even when things don’t get better, we get better at responding to...
Judy Virago is ready to celebrate the Classic Kiwi Summer but that wasn’t always the case. She recalls hiding and hurting herself to fit into mainstream beauty standards before finding her place in the sun.
Summer hasn’t always been my favourite season. I had severe eczema as a child; the...
Dating these days is a challenge for people regardless of gender or sexuality, but dating while trans comes with a specific challenge - disclosure. Judy Virago discusses, at what point do you tell someone you’re trans?
When does anatomy become relevant to a conversation? Do you need to disclose...
Telling your family you are transgender can be one of the most defining conversations of your life. The reality for many is they may not understand and accept you straight away and that rejection can feel overwhelming. Judy Virago shares her coming out experience and notes that time and...
Did you know there is an unwritten rulebook that defines who can identify as trans? Judy Virago didn’t realise until she started transitioning and discovered a minefield of damaging expectations waiting for her. Here she shares the truth: only you should get to define your identity.
When I made the...
Judy Virago shares her own experience of being a trans person in sports and fitness spaces, and believes after 15 years of trans athletes being eligible for the Olympics it is time one wore the silver fern and showed the world that ‘they are us.’
The mood was mighty cold...
When it feels like the world is against you, it's instinctual to attack back, but Judy Virago says the key to victory is building bridges not tearing others down. We’re stronger united.
During my first year on hormone therapy I was a Goddess of Destruction; pumped full of estrogen and...
