Tag: trans rights
Ahead of their next trans-rights rally on Sunday, Richard Tait meets Elle Kingsbury, the queer activist who organised the recent rally outside the Michael Fowler Centre, which saw over 1000 people unite to show their support for trans rights.
Elle was born in Auckland but grew up in the small...
On the same night Speak Up For Women held a talk at the Michael Fowler Centre, hundreds gathered outside to oppose the controversial group. Some were met with verbal and physical abuse.
Speak Up for Women held a forum last night at Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre to discuss their opposition...
The letter was signed by former All Black Jeff Wilson and Olympian Barbara Kendall.
A group of National MPs have accepted calling for a rethink on guidelines for transgender people in sport.
The Save Women's Sports Australasia says further consultation is needed on draft principles produced by Sport New Zealand on...
Ana Van Bellinghen says the transgender Kiwi should not be allowed to compete in the women’s category.
A Belgian weightlifter has hit out at the inclusion of transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard’s inclusion in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
While a Kiwi team has yet to be named, Hubbard is set to become...
The Government has accepted a range of recommendations from a working group on the issue of sex changes but has rejected others.
Minister for Internal Affairs Jan Tinetti has accepted a range of recommendations from the Working Group for Reducing Barriers to Changing Registered Sex which will make it...
Just a few weeks into 2021 at least 10 anti-transgender bills have been introduced across seven different states by Republican lawmakers.
According to reports, the majority of the Republican-sponsored bills target gender-affirming healthcare and trans youth, including redefining “child abuse” to include parents who support their trans kids. While other...
A new Russian law aiming to prohibit any change of marital status for trans people could have a retroactive effect and prevent straight couples from marrying.
Russia's proposed amendments to their Family Code legislation which is claimed to "strengthen the family institution" is also an additional opportunity for the executive...
LGBT+ rights groups are crying foul as the President of the Philippines officially pardoned a U.S. Marine who was convicted of killing a transgender woman.
According to The Philippine Star newspaper prosecutors’ attempts to block LCPL Joseph Pemberton’s early release from prison which prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to pardon him.
Prosecuted...
