Tag: trans*
The star of TVNZ’s new local drama Testify, Stacey Hayes, tells us what she learnt from a childhood living in New Zealand’s foster care system and her advice for the parents of trans teens.
Where did you grow up, and what was your childhood like?
I was born and raised in...
Elijah Luke Michel eyes the proposed curriculum changes to the teaching of gender identity and reflects on the pre-colonial normality of trans identities.
Life was very different for indigenous nations around the world prior to the arrival of visitors, who brought with them their religious worldviews, monogamy, binary gender constructs...
‘The Boy, The Queen & Everything In Between’ creator Ramon Te Wake talks about living authentically as a trans woman in a changing culture and sharing queer stories with evolving audiences.
TVNZ’s new local series, ‘The Boy, The Queen & Everything In Between,’ revisits 90’s K road with a gaggle of...
Lyttelton institution Wunderbar has been hosting LGBTQ+ parties for over 30 years, including one of New Zealand's first regular parties dedicated to the trans communities.
The coolest bar on the South Island - Wunderbar feels like a slice of Berlin in Christchurch's portside suburb.
During Christchurch Pride, Wunderbar hosted 'The Planet'...
Craig Young believes the Cass Review's findings must be rejected as seriously flawed and a risk to transgender child and adolescent health, wellbeing and safety.
Although, predictably, the likes of Family First, right-wing UK website Spiked, and anti-transgender pseudofeminists are crowing about the UK Cass Review on halting puberty blocker treatment...
New Zealand has a proud history of breaking down boundaries to equality, and Elijah Luke Michel believes nationally embracing our Trans community will be our next big victory.
I’ve often pondered the privilege of living in Aotearoa NZ, this stunning group of paradise islands in the South Pacific –...
Elijah Luke Michel returns to YOUR ex to voice key concerns from the trans community about what the new government means for their wellbeing.
I voted National once, when I turned 18. I had no idea about politics or political parties, but a family member insisted I voted and that...
Civic Platform (PO) leader Donald Tusk, has revealed two legislative plans to support the LGBTQ+ community in Poland.
Speaking In the northwest town of Pia, Tusk made the announcement in response to a high school senior question highlighting the discrimination faced by the LGBTQ+ community under the current administration.
The ruling...
