Category: Opinion
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 and segregative justice system. The […]
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 to trans children and adolescents, criticism […]
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 – the privilege I received by my […]
Craig Young searches for the real reason behind the war on Rainbow Crossings. Anti-LGBTQI+ Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki is back on the warpath again, this time against drag queen story times. But where did this figure of controversy come from? A backgrounder might be in order. Tamaki (66) was born in rural Te Awamutu. […]
All of Us Strangers sparks an argument that Michael Stevens is keen to debate. The gay film All of Us Strangers has been a hit this summer. With two beautiful, talented men in the lead, Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal, it’s not hard to see why. It’s a beautiful, mysterious and evocative love story between […]
Family First is a key pressure group in quashing the Relationships & Sexuality Curriculum. Craig Young examines their influence on NZ First. Family First was founded in 2006, primarily in opposition to the end of parental corporal punishment as the Clark Labour government repealed Section 59 of the Crimes Act 1961. It happened anyway and […]
Irish comedy writer and anti-transgender activist Graham Linehan has been ‘invited’ to New Zealand by the libertarian “Free Speech Union” and Craig Young has thoughts. For those of us with long memories, Linehan was the creator of sitcom Father Ted. It was humorous enough at the time, although it wildly exaggerated the extent of Catholic influence […]
Dick Richards analyses what dating apps are offering gay and bisexual men in the different parts of Aotearoa New Zealand. A friend of mine moved to Auckland with a dream – to find a career and a man. Instead, he left with a broken heart and an STI. There’s nothing particularly heinous about him, so […]