Category: Opinion
Craig Young explains how France’s centrist and left voters strategically avoided a far-right government. At the same time as the United Kingdom held its general election, French President Emmanuel Macron called a snap election in France – which almost went badly wrong for him. A French President is elected once every seven years, and may […]
Craig Young examines the results of Britain’s general election (including Posie Parker’s votes) and wonders if New Zealand might follow. On July 4, the axe finally fell on the factionalised, negligent and incompetent British Conservative government. So what next? Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party stormed to a landslide victory, as anticipated, although encouragingly, LGBTQI+ allies […]
Dick Richards believes you need to confront your past to secure your future. You probably don’t remember, but a few years ago, we were fist-deep in a pandemic. Yes, I’m being facetious. It’s not something we remember fondly, nor something we’d want to repeat. Although sometimes I do miss getting paid to stay at home […]
Man-hating lesbians aren’t a real thing, but lesbian-loving straight cis ‘lesbros’ are, and Jessie Lewthwaite wants more! Doing my patented butch dance, which I bust out when I haven’t had enough gins to actually do my far goofier real dancing, I slowly push through the crowd to the bar. I was on my way to […]
More research has cast doubt on the research methods within the UK Cass Review, which has been used to holt gender-affirming medical care for transgender adolescents. Authored by Irish, British, Canadian and European researchers in the fields of paediatrics, developmental psychology and endocrinology; experts have cast doubts on the Cass Review’s information-gathering processes. The criteria […]
The government has partially relented on its proposed blanket discrimination against transgender athletes’ participation in sports. However, Craig Young says the picture isn’t as clear as an outright victory. The New Zealand Herald broke the story with journalist Liam Napier profiling the history of the policy that originated from New Zealand First’s coalition agreement with National, […]
Family First has launched another subsidiary website. This one targets corporate social responsibility and inclusive businesses. Craig Young questions why Family First has launched ‘Woke Up’. To some extent, I suspect Family First has started ‘Woke Up’ to anger people. Family First lost its charitable status several years ago and is annoyed that LGBTQ+ organisations […]
For LGBTQ+ New Zealanders thinking of hoping the pond, Craig Young offers a backgrounder on the history and culture of our nearest neighbour and its differences from us. Firstly the chief difference between AUS and NZ is that Australia is a federal state, consisting of six states and two territories, while New Zealand is a […]