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Transphobia stole my social event
It’s rare – but not unheard of, thank you Audre Lorde – that I completely agree with everything I know about someone’s political analysis. Sometimes I feel in complete agreement, and then I meet them...
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Consent at the Ivy Bar
Rape culture is all around us, right? Excuses for sexual behaviour in which one person’s desires are constructed as all important and the point of view from which an encounter is judged, and the other...
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Garth McVicar and heterosexual camouflage
Funny story. I once camped on Garth McVicar’s land after a friendly chat with him. I’d just cycled through Te Urewera, in snow, and was feeling pretty damn intrepid. I’d then cycled to Taupo via some...
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Going to the chapel to educate the congregation
So now we’re beyond Marriage Equality, what next? The indicators of homophobia, biphobia and transphobia are still all around us. Who gets bullied at school? Who disproportionately wrestles with...
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Killing us softly, so softly
Suicide. Frightening, complex, social phenomena which merits sound, evidence based, community responses. So when this Government announces they have a new plan, it should be great news. The Plan aims...
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