"Gender diversity has become intensely political. But fearmongering about school bathrooms and attempts to restrict inclusive education aren’t just policy disagreements, writes Rev Dr Nāsili Vaka‘uta — they’re attacks on people’s lives." | E-Tangata
https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/a-truth-to-be-embraced-not-a-problem-to-be-solved/
"No matter how hard people try and disappear us, we exist."
The New Zealand Parliament’s first openly non-binary MP, Benjamin Doyle, on the massive campaign of queerphobic and transphobic hatred that has been directed against them, their child, and their whānau:
#AntiQueerNonsense #AntiTransNonsense #NZpol 🇳🇿🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
surprising exactly nobody, the conservative NZ govt wants to limit what kids and teens can learn about gender and sexuality 🤡 https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/558126/consultation-starts-on-new-draft-sexuality-education-framework
#SexistNonsense #AntiTransNonsense #AntiQueerNonsense #NZpol
Hungary's parliament on Monday passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities [CBC] 🤡
i'll come out and say it. Winston Peters is a transphobe and a homophobe, and he needs to own that 🖕🏻
NZ Green Party MP Ben Doyle, who is queer and genderqueer, has **had their life and that of their child threatened**, by political leaders and online extremists peddling "poisonous transphobic hate and imported culture wars"
the American Library Association's list of most-challenged books of 2024 shows that challengers are racist, transphobic, homophobic, and well organized: https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/banned-books-library-1.7504578 #AntiTransNonsense #AntiQueerNonsense #WhiteSupremacistNonsense
There is no excusing the deputy prime minister Winston Peters' unfounded attacks on Benjamin Doyle, but the Green Party should have done more to protect its newest Member of Parliament:
a queer New Zealand MP for the Green Party who uses they/them pronouns is getting death threats, and one of the conservative coalition government's most prominent cabinet ministers may have been a part of the problem
the Hungarian government is going after its LGBTIQ+ communities and individuals in increasingly disturbing ways: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hungar-pride-events-law-1.7486462 #AntiQueerNonsense #AntiTransNonsense #FascistNonsense
"...media reports over the weekend described members of the [Destiny] church pushing, shoving and punching their way into the library, where families had gathered to attend a children’s science show hosted by drag artist Hugo Grrrl as part of Auckland Pride. The police have confirmed they are investigating allegations of assault. A 16-year-old girl attending a sports event at the community centre suffered a concussion, and 30 people, including toddlers, had to barricade themselves in a room as [Destiny] church members banged on the doors."
#AntiTransNonsense #AntiQueerNonsense #DestinyChurchIsAHateGroup #nzpol
Conservatives in Canada are carrying out a "shadow war" against libraries. they're trying to get trans and queer themed books removed — for example by putting them in a library toilet [CBC Metro Morning] #AntiTransNonsense #AntiQueerNonsense
this is an absolutely disgusting article by the CBC labelling anti-2SLGBTQ and anti-disabled bigotry as "neutrality": https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/canada-neutrality-crosswalks-flags-westlock-barrhead-alberta-1.7439687 #AntiTransNonsense #AntiQueerNonsense #AntiDisabledNonsense
