Speak Up for Women (SUFW) are advocating that the Births, Deaths, Marriages and Relationships Registration Bill remains as it is with respect to the legal arrangements in place for changing a birth certificate to a different sex. For this small-c conservative stance they are being described as controversial in the media and as a hate […]
Another Unfortunate Experiment? New Zealand’s transgender health policy and its impact on children.
A Dramatic rise in presentation of gender dysphoria Parents and caregivers are finding that out of the blue a child or young adolescent announces that they are non-binary or that they are in fact the opposite sex and moreover that they have always known this. Often this coincides with a period of social isolation and […]
Will a milestone UK case on gender medicine for young people and children have impacts in NZ?
In the UK High Court a legal case against the Tavistock Clinic’s Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) has been won by Keira Bell. Bell is a 23 year old woman who was treated with puberty blockers and testosterone followed by a mastectomy, and lived as a male for several years before she realised that “transition […]
Women go missing in Stats NZ proposed approach to sex and gender identity data
Stats New Zealand is holding a consultation which closes on 13 August on sex and gender identity and their collection in the census and across government. Surprisingly for such a large topic the proposed changes were not part of the 2019-2023 Statement of Strategic intent. The changes are proposals at this stage and may be […]
Presentation on the NZ situation in relation to gender identity in Aotearoa NZ
for the Women’s Declaration of Sex-based rights. Jan Rivers 4-7-2020 Questions 1 Can you say something about the situation on gender identity in your country – is there self ID etc? Transgender ideology in medicine Transgender medicine guidelines issued in 2018, were published on the Health Ministry website in 2019 The Guidelines for Transgender Medicine […]
Toppling the statues. What about the real blights on our landscape?
I worry that this toppling statues lark is completely arse about face. Toppling the statues of the last 300 years should surely be associated with some alteration in the power structures of oppression. We should be able to say – these ideas that these people represented are no longer amongst us. I think that assessment […]
A cautious approach is needed for children and young people with gender confusion .
Gender identity in NZ This post is about what is happening in New Zealand related to children and young people who have confusion about whether they feel that “they are in the wrong body” or who announce themselves as “transgender”. There is information, some links to useful resources, and an outline of why the concept […]
Solutions that are fair to everyone?
This opinion piece appeared last week in the 2019 Spring issue of Te Awa (the NZ Green Party’s newsletter) at this link posted to members of the Green Party. Two Green Party friends contacted me delighted that the logjam of urgent debate on this issue in NZ politics had been broken. On Sunday evening in […]
TERF: a derogatory term to shut down debate
A sentence by sentence analysis of Rachel Stewart’s NZ Herald November 2018 article Months ago I heard that NZ campaigning journalist and environmentalist Rachel Stewart’s article about the abusive term TERF had received the most negative commentary by far since the instigation of the Media Council in New Zealand. (The Media Council was formed from […]
Family violence: Working our way through a complex problem
Invitation: You are invited to this evening seminar on Friday 26 July at St Andrews on the Terrace in Wellington hosted by the St Andrew’s Trust for the Study of Religion and Society. “Family violence – working our way through a complex problem will look at ethical and other issues related to this challenging problem. […]
Missing consultations: The Ministry of Justice and the Universal Periodic Review
Today I did a response to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). It’s the United Nations (UN) process where a government presents a snapshot of its human rights situation to the UN and other UN countries are provided with the opportunity to make suggestions on how progess could be made. Following this the final report with […]
Invitation: Mindful People Build the Future
If you live in Wellington you are invited to this course which is taking place on four Sundays from March 24 – April 14 5.30-7.00 The course is part of the 2019 programme for the ST Andrews Trust for the Study of Religion and Society and it’s theme of stepping lightly with each other and […]
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