Tag Archives: trans issues

Wellington event: get human rights issues for queer, trans and intersex people on the board

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

Human rights issues for queer, trans and intersex people in New Zealand Early next year New Zealand will appear before other countries at the United Nations (UN) for its second Universal Periodic Review (UPR). They will question NZ about its … Continue reading →

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Evil transexuals bully innocent white cis lady!!!!

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

[Content warning: transphobia, silencing, white cis women's tears] Note:  since drafting this piece, the Observer and thus the Guardian have taken down Burchill’s piece with this editor’s note attached: We have decided to withdraw from publication the Julie Burchill comment … Continue reading →

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Judge Duncan Harvey sanctions abuse of a trans woman

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

[Trigger warning:  transphobia in the judicial system] Judge Duncan Harvey has decided that a trans woman will serve her prison sentence in a men’s prison. The bit which just highlights how repugnant this is? Her sentence is 2 years, 1 … Continue reading →

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Queer the Night/ Hand Mirror clusterfuck: the fail continues

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

[Trigger warning: links include discussion of transphobia, mainstream Feminist silencing tactics and more than your recommended daily intake of cis/white women's tears.] I think if we’ve learned anything from the internet it’s that when white cis feminists on “mainstream”/large/established blogs … Continue reading →

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This slut is made for walking

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

Soooooooo the big ol’ SlutWalk issue.  The ultimate expression of grrl power ever or massive enforcement of the dominance of cis white voices in gender-oriented progressive politics?  THAT IS THE QUESTION.  Nah, that’s just me being trite. That Whole Reclaiming … Continue reading →

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No refuge for some in IDAHO

Posted on May 17, 2011 by

Octavia Spitfire has been doing the hard yards putting together some facts on the extent to which women’s refuges in NZ “accommodate” trans women. Yeah, nah, apparently. I also share Octavia’s squeam about the IDAHO acronym.  A squeam born, I … Continue reading →

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This is what this feminist looks like

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

[Author's note: this post was originally drafted two days ago.  Since then similar topics have been explored by Deborah and Maia has posted further on her thoughts on this issue.] You know, I think Maia had one tiny point in … Continue reading →

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What the fucking fuck, “Real Life”?

Posted on December 24, 2010 by

[Trigger warning: transphobia and misgendering] I have just managed to get through the first … two minutes, maybe, of a “documentary” entitled “Real Life: Transgender Kids”. (Link to Part 1 of 6 on the ‘tube.*) Interesting, I thought.  Some insight … Continue reading →

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Dominion Post body-policing drinking game

Posted on August 17, 2010 by

I always look for ways to make righteous fury fun dull the pain of existing in a misogynist world stop myself going postal too often.  Bingo cards, drinking games, with such tools do we activists spike the bullshit that infests … Continue reading →

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Who needs identity politics?

Posted on December 4, 2009 by

Alas, dear friends, it is late in the night and I’m buggered if I can recall what trail of sorry links lead me to the posts upon which I am to unleash my wrath. It’s yet another spin-off of the … Continue reading →

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