The Chechnya LGBTI Crisis
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4th April 2017
With tales about the possible arbitrary arrest and execution of LGBT Chechen citizens, it is time to background that troubled Muslim Central-Asian province of the Republic of Russia.
An East Asian First?
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2nd April 2017
After a recent positive Taiwanese Constitutional Court decision, it now seems as if Taiwan will shortly become the first East Asian nation to pass civil marriage equality legislation. It's time to update that nation's history as well as its internal LGBTI rights record.
Canada and Transgender Equality
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27th March 2017
As the world turns, Canada is entering the final stage of legislative debate before passing Bill C-16 into law.
What "Other" Issues Concern Us?
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22nd March 2017
What "other"issuesshould concern LGBT inhabitants of New Zealand?
Grey Rights?
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20th March 2017
The LGBTI stake in the superannuation debate.
Adrift on the Ship of Fools
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10th March 2017
New Zealand's conservative Christian lobby groups are relatively silent, but it's highly probable that this won't last. At the moment, I'm reminded of the medieval myth of the "Ship of Fools", which zigzagged round German rivers without any apparent navigation.
Virtuous Circle?
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23rd February 2017
Suddenly, it seems as if Labour and National have woken up to the fact that LGBTI New Zealanders are active citizens, who vote, join political parties and have clear policy preferences.
Ask the US Christian Right First?!
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21st February 2017
Once again, Family First is trying desperately to draw attention to its failed imported campaign against transgender school student privacy, safety and health.
Election 2017: What Should Our Priorities Be?
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13th February 2017
Prime Minister Bill English has now officially acknowledged that the forthcoming New Zealand election will be held on September 23, 2017. What should New Zealand LGBTI priorities be?
Quacking Noises: Family First and Transgender Suicide
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12th February 2017
Conservative pressure group Family First has once again been caught 'cherry picking' when it comes to LGBT social and political issues. It is now claiming that transgender suicide is a 'myth.'
Chad Goes Backward
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4th February 2017
Chad has now criminalised homosexuality, despite not having done so during its (French) colonial era. What led to this setback?
Ominous signs in France
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3rd February 2017
France has elections this year. Prospects don't seem good for the incumbent centre-left government.... and what about the National Front?
Transgender Prisoners: The United Kingdom Acts
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3rd February 2017
The UK Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has published a damning report on transgender prisoner safety. What lessons does it have for NZ?
Death by Incremental Faction Fights?
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15th January 2017
An Australian conservative Liberal Senator is disgruntled at the Turnbull administration and is reportedly intent on forming yet another right-wing 'conservative' party.
Is Canada delaying the inevitable?
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13th January 2017
Why is the Canadian Christian Right continuing its last spiteful display of venom against a bill which will add gender identity and gender expression to its Human Rights Act?
