The (General Election) Year Ahead
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10th January 2017
This is general election year. With trans, school, health and youth issues needing much more attention and commitment what might our political landscape become?
Persecution Complex?
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5th January 2017
Why do conservative Christians believe themselves "persecuted", instead of persecutors?
No Pride in Prisons: Life at the Cutting Edge
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16th December 2016
No Pride in Prisons attracts both praise and condemnation from within our LGBT communities. So, what is their perspective on LGBT life in contemporary Aotearoa and what challenges await it in the future?
Minority Stress and... Mark Regnerus
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15th December 2016
Why is the US Christian Right, and our own Family First, targeting the proposition that discrimination and stigma lead to shortened LGBT lifespans?
Retriangulating?
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13th December 2016
New PM Bill English has done a rethink on gay marriage but moving forward on the issue of gender identity and anti-discrimination coverage is a moot point.
Comment: Danger Ahead?
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10th December 2016
Can we trust our new Prime Minister?
Anti-Transgender Activism in Canada
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7th December 2016
As Canada's transgender community nears the end of its campaign for inclusion within antidiscrimination laws, the Christian Right is mounting a spiteful rearguard action.
Off Key
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Craig Young looks back at John Key's political career legacy through lgbti eyes and ponders the nature of his possible replacements.
Obituary: Fidel Castro: 1926-2016
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4th December 2016
Fidel Castro, whose cremated remains will be buried today, was a figure lionised by the far left, but LGBT communities have good reason to feel ambivalent about his death.
Party of the Living Dead
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28th November 2016
The Conservative Party has just posted out another newsletter to its remaining followers. Why? After Williams versus Craig, what reason is there left?
Not Quite "Post-Truth"
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25th November 2016
I've been aware of the term 'post-truth' for quite some time. How applicable is it to LGBTI legislative reform and public policy debates?
Brian's Pathetic Fallacy
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21st November 2016
A Losing Proposition
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21st November 2016
Why won't malefactors in California be prosecuted every time a condom wasn't used for sex in adult erotic entertainment DVDs?
Brexit: The Sequel?
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18th November 2016
Several months after the British referendum decision to leave the European Union, things have not turned out the way that either Eurosceptics or Europhiles envisaged. What about LGBT Britons, however?
The Shame of San Francisco: Proposition Q
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16th November 2016