Worked hard to get this into Guardian Oz & big props to @fiercemum.bsky.social for setting it up & Melissa Davey for publishing it. She will doubtless get loads of hassle from transphobes for it, but it needs to be out there. Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.

BREAKING: The High Court of New Zealand has granted PATHA’s application for interim relief, declaring that the Crown should not take any steps to enforce the incoming ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers to transgender children and young people. More to come:

Would you like to know how to make a zine? Here's easy step-by-step instructions on how to make your own without the use of a computer by @thorazos.bsky.social

It's also Trans Day of Remembrance tomorrow. This decision will actively contribute to there being more names on the list of people we honour next year.

They illegally blocked a best practices document the government commissioned from experts and then disregarded it.

Wow, this is abhorrent.

it's really interesting that what ray chung and co did to Tory Whanau has not been described in the media as sexual harassment, which it was

new genre just dropped

I wrote about 28 Years Later

Apropos nothing, here's MP Kieran McAnulty calling the government collectively racist, spineless, and gutless to boot - as captured in the Hansard from 23 July 2024. There's no record of the MP McAnulty being 'named' by the Speaker for his comments. www.parliament.nz/en/pb/hansar...

An excellent piece by David Ehrlich on AI’s encroachment on the film world and how it’s creatively inert. Combining AI with The Wizard of Oz is so abhorrent to the legacy of film history. Shame on Ben Mankiewicz. www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...

It's Swiss Independence Day! Here's a drawing of William Tell, the retired country crossbowman & Swiss folk hero who, in 1307, was, as a cruel jest by his captors, given the chance to save himself & his young son from execution if he could shoot an apple off his son's head at an absurd distance. 1/

The guidance for trans participation that they have removed from the Sport New Zealand website is just three years old and was the result of a lengthy cross-code consultation. This move makes sport more unfair and more unsafe. Every person involved in this is a hateful mess. Wish them the worst.

Ray Chung must never hold public office anywhere, ever … Link to read 👇for free archive.today/Ts2hQ

The latest production of PhD candidate Cassandra Tse’s show Before We Slip Beneath the Sea is on in Palmerston North

The story of LGBT rights is a story of advances followed by setbacks followed by media with no skin in the game saying, "It's because you were too loud/asked for too much/moved too fast/got too big for your britches/didn't make your case." That never changes--but happily it's never the last word.

People ask me, Gretchen, are your novels connected in any way? And I tell them, yes, in every book I have ever written the film-within-a-show CLEAVER, Made by Little Carmine and Christopher on THE SOPRANOS, is a real movie and all the characters have seen it.

booster and mask up, folks!

Mask up NOW “A new COVID variant, known as NB.1.8.1, has made landfall in the United States, and it's more transmissible than other variants.” www.huffpost.com/entry/the-mo...

Looks like another COVID wave is on its way so I just went and got boosted. Another layer of defence on top of my mask… Grateful I can still get vaccinated when so many, including our kids & under 30’s in NZ, can’t.

Just four more days to reach our target on and we’re 71% there! If you’ve enjoyed Red Scare Theatre in the past and believe in touring high-quality theatre around the country, please consider donating! www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/proj...

Does anyone seriously believe we were at risk of paying teachers, care & support workers, librarians, hospice workers and others in female-dominated industries too much? #nzpol

If Māori respond appropriately to racism, it's deemed "disruptive", "disrespectful". The expectation is that Māori should sit small and silent and reverent; grateful to be allowed entry. Anything other than servile is deemed "uncivil".

Remember during Covid when all those “unskilled” jobs were actually the ones deemed essential. While many with “important” jobs sat around baking bread. Many of those essential roles are the ones being impacted by pay equity shafting. Praised then, scoffed at now. Shame on this Government.

The theatre company that I run with @lulamorashi.bsky.social is crowdfunding to tour our immersive performance of ‘Before We Slip Beneath the Sea’ around the North Island! We’ve got about two weeks left with quite a margin to go, so if you can help, please donate! www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/proj...

At our Auckland rally today. Instead of tryna define us, just pay us.

The govts halt on pay equity work is an attack on women, workers & unions. It will disproportionately impact Māori & Pacific, disabled & whānau living in poverty. They can afford new war machines but not workers right. Make it make sense… When workers rights are under attack STAND UP FIGHT BACK!

This petition to stop NZ First's stupid sex definitions bill has been open for nearly a week and has 1.2k signatures The hate group's petition that spawned this bill took four months to get 2.2k signatures Let's show just how little hate there is petitions.parliament.nz/cc70b2c2-cfd...

Sinners invites a new bold business idea. What if people want to see movies because they like them and not due to a pavlovian response to being 12 years old once!?

Winston Peters and women’s toilets. My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol

his movies suck and so do his politics

This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic www.crabmuseum.org/visit 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

The best speak in one voice improv scene I’ve ever witnessed

Despicable man.

The way the man passing the bus stop self-owned himself by saying “it’s 2024, masks don’t work”. Just beautiful, chef’s kiss.

Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.

So the Oscar-winning Palestinian director Hamdan Ballal was attacked by masked Israeli settlers while at home on the West Bank and then arrested by the IDF. The film community should condemn this with one voice www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

If you are a NZ author, I urge you to check the LibGEN database to see if your books have been scrapped by Meta. If so, the NZSA is collecting names (and book titles) in preparation for an international class action lawsuit. #NZWrites #WritingCommunity authors.org.nz/books-scrape...

We also voted unanimously to work with the Berhampore community to bring back the trans flag as street art. I am committed to fostering a city where everyone feels welcome and valued. 🏳️‍⚧️

Amazing news this Pride Month! The case against Wellington’s Rainbow Crossing has failed at the High Court. Proud to be Mayor of Aotearoa’s rainbow capital 🏳️‍🌈 #nzpol

Since we all should be currently boycotting Amazon, a reminder that Bezos owns Goodreads and there is a great, Black woman owned, alternative that you can easily migrate to. Highly recommend. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

BREAKING: Elon Musk's rocket explosion nearly hit a commercial flight. This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.

The Amazon boycott starts Friday, March 7th, for 7 days. Amazon’s business practices include anti-competitive behavior, worker abuse, environmental issues, and tax avoidance, not to mention its impact on small businesses.

wanted to share one of my all-time favorite photographs of George Miller here on the cover of Geo magazine '82

Imagine throwing your gum at your wife before accepting your Oscar 🤮

watch I SAW THE TV GLOW (2024)