Non-binary includes people who are masc-presenting, folks. So don't be so fucking shocked when someone who could pass as a cis man turns up to your "women and non-binary" events. Non-binary doesn't equal woman-lite.

“This legislation will perpetuate pay inequity, which will weaken our economy & harm our society. Underpaying 1/2 the workforce results in growing economic inequality.If that is not perceived as a problem in principle,it is a problem in terms of the economy’s & our society’s overall health.” #nzpol

Consultation on the draft Relationships & Sexuality Education framework closes May 9th 3 things: ⚡️ Strengthen and retain consent education 🌈 Reintroduce meaningful takatāpui, intersex, trans and non-binary identities 💪🏼 Break down gender binaries Info & guides at… linktr.ee/benjamin.doy...

I was grateful to the folks at RNZ "Nine to Noon" who gave time to talk about the proposed closure of the Segar House Intensive Treatment service. I'm calling on Mental Health Minister Hon. Matt Doocey to call a halt to this process immediately. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

I honestly think most people in Aotearoa are more concerned about ending poverty, ensuring everyone has a safe place to live, and not totally pissing away any possibility of sustaining life on this precious earth than how to define a woman. Anyway, Cambridge Dictionary already has it sorted…

Osoby queer i trans są tu od zawsze. Oto ich historie - https://oko.press/osoby-queer-i-trans-sa-tu-od-zawsze-oto-ich-historie

This person is running for a president in the upcoming election. He also disrupted a minute of silence during a Holocaust victims remembrance session, vandalized a menorah lit in the Polish parliament, and a Christmas tree decorated with EU and Ukrainian flags.

Appreciate the pātai. Te Pāti Māori won’t let Aotearoa import UK/US-style hate. We reject attacks on trans, non-binary and takatāpui whānau. That’s not who we are. Our Te Tiriti commitment means protecting mana, inclusion, and whānau safety. Whakapapa over wedges. Manaakitanga over fear. Always.

Trans and non-binary New Zealanders earn less and are more likely to be unemployed – new study

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We have found the man understood to be behind @2ETEKA, the X account that surfaced Instagram posts by Green MP Benjamin Doyle. He is a former NZ First member from Taranaki who organised a conference opposing "gender ideology" last year www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

“[…] including legislation that is expected to put up to 250,000 more building products on shelves, giving Kiwis more choice to fit their renovation budgets.” - But, uhm, who can afford renovation? People can’t afford to buy a house, yet alone renovate. #nzpol

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This is so bad. What a mockery of the democratic processes we have.

Featuring comment from me. Said comment being, basically, it's bad for Parliament to throw out submissions you've solicited from the public unread, whether it's the TPB w/ 300k subs, or a boring technical tax tweak with 15. Corrosive to democracy and the Committee should reconsider.

What Peters represents is beyond disgusting, while Luxon, spineless as usually, proves this coalition is built on crap. My heart goes out to Benjamin in full support. And any member of our community who has to see and experience what unfolds in Aotearoa New Zealand lately. Kia kaha! ✊🏻 #nzpol

The govt is about to launch a road cone hotline….yes, really. Meanwhile, they’re cutting health & safety protections for workers. Next up: a minister for misplaced traffic signs? Maybe a taskforce for wobbly café tables? This isn’t good government- it’s a joke. #NZPol

Very valid points raised in this thread. 🧵

Saying the Greens and TPM are "too radical" to be in government ignores that the Greens were in government, just under two years ago, and that it wasn't TPM or the Greens who ate shit and lost power in 2023 - it was Labour. This mythmaking tries to place any problems with Labour on other parties.

Deputy PM playing from exactly the same Trumpian (& wider) playbook… No love lost as Peters and Hipkins trade barbs www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

The thing that this reporting misunderstands and reports incorrectly is that the position statement published by MoH did not "call for a new cautious approach", it described the current approach to this care www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

The problems haven’t been solved yet based on previous reports, so I wonder how is this redundancy justified? Is it really going to save much? And if so, on whose expense? #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Excellent from Jehan Casinader. Clearly calling bullshit on Winston's fact free dogwhistle. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Stuff reporting "Health Minister Simeon Brown shakes up healthcare governance in New Zealand" by... putting the board back in place exactly how it was before his predecessor appointed the failure Lester Levy? That's not a shakeup, that's a backdown. That's recognising the Labour system worked!

The same political agendas at play in the USA are very much here - and in government 😭 NZ First targets 'woke' legislation it previously helped make law

Is reality is a hallucination we collectively agree upon? "External perception is an internal dream which proves to be in harmony with external things." Embracing the beautiful uncertainty of our proximal #perception

Of course he is enthusiastic. Any possibility to increase power and pretext to (ab)use it, serves him well. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Tbh, I don’t dislike the idea. Having spend most of my life in countries with 4-year long terms (Poland & the Netherlands), I see the value in longer terms. But also acknowledge PL & NL are bicameral, and NZ has no senate or eerste kamer to block legislation. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Really informative thread. Helps to step back and not to take things on a face value.

But that’s ok, because we just need to work twice or thrice much harder, right?

What a vibe. Such a beautiful day, full of gorgeous queers, and so many empowering and uplifting words at Defying Destiny. And thankfully peaceful. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Does it seem like the media are too lenient on NZ Prime Minister Luxon? If Helen Clark or Jacinda Ardern gave such replies as PM that "not aware", "don't know" or "not briefed" they'd be highly critised. Yet multiple headlines re Luxon is not aware or not briefed on multiple issues #NZPol #AoNZPol

“No matter how smart and savvy you think he is, Bob Iger isn’t working 1400 times harder than Disney’s cleaners. […] It’s shameful to acknowledge you’re the beneficiary of systemic privilege. It’s damaging to your ego to admit you’re not a supergenius.”

If you’re going to read something today, read this thread. Authentic, vulnerable, beautiful.❣️

It’s Big Gay Out! And we’re here with OutLine Aotearoa. 🫶🏻 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 💛🤍💜🖤 A bit star-struck meeting @benjamin-doyle.bsky.social & other @nzgreensglobal.bsky.social MPs today 💚 #nzpride #bgo2025

Journalists - you do not have to pad out your articles with Brian Tamaki's violent, defamatory quotes. You can simply report that he used social media to spread false allegations and bigotry, and cover what that has led to.

How can ANYONE think it is ok to TERRORISE a storytime that people CHOOSE to go to? How AT ALL is it ok for anyone to to make others feel unsafe being in a public space? This behaviour is sickening and I wish more could be done to protect individuals just doing harmless activities.

They literally punched women in the face who were trying to keep an event safe. The footage is absolutely atrocious but undersells the scale of threat

Gross and unacceptable, yet predicable, behavior from this group and calibre of people. I am proud of our people. 🌈 ✊🏻🪩💃🏼 Brian Tamaki, gurl, bye gurl. 🙅🏼 #nzpride www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

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As always very insightful. 💡

I’m so glad to see articles like that in mainstream media. The more we keep talking about the mind-body connection and challenge the dualism, the better.

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Legal personhood for every tūpuna! I want every mountain and river in the motu to have the same protections we give corporations www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... Does a little dance