There is no excusing the deputy prime minister Winston Peters' unfounded attacks on Benjamin Doyle, but the Green Party should have done more to protect its newest Member of Parliament:
a queer New Zealand MP for the Green Party who uses they/them pronouns is getting death threats, and one of the conservative coalition government's most prominent cabinet ministers may have been a part of the problem
Throwing trans people to the wolves to win elections is wrong. It’s also not going to work.
https://xtramagazine.com/power/why-are-democrats-pivoting-to-transphobia-272182
organizer of transgender history conference in Canada says U.S. participants now afraid to cross the border:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/transgender-u-s-canada-1.7494368
fuck all y'all athletics bodies jumping on the transmisogyny bandwagon
Hundreds march in Wellington to support access for puberty blockers, gender affirming care 
Winston Peters is against puberty blockers for trans kids 
https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/23-03-2025/winston-peters-vs-the-world
Ontario roller derby teams cancel US trips because of the Trump2 administration's discriminatory two-genders rule: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/ontario-roller-derby-teams-cancel-u-s-trips-2-gender-rule-trump-1.7487621
The Trump administration has suspended approximately $175 million US in federal funding for the University of Pennsylvania over the participation of a transgender athlete in its swimming program 
the cis man who pleaded guilty to a stabbing rampage in a gender-studies class at U. Waterloo in 2023 was sentenced on Monday to 11 years in prison for a "particularly grave hate crime." He has to serve at least half of his sentence before being eligible for parole.
Read on to see the full statement by the attacked professor:-
the Hungarian government is going after its LGBTIQ+ communities and individuals in increasingly disturbing ways: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hungar-pride-events-law-1.7486462 #AntiQueerNonsense #AntiTransNonsense #FascistNonsense
PM Mark Carney really sent a signal by dropping from his cabinet both (a) the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth and (b) the Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities: https://xtramagazine.com/video/carney-cabinet-minister-for-women-and-gender-equality-271862 #Booooo #AbleistNonsense #SexistNonsense #AntiTransNonsense #AgeistNonsense
i hope Amy Hamm never has a good night's sleep for the rest of her transmisogynistic bigot nurse life
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/amy-hamm-hearing-1.7484018
In a welcome win amidst Trump’s anti-trans onslaught, a national ban on trans women and girls from women’s sports died on the Senate floor this week: https://xtramagazine.com/video/trans-sports-ban-fails-in-us-senate-271601
More anti-trans bathroom bills have been introduced in the U.S. in 2025 than any year in history. And they're more extreme. And it's only March.
https://xtramagazine.com/power/activism/bathroom-bills-more-extreme-271524
Brian Tamaki’s crusade against Pride — which included Destiny Church members storming Te Atatū library to disrupt a children’s event hosted by a drag king — isn’t just about his version of Christianity, writes Anton Blank. It’s about preserving the power of the patriarchy.
https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/unintentionally-complicit/
fuck these Iowa lawmakers 
don't be smug, Canadians. it's going to increasingly happen in our provinces too.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iowa-gender-identity-bill-1.7470831
Xtra explains the new US visa restrictions on transgender travellers: https://xtramagazine.com/video/us-visa-restrictions-transgender-271479 #AntiTransNonsense #USpol
"...media reports over the weekend described members of the [Destiny] church pushing, shoving and punching their way into the library, where families had gathered to attend a children’s science show hosted by drag artist Hugo Grrrl as part of Auckland Pride. The police have confirmed they are investigating allegations of assault. A 16-year-old girl attending a sports event at the community centre suffered a concussion, and 30 people, including toddlers, had to barricade themselves in a room as [Destiny] church members banged on the doors."
