Today, this might very well be unnecessarily pathologized by agencies such as Rainbow Youth or InsideOUT. My male body and supposed female “gender soul” would be regarded as mismatched, and I would be treated accordingly. Almost like, say, conversion therapy, no? – Paul Letham-McGrath
“… it was his personal comments about his experience as a gay clergyman that really resonated. He quite literally has been exposed to the rhetoric that Simon and Damien want to protect, for example, trans people, from.” – @aniobrien
“I didn’t consider I had done anything wrong and I certainly didn’t believe I had breached the code of conduct: I had simply asked a speaker a question.” – Emma Barraclough
“Mutch-McKay asked the two men if the New Zealand health system is broken. Unsurprisingly, Luxon said ‘yes’ and Hipkins said ‘no’.” – @anionbrien
“I have good reason to believe that by writing the following I am risking my professional registration as a secondary school teacher. That’s because, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, things are getting pretty dicey in the workplace for supporters of freedom of speech. Why?” – Nick Hanne
“They do not enjoy disrupting the lives of fellow citizens, but such disruption is the only way to give this existential issue the attention it requires.” – James Cockle
“Peters’ occupation of a centralist, populist nationalism means those to both the left and the right of him are always potentially either friends or enemies, depending on the sovereign decision to be made.” – Mike Grimshaw
If @PhilTwyford genuinely seeks to contribute to the resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, a more informed and balanced approach is imperative.
“Censorship is the glue that binds hierarchies together and hierarchies were often brutal in their commitment to their vision of social cohesion” – @AKADaneGiraud
“He fails to appreciate that the AfD is gaining ground precisely because the mainstream parties are pursuing policies that hurt many voters.” – @danielbenami