Tomorrow, Sunday 15th November, Queer
Endurance in Defiance and allies will rally in Cuba Street
to:
- oppose the Legislation (Definitions of Woman
and Man) Amendment Bill which is an outright attack on trans
and intersex communities. - celebrate PATHA’s recent
win in the High Court against the puberty blocker
ban.
The rally will be held at 12pm at
the Cuba Street Bucket Fountain with chants,
speeches and a performance. The performance will feature a
certain NZ First leader, dancing and music, and, of course,
a little mockery.
“The post-election period is a
critical time. In getting the courts to throw out the first
attempt at a puberty blocker ban, queer people have set back
the right wing parties’ plans to use the global culture war
on trans youth to further their agenda,” said QED member
Amal.
These wins have been supported by QED and the
local Wellington trans community and our allies. The
National Day of Action Rally in Wellington had over 2000
attendees. In March, QED helped organise a market and gig
fundraiser, called PartTy4T, which raised $3,475.48 towards
PATHA’s legal fees.
It is important that we gather
together to show politicians across the political spectrum
that trans people will not defined out existence. We will
not sit idle as our community is used as a tool for
political gain. We are people with lives to be celebrated
and lived.
“Now is the time for us to come together
to make it permanent: we must force any reworked puberty
blocker ban off the agenda entirely, and encourage
parliament to throw out the nonsense definitions bill.
Aotearoa can set an example for queer people fighting
against similar laws
globally.”
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