Owen
@pinnerblinn.bsky.social
Te motu kairangi. Married to danthetape. Trans.
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Every happy, successful trans person is a conservative policy failure. We must not just survive but also thrive despite all their attempts to stop it. Live your lives accordingly.
January 2, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Every happy, successful trans person is a conservative policy failure. We must not just survive but also thrive despite all their attempts to stop it. Live your lives accordingly.
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Unless you had time to dig into the details of the 300+ page judgment, you'd be forgiven for missing this positive part of the Sandie Peggie ruling
www.wearequeeraf.com/supreme-cour...
www.wearequeeraf.com/supreme-cour...
Supreme Court decision does not require Trans+ bathroom ban, Scottish court says
An employment tribunal has set out why Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act 2010 does not require segregating Trans+ people from single-sex spaces
www.wearequeeraf.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Unless you had time to dig into the details of the 300+ page judgment, you'd be forgiven for missing this positive part of the Sandie Peggie ruling
www.wearequeeraf.com/supreme-cour...
www.wearequeeraf.com/supreme-cour...
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Even though it’s unenforceable, as of today it is illegal to prescribe puberty blockers to a trans child in Aotearoa. We now know that the Ministry recommended against this, that no one asked for it, and no one thought it was a good idea except for cabinet. This ban is a stain on our history.
December 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Even though it’s unenforceable, as of today it is illegal to prescribe puberty blockers to a trans child in Aotearoa. We now know that the Ministry recommended against this, that no one asked for it, and no one thought it was a good idea except for cabinet. This ban is a stain on our history.
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And they'd have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for the meddling High Court of New Zealand ...
PATHA judicial review against the govt's ban on puberty blockers for trans kids granted, partly on the basis that the decision was taken on political and not medical grounds
Which, if it stands, seems like it could sink the whole scam www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases...
Which, if it stands, seems like it could sink the whole scam www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases...
![[176] The second cause of action is also clearly arguable and perhaps more than
arguable given the material that has become available since the proceedings were filed.
The Minister did not take a preferred position to Cabinet. Rather, he chaired a meeting
at which strong views were expressed and appears to have accepted the views of
Cabinet. The views of Cabinet do not reflect the medical advice set out in the RIS.
Whether that suffices as an exercise of the Minister’s statutory power will need to be
decided, but the factual picture is now quite clear, and it supports PATHA’s position
that this was a political decision and contrary to advice from the Ministry which also
feeds into the third cause of action.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y5ef7ykskrf34je7djcylqwm/bafkreie4tcjzi3btkd73fxa3xnvrlduxcqo2ozteeu7utgy5knfsmefi5i@jpeg)
December 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
And they'd have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for the meddling High Court of New Zealand ...
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Trans people in the UK can still use the toilets that match their gender. Yes, even after the Supreme Court ruling. Here's why:
tacc.org.uk/2025/04/23/t...
tacc.org.uk/2025/04/23/t...
Toilet Hysteria Isn’t Law: Why Trans People in the UK Can Still Pee in Peace - Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective
(Yes, Even After the Supreme Court Ruling) Let’s clear something up before another MP starts frothing at the mouth on GB News: in the UK, there is still no law that stops transgender people from…
tacc.org.uk
April 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Trans people in the UK can still use the toilets that match their gender. Yes, even after the Supreme Court ruling. Here's why:
tacc.org.uk/2025/04/23/t...
tacc.org.uk/2025/04/23/t...
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If you have a spare minute, please sign the petition to the NZ government to repeal the ban on puberty blockers for trans and Takatāpui youth 🩷🩵🤍
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
Reverse the decision to deny transgender and takatāpui young people access to puberty blockers
Dear Minister Simeon Brown
We write to you as transgender and takatāpui young people of Aotearoa New Zealand to ask you to reconsider your decision to ban the use of puberty blockers (gonadotropin-re...
our.actionstation.org.nz
December 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you have a spare minute, please sign the petition to the NZ government to repeal the ban on puberty blockers for trans and Takatāpui youth 🩷🩵🤍
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
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nz government recently banned puberty blockers, but only for transgender youth. please support this petition to reverse this! […]
Original post on systerserver.town
systerserver.town
December 2, 2025 at 7:51 AM
nz government recently banned puberty blockers, but only for transgender youth. please support this petition to reverse this! […]
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The Paediatric Society of NZ - representing the clinical field most relevant here - have released maybe the strongest statement of all the medical bodies: “puberty blockers are an established, safe, reversible, and
life-saving treatment option”
life-saving treatment option”
PSNZ responds to government announcement on puberty blockers
www.paediatrics.org.nz
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The Paediatric Society of NZ - representing the clinical field most relevant here - have released maybe the strongest statement of all the medical bodies: “puberty blockers are an established, safe, reversible, and
life-saving treatment option”
life-saving treatment option”
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For context, these were due to be published in March 2025. The NZ govt prevented their publication because they intended to ban puberty blockers and the guidelines show they are safe, effective, and standard care internationally. Today they were released in an OIA putting them in the public domain.
In some good news, today PATHA has finally been able to release the 2025 Guidelines for Gender Affirming Care in Aotearoa New Zealand. You can read them here: patha.nz/resources-an...
Clinical Guidelines | Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. (PATHA)
patha.nz
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM
For context, these were due to be published in March 2025. The NZ govt prevented their publication because they intended to ban puberty blockers and the guidelines show they are safe, effective, and standard care internationally. Today they were released in an OIA putting them in the public domain.
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Great to see this official statement from NZ Greens 🏳️⚧️
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Great to see this official statement from NZ Greens 🏳️⚧️
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🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
60,000 cisgender women write powerful open letter in support of trans community: ‘We have had enough’
https://bit.ly/43rHxD9
60,000 cisgender women write powerful open letter in support of trans community: ‘We have had enough’
https://bit.ly/43rHxD9
60,000 cisgender women write powerful open letter in support of trans community
“Not in our Name” is the title of a collective of cisgender women who have written an open letter calling out the media and politicians for promoting anti-trans rhetoric.
www.thepinknews.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
60,000 cisgender women write powerful open letter in support of trans community: ‘We have had enough’
https://bit.ly/43rHxD9
60,000 cisgender women write powerful open letter in support of trans community: ‘We have had enough’
https://bit.ly/43rHxD9
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#nzpol #sexism #patriachy #leadership
I appreciate David Fisher's reporting on this - but the sub ed needs to be told there's no question mark needed in this headline.
Fisher gives us multiple clear cut eg's of how sexism & patriarchal culture actually works 🧵
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...
I appreciate David Fisher's reporting on this - but the sub ed needs to be told there's no question mark needed in this headline.
Fisher gives us multiple clear cut eg's of how sexism & patriarchal culture actually works 🧵
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...
Sexism in council? Tears, a resignation and Mayor Wayne Brown’s orgasm joke
Claims female councillors silenced amid 'laddish' climate and crass humour.
www.nzherald.co.nz
August 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
#nzpol #sexism #patriachy #leadership
I appreciate David Fisher's reporting on this - but the sub ed needs to be told there's no question mark needed in this headline.
Fisher gives us multiple clear cut eg's of how sexism & patriarchal culture actually works 🧵
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...
I appreciate David Fisher's reporting on this - but the sub ed needs to be told there's no question mark needed in this headline.
Fisher gives us multiple clear cut eg's of how sexism & patriarchal culture actually works 🧵
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...
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Please share in your networks outside BlueSky - and allow us to contact you going forward. Our one advantage is that we are many - and they are few.
The EHRC Guidance is a wicked exercise in removing rights from trans people - and is bad too for employers and service providers, those outside gender norms, people with disabilities and the economy.
We've created a tool to make it easy to respond. Please use and share. goodlaw.social/9e59e9
We've created a tool to make it easy to respond. Please use and share. goodlaw.social/9e59e9
How to respond to the EHRC consultation
Good Law Project has taken advice from a leading public law King’s Counsel on how to respond to the EHRC’s consultation. What follows is a form which, after you complete it, will automatically be sent...
goodlaw.social
June 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Please share in your networks outside BlueSky - and allow us to contact you going forward. Our one advantage is that we are many - and they are few.
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Fuck mate I didn't think I could BE more proud of being a Te Pāti Māori member
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.
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.
April 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Fuck mate I didn't think I could BE more proud of being a Te Pāti Māori member
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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
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snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Calling UK citizens and residents! Please consider signing this petition to decriminalise abortion petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Decriminalise Abortion
I am calling on the UK government to remove abortion from criminal law so that no pregnant person can be criminalised for procuring their own abortion.
petition.parliament.uk
March 5, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Calling UK citizens and residents! Please consider signing this petition to decriminalise abortion petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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The core science behind climate change is so basic that it's been understood since the 1850's
daily.jstor.org/how-19th-cen...
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February 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The core science behind climate change is so basic that it's been understood since the 1850's
daily.jstor.org/how-19th-cen...
archive.org/details/mobo...
daily.jstor.org/how-19th-cen...
archive.org/details/mobo...
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My new piece looks at newly-published data from the Cass review and how it contradicts the document in many ways.
The review continues to be remarkably problematic and scientifically flawed.
gidmk.substack.com/p/gender-dys...
The review continues to be remarkably problematic and scientifically flawed.
gidmk.substack.com/p/gender-dys...
Gender Dysphoria, Children, And Moral Panics
What new data from the UK shows about trans children
gidmk.substack.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
My new piece looks at newly-published data from the Cass review and how it contradicts the document in many ways.
The review continues to be remarkably problematic and scientifically flawed.
gidmk.substack.com/p/gender-dys...
The review continues to be remarkably problematic and scientifically flawed.
gidmk.substack.com/p/gender-dys...
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Today's the day - you've got 5pm to email [email protected] with your whakaaro. Lots of resources available in this thread - doesn't have to be a masterpiece, but you do have to do it!
I've just published my own submission to Manatū Hauora's consultation on the right of transgender children in Aotearoa to access the healthcare they need - consultation they have opened on request from Minister Reti, with no good justification.
It's long, but may be useful for your own submission.
It's long, but may be useful for your own submission.
Transgender children deserve access to healthcare
This is my submission to Manatū Hauora's consultation on the rights of transgender children in Aotearoa to access the healthcare they need.
jenniferkshields.nz
January 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Today's the day - you've got 5pm to email [email protected] with your whakaaro. Lots of resources available in this thread - doesn't have to be a masterpiece, but you do have to do it!
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NEW ESSAY that will solve everything & make everyone happy!!! /s – "Is Gender Only a Construct, Hierarchy, or Political Condition? A Few Thoughts After Last Week's Kerfuffle"
on Substack (free): juliaserano.substack.com/p/is-gender-...
& Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/is-gender-on...
on Substack (free): juliaserano.substack.com/p/is-gender-...
& Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/is-gender-on...
Is Gender Only a Construct, Hierarchy, or Political Condition?
A Few Thoughts After Last Week’s Kerfuffle
juliaserano.substack.com
January 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
NEW ESSAY that will solve everything & make everyone happy!!! /s – "Is Gender Only a Construct, Hierarchy, or Political Condition? A Few Thoughts After Last Week's Kerfuffle"
on Substack (free): juliaserano.substack.com/p/is-gender-...
& Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/is-gender-on...
on Substack (free): juliaserano.substack.com/p/is-gender-...
& Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/is-gender-on...
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After extensive review, France has established very positive gender affirming care guidelines, and they’ve rejected the highly politicized Cass Report as simply false.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...
New French guidelines show doctors overwhelmingly support gender-affirming care - LGBTQ Nation
The medical guidelines contradict numerous conclusions from the UK's infamous Cass Review.
www.lgbtqnation.com
January 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
After extensive review, France has established very positive gender affirming care guidelines, and they’ve rejected the highly politicized Cass Report as simply false.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...