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We’re pleased to see that the Government intends to amend the BDMRR Bill to make it clear that gender indenty does not supersede sex. #nzpol #bdmrr #sexmatters dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf…
This clarifies that existing rights to single sex spaces will be retained. A Birth Certificate no longer provides evidence of its contents: it is now just an ‘identity prop’.
Thank you @jantinetti for listening to women. In this document Jan states “I intend to maintain the policy position that birth certificates do not provide conclusive evidence of a person’s sex or gender.” And “…Birth certificates should not be how a person’s sex is determined.”
Our talk about sex self-identification is about the start and we’ll be live tweeting. Pull up a seat! #nzpol
@beth_nosnhoj starts by introducing the group “We formed in 2018 out of necessity, to fight sex self-ID within the Births, Deaths, and Marriages Bill, as we could see that the bill contained serious consequences for women and girls, and no other groups were speaking up.
“we support the current law as it stands and are not looking to roll it back. We support the rights of transgender people to live free from violence and discrimination and we recognise that they are stigmatised and vulnerable, and we deplore harmful stereotypes.
We’ve just filed High Court proceedings against @aucklandcouncil and @PNCityCouncil, following the cancellation of room bookings for our public events that were to go ahead later this week. Nicolette Levy QC will be acting on our behalf, with the support of @NZFreeSpeech. #NZpol
The events were to discuss controversial sex self-identification clauses within the Births, Deaths, Marriages, Relationships, Registration Bill which is currently before Parliament. speakupforwomen.nz/lets-talk-abou… #BDMRR #SexMatters
In Auckland, we were banned from the Pioneer Women’s Hall in the CBD, because the Council thought the views likely to be expressed may cause harm to staff and other users of the facility – even if they are not physically present at the venue or event.
