Rainbow Election 2020

‘Soul-destroying’: What conversion therapy in NZ looks like

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After two unsuccessful petitions in 2019, Labour is finally promising to ban conversion therapy in the upcoming election. Sherry Zhang talks to Anna* about what conversion therapy was like and what a ban on its practise would mean.  “It makes me want to cry. It makes me feel seen, like I’m not just making shit … Read more

Rainbow Election 2020 highlights LGBTQI+ issues – and a lack of policy

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Just because few parties have released LGBTQI+ policies doesn’t mean the rainbow community won’t hold them to account. A new policy tool highlights the rainbow policies that matter this year, and which parties support them. “For Queer people, politics is personal – we neither have the luxury nor privilege to keep our lives outside politics.” … Read more