I submitted the following opposing the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill in New Zealand. The submission draws on findings from the Counting Ourselves (2022) community report, the largest survey of trans and non-binary health and wellbeing ever conducted in Aotearoa New Zealand, which I lead as
Public debates about transgender issues are often framed as disagreements over evidence or safety. In my new article published in the International Journal of Transgender Health, I argue current policy shifts are better understood as part of a recognisable escalation pattern. I call this “trans eliminationism” – efforts to remove trans
Also published in The New Zealand Government’s ban on puberty blockers for gender-affirming care marks a troubling shift: politicians are now making decisions that should sit with clinicians working alongside young people and their families or whānau. Puberty blockers have been used in gender-affirming healthcare for decades.
By Joan Roughgarden and Jaimie Veale · Originally published in In an executive order issued hours after his second inauguration, President Donald Trump sought to deny the reality, or even the possibility, of transgender people. The order concerned the production of sperm and egg, known as gametes, defining a female as