“Today, lesbians who stand up for lesbians are called bigots, trans-exclusionary radical feminists (TERFs), Nazis. What has caused this mass hatred of lesbians in a time when the rainbow flag can be seen in many places? Queer, trans, LGBTQ+ seem to have the ear of governments and corporations.”

Hilary Oxley, one of LAVA’s Human Rights Review Tribunal plaintiffs, delivered a speech at the German Embassy in Te Whanganui a Tara | Wellington on 1 November as part of a global protest against Sex Self ID, in solidarity with women in Germany.

Jan’s memoir rang bells for me in so many ways. We are almost the same age and like Jan I am a lesbian. Her descriptions of a 1960’s New Zealand childhood had such unexpected similarities to my own English version, but while my childhood was loud hers was almost silent. I have been on both sides of the mental health issue– my own struggles and in the role of attempting to care.

Read this excellent account by Garwhoungle at The Ministry Has Fallen on Substack, of the situation the LAVA lesbians found themselves in when their stall to display a lesbian herstory map at Pride was cancelled - because they exercised their freedom of political opinion, freedom of association and freedom of expression.

On 8 August, LAVA claimant Marg Curnow was interviewed by Paul Brennan for his Breakfast show on Reality Check Radio. Listen to them to discuss our case in the Human Rights Review Tribunal at the link in this article.

Andrew Doyle is comedian from Northern Ireland, who is part of the global resistance by lesbians and gay men to the queer and trans takeover of Pride.

An new review from the U.K. says claims of massive spikes in suicides following changes to guidelines on puberty blockers to be not only false but dangerous.