OPINION
Rachel Stewart
Ex-NZ Herald, 2016 ‘Opinion Writer of the Year’, Canon Media Awards. Firebrand, fearless, fun.
noun
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MATHEMATICS
A point of a curve at which a change in the direction of curvature occurs.
After the recent Cass Report, the earth has shifted directly above the trans fault line.
If you have any remaining doubts about the ethics of prescribing puberty blockers to children, and the positive affirmation-only approach to gender dysphoria, then this document is your go-to delusion dispeller.
Commissioned by the UK’s NHS, and led by an independent consultant paediatrician, Dr. Hilary Cass, over a four-year period, the report’s release has seen the suspension of puberty blockers in England, Scotland, and Wales, with several other European countries now questioning their use.
Of course, here in good old Enzed, our Ministry of Health is essentially carrying on like nothing’s happened, and has commissioned a ragtag bunch of trans and trans activists called PATHA to write a report – no doubt justifying their use. It’s almost laughable if it wasn’t so serious.
Public health expert and Otago University emeritus professor Charlotte Paul said Pharmac data showed New Zealand children aged 12 to 17 were being prescribed puberty blockers at 10 times the rate as children in the UK. Referral guidelines allowed for children as young as 8 or 9 to get blockers, she said.
On the back of the Cass Report, and knowing full well that the battle in New Zealand is not over, a movement is growing exponentially to push the coalition into understanding that most Kiwis find this witch doctor-ish medicalisation of our youth beyond unacceptable.
National won’t even discuss it and appears to have forbidden their MPs from even talking about it.
ACT displays a wishy-washy, ‘wait and see which way the wind is blowing’ approach typical of leader David Seymour where this particular subject is concerned.
Only NZ First shows any signs of life. Yet, despite two firm policy promises prior to the election regarding trans in sport and the Government funding thereof, and the trans component of the RSE curriculum being taught in schools, we have yet to see any forward motion from them. Have they gone cold? Or do they just need a firm nudge?
Based on all of that, we need to keep pushing forward.
On Saturday, 18 May, a summit is happening in Wellington. It’s for New Zealanders who want the Government to stop the gender indoctrination and medicalisation of our children.
Seats are limited, and a diverse and knowledgeable line-up of speakers are ready to go. I am proud to be one of them, and I look forward to meeting you there.
Here’s the link https://inflectionpoint.nz/