MEDIAWATCH: Madness of latest Trans/TERF war at the Human Rights Review Tribunal

Groan…

Human Rights Review Tribunal hears final arguments in Lava v Wellington Pride Festival dispute

A stoush over a stall at a Wellington Pride event has left some people with hurt feelings, exposed differing opinions about gender identity and resulted in a discrimination claim.

Lesbian Action for Visibility Aotearoa (Lava) complained after the Wellington Pride Festival cancelled its stall at the Wellington Pride event in March 2021.

But Wellington Pride says it cancelled the stall because Lava is a public advocacy group promoting anti trans (trans exclusionary) views.

Now the case has ended up in the Human Rights Review Tribunal.

…yay, another delightfully radioactive and hateful Trans fight.

Charming.

The Human Rights Review Tribunal is one of the few public courts that can hold the State to account and ensure human rights are upheld, it is vital that open justice is seen to be done and that means allowing journalists to cover trials.

I went to the Human Rights Review Tribunal in my fight against the NZ Police for breaching my civil rights, it is the last guardrail of accountability.

Three things about this case:

1. Wellington Pride get to decide who does and doesn’t appear at their festival, they didn’t like an anti-Trans group being there, so be it.
2. It is juvenile and appalling that the Human Rights Review Tribunal has banned an anti-Trans journalist from covering the story.
3. It is telling that the this story is being covered elusively on NZ Herald now that Alt-Right, anti-trans fruitcake and Canadian Billionaire Jim Grenon has taken over the Paper and they are dutifully chasing his favourite bigotries.

Wellington Pride wouldn’t allow Destiny Church to set up a stall, why allow feral Terfs to but the bigger story is the way NZ Herald is covering this now they have been taken over by an anti-Trans alt-right billionaire.

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