Stephanie Rodgers

Feminist, leftie, green māmā from Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Category: Society

  • Puberty blockers

    The text of my submission to the Ministry of Health’s unnecessary and politicised review of the use of puberty blockers for young trans and nonbinary people in Aotearoa.

  • The Treaty Principles Bill

    My submission – made at the last moment because I’m a neurodivergent millennial – on David Seymour’s terrible legislation.

  • Why citizens’ assemblies work

    Citizens’ assemblies are being held up as the solution to all society’s divisive issues, but nobody’s talking about what really makes them successful.

  • Support accurate birth certificates for trans and non-binary people

    Content note: suicide, transphobia I’d wanted to get this done a lot earlier, but we bought a house in the middle of lockdown and that has a tendency to throw…

  • End conversion therapy in Aotearoa

    I’ve just hit “send” on my submission to the Justice Select Committee on the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill – also known as the “conversion therapy ban”, except it’s not…