Agender New Zealand

Agender New Zealand is an organisation supporting transgender people and their families throughout New Zealand. Founded in 1996, Agender works both on a one-to-one basis with individuals as well as hosting national conferences which aim to enable mainstream organisations act in more appropriate ways.

Previous Agender conferences have featured Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast, Wellington Central MP Grant Robertson, Carmen Rupe[1][2] Sarah Lurajud[3] Associate Minister of Justice Lianne Dalziel[4] and Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann.[5]

Agender was an active supporter[6][7] of Georgina Beyer's Human Rights (Gender Identity) Bill which was dropped in 2006 after a legal opinion showed transgender people were already within the ambit of the Human Rights Act.

References

  1. ↑ Agender conference celebrates diversity | Human Rights Commission Newsletters
  2. ↑ Back in her old vamping ground | Stuff.co.nz
  3. ↑ July09Diversity
  4. ↑ beehive.govt.nz - Agender Conference 2008: Celebrating Our Gender
  5. ↑ Agender Conference 2009 - “Beeing Who We Are!” | Scoop News
  6. ↑ Rally in support of the Gender Identity Bill | Scoop News
  7. ↑ Dropping of Human Rights (Gender Identity) Bill | Scoop News

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