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EXTRA: QED needs marshals for this action. Marshals will need to show up 15min earlier and will leave 15min later after a debrief. Previous marshalling experience is a bonus. In addition, current first aid certification and valid VUW student IDs are helpful.
🙈 It's the little things, sometimes, isn't it? We think it's incredibly cool and sexy for workers to show their solidarity with each other by taking a self-directed day off 😎💅
Trans liberation, Queer liberation, Māori liberation, Palestinian liberation! If you oppose these things then we will resist you, for ever and and ever.
Ka whawhai tonu matou!
Kia ora tātou! We are looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow Saturday the 18th at 11.30am to stand up for trans rights and for our community. 💖
We are aiming for a peaceful counter-demonstration to the hateful rhetoric that will be being spewed inside of Tākina at
Pōneke whānau, please attend this rally by @PonekeAntifa and @QueerEndurance on Saturday 18th May from 11:30AM in front of Te Papa to oppose rising far-right transphobia and stand in solidarity with our trans, irawhiti and takatāpui whānau. https://t.co/HtTFCauciw
Once we've covered travel costs for our rōpū and provided support as needed in Pōneke, leftover money will be used for future costs.
So we are not in need of anymore donations, we still welcome supporting us through this channel! We are immensely grateful for everyone's support!
We've received a few kind offers to help us cover costs. We would really appreciate your support, especially as it looks like we'll be hiring a van. If you would like to donate, you can do so by bank transfer to 38-9002-0129116-13.
Big thank you to everyone supporting this mahi!
Ata mārie✨
We've received a massive amount of donations since last night and we are confident that costs to get our group down to Pōneke tomorrow will be well covered!
Thank you so much to every single person who has donated thus far!
It is Nakba day.
When I was a child, my g. parents were always asking me to tell them a story. They loved hearing my stories & silly jokes.
They made me a story teller. How ironic, because it's their own story that I share with you next.
We have to get used to organised resistance to this government. We need to rebuild the activist skillset we lost from the covid slowdown and trying to be lobbyists under Labour. Backing TLA isn't just resisting transphobia, it's investing in the skills base we need to redevelop.
If you're in Auckland and you want to say fuck no to the state deciding it can exclude minorities from public life, get in touch with TLA and they'll set you up with transport to Wellington, accomodation, and a plan.
1/9 On Friday, May 10th, Winston Peters, leader of NZ First and co-deputy prime minister under the coalition government, introduced a bill to parliament that if passed would allow for anyone to be fined for using a bathroom that does not match the sex they were assigned at birth.
8/9 Ultimately, this affects all of us. The current government is deciding it is within their mandate to restrict people's freedom to participate in society. That's a massive step towards fascism, and we need to stop it.