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• NATNAL PARTY ANNOUNCE OPENLY GAY LIST MP CANDIDATE
• NEW ZEALAND IS ON TRACK TO ELECT THE ‘GAYT PARLIAMENT THE WORLD’BASED ON CURRENT POLLG, THE NUMBER OF LGBTQI+ MPS NEW ZEALAND'S 120-SEAT HOE OF REPRENTATIV IS PREDICTED TO SWELL TO A WORLD-LEADG 7.5 PER CENT AFTER SEPTEMBER'S ELECTN.NEW ZEALAND PRIME MISTER JACDA ARRN HAS WON PRAISE FOR HER HANDLG OF THE RONAVIS PANMIC. SOURCE: AAPNEW ZEALANRS ARE POISED TO ELECT THE 'GAYT PARLIAMENT THE WORLD' SEPTEMBER, VLTG THE SOUTH PACIFIC NATN PAST THE WORLD-LEADG UNED KGDOM FOR REPRENTATN.THE CURRENT 'RABOW UC' SAY THERE'S STILL PLENTY TO DO FOR LGBTQI+ KIWIS, EVEN AFTER SAME-SEX MARRIAGE'S LEGISLATN AND GREAT STRIS ENDG DISCRIMATN AGAST THE QUEER MUNY.THERE ARE CURRENTLY SEVEN OUT-AND-PROUD MPS NEW ZEALAND'S 120-SEAT HOE OF REPRENTATIV.THAT WILL SWELL TO NE ON THE BASIS OF CURRENT POLLG, AND UP TO 11 SHOULD THE GREENS CREASE THEIR VOTE ON ELECTN DAY; 19 SEPTEMBER.READ MOREWHY THE NEW US LGBTQI+ WORKPLACE LG IS MORE SIGNIFINT THAN LEGALISG SAME-SEX MARRIAGENE RABOW MPS - OR 7.5 PER CENT - WOULD SEE NEW ZEALAND SKIP PAST THE UK, WHICH HAS 45 OPEN MEMBERS THE 650-MEMBER HOE OF COMMONS, OR SEVEN PER CENT."NUMBERS DO MATTER," TRAILBLAZG LABOUR MP LOUISA WALL TOLD AAP. "WE HAVE A CRIL MASS WH HIGH VISIBILY AND WE'RE SEEN AS VALID. IF WE DO END UP BEG THE MOST LGBT REPRENTATIVE PARLIAMENT THE WORLD, THAT WOULD BE SIMPLY GREAT."NEW ZEALAND'S PARLIAMENTARY PARTI HOLD DIFFERENT VIEWS ON REPRENTATN.LABOUR HAS FIVE GAY MPS, CLUDG FANCE MISTER GRANT ROBERTSON AND MS WALL, WHO LED THE PH TO LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE 2012. MEKA WHAIRI, TAMATI COFFEY AND KIRI ALLAN ARE ALSO OPENLY GAY.NEW ZEALAND POLICIAN LOUISA WALL SOURCE: APON THE BASIS OF MS ARRN'S SKY-HIGH POPULARY, LABOUR'S NEXT RABOW UC WOULD BE JOED BY STAR NDIDATE AYHA VERRALL AND NORTHTE HOPEFUL SHANAN HALBERT.THE GREENS HAVE TWO QUEER MPS, JAN LOGIE AND CHLOE SWARBRICK.LEADG LGBTQI+ ACTIVIST ELIZABETH KEREKERE AND ANTI-POVERTY MPAIGNER RIRDO MENENZ MARCH WILL ALSO BEE MPS IF THE GREENS RECEIVE AROUND EIGHT PER CENT OF THE PARTY VOTE; THEY ARE CURRENTLY POLLG AT SIX.NATNAL, THE BIGGT PARTY PARLIAMENT WH 55 MEMBERS, HAVE NO  LGBTQI+ REPRENTATIV AND A PARTY SPOKPERSON SAID THEY HAD NO GAY NDIDAT WNABLE SEATS."IT IS NOT SOMETHG I'M PARTICULARLY FOCED ON, ENSURG THAT WE FD SOMEONE WHO MAY OR MAY NOT REPRENT THE LGBTI MUNY," OPPOSN LEAR TODD MULLER TOLD AAP.READ MORECOUPLE MAKE HISTORY WH NORTHERN IRELAND'S FIRST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE"THE KEY THG IS THAT YOU HAVE A PARTY THAT HAS A TRACK RERD OF BEG OPEN TO THE DIVERSY OF THIS UNTRY, AS IS BEG CREASGLY SO TERMS OF CULTURAL, SEXUAL ORIENTATN, PERSPECTIV ON LIFE."MS LOGIE, THE GREENS SPOKWOMAN FOR RABOW ISSU, DISAGREED AND SAID REPRENTATN STILL MATTERED."KNOWG AN ISSUE, KNOWG PERSONALLY, LIVG , MAK A DIFFERENCE," SHE SAID."FOR MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE QUEER, THEY WILL HAVE GONE THROUGH THEIR OWN PROCS OF STGGLG WH THEIR INTY AND BEG NSUMED ABOUT G OUT."TO HAVE PEOPLE POSNS OF LEARSHIP, FIRMLY STANDG AS WHO THEY ARE, HELPS PEOPLE NNECT TO POSIVE POSSIBILI OF BEG OUT AND WHO THEY ARE."READ MORESWZERLAND VOT STRONGLY FAVOUR OF NEW LAW MAKG HOMOPHOBIA ILLEGALBEYOND QUTNS OF VISIBILY AND REPRENTATN, THERE ARE ALSO SUBSTANTIAL POLICY ISSU FACG LGBTQI+ KIWIS.LEGISLATIVE BATTL TO ALLOW SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND ADOPTN HAVE BEEN WON BUT ADVOT SAY SUPPORT SERVIC ARE UNRFUND, AND ERNMENT AGENCI ARE ILL-EQUIPPED TO ENGAGE WH  LGBTQI+ MUNI AND CHALLENG.LABOUR MPS HAVE PRIVATE MEMBERS BILLS TO END NVERSN THERAPY AND IMPROVE SURROGACY ACCS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN DRAWN THIS PARLIAMENT.MS WALL ALSO BELIEV NEW ZEALAND'S GENR DYSPHORIA TREATMENT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT.A HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSN REPORT ON RABOW HUMAN RIGHTS NEW ZEALAND, ISSUED LAST WEEK, INTIFIED MAJOR FICIENCI AND "DISCRIMATN WHEN TO BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS LIKE ACCS TO QUALY HEALTHRE, TN AND WORK".COMMISSN SPOKPERSON TAE POLKGHORNE SAID TRANS PEOPLE PECIALLY NTUED TO BE MARGALISED."SEXUALY AND DIVERSE MUNI HAVE HAD THE BENEF OF RAPID GAS SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE BUT THE PACE OF CHANGE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIVERSE GENR INTI AND EXPRSNS AND SEX CHARACTERISTICS HAVE BEEN MUCH SLOWER," THEY SAID.PEOPLE EX THE 'BEEHIVE' BUILDG AT THE NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT WELLGTON"IT'S BEEN GLACIAL. IT'S KD OF A JOKE. WE HAVE NOT SEEN ENOUGH CHANGE."EXCLN AND DISCRIMATN HAVE A SOCIAL AND ENOMIC ST AND THE ISSU ARE NOT NEW."NEW ZEALAND DO NOT HAVE A GO-TO ERNMENT AGENCY FOR RABOW ISSU, SOMETHG MS LOGIE WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE.SHE HAS PROPOSED A 'RABOW OFFICE' WHICH WOULD BE BOTH A ONT DOOR TO ERNMENT FOR THE LGBTQI+ MUNY AND BE AN ADVISORY SERVICE WH PUBLIC AGENCI.MS LOGIE SAID MISTERS MAY OR MAY NOT BE ON TOP OF LGBTQI+ ISSU WH THEIR PORTFOLS BUT WHOUT A DITED OFFICE "NOBODY SE WHAT THE OVERALL PICTURE IS FOR THE MUNY"."THE RPONSE OM THE PRIME MISTER WAS THAT SHE DIDN'T SEE A NEED FOR ," SHE SAID."SHE'S BEEN A LONGTIME ALLY OF THE MUNY SO I'M NOT GOG TO E OUT AND DISS HER. I STILL BELIEVE THAT THE SE FOR THIS IS REALLY STRONG."A ERNMENT SPOKMAN SAID "DISCRIMATN AND BIAS AGAST RABOW MUNI IS NOT ACCEPTABLE" BUT THEY "HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY FORMAL OR RMAL REQUTS TO SET UP A RABOW-SPECIFIC AGENCY AND ARE NOT CURRENTLY NSIRG ".SHARE5 M READPUBLISHED 28 JUNE 2020 2:42PMUPDATED 22 FEBARY 2022 6:51PMTAGSWORLDPACIFICSOCIAL ISSUPACIFICSHARE THIS WH FAY AND IENDSCOPY LKSHAREREMEND FOR YOU

NATNAL PARTY ANNOUNCE OPENLY GAY LIST MP CANDIDATE

In the UK there are currently 45 openly gay members the 650-member Hoe of Commons, or 7 percent. Natnal now has 35 members Parliament, none of which are openly gay.

Openly gay Labour MPs clu newly-elected Wellgton list MP Ayha Verrall and Northte MP Shanan Halbert. In 2009, Parliament named one of s 11 select mtee meetg rooms 'Rabow Room', dited to gay, lbian, and transgenr New Zealanrs.

NEW ZEALAND IS ON TRACK TO ELECT THE ‘GAYT PARLIAMENT THE WORLD’BASED ON CURRENT POLLG, THE NUMBER OF LGBTQI+ MPS NEW ZEALAND'S 120-SEAT HOE OF REPRENTATIV IS PREDICTED TO SWELL TO A WORLD-LEADG 7.5 PER CENT AFTER SEPTEMBER'S ELECTN.NEW ZEALAND PRIME MISTER JACDA ARRN HAS WON PRAISE FOR HER HANDLG OF THE RONAVIS PANMIC. SOURCE: AAPNEW ZEALANRS ARE POISED TO ELECT THE 'GAYT PARLIAMENT THE WORLD' SEPTEMBER, VLTG THE SOUTH PACIFIC NATN PAST THE WORLD-LEADG UNED KGDOM FOR REPRENTATN.THE CURRENT 'RABOW UC' SAY THERE'S STILL PLENTY TO DO FOR LGBTQI+ KIWIS, EVEN AFTER SAME-SEX MARRIAGE'S LEGISLATN AND GREAT STRIS ENDG DISCRIMATN AGAST THE QUEER MUNY.THERE ARE CURRENTLY SEVEN OUT-AND-PROUD MPS NEW ZEALAND'S 120-SEAT HOE OF REPRENTATIV.THAT WILL SWELL TO NE ON THE BASIS OF CURRENT POLLG, AND UP TO 11 SHOULD THE GREENS CREASE THEIR VOTE ON ELECTN DAY; 19 SEPTEMBER.READ MOREWHY THE NEW US LGBTQI+ WORKPLACE LG IS MORE SIGNIFINT THAN LEGALISG SAME-SEX MARRIAGENE RABOW MPS - OR 7.5 PER CENT - WOULD SEE NEW ZEALAND SKIP PAST THE UK, WHICH HAS 45 OPEN MEMBERS THE 650-MEMBER HOE OF COMMONS, OR SEVEN PER CENT."NUMBERS DO MATTER," TRAILBLAZG LABOUR MP LOUISA WALL TOLD AAP. "WE HAVE A CRIL MASS WH HIGH VISIBILY AND WE'RE SEEN AS VALID. IF WE DO END UP BEG THE MOST LGBT REPRENTATIVE PARLIAMENT THE WORLD, THAT WOULD BE SIMPLY GREAT."NEW ZEALAND'S PARLIAMENTARY PARTI HOLD DIFFERENT VIEWS ON REPRENTATN.LABOUR HAS FIVE GAY MPS, CLUDG FANCE MISTER GRANT ROBERTSON AND MS WALL, WHO LED THE PH TO LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE 2012. MEKA WHAIRI, TAMATI COFFEY AND KIRI ALLAN ARE ALSO OPENLY GAY.NEW ZEALAND POLICIAN LOUISA WALL SOURCE: APON THE BASIS OF MS ARRN'S SKY-HIGH POPULARY, LABOUR'S NEXT RABOW UC WOULD BE JOED BY STAR NDIDATE AYHA VERRALL AND NORTHTE HOPEFUL SHANAN HALBERT.THE GREENS HAVE TWO QUEER MPS, JAN LOGIE AND CHLOE SWARBRICK.LEADG LGBTQI+ ACTIVIST ELIZABETH KEREKERE AND ANTI-POVERTY MPAIGNER RIRDO MENENZ MARCH WILL ALSO BEE MPS IF THE GREENS RECEIVE AROUND EIGHT PER CENT OF THE PARTY VOTE; THEY ARE CURRENTLY POLLG AT SIX.NATNAL, THE BIGGT PARTY PARLIAMENT WH 55 MEMBERS, HAVE NO  LGBTQI+ REPRENTATIV AND A PARTY SPOKPERSON SAID THEY HAD NO GAY NDIDAT WNABLE SEATS."IT IS NOT SOMETHG I'M PARTICULARLY FOCED ON, ENSURG THAT WE FD SOMEONE WHO MAY OR MAY NOT REPRENT THE LGBTI MUNY," OPPOSN LEAR TODD MULLER TOLD AAP.READ MORECOUPLE MAKE HISTORY WH NORTHERN IRELAND'S FIRST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE"THE KEY THG IS THAT YOU HAVE A PARTY THAT HAS A TRACK RERD OF BEG OPEN TO THE DIVERSY OF THIS UNTRY, AS IS BEG CREASGLY SO TERMS OF CULTURAL, SEXUAL ORIENTATN, PERSPECTIV ON LIFE."MS LOGIE, THE GREENS SPOKWOMAN FOR RABOW ISSU, DISAGREED AND SAID REPRENTATN STILL MATTERED."KNOWG AN ISSUE, KNOWG PERSONALLY, LIVG , MAK A DIFFERENCE," SHE SAID."FOR MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE QUEER, THEY WILL HAVE GONE THROUGH THEIR OWN PROCS OF STGGLG WH THEIR INTY AND BEG NSUMED ABOUT G OUT."TO HAVE PEOPLE POSNS OF LEARSHIP, FIRMLY STANDG AS WHO THEY ARE, HELPS PEOPLE NNECT TO POSIVE POSSIBILI OF BEG OUT AND WHO THEY ARE."READ MORESWZERLAND VOT STRONGLY FAVOUR OF NEW LAW MAKG HOMOPHOBIA ILLEGALBEYOND QUTNS OF VISIBILY AND REPRENTATN, THERE ARE ALSO SUBSTANTIAL POLICY ISSU FACG LGBTQI+ KIWIS.LEGISLATIVE BATTL TO ALLOW SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND ADOPTN HAVE BEEN WON BUT ADVOT SAY SUPPORT SERVIC ARE UNRFUND, AND ERNMENT AGENCI ARE ILL-EQUIPPED TO ENGAGE WH  LGBTQI+ MUNI AND CHALLENG.LABOUR MPS HAVE PRIVATE MEMBERS BILLS TO END NVERSN THERAPY AND IMPROVE SURROGACY ACCS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN DRAWN THIS PARLIAMENT.MS WALL ALSO BELIEV NEW ZEALAND'S GENR DYSPHORIA TREATMENT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT.A HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSN REPORT ON RABOW HUMAN RIGHTS NEW ZEALAND, ISSUED LAST WEEK, INTIFIED MAJOR FICIENCI AND "DISCRIMATN WHEN TO BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS LIKE ACCS TO QUALY HEALTHRE, TN AND WORK".COMMISSN SPOKPERSON TAE POLKGHORNE SAID TRANS PEOPLE PECIALLY NTUED TO BE MARGALISED."SEXUALY AND DIVERSE MUNI HAVE HAD THE BENEF OF RAPID GAS SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE BUT THE PACE OF CHANGE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIVERSE GENR INTI AND EXPRSNS AND SEX CHARACTERISTICS HAVE BEEN MUCH SLOWER," THEY SAID.PEOPLE EX THE 'BEEHIVE' BUILDG AT THE NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT WELLGTON"IT'S BEEN GLACIAL. IT'S KD OF A JOKE. WE HAVE NOT SEEN ENOUGH CHANGE."EXCLN AND DISCRIMATN HAVE A SOCIAL AND ENOMIC ST AND THE ISSU ARE NOT NEW."NEW ZEALAND DO NOT HAVE A GO-TO ERNMENT AGENCY FOR RABOW ISSU, SOMETHG MS LOGIE WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE.SHE HAS PROPOSED A 'RABOW OFFICE' WHICH WOULD BE BOTH A ONT DOOR TO ERNMENT FOR THE LGBTQI+ MUNY AND BE AN ADVISORY SERVICE WH PUBLIC AGENCI.MS LOGIE SAID MISTERS MAY OR MAY NOT BE ON TOP OF LGBTQI+ ISSU WH THEIR PORTFOLS BUT WHOUT A DITED OFFICE "NOBODY SE WHAT THE OVERALL PICTURE IS FOR THE MUNY"."THE RPONSE OM THE PRIME MISTER WAS THAT SHE DIDN'T SEE A NEED FOR ," SHE SAID."SHE'S BEEN A LONGTIME ALLY OF THE MUNY SO I'M NOT GOG TO E OUT AND DISS HER. I STILL BELIEVE THAT THE SE FOR THIS IS REALLY STRONG."A ERNMENT SPOKMAN SAID "DISCRIMATN AND BIAS AGAST RABOW MUNI IS NOT ACCEPTABLE" BUT THEY "HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY FORMAL OR RMAL REQUTS TO SET UP A RABOW-SPECIFIC AGENCY AND ARE NOT CURRENTLY NSIRG ".SHARE5 M READPUBLISHED 28 JUNE 2020 2:42PMUPDATED 22 FEBARY 2022 6:51PMTAGSWORLDPACIFICSOCIAL ISSUPACIFICSHARE THIS WH FAY AND IENDSCOPY LKSHAREREMEND FOR YOU

By parison, the Uned Kgdom - the former tle holr - has 45 openly gay members s 650-member Hoe of Commons, or 7 percent.

When Tim Bart was elected to Parliament 1996, he was the only openly gay MP and jt the third the untry's history. "It was MMP was a new system, I was h to the stutn, one of the New Zealand First MPs said homophobic thgs his main speech so I had to addrs that. "I worked full time lbian and gay rights Bra so I was workg across the spectm to enurage members of Parliament to be open about themselv bee they were role mols.