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Kerryn Pollock

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Queer historian & historian of queer lives. Works @ Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, views my own etc. https://thespinoff.co.nz/authors/kerryn-pollock https://www.pridenz.com/tags/7981.html [Banner: Wedlock: A Drag Show, 2024. Credit: Kiah DeRose]

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Thank you so much! Having a unanimous vote in support was amazing (and unexpected!)

21.03.2025 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Haha yeah, ewww, he probably would have been down there with them!

15.02.2025 18:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The fact a right-wing mayor of our biggest city has condemned this gives me hope that Trumpโ€™s pollution has not seriously infiltrated our nation. Keep it up NZ!

15.02.2025 09:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Removal of trans history from the Stonewall heritage listing is truly dystopian. If this nonsense comes to NZ I will fight it forever #akeakeake #aslongasittakes

14.02.2025 02:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Done, all the way from Aotearoa New Zealand. My comment:

14.02.2025 02:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜ณ. This is seriously disturbing.

13.02.2025 21:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow. One is lost for words.

10.02.2025 00:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Poster of the theatre event โ€˜The Magic of Her Body: Readings of Katherine Mansfieldโ€™s Queer Writingโ€™ held at Katherine Mansfield House in Wellington between 26 and 29 March 2025

Poster of the theatre event โ€˜The Magic of Her Body: Readings of Katherine Mansfieldโ€™s Queer Writingโ€™ held at Katherine Mansfield House in Wellington between 26 and 29 March 2025

www.katherinemansfield.com/event/the-ma...

Join me and performance artist Vixen Temple as we traverse Katherine Mansfieldโ€™s sapphic writing as part of Wellington Pride Festival 2025
#queerheritage #queerhistory

09.02.2025 23:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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8.8K views ยท 118 reactions | How can you not love Julian Wilcox's laugh? | Who knew election policy debates could be so crack-up? (From Te Kลwhiringa 2020, the RNZ and PMN Mฤori Policy Debate โ€“ watch... Who knew election policy debates could be so crack-up? (From Te Kลwhiringa 2020, the RNZ and PMN Mฤori Policy Debate โ€“ watch here:...

@thespinoff.bsky.social can you pls investigate Julian Wilcoxโ€™s laugh? Itโ€™s making RNZโ€™s Waitangi Day coverage go off. You did a prelim in 2020 www.facebook.com/thespinofftv...

05.02.2025 19:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How a failure of the imagination opens the door to privatisation When public services are failing, it's easy to look to privatisation. But that doesn't mean we should....

How a failure of the imagination opens the door to privatisation

29.01.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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What Will Trump's Anti-Trans "Gender Ideology Extremism" Executive Orders Actually Do? Trump's "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government Act" Executive Order is a doozie. But its implications aren't as immediate or permanent...

This is a good read. Trumpโ€™s executive orders do not and cannot change the existing laws protecting LGBTQ+ rights. Normally executive orders direct policy; these ones are โ€˜also glorified press releases designed to create confusion and chaosโ€™. tinyurl.com/3tt9s98b @autostraddle.bsky.social

22.01.2025 19:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A black and white advertisement for Auckland's Empire Hotel. Two men are in the garden bar, one seated with legs spread and the other standing with one leg in front of the seated man's crotch. A seated woman is in the background.

A black and white advertisement for Auckland's Empire Hotel. Two men are in the garden bar, one seated with legs spread and the other standing with one leg in front of the seated man's crotch. A seated woman is in the background.

First post: a love letter to the Gale Archives of Sexuality and Gender, a fab treasure trove of queer history. Even little Aotearoa NZ is found there. This is an ad from Out! Magazine June/July 1982 for Auckland's Empire Hotel, a queer-friendly venue in the 80s #queerheritage @galedh.bsky.social

16.01.2025 00:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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