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With regard to the book "Welcome to Sex", the Clsasification Office in their summary said: "g) The law does not allow Te Mana Whakaatu to direct that unrestricted books are labelled, such as occurs with films. If the law allowed, Te Mana Whakaatu would have labelled this book M . The M label would indicate that the book would be suitable for those 16 years and older but does not impose a legal restriction. Parents make choices about allowing their children much younger than 16 years to consume M-rated media.

h) Te Mana Whakaatu will send this decision to the representative bodies of libraries and booksellers with the invitation that they may make use of this classification to determine where and how they make this book available for readers."

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The illustrated charts, with their straightforward definitions of the players involved, are brilliant. Well done!

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Oct 26·edited Oct 26

Emma Thomas, who founded the support group Children of Transitioners as you mentioned, was also interviewed on the podcast "Gender: A Wider Lens" a few months ago. I found her story very interesting. Well worth a listen. https://youtu.be/vQRf5V98ibg?si=1QWmdZ-b6D-JgFuv

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So, you used a book that was way too adult for a kid's portion of the library to move onto the unrelated topic of being transgender? And then you ramble on about cross-dressers. There's a big difference between being a cross dresser (usually heterosexual adult men who tend toward shyness) and a transgender person.

Are you as upset about the mutilation of newborns' who are born with "indeterminant genitals?" Why is a 15 year old girl old enough to have a baby (but not an abortion) but not old enough to know she's really a boy?

If a teen isn't old enough to determine their true gender/sex... then how is a newborn intersex child old enough to know their true gender/sex? Depression and suicidal tendencies are common among those who've been surgically altered according to their parents' or their doctor's preference, which do not necessarily line up with the intersex person's perception of self.

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This is a newsletter so unrelated matters are presented with a divider and a headline to indicate they are separate topics. Intersex conditions are also a separate topic that we discussed in a previous substack.

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