Where are the legal protections for the gender diverse community?: July 8, 2019

The government is facing criticism over its inaction in bringin in specific protections for those with diverse gender identities. The Human Rights Commission called for changes to the Human Rights Act to include protections for the trans community in their 2008 transgender inquiry, and these have been reinfoced by a recent Universal Periodic Review by the UN Human Rights Council. Despite this, no changes have been made, and the Government has signalled it is low on their list of priorities, preferring to instead focus on some of the other 194 recommendations made by the Human Rights Commission. Lachlan spoke with Vanisa Dhiru from Gender Equal NZ about the periodic review.