violently anti-trans/queer rhetoric in Aotearoa/NZ has risen so much that a Rainbow Storytime nationwide tour planned for later in the year has been cancelled owing to threats of violence, as well as other planned drag productions - and one of the queens has been forced to relocate to another country https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/515243/rainbow-storytime-nationwide-tour-cancelled-after-threats-of-violence #AntiTrans #AntiQueer #AntiRainbow #Aotearoa #NZ 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
I just listened to a podcast on the violent oppression of women in Iran and couldn't help thinking how small a step it is from the anti-trans/queer aggression here to that situation.
"Religious"-based violence against non-conformity can easily become the norm for police and straight, cis men in general.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intelligence-squared/id708371900