Transgender
BANG! Season 2 Episode 6: Takatāpui
Scholars and activists Ngahuia Te Awekotuku and Elizabeth Kerekere speak with Melody Thomas about what sex, sexuality and gender looked like in Te Ao Maori prior to colonisation, plus Rosanna Raymond… Audio
Lord Fusitu'a - On the 'Leitis in Waiting' of Tonga
The plight of Tonga's LGBT community is under the spotlight with the released of a new documentary Leitis in Waiting. The film follows the life of transgender Tongan Joey / Joleen Mataele, who, along… Audio
Awa's story: Being who she wants to be
Awa Puna is an openly transgender 18 year old from the Kapiti Coast, north of Wellington. She talks about becoming her authentic self and the problems with getting gender reassignment surgery in New… Video, Audio
Eileen Myles - A Dog Memoir
Poet, novelist, performer, librettist, and one-time presidential candidate Eileen Myles moved to New York to be a poet in 1974. They found fame as part of the St Mark's Poetry Project, studying with… Audio
'My quality of life has improved drastically'
Wellington comedian and writer Felix Desmarais came out as transgender a year ago and since then has had hormone therapy and a bilateral mastectomy as part of a female-to-male (FTM) transition. Audio
More people accessing hormone therapy in Wgtn: research
New research shows an increasing number of people who identify as transgender are accessing hormone therapy in Wellington. Audio
Insight: A Whole Year of Documentaries
The Insight team look back over a year of programmes and revisit some to see if anything has changed. Audio
Teamate unhappy with inclusion of transgender athlete
Tracey Lambrech, who won a bronze medal at the Glagow Games, has been forced to drop down a class with the arrival of Laurel Hubbard on the women's weight lifting scene. Audio
Transgender lawmaker elected, ousting 'chief homophobe'
Voters in Virginia have elected their first transgender state legislator, as Democrats swept governor's races in Virginia and New Jersey.
NZ grants residence to trans woman abused in UK
A trans woman from the UK has been granted residence on humanitarian grounds after suffering years of abuse and violence in Britain.
Supporting transgender youth
Kathryn Ryan talks with LGBTI youth sector counsellor Tommy Hamilton about how to support teenagers who are questioning their gender identity. Audio
40 years fighting for transgender rights
Christine Burns wrote the first ever official guidance about trans health for the Department of Health. She also led for some years on challenging negative reporting in the media. Audio
World in Sport for 29 March 2017
This week: Samoa plans to protest against transgender weightlifters competing in women's divisions; post-match analysis on the Fiji-New Zealand Oceania 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier, and; Tonga Rugby… Audio
Sports commentator Brendan Telfer
The Black Caps' third test against South Africa; should the All Blacks play England in November and the issue of transgender participation in sport. Audio
Parents of transgender children struggle to find help
Where do parents with young transgender children find help? From each other and pretty much nowhere else, it seems. Our Insight reporter Teresa Cowie investigates. Audio
Transcending
Australian author and transgender-rights advocate 81 year old Katherine Cummings is in the capital for a free talk about Cindy Sherman’s work, currently at the City Gallery. In particular, Cummings… Audio
Stephen Burt on poetry
Poetry can be perplexing… some say that’s the point. But writer, poet and critic Stephen Burt is here to help. Video, Audio
Auckland DHB plans to cut sexual health specialists
At a time when the rates of HIV and Syphilis infections are rising, why is the Auckland District Health Board proposing to cut the number of sexual health specialists in the city by a third? Nine to… Audio
Louise Leitch and Byron Skinner: transition and friendship
Kim Hill talks to Christchurch director Louise Leitch, whose short film Same But Different features the true story of her husband's best friend, Byron Skinner, who transitioned from a man to a woman… Audio
Transgender athletes likely to make history in Rio
A person born as a man but who's switched sex is in line to compete at Rio and become the first transgender Olympic athlete. Audio