Ōtepoti: get along to see the Spiral Collectives exhibition at Dunedin Public Library (Moray Pl) this weekend if you can!
Reading event is happening on Sunday 18th October
2pm
3rd floor, Dunedin Public Library
images: screengrabs from instagram post (poster & info)
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I want to show you this writing and artwork by Olly Costelloe, it has direct relevance to this bill as well as other bills currently up for legislation. It's called "Letting go of the Gender Binary"
"The gender binary has its roots in colonisation. It was and is used as a form of hierarchy and control. Yet when we look back at history we can witness long lineages of human societies with gender expansive people! All over the world we see a dynamic spectrum of plants, animals and other living beings embodying the same truth that we exist on a planet of beautiful and diverse possibilities! No two people are the same, why should our genders be? [or our supports, for example] When we let go of gender binary thinking, it frees us all to be our true selves.
Self-determination is a human right! When we practice using someone's pronouns, when we affirm gender expansive existences, we create networks of care, we create a safer world for all"
It is directly relevant to this bill as well.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lbtaopbecelh7wnitdqdxx5n/bafkreibdeqcsevwvcoqv2aksu3szw44wwnhltmkzekri24nziv5dowunlu)
