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NZ First tries to introduce controversial bathroom bill (www.1news.co.nz)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If there are any doubts this government is taking marching orders from the American right wing they can safely be put to bed.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is dumb. I can't think of any way to enforce it, and although this obviously won't pass and is just grandstanding I still pity the people having to think of how they can write guidance for the hospitality industry.

We already issue IDs to people in the sex they want. If you want a passport in a different sex than your birth certificate, you can have it, all you have to do is fill in a statutory declaration at the time of applying for your passport.

So if a trans man wants to go to the bathroom, do they use the women's since they were born female, or do they use the men's since they look male and have male ID?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

As I said this is carrying Identity politics culture war from the USA to here. NACT are doing this because they are ordered to do it by the political groups in the USA (the oligarchs basically). In this case Winston is the codpiece for the legislation. Next time it will be Seymour. They are just doing what they are told, obeying the people who pay them.