Cisgender – a term we are seeing more than ever as the internet becomes saturated with the ongoing gender debate. The term has become emotively weaponised as its original meaning is twisted through bias and misinformation.
Aotearoa New Zealand’s gender affirming healthcare laws meant that Sage was only allowed to start taking testosterone at 16. He started on puberty blockers when he was 13, which is believed to be a reversible treatment that blocks the effects of puberty.
Over the last 30 years I have worked as a leadership developer in organisations of all sizes, and I’ve concluded that the principles of leadership are remarkably similar in all of them.
I have lived on the Coromandel since I was 15 months old and have witnessed changes to our local environment. The forestry industry and the Waterways development have greatly impacted Mercury Bay
The many people who surprised me with their stories and their kindness. The woman at Kohukohu who fed me rather than have me cycle down and back up a steep hill at the end of the day. The world champion shearer on the station near McKenzie basin who still used traditional blades to work. The 80-year-old English traveller still cycling the world, who was in the SAS looking for Russian spies in English pubs after the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall – who drank a lot of beer and found no spies.movie with your family, friends or significant other, it’s an experience that you share
together.
Cisgender – a term we are seeing more than ever as the internet becomes saturated with the ongoing gender debate. The term has become emotively weaponised as its original meaning is twisted through bias and misinformation.
Aotearoa New Zealand’s gender affirming healthcare laws meant that Sage was only allowed to start taking testosterone at 16. He started on puberty blockers when he was 13, which is believed to be a reversible treatment that blocks the effects of puberty.
Over the last 30 years I have worked as a leadership developer in organisations of all sizes, and I’ve concluded that the principles of leadership are remarkably similar in all of them.
I have lived on the Coromandel since I was 15 months old and have witnessed changes to our local environment. The forestry industry and the Waterways development have greatly impacted Mercury Bay
The many people who surprised me with their stories and their kindness. The woman at Kohukohu who fed me rather than have me cycle down and back up a steep hill at the end of the day. The world champion shearer on the station near McKenzie basin who still used traditional blades to work. The 80-year-old English traveller still cycling the world, who was in the SAS looking for Russian spies in English pubs after the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall – who drank a lot of beer and found no spies.movie with your family, friends or significant other, it’s an experience that you share
together.
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