Auckland’s exclusive Saint Kentigern Boys’ Presbyterian College has produced many star athletes over the years, but none quite as divisive as Laurel Hubbard. The 43-year-old competitive weightlifter has been selected to represent New Zealand at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics – making her the first transgender athlete to compete at sport’s highest level. Hubbard transitioned from … Read more
Auckland’s exclusive Saint Kentigern Boys’ Presbyterian College has produced many star athletes over the years, but none quite as divisive as Laurel Hubbard. The 43-year-old competitive weightlifter was this week selected to represent New Zealand at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics – making her the first transgender athlete to compete at sport’s highest level. Hubbard transitioned … Read more
First trans cover star for the WI’s magazine: Petra, 74, graces publication cover and says she is ‘honoured’ to raise awareness about transgender issues In a first, Petra Wenham, 74, has appeared in the July/August magazine WI Life Miss Wenham, who has two children and two grandchildren, came out in 2015 A member of of … Read more
First trans cover star for the WI’s magazine: Petra, 74, graces publication cover and says she is ‘honoured’ to raise awareness about transgender issues In a first, Petra Wenham, 74, has appeared in the July/August magazine WI Life Miss Wenham, who has two children and two grandchildren, came out in 2015 A member of of … Read more
Transgender people reveal how they’re REALLY treated in the workplace – from being too scared to tell ‘close-minded’ colleagues in case they lose their job to thought of as ‘less qualified’ since coming out Transgender people posted their experiences at work on Whisper sharing app Some said on the anonymous US-based community were afraid of … Read more