There were so many different ways to be beautiful.
I am proud to be a part of this beautiful community… I am here today to assert our right to exist.” – Tristan-Cordelia. Time for cis and endosex Rainbow people to show we have theirs.” – MP Elizabeth Kerekere. “Our whakawahine, tangata ira tane, trans, intersex and non-binary whanau have always had our backs. “It is a human right to be who you are.” – Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon. To have found a place, an international activist community to have been able to transform that narrative has been the alchemy that intersex activism embodies” – Mani Bruce Mitchell. “As an intersex person I was taught by society to be ashamed, to lie about who I was, to be afraid. Instead let’s appreciate the uniqueness and commonalities of the rainbow: different colours, same shape, different sizes, same beauty.” – Philip Patston. “Let’s keep the fight alive to continue social improvement. Turn and face the sun and let the shadows fall behind you.” – MP Tamati Coffey. “Hurihia to aroaro ki te ra, tukuna to atarangi ki muri i a koe. Our work is by no means done.” – MP Jan Logie That requires us to work to restore and embrace our diversity and ensure power is shared to the benefit of all. “At the heart of the Green Party vision is Te Tiriti, ecological wisdom, and social responsibility. Jan Logie leads Gareth’s inspirational list! These words come from people who answered a public call-out via, those who I approached individually, and from significant events that occurred in 2021.