let's recap: Amy vs. Wellington

Well, I can't be sure that this is all true, but it's what I've been led to believe. - I came out, and the city decided I was a paedo, probably due to a bunch of people replicating my brother's mistake when they searched Dakta's deadname, and that I'm obviously attracted to short women .. my Mum's short.

While I was, in fact, having (mostly) healthy relationships with adult women, none of which were sexual. Yet, despite this, the police interviewed the parents of all my former pupils, and I was put in the unenviable position of changing the minds of people who had already made up their minds about me.

I've spent several years clearing my name, and it's made me bitter, cranky and absolutely unwilling to fake politeness. Young me was discriminated against for being too gay, and 29yo me is more or less in the same boat, except now I'm a vocal and well-known pain in the arse who appears to have earned some respect for my outspoken views.

I waged an almighty campaign to get a job where I could attend as a trans person, yet even with a liberal employer I was treated shabbily. For RNZ: I'm not a medical transition-type trans person; that's not me, and with bipolar it's probably somewhat unlikely that any doctor would approve that -- hormones affect mood, and I have a mood disorder. Your presumptions that I would medically transition were wrong-headed, and you really should have asked me, Mary. 👋

On the plus side, my honesty about the RNZ gig was probably the nail in the coffin that persuaded Labour to get off their arse regarding gender discrimination. -

And, now that the city has (finally) decided I'm not a paedo, they want me to make a series about my life, as if that makes it all better.... My main concern is with the very idea of what 'rehab' means .. are those people going to apologise for thinking I was a kiddie diddler? If not, I'd rather go to the city where most of my supporters appear to be based (Auckland).👍