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To VUW

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Nov 8, 2025
  • 2 min read

Where did you ever get the idea that you had the right to force me to study? What possessed you to believe that you were able to stalk an alumnus to bully them? In what way would hanging around wannabe teen NBs help the community? If VUW isn't providing a rainbow-inclusive experience, that's their problem. TWOA isn't doing much better. Hori went to great lengths to protect me. Rangi shat on that within two sessions. - Academia is in the Law Commission report 🎓 Findings on Tertiary-Level Discrimination (NZLC IP53)

  • A University of Otago study of sexually and gender-diverse tertiary students found that 85 percent avoided disclosing their gender identity or sexual orientation to university staff out of fear of negative outcomes, and nearly 25 percent reported being denied opportunities on that basis.

  • Comparable University of Waikato findings echoed these trends, identifying “gender, sex, and sexuality diverse staff and students” who faced frequent micro-aggressions and institutional barriers.

  • The Law Commission highlighted these statistics as indicative of “distinctive challenges” that go beyond other marginalised-group experiences, including risks of being outed through mismatched documentation and systemic misgendering.

Domain

Evidence of Discrimination

Key Source(s)

University teaching climate

85 % conceal identity; 24 % denied opportunities

Otago 2016 study; NZLC IP53 Ch 3 § 3.29

Campus accommodation

Continuing bias against trans/NB residents

NZLC R150 § 11.18

General discrimination (15 +)

~74 % lifetime; ~50 % past year

Counting Ourselves 2022 

Legal coverage gap

Sex discrimination ≠ explicit gender-identity protection

NZLC IP53 & R150 recommendations 2024–25

That's me, on both counts. Dr. Norris literally forgot to supervise me in postgrad. As a result, the NZSM now has to settle for defending Jake over me. He has a Masters and I have a PGDip. Despite everyone knowing I'm brilliant and brainy. As I said, clear my student debt entirely, and I'll consider the matter settled. I'll pay back my living costs, but I want to get my course costs paid as a result of the consistent anti-gay vibe. - Dr. Fisher has to accept that she's not able to use me as a slave. Say sorry, admit you bullied me, and pay me. Dr. Taylor should let me punch him in the face and apologise for being a transphobe. Alex Taylor and James Cain are the models for the shitty artist dude in Weeded Out. I wasn't enrolled in 2020. I'm not enrolled in 2024. - Yet, despite this, I spend like an hour a day telling you to fuck off and leave me alone. I was willing to help you save the NZSM, and AMPP has a great policy for that. It requires the NZSM to apologise to me. No negotiation - one upfront sorry for 10 years of shit. It also requires a five-figure cheque, and may result in charges for some faculty. You spied on me as I was composing: I can't forgive that.

 
 
 

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