Flier showing various stylised people of diverse skin colours wearing combinations of blue, pink, and white clothing. The person on the left is holding up a heart striped in trans flag colours. Large black text in the top left reads in all capitals: "stop the puberty blocker ban rally". The word Rally is in blue and appears to be coming from the blue and pink megaphone of the figure on right centre. Smaller block capitals on the tops right read "please bring your mask, water bottle, sunscreen and sign to this peaceful demonstration". Figure in the bottom centr of the image holds a black sign that takes up the centre of the image reading "19th dec 2025 <new line> 1pm, Civic Square <nl> Kirikiriroa <nl> Hamilton" in large white block capitals. Figure behind this one on the bottom right holds a yellow sign reading "protect transgender kids" in block capitals, each word is on a separate line and coloured individually in purple, then black, then white.

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BLOCK THE BAN National day of action Friday 19 December 6pm Western Park, Freemans Bay Tāmaki Makaurau info from Block The Ban on instagram poster features colours of trans pride flag (blue, pink and white)

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Over the years I've spoken on behalf of the nurses union, or as a nurse at countless protests. Today I spoke at the #BlockTheBan protest in Tamaki in response to our government banning puberty blockers for trans kids. Unlike any other protest I've spoken at, this time I was immediately in tears.

People sitting and listening to speakers at the Block the Ban rally in Myers Park under a sunny blue sky.

Beautiful vibe at this morning's #blocktheban rally in Tāmaki-makau-rau. Like many 💩 things this government has done, the ban on puberty blockers for trans rangatahi is bad science, bad policy and punches down on an already marginalised group. 1/2

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I’m devastated to be physically unable to join the team putting on the #BlockTheBan protest happening today in Auckland. I’m happiest when I’m out supporting the rights and mental health of my rainbow community, especially our cherished rangatahi. The government needs to listen to and protect them.

“[…] we call on more members of the linguistics community (as well as academia in general) to step forward in support of Michel DeGraff’s academic rights and dignity.”

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Why we as linguists support the Block the Ban at MIT petition December 23, 2024 Why we as linguists support the Block the Ban at MIT petition The petition linked here is in support of Prahlad Iyengar...

The same open letter as a text (rather than images), with functioning hyperlinks:
davidheap.blogspot.com/2024/12/why-...
40 linguists supporting the #BlockTheBan #petition at #MIT, including @mbnoonan.bsky.social @drasko-kascelan.bsky.social @phoevos.bsky.social @philippe-prevost.bsky.social

MIT ‘Bans’ Student Over Essay - Sampan The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has banned a doctoral grad student from campus and is threatening to boot him from the university for an article he published related to pro-Palestinian prote...

My first collaborative article and I think my first "hard news" article. #sampan #newspaper #journalism #journalist #MIT #Freespeechprotest #protest #studentprotest #blocktheban #antigenocide