'Misgendering' isn't a crime!
Minister Goldsmith,
Despite a clear directive from your office to the Law Commission to not include questions about 'hate speech’ in their review of the Human Rights Act, that’s exactly what they’ve done.
Call it what you like or avoid putting it in sections 61 or 131 of the HRA; if the Law Commission is considering whether ‘deadnaming’, ‘misgendering’, and ‘outing’ should fall afoul of the law, they’re looking at censoring legitimate speech.
Your Government has consistently opposed the development of new hate speech laws and stood for the use of more speech as the best way to beat bad ideas.
Why has the Law Commission so openly ignored a specific directive from your office?
The Law Commission looks primed to propose anti-speech laws. If that occurs, Kiwis will reject that proposal, and hold the Government accountable, just like they have before.
We call on you to reject all advice to include any amendments to the Human Rights Act that would undermine the fundamentals human rights of every Kiwi: the right to believe according to their conscience and to express those beliefs.
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