At a heated Pride hui discussing the ban, a secret recording captured MP Louisa Wall saying: "My whole thing is that I don't want any f... TERFs at the Pride Parade". PHIL WALTER MP Louisa Wall said she stands by her 'terf' comment, which has been labelled as hate speech, but she apologises for swearing to make her point. Following the public release of a recording of her speech, Wall said she apologised for swearing to make her point, but she stood by what she said. "I stand by my comments that TERFS or any group that proclaims trans women are not women, and should not be able to self-identify and therefore change details on their birth certificates via statutory declaration are fundamentally discriminating against the human rights of trans women." Wall's comment was made in the middle of her speech, which said trans exclusion and marginalisation was huge and unacceptable.

Source: Stuff November 26, 2018 01:43 UTC