Auckland academic and activist Lexie Matheson, who was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, has fought for transgender equality for more than 20 years..OPINION: It comes with unerring inevitability. You'll probably remember it from the rhetoric that swirled around Louisa Wall's Marriage Equality Bill. The only ones who would have lost out would have been the real people doing sex work. Inevitably those seeking such changes are doing so out of concern for real people's lives, not footsoldiers in campaigns to bring society crashing down. People like Lexie Matheson, who's fought for transgender equality for more than 20 years, seen members of the community struggle mightily against all manner of opposition.

Source: Stuff March 01, 2019 03:22 UTC