NZ First blasts sexual engineering

18/01/2008 14:08:05 Newstalk ZB

New Zealand First is scathing of a report suggesting it should become easier for people to change their sex.

The Human Rights Commission believes the rights of transgender people need to be protected, especially transgender children attending school.

New Zealand First's Peter Brown says we should not be condoning liberal attempts to push children towards sex changes, when many already find it difficult enough to make basic decisions about life.

Peter Brown says just because technology physically allows a person's sex to be changed, it doesn't mean that society should be forced to accept the results. He says transgendered people are already catered for in society and do not need the Human Rights Commission.

Mr Brown says it is just another example of the creeping insanity of social and sexual engineering, and transgender children do not need encouragement to wear drag to school.

The groundbreaking report by the Human Rights Commission also suggests amending procedures for changing sex on passports and birth certificates, to make the process easier.

Commissioner Joy Liddicoat says it is already hard enough for most New Zealanders going up to passport control in these days of tighter security, but it is even more frightening for transgender people when their passport photo shows a person of the opposite sex.