The title of this recording is "A Place to Stand". It is described as: Jan Logie pays tribute to Dana de Milo, speaks about having a place to stand and then talks about some of the issues relating to rainbow communities that still need to be addressed. It was recorded in Parliament buildings, 1 Molesworth Street, Wellington on the 14th February 2018. This is a parliamentary recording and features the voices of Jan Logie and Trevor Mallard. Their names are spelt correctly, but may appear incorrectly spelt later in the document. The duration of the recording is 5 minutes, but this may not reflect the actual length of the proceedings. A list of correctly spelt content keywords and tags can be found at the end of this document. The content in the recording covers the 2010s decade. A brief summary of the recording is: The recorded parliamentary address, titled "A Place to Stand," was captured in the Parliament buildings of Wellington on February 14, 2018. Featuring Jan Logie and Trevor Mallard, the discourse covered significant issues relevant to the Wellington LGBTQI community and the achievements and challenges faced by its members in the 2010s decade. The speaker initiated the address by honoring the memory of Dana Demilo, a pivotal figure in the Wellington LGBTQI community whose efforts made way for others. The focus then shifted to Pride season, a time to celebrate the diversity and identity of individuals who identify across a spectrum of sexual orientations and gender identities. Although acknowledging the progress made since detriminializing homosexuality and transgender people, the speaker emphasized that the journey towards full human rights realization is still underway. Mentioning that moments of celebration are also acts of defiance and mourning, Logie lauded the courage and advocacy of predecessors that paved the way for them to serve as an openly proud member of the LGBTQI community. The speaker discussed the persistent struggles encountered by queer and trans individuals, particularly the premature deaths within the community due to an absence of societal acceptance and support. The speech drew attention to the ongoing need for initiatives providing a stable foundation for the LGBTQI community. Recognizing progress, the address featured commendations for James Shaw, Minister for Statistics, for promoting inclusive data collection; Pharmac for funding PrEP, a preventive HIV measure; and the work of a select committee that allows for easy self-identification gender marker changes on official documents. Despite these strides, Logie underscored critical issues requiring action, such as improving access to gender-affirming surgeries and healthcare services. A 2014 survey revealed a stark lack of trans-specific healthcare across District Health Boards (DHBs), with extended waiting periods for surgeries, pointing to prejudicial attitudes and an alarming disconnect between needs and available services. The address called for intensified efforts to ensure schools offer an inclusive atmosphere for youth, aligning with the high priority of reducing the unacceptable rates of suicide among young LGBTQI individuals. The overall message conveyed a determination to advance the cause for equity and acceptance, igniting the community's potential and fostering an environment of safety and inclusivity for all. The full transcription of the recording begins:  Mr Speaker. Um, firstly, Mr Speaker, I need to acknowledge the passing of a of the Wellington LGBT Q I community Dana Demilo. In recent days, she was one of our torch holders who created space for so many of us to walk into. And she will be sorely missed by many, Dana. But speaking of great queens, it is pride season, Mr Speaker, Um, pride is a time of celebration and affirmation for people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, gender, fluid, gender, queer, pansexual, asexuals, queer and questioning. And while we have come a long way as a country from when homosexuality and trans people were criminalised, we are still a long way from fully realising our human rights. For many of us, our moments of peace and our moments of celebration have been hard fought for So our celebrations, in fact, are often acts of defiance as well as an expression of joy. And at times, they are also all too often an act of mourning. My ability to stand here open and proud of my lesbian identity comes from the bravery and political advocacy of my elders like Dana. Um, so I'm proud to stand as a green party MP to ensure that this house and our political platform enables all the members of my community to find a strong place to stand. It's all too often that I hear about the premature death of queer and trans people, sadly, mostly trans people within my community, because they could not find that place to stand. We all grieve for them and ourselves that we still live in a world where some lives seem to matter more so in the spirit of pride. I would like to draw the house's attention today to some of the work that we need to do to help provide a strong place for my community to stand. And I do want to acknowledge the minister, James Shaw, the minister for statistics for the leadership and support. He is offering Statistics New Zealand to make sure that the data is collected to enable us to make our case to government for funding. I also want to acknowledge pharmac for their decision to fund prep as a um HIV, the prevention tool and the toolkit to end HIV by 2025 and I also want to celebrate the opportunity in select committee at the moment in government administration, that gives us the opportunity to create a system that ensures that changes to gender markers on official documents are easy to use, consistent across passports, driver's licence and birth certificates and based on a principle of self identification. So there are rooms and progress is being made, but there is still outstanding issues that we need to turn our focus to. We need to ensure that access to gender in affirmation, surgery and services are available in all DH BS. A survey in 2014 of DH B showed that nine of them provided a said that they provided no healthcare services at all to trans people in this country. Now that is unacceptable. And when we know that Trans people can be waiting between 40 70 years to access surgery, we really do have to think that maybe this appalling failure and the gulf between need and supply could only be a result of an attitude that is prejudiced and trivialised, and we need to take action on this. We also need to do more work to ensure our schools are safe and inclusive for our young people. They are unsafe at the moment and lead and contribute to high rates of suicide. There is much that we need to do to unleash the fabulous of my community, and I hope this House will help. The full transcription of the recording ends. A list of keywords/tags describing the recording follow. These tags contain the correct spellings of names and places which may have been incorrectly spelt earlier in the document. 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