Audio from the launch of Healthy Relationships and Consent: through the lens of Rainbow identifying youth. The launch was held on 26 April 2021.
Audio and Text Download mp3 Download HQ mp3Plain Text (for Gen AI)For many years, community consultation inside the Waikato has highlighted that young people in Rainbow communities wanted support from Waikato Queer Youth (WaQuY) around healthy relationships. WaQuY was successful in applying for funding and approached Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura – Outing Violence to co-develop a project designed to support healthy relationships for young people in Rainbow communities.
The resulting research, based on focus groups and a school survey of Rainbow-identified young people, reinforces existing evaluation findings of healthy relationships education in Aotearoa New Zealand. In the current context, healthy relationships and consent education is not meeting the needs of Rainbow young people. The focus group conversations and survey results support one another, with several key themes emerging, but it is worth reading this report in-depth, to truly recognize how clearly our Rainbow young people are telling us what they want and need.
This audio is from the launch of the research, on 26 April 2021. The launch is opened by WaQuY education co-ordinator Slay Way, followed by a youth panel facilitated by researcher Sandra Dickson from Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura – Outing Violence. WaQuY youth mentors Logan Cotter, Jeseka Christieson, Quincy Ngātai and James Prendergast discuss the research recommendations. The honourable Marama Davidson responds to the research findings, and there is a brief question and answer session with researchers Bex Fraser and Sandra Dickson, before the event is closed by Slay Way.
The research can be found here
Summary
This event, titled "Healthy Relationships and Consent launch," was an audio recording featuring discussions on supporting healthy relationships within Rainbow communities among young people in the Waikato region. The event took place on April 26th, 2021, at Black Castle, 9 Ward Lane, Hamilton, and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes, though this might not reflect the true length of the event.
The recording included voices from different contributors: Bex Fraser, James Prendergast, Jeseka Christieson, Logan Cotter, Marama Davidson, Quincy Ngātai, Sandra Dickson, and Slay Way, discussing the importance of acknowledging specific needs in relationship and consent education for Rainbow youth. Waikato Queer Youth (WaQuY) was successful in obtaining funding and collaborated with Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura – Outing Violence to develop a project aiming to promote healthy relationships.
Participants shared their experiences and connections with WaQuY, emphasizing the organization's growth, inclusivity, and educational impact. They discussed the absence of Rainbow-specific content in school curricula and the need for safer environments for young people to explore healthy relationships. Insightful reflections covered the notion that rather than settling for recognition of red flags in relationships, there's a need for education that teaches skills to enhance one's life through quality relationships, conflict resolution, respect, boundary-setting, and listening.
The facilitators underscored the absence of healthy Rainbow relationship representations in media and education. They stressed that competent facilitation of relationship education should be inclusive, reflect diverse cultural, ethnic, sexual, and gender identities, and confront biphobia, transphobia, and homophobia in learning environments. The community requested materials accessible online, offering anonymity and diverse relational contexts, echoing the crucial role of digital resources.
In a powerful address, Marama Davidson connected the conversations to broader societal issues, including the impact of colonization, the rebuilding of a world free from exploitative ideologies, and creating partnerships that respect the rights of all individuals. Davidson pointed out the fundamental need for community-driven solutions powered by local experiences in preventing violence and promoting well-being.
The Q&A session brought questions regarding intersex youth representation, the treatment of intersectionality in research, considerations around disabilities, and insights on asexuality and its connection to consent education. The research team responded, highlighting the diversity of responses within the study and the purposeful reflection of young people's authentic voices without overinterpretation.
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