The title of this recording is "Judy OBrien - Rainbow Voices of Aotearoa New Zealand". It is described as: Interview with Judy OBrien, from the documentary Rainbow Voices of Aotearoa New Zealand. It was recorded in Rainbow Room, Parliament buildings, Molesworth Street, Wellington on the 8th April 2019. Judy O'Brien is presenting.  Their name is spelt correctly but may appear incorrectly spelt later in the document. The duration of the recording is 4 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: During a presentation recorded at the Rainbow Room in the Parliament buildings of Wellington, New Zealand, Judy O'Brien, a trustee of the board for Outer Spaces, discussed the organization's commitment to supporting gender and sexually diverse young people. Outer Spaces, dedicated to fostering community, education, development, and advocacy, advances its mission through three primary youth-focused initiatives: Schools Out, Transform, and Naming New Zealand. Schools Out targets school-aged individuals between 12 and 18, offering them after-school programs where queer youth can connect, share experiences, and discuss pertinent issues that impact their lives in educational environments. Transform, meanwhile, concentrates on individuals from 14 to 30 who are gender diverse or exploring their gender identity, addressing a multitude of topics in their evening gatherings ranging from legal name and gender marker changes to broader subjects such as sexuality education, consent, and healthy relationships. Naming New Zealand, a charitable arm of Outer Spaces' efforts, assists young people in the arduous process of amending their identity documents - ensuring their names and gender markers are updated on essential records like passports and birth certificates. The organization recently held a law clinic, facilitating access to information and resources for youth in Schools Out and Transform regarding legal document adjustments, thereby reducing the risk of discrimination. The vision of Outer Spaces is characterized by the pursuit of universal acceptance pertaining to body, identity, and sexuality diversity. The Wellington region serves as the operational base for their groups, which receive support from various local organizations including Inside Out, Te Whanau Whanau, and Rainbow Youth in Auckland. Emphasis was placed on the crucial issue of bullying and the heightened vulnerability of gender-diverse students within schools. Statistics reveal that these students face unsafe conditions, with one in five experiencing bullying on a weekly basis. The creation of safe spaces, such as the Rainbow Room in government facilities, is heralded by Outer Spaces as an essential message of inclusivity and celebration of the LGBTQI+ community. The existence of such rooms not only imparts a sense of acceptance to LGBTQI+ youth but also inspires them towards realizing their full potential, including aspirations like becoming parliament members. Reflections on personal experiences emphasize the importance of visible role models, such as New Zealand's Georgina Beyer, the country's first transgender Member of Parliament, who marked a trailblazing presence for gender diverse individuals. The presenter ties this inspiring legacy to the continuing fight for recognition and rights within legislation, highlighting its correlation with the reduction of youth suicide rates among the gender and sexually diverse population. The full transcription of the recording follows.  It includes timestamps every thirty seconds in the format [HH:MM:SS].  The transcription begins:  Hi, I'm Judy O'Brien and I'm a trustee of the board for Outer Spaces. Outer Spaces is an organisation that supports three different youth initiatives in Wellington. So our mission is to support gender and sexually diverse young people through community building, education, development and advocacy. And we do this through our three groups which are Schools Out, Transform and Naming New Zealand. So, Schools Out [00:00:30] is an organisation that supports school aged people from about 12 to 18, and that runs after school programs for queer young people to get together and get to know each other and talk about the things that matter to them and what might be affecting them at school. Transform is a group that supports gender diverse and gender questioning young people aged from about 14 to 30, and that runs in the evening. We address all sorts of topics with that group, from changing your name and [00:01:00] gender marker to sexuality, education, consent, and healthy relationships. And then Naming New Zealand is a charity that runs to support young people to change their identity documents. And so their name and their gender marker, and their passports, their birth certificates, and their name change process as well. So recently we ran a law clinic for the young people in Schools Out and Transform. to have Naming New Zealand come in and talk to them about how they can change their documents so that [00:01:30] everything's in line for them and they don't have to deal with unnecessary discrimination in the process. So our organization's vision is a universal acceptance of body, identity, and sexuality diversity. And to achieve that, we run these groups in the greater Wellington region. Those groups have been supported by a range of different organizations and people. We've had a lot to do with Other groups in Wellington [00:02:00] like Inside Out, Te Whanau Whanau, and Rainbow Youth in Auckland, we have quite a strong dialogue with them as well. So one of the major issues facing young people in schools at the moment is bullying and safety. We know that gender diverse students don't feel safe in school at a rate of about and we know that one in five gender and sexually diverse students experience bullying on a weekly basis. So, New Zealand schools are there to provide a safe space for our young [00:02:30] people and that's what organisations like Outer Spaces and Inside Out are trying to ensure. A room like the Rainbow Room tells our young people that they're welcome and that they're celebrated in the halls of power. Ten years ago, some of our young people didn't even know that they could survive to the age they're at today. And now, with a room like the Rainbow Room, saying to them that, you can become a member of parliament, uh, it helps to support their goals and aspirations, and let [00:03:00] them know that this is a society that appreciates and recognises them. So Outer Spaces would support something like the Rainbow Room, because it says to our membership, it says to our community, that LGBTQI plus people are welcome and celebrated here and that the halls of power give space to those of the rainbow community. So when I was young, uh, the only visible transgender woman in New Zealand was Georgina Beyer and she was a hero to [00:03:30] me and The only real person that I could look up to as a young trans person. And now I get to enjoy being an adult in New Zealand and know that the path was cleared for me by someone who was really powerful and inspirational. Um, there's been a huge change in perception of gender diverse people and sexually diverse people in New Zealand and having that recognized by Parliament is really important. We have huge rates of youth [00:04:00] suicide in New Zealand and a lot of those young people are sexually and gender questioning young people and if we can say to them that they're loved and that they're safe and that our legislation recognizes them and their rights then we can pave a brighter way for all of them just as Georgina paved the way for us. 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. The tags are seperated by a semi-colon: 2010s ; Aotearoa New Zealand ; Auckland ; Judy O'Brien ; Member of Parliament ; Naming New Zealand ; Parliament buildings ; People ; Rainbow Room ; Rainbow Youth ; Space ; Wellington ; Wellington region ; Youth ; acceptance ; board ; building ; bullying ; change ; charity ; community ; consent ; discrimination ; diversity ; education ; gender ; gender diverse ; gender marker ; healthy relationships ; identity ; identity documents ; law ; legislation ; name change ; naming ; other ; perception ; power ; queer ; questioning ; rainbow ; relationships ; safe space ; safety ; school ; sexuality ; spaces ; suicide ; support ; trans ; transgender. The original recording can be heard at this website https://www.pridenz.com/rainbow_voices_of_aotearoa_new_zealand_judy_obrien.html. The master recording is also archived at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington, New Zealand.  For more details visit their website https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ecatalogue.1089888. Judy O'Brien also features audibly in the following recordings: "Rainbow Voices of Aotearoa New Zealand documentary" and "35th anniversary panel discussion on homosexual law reform". Please note that this document may contain errors or omissions - you should always refer back to the original recording to confirm content.