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Recently, the Human Rights Commission of New Zealand has
conducted an inquiry that has officially documented the obstacles to
dignity, equality and security for trans people. The Australian Human
Rights Commission has also recently conducted a sex and gender
diversity project, and in 2006 the Equalities Review in the United
Kingdom commissioned the largest research project ever untaken
globally on trans peoples lives, reported in Engendered Penalties:
Transgender and Transsexual Peoples Experiences of Inequality and
Discrimination. This article reflects on the implications of the issues
raised by these recent reports and research for transgendered people
immigrating to and from New Zealand. It also raises some parallel
issues for Australia.