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Caitlin Spice

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Caitlin Spice is a vocal advocate for the safety of trans people online. She says: ‘Maybe I receive more abuse than other people because I am unapologetic about who I am. Maybe some people been raised to think that trans is shameful, so they’re confronted that I am not ashamed of it’.

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Johanna Schmidt, Gender diversity – Human rights and discrimination, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/47408/caitlin-spice (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Johanna Schmidt, published 18 March 2021, reviewed and revised 4 May 2021 with assistance from Gender Minorities Aotearoa.