The reality is, we have had filled rooms wherever we've spoken, and in New Zealand, the left and the right have been coming together and saying, 'We believe in free speech.'

This is what's hard: I know I'm legally a man, but I'm also male-minded, despite having the female appearance.

There's this ridiculous idea that I'm a gender traitor because I'm not a feminist. I'm supposed to be part of a sisterhood: you're automatically supposed to support all women just because you have the same genitals as them, which doesn't make sense.

If I were black, I could say I'm proud. If I were Asian, I could say I'm proud. If I were any other ethnicity, I could say I'm proud, because that's how our culture is, but if I'm white and I say I'm proud, the media will go nuts.

Well, one thing that has happened is they have had a presidential election in Egypt which has represented progress. Now, we were not happy with everything that happened with the parliamentary elections, and it was not exactly a perfect presidential election in Egypt.

Writers and journalists tend to be simplistic about politics when, like all other areas of life, it's more complicated.

Hand in hand with freedom of speech goes the power to be heard, to share in the decisions of government which shape men's lives.

Having served in the Nixon Administration, I am well aware of how the political leadership of an administration can try to politicize the civil service, including law enforcement.