From library books and pubs in WA to political offices and streets in Hobart — ordinary women are making their voices heard.
During the last few months, Women Speak Tasmania has been receiving photos from women (and supporters) across the country who have been carrying out their own independent sticker actions. From WA to NSW, South Australia, and Tasmania, determined women are quietly reclaiming public spaces — libraries, pubs, event venues, political offices, and street poles — with clear, factual messages about biological reality, women’s rights, and child safeguarding.
The Rechabite, Perth (WA)
A striking photo from inside The Rechabite venue — notorious for its self-ID toilet policy that allows anyone to choose the facility that “suits them” while asking others to “share this respect” — highlights the complete lack of regard for women’s privacy and single-sex spaces.
These policies erase sex-based boundaries and put women and girls at risk. Stickers affirming biological definitions of women send a clear counter-message: women’s rights to privacy and safety matter.
Libraries & Public Bookshelves (NSW, Adelaide & elsewhere)
Women have been placing cheeky, pointed stickers directly inside or beside books by prominent politicians. One standout shows a sticker placed among works including Julia Gillard’s writings (such as Not Now, Not Ever and related titles):
“IF A POLITICAL CANDIDATE or Member of Parliament CAN’T DEFINE WHAT A WOMAN…”
It’s a sharp reminder of the failures of many in public life to acknowledge basic biological reality — and a clever way to reach readers right where ideology meets the page. These quiet library and bookstore interventions are brilliant — they spark conversations exactly where they’re needed most.
Outside Senator Nick McKim’s Office, Hobart
A “RESPECT OUR SEX” sticker was placed directly outside the Hobart office of Tasmanian Greens Senator Nick McKim. In March 2023, Senator McKim used parliamentary privilege in the Australian Senate to refer to women’s rights activists (including those protesting at Let Women Speak events) as “trans-exclusionary right-wing dropkicks — T-E-R-D-S. They’re not terfs, they are turds.”
He has been a vocal supporter of self-ID laws and “gender-affirming care” for minors, including speaking as the step-father of a trans-identified female.
“Frontier Conversations” Poster featuring Ryk Goddard, Hobart
Another sticker — “STOP TRANSING KIDS” with the clear statement “NO CHILD IS BORN IN THE WRONG BODY” — was placed over promotional material for an event featuring ABC Radio Hobart presenter Ryk Goddard.
Goddard has a long and well-documented pattern of one-sided coverage on gender issues. Women Speak Tasmania has lodged multiple complaints with the ABC about his refusal to give balanced airtime to women’s rights perspectives, instead repeatedly platforming activists while marginalising concerns about single-sex spaces, fair sport, and youth medical transitions. He remains one of the clearest local examples of activist journalism on these topics.
Other Locations Across Australia
Stickers have also appeared on benches, public toilets, parks, signs, and more. Women keep spreading these messages in creative, peaceful ways wherever they go.
These weren’t organised WST events — they were everyday women deciding they’d had enough of the institutional capture and choosing to speak plainly in public spaces.
These actions — whether in a Perth venue, an Adelaide or NSW library, or Hobart streets — show that women across Australia are no longer willing to stay silent while sex-based rights are eroded, single-sex spaces are dismantled, and children are placed on irreversible medical pathways.
The resistance lives on. Politicians can use parliamentary privilege to slur women. Broadcasters can refuse balanced interviews. But they cannot hide from biological reality or the growing public concern about what is being done to children in the name of ideology.
International evidence continues to mount — from the Cass Review in the UK to the restrictions now in place in Sweden, Finland, Norway and elsewhere — that the affirmative model lacks solid foundation, especially for minors. Here in Tasmania the push continues, but so does the pushback.
Thank you to every woman (and supporter) who took part and shared these photos with us. If you’ve spotted or taken part in similar actions, keep sending them through — we love seeing the creativity and courage out there.
Women are watching, organising, and refusing to be erased. Get in touch with Women Speak Tasmania if you want to connect, share ideas, or get involved locally.
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