“Timely updates on our advocacy and campaigns.”
- Michael Ferguson Meets Women Speak Tasmania on Sex ProtectionsRepresentatives from Women Speak Tasmania and LGB Alliance Australia met today with Michael Ferguson MP, Member for Bass, to discuss the urgent need to add biological sex as a protected attribute in Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act 1998. The delegation presented Mr… Read more: Michael Ferguson Meets Women Speak Tasmania on Sex Protections
- Calls for Legal Protection of Sex After “No More Violence Rally”Women Speak Tasmania applauds the more than 100 Tasmanians who gathered yesterday at the “No More Violence Rally” on Parliament Lawns. Organised by What Were You Wearing Australia, the rally demanded stronger action and funding to end men’s violence against… Read more: Calls for Legal Protection of Sex After “No More Violence Rally”
- Government-funded Launceston Sports Hub in Mowbray built without female-only facilitiesConcerns are being raised about the design of the Northern Suburbs Community Recreation Hub in Mowbray, after it was confirmed the major publicly funded facility includes exclusively all-gender toilets and changerooms, with no provision for female-only spaces. Dr Elizabeth Caballero,… Read more: Government-funded Launceston Sports Hub in Mowbray built without female-only facilities
- Women Speak Tasmania met with Carlo Di Falco MP on Restoring Sex-Based Protections in LawWomen Speak Tasmania met with Member for Lyons, Carlo Di Falco, on Wednesday 8 April to discuss urgent reforms to the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998, aimed at restoring clear, sex-based protections for women and girls. The meeting follows the organisation’s formal… Read more: Women Speak Tasmania met with Carlo Di Falco MP on Restoring Sex-Based Protections in Law
- IOC Bans Males from Female Sport: Tasmania Must Follow SuitWomen Speak Tasmania has welcomed the International Olympic Committee’s new policy protecting the female category in elite sport and is calling on Tasmanian Sport Minister Nick Duigan to adopt similar science-based rules for community and grassroots sport in Tasmania. On… Read more: IOC Bans Males from Female Sport: Tasmania Must Follow Suit
- On International Women’s Day, We Call for the Recognition of Sex in the Anti-Discrimination ActOn International Women’s Day, Women Speak Tasmania proudly celebrates women worldwide and here in Tasmania as a distinct sex class—adult human females—whose biological reality has shaped centuries of struggle for rights, safety, and equality. On this day we honour the… Read more: On International Women’s Day, We Call for the Recognition of Sex in the Anti-Discrimination Act
- Tasmania Health Minister and Attorney-General Must Act on the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Drug AlertWomen Speak Tasmania is calling on Tasmania’s Health Minister and Attorney-General to urgently review the clinical, regulatory, and legal framework surrounding the prescription of puberty-blocking drugs to minors, following the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s recent report into their off-label use in… Read more: Tasmania Health Minister and Attorney-General Must Act on the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Drug Alert
- New Federal “Hate” Laws Risk Silencing Women’s AdvocacyWomen Speak Tasmania (WST) has lodged a formal submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security opposing the Exposure Draft Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026. While WST unequivocally condemns antisemitism, religious hatred, violence and genuine extremism,… Read more: New Federal “Hate” Laws Risk Silencing Women’s Advocacy
- Tasmania Must Act Now to Protect Children and Follow Queensland’s Ban on Puberty Blockers and Cross-Sex HormonesWomen Speak Tasmania (WST) is calling on the Tasmanian Government — specifically Premier Jeremy Rockliff and Minister for Health Bridget Archer — to act urgently to protect children by suspending Stage 1 (puberty blockers) and Stage 2 (cross-sex hormones) for… Read more: Tasmania Must Act Now to Protect Children and Follow Queensland’s Ban on Puberty Blockers and Cross-Sex Hormones
- Delegation met with Attorney-General today to put “Sex” back in Anti-Discrimination LawsToday, a delegation of concerned Tasmanian citizens – including parents, teachers, health professionals, members of LGB Alliance Australia, Women’s Action Alliance Tasmania and Women Speak Tasmania – met with the Tasmanian Attorney-General, Guy Barnett, to present a detailed compilation of… Read more: Delegation met with Attorney-General today to put “Sex” back in Anti-Discrimination Laws
- WST Condemns Violent Rhetoric and Intimidation Ahead of Medical Forum at Parliament HouseWomen Speak Tasmania (WST) condemns the violent, abusive and intimidating language being promoted by organisers of a planned protest targeting today’s medical forum Youth Gender Distress: Pathways to Holistic Care, held in the Parliament Reception Room. Today’s forum is fully… Read more: WST Condemns Violent Rhetoric and Intimidation Ahead of Medical Forum at Parliament House
- Invitation: Health Forum at Parliament HouseYouth Gender Distress: Pathways to Holistic Care Thursday 27 November, 1–5 pm – Parliament Reception Room Australia’s leading clinicians in child and adolescent psychiatry, psychology, and mental health will address a full audience this Thursday at Parliament House. The forum… Read more: Invitation: Health Forum at Parliament House
- Trans Prisoner Debacle Exposes AG Double Standards on Sex and GenderRecent reports in The Australian and The Mercury expose conflicting positions given by Attorney-General Guy Barnett. In response to a specific question from The Australian about whether he will update policy on trans prisoners, the Attorney-General said: “After recently being… Read more: Trans Prisoner Debacle Exposes AG Double Standards on Sex and Gender
- Women Speak Tasmania Congratulates Attorney-General for Protecting Female PrisonersWomen Speak Tasmania (WST) congratulates the Tasmanian Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Guy Barnett, for taking decisive action to protect vulnerable women in prison by ensuring that a male sex offender who identifies as female will serve his sentence in… Read more: Women Speak Tasmania Congratulates Attorney-General for Protecting Female Prisoners
- Women Protest Libraries Tasmania BanWomen Speak Tasmania (WST) members are this morning protesting outside Hobart Library in Murray Street over Libraries Tasmania’s ban on hiring out community meeting facilities to our organisation. As reported by The Australian on 30 October 2025 (“Women’s group banned… Read more: Women Protest Libraries Tasmania Ban
- Dr Russell from Equality Tasmania Is Pushing Harmful MythsIt is not a “harmful myth,” Dr Russell, that Tasmanian children are being taught that boys can have a vagina, girls can have a penis, and that a person can “feel like a boy inside” even if they were assigned… Read more: Dr Russell from Equality Tasmania Is Pushing Harmful Myths
- Tasmanian Minister Urged to Follow Queensland’s Lead and Define What a Woman IsWomen Speak Tasmania congratulates Queensland Minister for Women, Fiona Simpson, for providing long-overdue clarity on the definition of “woman.” By confirming that “a woman is an adult female human being,” the Queensland Government has restored essential precision to a term… Read more: Tasmanian Minister Urged to Follow Queensland’s Lead and Define What a Woman Is
- Women Speak Tasmania Welcomes Northern Territory Leadership on Prison SafetyWomen Speak Tasmania (WST) congratulates Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro for her decisive action to ban transgender women who are born male from being housed in women’s prisons. This landmark policy prioritises the safety, dignity, and fundamental rights of… Read more: Women Speak Tasmania Welcomes Northern Territory Leadership on Prison Safety
- Women Speak Tasmania Calls for Consultation with Women on Transgender Prison PolicyWomen Speak Tasmania has written to Attorney-General Guy Barnett expressing concern over the Tasmanian Department of Justice’s development of a Trans and Gender Diverse Prisoner Policy in consultation with its LGBTIQA+ Reference Group, but with no women’s organisations included as… Read more: Women Speak Tasmania Calls for Consultation with Women on Transgender Prison Policy
- Women Speak Tasmania Congratulates Elected Members and Candidates Committing to Women’s Pledge AustraliaWomen Speak Tasmania (WST) are here today in Canberra with One Nation Senators for their signing of the Women’s Pledge Australia. WST congratulates all elected members of Local, State and Federal Governments and election candidates for committing to Women’s Pledge… Read more: Women Speak Tasmania Congratulates Elected Members and Candidates Committing to Women’s Pledge Australia
- Tasmanian Doctors Julie Sladden and Rachel Bradley join national call to halt gender affirming interventions for gender distressed youthTasmanian Doctors Julie Sladden and Rachel Bradley join national call to halt gender affirming interventions for gender distressed youth WST congratulate Tasmanian Doctors Julie Sladden and Rachel Bradley for signing an Open Letter calling for the halt of gender affirming… Read more: Tasmanian Doctors Julie Sladden and Rachel Bradley join national call to halt gender affirming interventions for gender distressed youth
- Women’s rights forum held at Devonport RSL a free speech victoryThe Devonport RSL is to be congratulated for standing up for freedom of speech following from Women Speak Tasmania’s forum held at the Devonport RSL on the evening of 7 May “Women’s Rights in the Modern World,”. The WST forum… Read more: Women’s rights forum held at Devonport RSL a free speech victory
- Thugs veto used to cancel women’s forum on legislationWomen Speak Tasmania have had an outpouring of community support in the north west following the cancellation of two venues which WST booked to hold a public forum to discuss legislation that affects women and girls. WST Spokesperson Dr Elizabeth… Read more: Thugs veto used to cancel women’s forum on legislation
- Rape crime data based on sex not genderWST congratulate the Government for recording rape crime and victim data for statistical purposes according to sex not gender. Yesterday WST received a reply from Deputy Premier, Attorney General and Minister for Justice Guy Barnett confirming that data for statistical… Read more: Rape crime data based on sex not gender
- Attorney General considers whether Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds lied in Statutory DeclarationWomen Speak Tasmania have received confirmation from the Attorney General Guy Barnett that he is considering RTI documents WST provided to him concerning whether the Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds has lied in a Statutory Declaration. WST wrote to Guy Barnett… Read more: Attorney General considers whether Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds lied in Statutory Declaration
- Health Minister Mark Butler Congratulated on Inquiry into Gender Medicine for ChildrenWomen Speak Tasmania congratulates the federal Health Minister Mark Butler on his decision to establish an inquiry into gender medicine guidelines for young people suffering gender distress. Mark Butler’s decision comes in the wake of the recent whistleblower allegations about… Read more: Health Minister Mark Butler Congratulated on Inquiry into Gender Medicine for Children
- Health Minister Jacquie Petrusma called on to follow Queensland Premier’s ban on puberty blockers and cross sex hormonesToday, Premier of Queensland, David Crisafulli announced that puberty blockers and cross sex hormones for minors with gender distress will be banned. Premier David Crisafulli’s actions following revelations that Cairns Sexual Health Service was providing puberty blockers to children as… Read more: Health Minister Jacquie Petrusma called on to follow Queensland Premier’s ban on puberty blockers and cross sex hormones
- Health Minister Jacquie Petrusma must conduct independent review into off label puberty blockersWomen Speak Tasmania are calling on the Minister for Health Jacquie Petrusma to conduct an independent review into the Tasmanian Gender Service use of off label puberty blockers for the treatment of gender dysphoria. WST’ call today comes on the… Read more: Health Minister Jacquie Petrusma must conduct independent review into off label puberty blockers
- Call on Minister to act on UN Special Rapporteur Report on Women’s SportWomen Speak Tasmania have called on the Minister for Sport to take action following UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls Reem Alsalem’s report on women’s sports. With consideration to Algerian professional boxer Imane Khelif Olympics boxing fiasco… Read more: Call on Minister to act on UN Special Rapporteur Report on Women’s Sport
- Education Minister Jo Palmer should axe political lobby group’s teacher training program– leaked documents.Women Speak Tasmania have called on the Minister for Education Jo Palmer to immediately axe a teacher training program being delivered to all Primary and Secondary Teachers by political lobby group Working It Out on behalf of the Department of… Read more: Education Minister Jo Palmer should axe political lobby group’s teacher training program– leaked documents.
- Push for Parliamentary Inquiry into Sex Self ID Laws following Olympics FiascoIn the last few days the world has been witness to the disastrous result that sex self ID laws have had on women’s sports. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has failed to protect female athletes by allowing men who identify… Read more: Push for Parliamentary Inquiry into Sex Self ID Laws following Olympics Fiasco
- Calls On Federal Health Minister to Conduct Inquiry into Gender ClinicsFollowing on from Tasmania Health Minister Guy Barnett written request to Federal Health Minister Mark Butler to consider establishing a Commonwealth inquiry into gender clinics, WST have kept this momentum going by also writing to Health Minister Mark Butler. Spokesperson… Read more: Calls On Federal Health Minister to Conduct Inquiry into Gender Clinics
- Calls for Commonwealth Inquiry into Gender ClinicsIn response to WST correspondence with Health Minister Guy Barnett, we are pleased that the Tasmanian Liberal Government is the first Government in Australia to back a Commonwealth inquiry into gender clinics and their guidelines in response to release of… Read more: Calls for Commonwealth Inquiry into Gender Clinics
- Banned drug leuprorelin acetate still being prescribed in Tasmania.The drug leuprorelin acetate, now banned in the UK from use as a puberty blocker, is still being prescribed by the Tasmanian Gender Service (TGS). Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Italy have also implemented bans on the use of puberty blockers… Read more: Banned drug leuprorelin acetate still being prescribed in Tasmania.
- Call on Minister Nic Street to Establish Hobart City Council InquiryWomen Speak Tasmania have written to the Local Government Minister Nic Street calling on him to establish a Parliamentarty Inquiry into the toxic culture at Hobart City Council exposed through documents obtained under RTI by Cr Louise Elliot and Women… Read more: Call on Minister Nic Street to Establish Hobart City Council Inquiry
- Puberty Blockers given off label at Tasmanian Gender ServiceInformation obtained under Right to Information on the Tasmanian Gender Service (TGS) confirms the need for the Health Minister Guy Barnett to conduct an urgent Inquiry into the TGS: standards of care, transparency of the agency and use of off… Read more: Puberty Blockers given off label at Tasmanian Gender Service
- Tasmanian International Women’s cyclist calls out trans inclusion in competition sportHobart based International and National Women’s cycling competitor Jodie Willett last year resigned her membership of AusCycling over their policy of trans inclusion in women’s cycling competitions. Last year Jodie Willett wrote to AusCycling advising them that until such time… Read more: Tasmanian International Women’s cyclist calls out trans inclusion in competition sport
- Call on Health Minister to defer debate on Conversion Bill and back push for National InquiryWomen Speak Tasmania (WST) have called on the Health Minister Guy Barnett to defer debate on The Justice Miscellaneous (Conversion Practices) Bill 2024 and back the call from Dr Philip Morris, President of the National Association of Practising Psychiatrists (NAPP) for an… Read more: Call on Health Minister to defer debate on Conversion Bill and back push for National Inquiry
- Candidates Back Inquiries into Tasmanian Gender Service and Sex Self ID lawsWomen Speak Tasmania are pleased to announce that in response to a questionnaire (see below) sent to all candidates the following 16 Independent and Shooters, Fishers, and Farmers Party of Tasmania (SFFPT) candidates have backed the urgent establishment of Parliamentary… Read more: Candidates Back Inquiries into Tasmanian Gender Service and Sex Self ID laws
- Fix conversion laws before banning conversion practicesSafeguarding Children in Schools Australia and Women Speak Tasmania will be calling on the new Government once elected, to urgently review existing conversion laws before debating any anti conversion Bill put before parliament. Today we have released our Submission to… Read more: Fix conversion laws before banning conversion practices
- Protesters call for Minister’s interventionProtesters will be gathering outside Hobart Town Hall at 10am Wednesday 31 January 2024 in support of Hobart Councillor Louise Elliot and freedom of political communication and other matters concerning the toxic culture in the leadership of Hobart City Council.… Read more: Protesters call for Minister’s intervention
- Puberty blocker and insurance bans are red flags for Premier Rockcliff on trans health careRecent bans and restrictions on the use of puberty blockers and cross sex hormones for treatment of gender dysphoria in minors in numerous European countries, along with changes to insurance cover for doctors in Australia, is a wake up call… Read more: Puberty blocker and insurance bans are red flags for Premier Rockcliff on trans health care
- Department of Education Instructs Schools to Ignore Safeguarding Report “Asleep at the Wheel”A Department of Education representative has told its schools to ignore an important report that was recently provided to them by Safeguarding Children in Schools. The report, titled Asleep at the Wheel – An Examination of Gender and Safeguarding in… Read more: Department of Education Instructs Schools to Ignore Safeguarding Report “Asleep at the Wheel”
- Protest at Hobart Aquatic Centre to keep single sex change rooms and toilets.Protesters will gather outside the Centre to talk to patrons as they enter the pool in the morning. Joining the protest will be Glenorchy Alderman and retired teacher Harry Quick and former Hobart Alderman and teacher Jeff Briscoe. Posters in… Read more: Protest at Hobart Aquatic Centre to keep single sex change rooms and toilets.
- NSW Westmead Children’s Hospital Study points to urgent review of Tasmanian Gender Service GuidelinesPremier Jeremy Rockcliff needs to take urgent action on the findings of a study covered in The Australian today including on the front page Doctor scrutiny on gender clinic reveals legal, safety fears. The Tasmanian Gender Service has come under… Read more: NSW Westmead Children’s Hospital Study points to urgent review of Tasmanian Gender Service Guidelines
- RTI Documents expose Lord Mayor’s abuse of powerDocuments recently obtained under Right to Information reveal the Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds’ abuse of her powers concerning the raising of the trans flags outside the Town Hall during the Coalition for Biological Reality forum Gender Identity in Law on… Read more: RTI Documents expose Lord Mayor’s abuse of power
- Call on Minister for Health to Urgently Review Tasmanian Gender Service Treatment GuidelinesFollowing recent statements by Dr Marci Bowers and Dr Erica Anderson, two top US gender medical providers and board members of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), we are calling on the Tasmanian Health Minister Jeremy Rockcliff to… Read more: Call on Minister for Health to Urgently Review Tasmanian Gender Service Treatment Guidelines
- Call for Children’s Commissioner to Conduct Inquiry into Tasmanian Gender Service following closure of TavistockWomen Speak Tasmania have written to the Tasmanian Children’s Commissioner urging her to establish an independent inquiry into the current “gender affirmation” model of treatment being used by the Tasmanian Gender Service for the treatment of minors struggling with gender… Read more: Call for Children’s Commissioner to Conduct Inquiry into Tasmanian Gender Service following closure of Tavistock
- Hobart Early Childhood Centre Is No Place for Drag Queen Story TimeMembers of Keep Gender Ideology Out of Schools are calling on Roger Jaensch, Minister for Education, Children and Youth, and Leanne McLean, Commissioner for Children and Young People, to investigate a 16 June 2022 event at the Cambridge Road Play… Read more: Hobart Early Childhood Centre Is No Place for Drag Queen Story Time
- RTI Documents Reveal Campaign Fails to Cancel Public ForumInformation obtained under Right to Information from Hobart City Council has exposed the failure of a campaign backed by Cr Jx Ewin to have a public forum cancelled at Hobart Town Hall. The public forum Gender Identity in Law –… Read more: RTI Documents Reveal Campaign Fails to Cancel Public Forum
- Hobart Councillor Jax Ewin Fails to Cancel Public ForumHobart City Councillor Jax Ewin has failed to persuade Hobart City Council to cancel a public forum, Gender Identity in Law, being held at the Hobart Town Hall on 28 August. Cr Ewin’s latest attempt to prevent people from speaking… Read more: Hobart Councillor Jax Ewin Fails to Cancel Public Forum
- Protest in Support of Tasmanian Parliamentary Inquiry into Medical and Surgical Intervention for Children with Gender Dysphoria.Members of Women Speak Tasmania are protesting today at 12.45 pm outside the Tasmanian Gender Services premises at 60 Collins Street. The protest is part of an international movement to draw attention to the unethical medicalisation of children with gender… Read more: Protest in Support of Tasmanian Parliamentary Inquiry into Medical and Surgical Intervention for Children with Gender Dysphoria.
- Calls for Review of Tasmania’s Sex Industry Laws after Prostituted Woman Murderer in LauncestonThe murder of prostituted woman, Jingai Zhang, in Launceston on Boxing Day 2020 should be a wake-up call for those regulating the sex industry in Tasmania. ‘We have been reliably informed that activities in the sexual services business in which… Read more: Calls for Review of Tasmania’s Sex Industry Laws after Prostituted Woman Murderer in Launceston
- Tasmanian Awards for Disservice to Free SpeechOn International Human Rights Day 2020, Women Speak Tasmania presents the first of our: TASMANIAN AWARDS FOR DISSERVICE TO FREE SPEECH. Our awards go to: * UTAS Tasmanian Law Reform Institute – for refusing to allow Women Speak Tasmania to… Read more: Tasmanian Awards for Disservice to Free Speech
- Call for Tasmanian Law Reform Institute to Rewrite Conversion Practices Issue PaperWomen Speak Tasmania have today contacted Dr Brendan Gogarty, Director of the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute requesting that the recently released Issues Paper ‘Conversion Practices: Law Reform Options for Tasmania’ be withdrawn and revised. https://www.utas.edu.au/law-reform/news-and-events/tlri-news/conversion-practices The decision yesterday in the… Read more: Call for Tasmanian Law Reform Institute to Rewrite Conversion Practices Issue Paper
- Recognising Service to Free SpeechFor International Human Rights Day this year Women Speak Tasmania are recognising two outstanding Tasmanians for their contribution to Freedom of Speech. Freedom of speech underpins all human rights. “On International Human Rights Day we want to recognise the… Read more: Recognising Service to Free Speech
- Push on Politicians to Back Federal Child Trans Health Inquiry Women Speak Tasmania has recently backed calls for a federal parliamentary inquiry into the models of care, including medical and surgical interventions, currently being offered to children and young people presenting at gender services in Australia. The ‘gender affirming’ approach… Read more: Push on Politicians to Back Federal Child Trans Health Inquiry
- Councillor Holly Ewin Encouraging ‘Noisy’ Protest Outside HCC MeetingThis evening, Hobart City Council will meet to discuss, among other things, the following motion – That: 1. Trans and Gender diverse posters not be displayed on a permanent basis, however be included on an annual program of display in… Read more: Councillor Holly Ewin Encouraging ‘Noisy’ Protest Outside HCC Meeting
- Sue Hickey’s Vote Fails Victims of Child Sexual AbuseWomen Speak Tasmania was disappointed to see mandatory sentencing for serious child sexual assaults voted down last week when Liberal Speaker, Sue Hickey, used her casting vote to oppose the Sentencing Amendment (Mandatory Sentencing for Serious Sexual Offences Against Children)… Read more: Sue Hickey’s Vote Fails Victims of Child Sexual Abuse
- Labor, the Greens and Sue Hickey Pass ‘Seriously Flawed’ LawsLabor, the Greens and Liberal Speaker, Sue Hickey, failed to heed the advice of legal and academic experts, including the Solicitor-General and former Tasmanian Bar Association President, Chris Gunson, and today passed radical amendments to the Births, Deaths and Marriages… Read more: Labor, the Greens and Sue Hickey Pass ‘Seriously Flawed’ Laws
- Quakers Cancel Booking for Women’s Forum The Clerks of the Tasmanian Regional Meeting (TRM) of the Quakers yesterday cancelled the forum booking for Women Speak Tasmania scheduled for Monday night 18 March. The forum was to be held in the Friends Meeting House in Argyle Street,… Read more: Quakers Cancel Booking for Women’s Forum
- Women’s Groups Call on PM Morrison and Bill Shorten to Support Parliamentary Inquiry into Transgender LawsInternational Women’s Day (IWD – 8 March 2019) is recognised as an International day to remember and centre women’s rights and achievements. A coalition of women’s organisations has written to the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, and Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten,… Read more: Women’s Groups Call on PM Morrison and Bill Shorten to Support Parliamentary Inquiry into Transgender Laws
- Reclaim the Night – Is It Still About Women?Tonight’s Hobart Reclaim the Night rally is one of many that occur around Australia every year. The concept originated as a means for women to express public solidarity with each other and reclaim their right to be out in public… Read more: Reclaim the Night – Is It Still About Women?
- Tasmanian Women’s Services Support Trans Law Reform, Then Shut Down Online DebateOn 7 November, four Tasmanian Women’s Services – Women’s Legal Service Tasmania, Engender Equality, Hobart Women’s Shelter and Women’s Health Tasmania – issued a statement in support of Labor and the Greens proposed transgender law reforms. In that statement, Women… Read more: Tasmanian Women’s Services Support Trans Law Reform, Then Shut Down Online Debate
- Women’s Groups Intentionally Oversimplify the Impacts of Trans Law ReformsYesterday’s joint statement by Tasmanian women’s groups, Women’s Legal Service Tasmania, Engender Equality, Hobart Women’s Shelter and Women’s Health Tasmania, continues the litany of oversimplified assurances about the benign nature of the radical birth registration and anti-discrimination law reforms proposed… Read more: Women’s Groups Intentionally Oversimplify the Impacts of Trans Law Reforms
- O’Connor and White in Damage Control over Backlash on Transgender ReformsWhile Labor Opposition leader, Rebecca White, moves to distance the party from a deal with the Greens to fast track changes to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, the Greens Cassy O’Connor has resorted to accusations of transphobia against… Read more: O’Connor and White in Damage Control over Backlash on Transgender Reforms
- Community Consultation Essential for Transforming Tasmania Proposals ‘Women Speak Tasmania is calling on Transforming Tasmania to justify their claims that radical amendments to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1999 (Tas) are of no particular concern to the community at large’, said Women Speak Tasmania spokesperson,… Read more: Community Consultation Essential for Transforming Tasmania Proposals
- Doubts about Tasmanian Law Reform Institute Impartiality Women Speak Tasmania is calling on the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute to co-sponsor a forum dedicated to providing a women’s rights perspective on transgender law reform proposals. ‘Women Speak Tasmania is developing a series of policies addressing a range of… Read more: Doubts about Tasmanian Law Reform Institute Impartiality
- Transgender Law Reform – Women Speak the TruthWhile several groups and individuals are lobbying for extended transgender rights at law, Women Speak Tasmania is working on a comprehensive series of policies to address changes in the law that have promoted the rights of transgender persons ahead of… Read more: Transgender Law Reform – Women Speak the Truth
- Opposition Grows Against Transgender Rights CampaignNewly formed group Women Speak Tasmania, are ramping up their campaign to oppose reforms proposed by transgender lobby group Transforming Tasmania. Spokesperson Bronwyn Williams said, ‘We are talking with many people in the Tasmanian community, especially women, who are shocked… Read more: Opposition Grows Against Transgender Rights Campaign
- Calls for Review of Sex Discrimination LawsWomen Speak Tasmania is calling for uniform changes to federal and state anti-discrimination laws. Spokesperson Bronwyn Williams said, ‘We are calling on all Australian legislatures to urgently address the need for accurate and effective definitions of “sex” and “gender identity”… Read more: Calls for Review of Sex Discrimination Laws
- Gender Clinics Under Fire Over Policies and ResearchGender clinics in Australia and the UK are coming under fire from doctors and academics. ‘Doctors and academics are blowing the whistle on poor guidelines, lack of evidence-based research, and lack of transparency about research on the outcomes for children… Read more: Gender Clinics Under Fire Over Policies and Research