Women Speak Tasmania

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  • Opinion: Freedom of speech sadly absent from rally

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    Laws enacted in Tasmania to promote equality have backfired on all of us, writes Isla MacGregor Last week I attended the Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull Let Women Speak event on the Parliament House lawns in Hobart in the hope of listening to women speak about the impacts of gender identity laws on their basic rights and freedoms.…

  • Opinion: Ignorance on Impacts of Gender Law Reforms

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    The Advocate Editorial ‘Trans, gender diverse face fear, ignorance’ (Saturday Feb 4th 2023), promotes an ideological position, which may represent the personal views of Anthony Haneveer but do not represent the views of the vast majority of Advocate readership. Without speaking to any of the people at the Hobart Aquatic Centre protest last Friday, to…

  • Robust and respectful free debate is vital

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    Cassy O’Connor’s recent call for Premier Jeremy Rockliff to ban the Free Speech Alliance Australia forum at Parliament House on conversion therapy laws is regrettable. Democracy can only flourish when there is informed, robust and respectful free debate. The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute final report on the issue has not received any scrutiny by the…

  • Fact Check on Gender Law Reform forum

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    Matty Wright’s letter (Mercury, October 11) in response to Charles Wooley’s article (Mercury, October 8) continues the misinformation generated by Kenji Sato’s article of October 3 headed ‘Offensive’ anti-trans forum sparks outrage.’ Of note is that the online version of the article was headed ‘Women Speak Tasmania forum to go ahead despite public backlash’. This…

  • Open and Frank Discussions only way Forward Regarding Gender Law Reforms

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    Conflict on the topic of gender makes the need for full debate all the more pressing, write Isla MacGregor, Jessica Hoyle and Rebecca Crossin MANY people, especially feminists, have been excluded from commenting or taking part in consultations over the gender law reforms and their impacts on sex-based rights. We have also been vilified and…

  • RIP Tasmanian Times: The Death of Independent Journalism

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    Tasmanian Times, previously owned by independent editor Lindsay Tuffin, has been taken over by Green Party stalwart and political aspirant Alan Whykes. Whykes has brought a new style to Tastimes that has not been welcomed by many former writers, contributors and readers. Alan Whykes has stood as a candidate for the Tasmanian Greens in several…

  • Women’s forum on transgender law reforms goes ahead

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    Women Speak Tasmania are holding a Q & A forum Review of Transgender Law Reforms on  Monday 18th March at the Friends Meeting House in North Hobart between 6-7.30pm. This forum comes after a sustained campaign over many monoths by some in the trans rights lobby and their supporters to silence women’s voices on legislative proposals…

  • Transforming Tasmania Cries Foul over Poll Results

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    The EMRS poll results released yesterday indicate the majority of Tasmanians do not support changes to the state’s birth registration process proposed by Labor and the Greens. The changes were passed as amendments to the Justice and Related Legislation (Marriage Amendments) Bill 2018 by our parliament’s Lower House in November last year.  In March they…

  • Open letter to Hobart City Council Aldermen Holly Ewin

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    Women Speak Tasmania is writing to you regarding the Salamanca Market Facebook posting on Sunday 10 February which stated, among other things, that … ‘The City of Hobart have been made aware of a group that were distributing anti-transgender materials yesterday at the Salamanca Market.’ We reject as false the characterisation of our pamphlet as…

  • Salamanca Market’s Attack on Women’s Freedom of Speech

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    Last Saturday Women Speak Tasmania held a media conference at Salamanca (outside the market precinct) to launch our flyer outlining our views on proposed transgender law reforms and their effects on women’s human rights.   The flyers were also distributed at Salamanca Market that day. Our flyers received both positive and not so positive responses but…