Category: Gender Debate and Censorship
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Are the Gender Whisperers in Tas Schools?
Women Speak Tasmania are challenging both Premier Jeremy Rockliff and Education Minister Jo Palmer to come clean on whether they approve of government-funded materials teaching contested notions of ‘gender’ in the state’s schools and apparently being withheld from Tasmanian parents. As we reported recently, the Victorian state Department of Education has a secretive policy of encouraging…
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On Charlie Kirk
“I want to be remembered for courage for my faith. That would be the most important thing. The most important thing is my faith.” – Charlie Kirk Perhaps it seems a little strange for an Australian Anglican Minister to want to write about an American Christian and conservative activist. And yet a week after being…
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Conservative teachers demand an end to gender ideology in schools
Conservative teachers have taken a definitive stance on the transgender issue: they’re demanding an end to what they believe to be child abuse. New research has revealed that 91 per cent of educators believe transgender ideology should not be taught in schools. The landmark member survey conducted by the Teachers’ Professional Association of Australia (TPAA) revealed that transgender ideology…
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Controversial Liberal candidate Julie Sladden should be dismissed, Labor says
A Liberal candidate for the seat of Bass should have her party membership revoked, according to a Labor MLC A controversial Liberal candidate has been accused of previously campaigning against her own party, which Labor claims should be grounds for her dismissal. Julie Sladden has again been preselected to run for the Liberals in Bass,…
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I changed my mind on trans rights – and lost multiple friends
As a human rights lawyer, I never questioned the trans movement. But, after a lightbulb moment, I publicly changed my position I am a human rights lawyer and professor at King’s College London. Until 2018, I supported all the demands of the transgender-rights movement. But since then, I have changed my mind. Why? Because I finally…
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Controversial group sets sight on another venue in quest to hold forum
Women Speak Tasmania (WST) has set its sights on the Devonport RSL to hold a forum previously cancelled at two other locations on the Coast. The rescheduled forum garnered strong comments from prominent LGBTQIA+ rights activist Rodney Croome. “Women’s Speak Tasmania claims to be a women’s rights group but it only has one issue, discriminating against…
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‘Thugs veto’: Controversial group claims it was shafted over NW events
A controversial group dubbed anti-trans by many has come out swinging over what they call the cancellation of public forums at two North-West venues. However, one venue operator denied the group’s claim for cancellation, while the other said its booking had been approved for a private event only. Women Speak Tasmania (WST) took to social…
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Barnett meets with group seeking end to optional sex on certificates law
Attorney-General Guy Barnett has met with a feminist group that is calling for the repeal of the state’s sex self-ID legislation. Parliament passed the amendment to the Sex Discrimination Act in 2019, making the listing of babies’ gender optional on birth certificates and allowing any individual over 16 to change their listed gender on the…
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Tasmania will this coming week face its free speech litmus test
Free speech is a keystone right – all other rights flow from it, from freedom of association, religion, and even the right to a fair trial. It has played a vital part in our Tasmanian democracy these past hundred years. Which is why it is strange that the idea is now under attack all across…
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‘Worst attack on free speech’ as library cancels gender medicine forum
A feminist group opposed to trans ideology is claiming censorship after the Burnie Library cancelled a forum organised for Thursday to discuss the use of puberty blockers in Tasmania. Women Speak Tasmania (WST) spokesperson Isla MacGregor said the forum was organised to warn parents of the risks of the use of gender medicine. But the…