Women Speak Tasmania

Category: Gender Debate and Censorship

  • Tasmania Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Robin Banks Bullied Me

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    A leading feminist has made official complaints of bullying and sex discrimination against Tasmania’s female Anti-Discrimination Commissioner, Robin Banks, who dismisses the claims.  Tessa Anne, an activist with the radical feminist Women’s Liberation Front (WOLF), has lodged complaints with the state’s Attorney-General and Integrity Commission, alleging Ms Banks “bullied, belittled” and discriminated against her.  Ms Banks…

  • Feminists decry sex change proposals on men who identify as women

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    Robin Banks, Equal Opportunity Commissioner for Tasmania, has recommended to the state government that it change the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act. A feminist group is taking on Tasmania’s anti-discrimination commissioner, accusing her of undermining women’s rights by advocating that men who self-identify as women can legally ­register their sex as female. Commissioner Robin…