Category: News
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Trans activists deface statue of feminist hero Millicent Fawcett
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in NewsThousands protest in London over Supreme Court’s ruling on definition of a woman Trans rights activists defaced a statue of Millicent Fawcett during a protest against the Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of a woman. The Parliament Square statue of the suffragist, a prominent campaigner for women’s rights in the 19th century, was daubed with graffiti reading…
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Trans doctors can hide biological sex despite Supreme Court ruling
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in NewsGeneral Medical Council pressing ahead with its new policy of making it voluntary for medics to record any data on their gender or sex Transgender doctors will be able to hide their biological sex from the public despite the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling. The General Medical Council (GMC) has until now kept a record of the gender…
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Why did we need a court of law to tell us what a woman is?
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in NewsNo man, whether it’s a 6’5” bloke called Dave or a genderfluid lad who’s taken estrogen, will be legally treated as a woman in the UK. I’m glad this ruling has been made, but I’m bemused – and kind of scared – that we needed it. Why did we need a court of law to…
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U.K. Top Court Says Trans Women Are Not Legally Women Under Equality Act
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Britain’s Supreme Court ruled that the word “woman” refers to biological sex under the country’s anti-discrimination law, in a blow to trans rights activists. The Supreme Court in Britain ruled on Wednesday that trans women do not fall within the legal definition of women under the country’s equality legislation. The landmark judgment, which said that the legal…
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Is this the beginning of the end for puberty blockers?
Is this the beginning of the end in Australia for the experiment of using puberty blockers for gender-incongruent children? It began as a compassionate solution to the difficulties that trans people had in being accepted as the sex with which they identify. A Dutch doctor came up with a solution to block puberty, so a…
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Controversial group sets sight on another venue in quest to hold forum
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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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Top children’s hospital silent on judge’s criticism of gender care guidelines
The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne has refused to respond to a Family Court judge’s criticism of its care standards for children presenting with gender concerns. One of the nation’s top children’s hospitals has refused to publicly defend its own treatment standards for patients questioning their gender, following calls for the “concerning” guidelines to be repealed…
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Judge lashes child gender-medicine experts in blow for clinic
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in NewsOne of Australia’s foremost child gender medicine experts has been ruled to have misled the Family Court when giving evidence to support a mother who wished to prescribe her child puberty blockers. One of Australia’s foremost child gender medicine experts has been ruled to have misled the Family Court when giving evidence to support a…
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‘Thugs veto’: Controversial group claims it was shafted over NW events
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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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Australian Athletics boss Jane Flemming backs DNA testing for female athletes
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Australian Athletics president Jane Flemming has backed an international move to “protect the female category” in the sport, by requiring DNA tests of competing athletes. Flemming echoed the sentiments of World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe, who this week announced moves to use non-invasive cheek swabs and dry blood tests to determine biological gender. Coe also…