Category: Sports, Health & other News
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The Noises of North Tassie
The magnificent women of Women Speak Tasmania are angry, and rightly so. First, they’re angry that the brand-new Recreation Hub at Mowbray, Launceston, has no single-sex toilets or changerooms. And then, they’re angry that ABC Northern Tasmania chose to report this via a particularly exasperating little piece on its radio breakfast show on 28 April, with reporter Sunshine Wood…
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Half of new public toilets could become gender neutral under divisive plan
As many as half of the toilets in all new public buildings including stadiums, shopping malls, and office blocks could soon be designated as ‘gender neutral’. As many as half of the toilets in all new public buildings including stadiums, shopping malls, and office blocks could soon be designated as “gender neutral” under a proposed…
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Transgender breastfeeding case sparks UN expert alert
UN’s top expert on violence against women has warned males ‘continue to be males’ regardless of gender identity amid an explosive Australian trans breastfeeding case. Males “continue to be males” no matter how they identify by gender, the UN’s top expert on violence against women has warned, as she entered the polarising debate on trans…
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Jennifer Buckley v Jasmine Sussex: test of science and freedom of speech as Queensland tribunal prepares to hear case over breastfeeding
A vilification complaint has taken on a life of its own, morphing into a test of freedom of speech and transgender rights as a Queensland tribunal prepares to hear an unprecedented case. After Adrian became Jennifer and booked in for sex reassignment surgery, she did what came naturally to a mum and breastfed her newborn…
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Health official’s trans stillbirth remark fuels woke row
Women’s groups have condemned a senior South Australian health official’s focus on gender inclusivity during stillbirth inquiry testimony. A parliamentary committee examining the impact of stillbirth on mothers has prefaced its evidence by acknowledging that men who have transitioned or are transitioning to become women should also be part of the conversation around the loss…
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Two transgender netball players banned from playing in Riddell District Netball Football League
Two transgender netball players have been banned from competing in a major community Melbourne netball league, the decision coming after a video emerged of a smaller female opponent being knocked over at a weekend match. Two transgender players have been banned from competing in a major community netball league due to their “superior stamina and…
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One of the state’s leading sporting organisations is probing whether transgender players pose a safety risk to female players
Netball Victoria has engaged an independent expert to review possible on-court safety risks after a club in Melbourne’s outer north said it was worried about the size and strength of transgender players. One of the state’s leading sporting organisations is investigating whether transgender players pose a safety risk to female players. Netball Victoria has launched…
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‘Mum, why was there a man at the pool in a wig and women’s bathers today?’
An unexpected conversation with our kids about mentally ill men and a sick society ‘Mum, why was there a man at the pool in a wig and women’s bathers today? Our 8-year-old daughter innocently piped up as we were driving home from ballet last week. My wife had already been filling me in on the…
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ACON given $7 million to produce non-gendered language cancer campaign
The Albanese government has given a seven-figure contract to a LGBTQ group which produced a cancer campaign targeting women, using non-gendered language such as “people with a cervix”. The federal government awarded a $7 million contract to a LGBTQ lobby group to produce a women’s cancer campaign using non-gendered language, despite the public health message…