Category: Women’s Forum
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June in Hobart a Women Speak Tasmania meeting
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Report from WST meeting 1 June 2025 from Neve. Women Speak Tasmania is active in standing up for women’s rights, children’s rights and the rights of lesbian and gay people. It was a good meeting. No, actually, it was a great meeting. Too often we forget the power of community and connection. A sizable gathering…
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Welcome to the Forum: “Women’s Rights in the Modern World”
On 7 May 2025, members of Women Speak Tasmania held a private forum titled “Women’s Rights in the Modern World” at the Devonport RSL. This event marks a significant milestone for women’s rights advocacy in Australia, as the Devonport RSL, a veterans’ charity, became the first independent venue in the country to stand firm in…
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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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Invitation to the Forum: Women’s rights in the Modern World
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Women Speak Tasmania members are pleased to inform that our previous cancel forum will go ahead at the RSL Club in Devonport on 7 May despite the threats received from trans activists and lobby groups.
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Chronology of The Hive – Ulverstone Cancellation
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After our Forum “Women’s Rights in the Modern World” was cancelled by the Devonport Library, we tried to hire another venue called The Hive in Ulverstone. We made a preliminary booking over the phone and we started sharing an update on social media regarding the location change. We received an email, the Hive did not…
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Chronology of Devonport Library Forum cancellation
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Correspondence between WST and Libraries Tasmania Emma Shaw, a member of WST, hired a room at the Devonport library to host a Forum called “Women’s Rights in the Modern World”. We were going to discuss how gender law reforms impact women and how the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination laws and the Federal Sex discrimination Act defines what…
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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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Chronology of Burnie Library Forum cancellation
Below are the details to our cancelled forum at the Burnie Library on the 21st March 2024, which was about the latest details coming from Europe in relation to the use of puberty blockers and gender affirming care in children and young people and detailed information from the UK government CASS Review *Personal emails and phone numbers…
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Forum: Puberty Blockers – The 21st Century global medical scandal
Women Speak Tasmania members organised a Forum in Burnie Library to warn parents of the risks of the use of puberty blockers in gender medicine. But the library cancelled WST’s booking on Monday morning, saying that the content of the forum did not meet the library’s policy on supporting diversity and inclusion. In a letter…