Category: Women’s Forum
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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…
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‘Worst attack on free speech’ as library cancels gender medicine forum
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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…
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Conversion Therapy forum staged in Hobart
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A forum in parliament to discuss a proposed ban on gender identity conversion therapy has heard that Tasmanians should be free to seek therapy, while a Sydney psychologist questioned the wisdom of allowing children to make their own choices in gender transition. The forum, which had been lambasted by Greens leader Cassy O’Connor as a…
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Robust and respectful free debate is vital
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Comment by Isla MacGregor Cassy O’Connor’s recent call for Premier Jeremy Rockliff to ban the Free Speech Alliance Australia forum at Parliament House on conversion therapy laws is regrettable. Democracy can only flourish when there is informed, robust and respectful free debate. The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute final report on the issue has not received…
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Forum: Conversion laws: risks and harms?
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Free Speech Alliance Australia Forum at Parliament House Hobart Date: 23 November 2022 Time: 6-8.30 The Free Speech Alliance Australia would like to give a warm welcome tonight for everyone attending our first forum, Conversion laws: risks and harms? We welcome our guests who will shortly be speaking to you and we would like to…
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An invitation to the Forum: Conversion Therapy Laws – risks and harms?
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Dear Member of the Tasmanian Parliament, I am writing to invite you to attend a forum on the contentious changes to Tasmanian law being proposed by the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute on the issue of so-called ‘conversion therapy’. The forum will offer testimony from those who have been negatively impacted by similar laws along with…
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Quakers cancel booking for women’s forum
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The Clerks of the Tasmanian Regional Meeting (TRM) of the Quakers yesterday cancelled the forum booking for Women Speak Tasmania scheduled for Monday night 18 March. The forum was to be held in the Friends Meeting House in Argyle Street, New Town. ‘The cancellation appears to be the result of a smear campaign from some…