Category: Women’s Rights
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Witch ‘thrown out by Druids after being accused of transphobia’
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Angela Howard claims her membership was revoked after she supported the exclusion of trans women from single-sex spaces A witch has claimed she was thrown off a Druid training course amid allegations that she was “transphobic” in a row over women’s rights. Angela Howard claimed she joined the British Druid Order (BDO) in 2020 to…
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I changed my mind on trans rights – and lost multiple friends
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As a human rights lawyer, I never questioned the trans movement. But, after a lightbulb moment, I publicly changed my position I am a human rights lawyer and professor at King’s College London. Until 2018, I supported all the demands of the transgender-rights movement. But since then, I have changed my mind. Why? Because I finally…
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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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Dossier on Impacts of Tasmania Sex Self-ID laws on Women, Girls, Families and LGB people
PRESENTED TO TASMANIAN ATTORNEY GENERAL GUY BARNETT ON 20th JANUARY 2025 INTRODUCTION Women Speak Tasmania (WST) is a women led and woman centred grass roots advocacy body. We campaign for the sex based rights of women in Tasmania. WST believes that biological sex is binary and gives rise to meaningful distinctions between men and women.…
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Impacts of Trans activism on the Human Rights of Women and Girls
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Below is an interesting paper prepared by the Feminist Legal Clinic detailing the impacts trans activism had on women’ rights, safe spaces, participation on sports and the erasure of the lesbian community
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Gender and Sexuality inclusive language – UTAS Ethics committee
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In October 2024, an email title ‘Gender and Sexuality Inclusive language – Guidelines’ was sent to HREC members. The email was to remind all members to use inclusive language in their research and research applications. It reads “It is our obligation – not an option – to support and uphold this policy in all aspects…
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Human Rights relating to Women
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By Sarah Kingsley United Nations Documents There is a range of legislation including international covenants and Australian law that governs human rights. The base document that outlines all human rights is the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. There is also the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The most important relating specifically…
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It’s official, our new website is up and running!!
WOMEN SPEAK TASMANIA is proud to announce that we now have a website! Women Speak Tasmania was formed in 2018 and since then we have been working to return and protect the rights of women and children in Tasmania. The website is an archive of our activities and much more! It serves as our ‘Accountability…
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Self ID in the Misinformation Era
by Dianna T. Kenny PhD Several key medical journals (e.g., JAMA) have identified the profound harms caused by medical and health misinformation. They assert that health misinformation on social media disproportionately harms female adolescents, racial and ethnic minority youth, LGBQT+ youth, and other marginalized groups. The recent conference of the American Psychological Association in Seattle,…
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Female-Only App Founder to Appeal Court’s Ruling in Favour of Trans Woman
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The woman behind a female-only app says she will appeal Federal Court decision ruling sex is ‘changeable.’ Giggle for Girls app founder Sall Grover has launched an appeal against a Federal Court decision ruling sex is “changeable.” The appeal resulted from Grover banning trans woman Roxanne Tickle from the female-only app and a subsequent successful…