Women Speak Tasmania

Category: Women’s Rights

  • Women Speak Tasmania Condemns HCC Bullying of Councillor Elliot

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    Women Speak Tasmania members staged a series of protests in response to the continued bullying and vilification of Councillor Louise Elliott, who has been unfairly targeted simply for expressing gender-critical views. These actions draw attention to the climate of intolerance faced by women in public life who dare to defend sex-based rights. Attempts to silence…

  • The Media’s Campaign Against Media Freedom and Free Speech in Tasmania – Let Women Speak

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    This speech, delivered by Isla MacGregor at the Let Women Speak rally on the Parliament House lawns in Hobart in March 2023, outlines her concerns about media coverage, public institutions, and gender-identity policy debates in Tasmania. She argues that journalists and broadcasters have avoided reporting viewpoints from women’s and children’s rights advocates, describes her experiences…

  • International Women’s Day Action in Hobart

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    On International Women’s Day, Women Speak Tasmania members and allies gathered in Hobart to take action in support of women’s rights. We stand firmly for sex-based rights, affirming that biological sex is real, measurable, and unchangeable. Our advocacy is rooted in the principle of “biological reality, not gender ideology”, ensuring that policies and protections for…

  • Salamanca Market’s Attempt to Silence Women’s Voices

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    On Saturday, 9 February 2019, Women Speak Tasmania (WST) held a media conference at Salamanca, just outside the market precinct, to launch our flyer outlining the impacts of proposed transgender law reforms on women’s human rights. Following the conference, volunteers handed out flyers inside Salamanca Market, speaking directly with the public. The response was mixed—many…

  • Women Speak Tasmania – Women’s Rights and Transgender Law Reform

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    Policy Proposals on Anti-Discrimination Law and Birth Certificates Women Speak Tasmania (WST) has developed a set of policies that seek to restore clarity to the way sex and gender are treated in Tasmanian law. At the heart of these proposals is the principle that biological sex must be recognised and protected, while social identity should…