This section brings together relevant news and developments relating to women’s sport, health and other issues that may affect women and girls in everyday life.
- 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… Read more: The Noises of North Tassie
- Half of new public toilets could become gender neutral under divisive planAs 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,… Read more: Half of new public toilets could become gender neutral under divisive plan
- Transgender breastfeeding case sparks UN expert alertUN’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… Read more: Transgender breastfeeding case sparks UN expert alert
- Jennifer Buckley v Jasmine Sussex: test of science and freedom of speech as Queensland tribunal prepares to hear case over breastfeedingA 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… Read more: Jennifer Buckley v Jasmine Sussex: test of science and freedom of speech as Queensland tribunal prepares to hear case over breastfeeding
- Health official’s trans stillbirth remark fuels woke rowWomen’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… Read more: Health official’s trans stillbirth remark fuels woke row
- Two transgender netball players banned from playing in Riddell District Netball Football LeagueTwo 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… Read more: Two transgender netball players banned from playing in Riddell District Netball Football League
- One of the state’s leading sporting organisations is probing whether transgender players pose a safety risk to female playersNetball 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… Read more: One of the state’s leading sporting organisations is probing whether transgender players pose a safety risk to female players
- ‘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… Read more: ‘Mum, why was there a man at the pool in a wig and women’s bathers today?’
- ACON given $7 million to produce non-gendered language cancer campaignThe 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… Read more: ACON given $7 million to produce non-gendered language cancer campaign
- Protest staged over transgender access to change roomsBiological males should not be given access to female change rooms and other female-only spaces, according to a group of activists that staged a protest at a council swimming pool in Hobart on Friday morning. About five members of activist… Read more: Protest staged over transgender access to change rooms
- ‘Anti-trans’ group invited to help develop trans-inclusive posters for public toiletsA Tasmanian group that has been accused of sharing “anti-transgender” material on social media has been invited to take part in designing trans-inclusionary posters for public bathrooms. The motion to introduce the posters, which was moved by alderman Holly Ewin,… Read more: ‘Anti-trans’ group invited to help develop trans-inclusive posters for public toilets