Women Speak Tasmania

Tag: 2018

  • Lifting the lid on the fundamentalist trans rights lobby’s bag of dirty tryx in Tasmania

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    By Bronwyn Williams and Isla MacGregor Women Speak Tasmania Human Rights Week 12 December 2018  Isla MacGregor writes …  ‘If one section of our community want to change the definition of what it is to be a woman, then women rightly have a major stake in this discussion, not only on their own behalf but…

  • Human rights event cancelled due to trans lobby’s bullying

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    By Women Speak Tasmania ‘We are in a new era of witch burning, except that today, the fire is that of media and propaganda, with trans activists and their supporters suppressing any information that contradicts their goals and silencing their critics through oppressive tactics. Some of our contributors have been fired from teaching positions at…

  • Robin Banks Attempts to No-Platform Women Speak Tasmania

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    Women Speak Tasmania is scheduled to speak at a Human Rights Week event for the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) on 12 December next. On 30 November, former Anti-discrimination Commissioner, Robin Banks, emailed WILPF with the following … Ms Banks’ statements clearly amount to vilification of the Women Speak Tasmania speakers, and…

  • Attack on freedom of speech

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    Two feminists have accused a former anti-discrimination commissioner of trying to stop them from speaking at a human rights forum because of their opposition to transgender reforms. Bronwyn Williams and Isla MacGregor were invited by the Tasmanian branch of the global Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom to give a speech at an event…

  • Transforming Tasmania and Rodney Croome Spreading ‘Fake News’

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    On 24 November, Transforming Tasmania and Rodney Croome congratulated the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly on the passage of ‘laws removing discrimination against transgender, gender diverse and intersex people’ – see https://www.facebook.com/rodney.croome.   Apparently, this legislative miracle happened on Friday 23 November, according to Transforming Tasmania spokesperson, Roen Meijers – see https://ymlp.com/zEfeKv?fbclid=IwAR3HGBZr4LTz26dKPNeDj4Q6V15YyL-P0VpkdKSywpSdelV0_pdvoALLWXs. This is ‘fake news’. The Northern Territory…

  • Men and your new identity in the 21C

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    By Isla MacGregor For all the men in Tasmania who are not quite grasping what the proposed transgender legislation has to do with them, it is useful to understand how this will affect your identity. Under this proposed new legislation there will no longer be anything such as just ‘male’ any more. You will be…

  • Reclaim the Night – Is It Still About Women?

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    By Bronwyn Williams and Isla MacGregor Hobart’s Reclaim the Night rally is one of many that occur around Australia every year.  The concept originated as a means for women to express public solidarity with each other and ‘reclaim’ their right to be out in public after dark without being in constant fear of sexual or…

  • Labor and the Greens ‘Win’, But Democracy Loses

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    By Bronwyn Williams and Isla MacGregor When we go to the ballot box and vote, we have an expectation that those we elect will at least try to represent our interests. We assume that any debate in parliament, particularly if the issue is contentious, will be as well-informed as it can possibly be. On 20…

  • The Mercury – PR Machine for the Trans Lobby?

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    By Bronwyn Williams and Isla MacGregor In recent weeks, Hobart’s Mercury newspaper has featured a number of articles and longer form stories showcasing the trans rights lobby group, Transforming Tasmania. Transforming Tasmania is behind a number of radical amendments to birth registration and anti-discrimination laws put forward by Labor and the Greens in the Tasmanian…

  • The Trans Rights Debate – Who’s Peddling the ‘Hate’?

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    By Bronwyn Williams and Isla MacGregor Emily Baker’s recent article in the Mercury titled ‘Penis stickers labelled hateful: Anger at anti-transgender campaign’ quoted Transforming Tasmania representative, Martine Delaney’s, opinion of the stickers. Delaney said the stickers expressed a view ‘actively promoted by only extremely conservative Christian groups and a very small percentage of women –…