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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    During Human Rights Week in Tasmania, Women Speak Tasmania representatives Isla MacGregor and Bronwyn Williams were invited to speak at a forum organised by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). Shortly before the scheduled date, the event was cancelled by the organisers following public controversy surrounding the topic of transgender law reform.…

  • Former anti-discrimination commissioner Robin Banks now subject of discrimination complaint

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    In an article published in The Australian on 13 December 2018, titled “Former anti-discrimination commissioner Robin Banks now subject of discrimination complaint”, journalist Matthew Denholm reported that Women Speak Tasmania members Bronwyn Williams and Isla MacGregor had lodged both federal and state anti-discrimination complaints against former Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Robin Banks. The complaints arose from…

  • Human Rights Event Cancelled due to Trans Lobby’s Bullying

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    ‘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 universities; some have been…

  • 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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    In the article: Attack on Freedom of Speech (also published under the headline Women say they’re being stopped from speaking at a forum over opposition to Tasmania transgender laws) by Matthew Denholm The Australian reported on a dispute concerning Women Speak Tasmania’s invitation to speak at a Human Rights Week event organised by the Tasmanian…

  • Good Governance Prevails as Debate on Trans Law Reform is Deferred

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    After two weeks of intense discussion and briefings, the Legislative Council has deferred debate on the Justice and Related Legislation (Marriage Amendments) Bill 2018 until March 2019. ‘The amendments to the bill put forward by Labor and the Greens and passed with the support of Speaker, Sue Hickey, in the Lower House had several drafting…

  • Birth Certificate Changes … Caution Isn’t Wilful Ignorance

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    If you’re one of the many Tasmanians concerned about Labor and the Greens changes to our state’s birth registration and anti-discrimination laws you are, according to Anthony Haneveer (the Advocate 23 November 2018), a wilfully ignorant bigot. If you don’t think 14 pages of complex amendments to a simple procedural bill are just ‘a little change to…

  • Nature such a reassuring obstacle to opting gender

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    Today, in an opinion article titled “Nature Such a Reassuring Obstacle to Opt-In Gender” (26 November 2018), columnist Jennifer Oriel criticised proposed Tasmanian reforms that would remove the automatic recording of sex on birth certificates and allow individuals to change the sex recorded on official documents through self-identification. Oriel argued that biological sex is an…

  • Men and Your New Identity in the 21C

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    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 defined as being…

  • Fears over impact of Tasmanian gender laws on schools and women’s services

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    Today, in an article for The Australian titled “Fears Over Impact of Tasmanian Gender Laws on Schools and Women’s Services” (23 November 2018), journalist Matthew Denholm reported on the passage of significant transgender law reforms through Tasmania’s House of Assembly. The reforms included provisions allowing people aged 16 and over to change the sex recorded…