Women Speak Tasmania

Tag: 2018

  • When Children Say They’re Trans

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    Hormones? Surgery? The choices are fraught—and there are no easy answers. By Jesse Singal Claire is a 14-year-old girl with short auburn hair and a broad smile. She lives outside Philadelphia with her mother and father, both professional scientists. Claire can come across as an introvert, but she quickly opens up, and what seemed like shyness reveals…

  • Silencing and Censorship in the Trans Rights debate. Part 3

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    By Isla MacGregor Part Three. “I am not a Woman” – Transsexuals and Transgender Women Speak Out Today, the dominant discourse in the transgender rights debate insists that transgender women are ‘women’. It is not uncommon to hear the argument that, because they are women, their biology is female and it is ‘transphobic’ to suggest…

  • Women call for review to sex discrimination laws

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    By Isla MacGregor Women Speak Tasmania is calling for uniform changes to federal and state anti-discrimination laws. All Australian legislatures must urgently address the need for accurate and effective definitions of “sex” and “gender identity” in anti-discrimination laws across Australia. We must develop uniform laws in all Australian jurisdictions to remove confusion and to protect…

  • Opposition grows against Transgender Rights campaign

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    Newly formed group Women Speak Tasmania, are ramping up their campaign to oppose reforms proposed by transgender lobby group Transforming  Tasmania. Spokesperson Bronwyn Williams said, ‘We are talking with many people in the Tasmanian community, especially women, who are shocked at the loss of safe women only services in Tasmania and the threats suggested by…

  • Calls for Review of Sex Discrimination Laws

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    Women Speak Tasmania is calling for uniform changes to federal and state anti-discrimination laws. Spokesperson Bronwyn Williams said, ‘We are calling on all Australian legislatures to urgently address the need for accurate and effective definitions of “sex” and “gender identity” in anti-discrimination laws across Australia’. ‘We must develop uniform laws in all Australian jurisdictions to…

  • Silencing and Censorship in the Trans Rights debate. Part 2

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    By Isla MacGregor Part Two. The transgender debate is increasingly characterised by no-platforming, withdrawal from participation, censorship, bullying, threats, intimidation, silencing, stonewalling and expulsion from groups for those who express dissent from the ‘popular’ transgender narrative. The following Tasmanian case studies outline examples of trans rights crusaders and their ideological supporters apparently acting in a…

  • Silencing and Censorship in the Trans Rights debate. Part 1

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    By Isla MacGregor Part One. Silencing and Censorship or Robust Debate? The recent launch of the group, Transforming Tasmania, which aims to lobby for law reforms that improve the lives of transgender and gender-diverse people, is an opportunity for the community to engage in robust, open and safe discussions on matters concerning gender identity. The…

  • Sleepwalking through the minefield

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    Commercial surrogacy and the global response Many would-be parents, who can offer a child a good life but cannot themselves conceive, experience an aching desire for a child to nurture and care for. Assisted reproductive technology (“ART”) has enabled those with reproductive difficulties, or who are unable to have a child naturally, to have a…

  • Outrage over Oxfam investigations into paedophiles, sexual misconduct …

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    By Isla MacGregor Yesterday’s news about NGO Oxfam’s 2011 internal investigation into allegations against some staff over sexual abuse, harassment and illegal use of prostitutes revealed a totally abhorrent culture within some elements of the world-renowned aid organisation. Several staff members who worked with Oxfam in Chad and Haiti between 2006 and 2010 have been…