2020 - Women Speak Tasmania

Katherine Deves’ Call for Accountability from Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins on Women’s Sport

Jun 2, 2020

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Excellent Letter by Katherine Deves to the Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins asking questions about how and why she failed to protect girls and women in sports. Signed by all the men and women who stand for women’s rights! 25 May 2020 Dear Commissioner Jenkins, We are writing in relation to your response to Senator…

Analysis of Equal Employment Opportunity (Commonwealth Authorities) Act 1987 (as compiled to 2018)

Apr 3, 2020

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in Resources

What the Act Is About This law requires certain Commonwealth authorities (public bodies and government-owned corporations with 40+ employees) to develop and implement Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) programs. Its purpose is to ensure women and other designated groups have fair access to employment, free from discrimination. Key Definitions (relevant to women) How the Act Works…

Northern Territory Submission on Birth Certificate Sex Law Reform (2018)

Mar 18, 2020

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in Submissions

In 2018, Women Speak Tasmania made its first formal policy submission to an Australian parliamentary inquiry, contributing to the Northern Territory’s consideration of reforms to birth registration laws. The inquiry examined proposed changes to the registration of sex on birth certificates through the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018. These…

Cr Holly Ewin had NO Evidence to Answer

Mar 11, 2020

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in Media Releases

Hobart City Councillor Holly Ewin failed to answer the Question Without Notice from Isla MacGregor from Women Speak Tasmania at last months Council Meeting and again in shorter form at last nights Council meeting. After providing a response to the question last month in the form of a three page tirade about gender ideology, Cr…

Book: Gender Dysphoria In Children And Young People

Feb 28, 2020

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in Paediatric Gender Medicine, Resources

Overview of the Book Title: Gender Dysphoria in Children and Young People: Collected Papers on the Psychology, Sociology and Ethics of Gender TransitionAuthor: Dr. Dianna T. Kenny, PhD — a Professor of Psychology (formerly at the University of Sydney), clinician, psychotherapist, and expert in child and adolescent mental health. Publication Date: February 28, 2020Publisher: Scholars’…

Women’s group raises questions about councillor’s apology

Feb 26, 2020

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in Media Files

A women’s rights group is continuing to put political pressure on a Hobart City councillor, questioning the sincerity of a recent apology to other elected members. At a council meeting on February 11, Councillor Holly Ewin gave a public apology after being directed to do so by a code of conduct panel. The apology to…

Interview with Katie Warren at Breakfast with Kaz & Tubes

Feb 25, 2020

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in From Around the Web

Katie Warren, former bass player for Hobart’s rock-punk band Yoni & The Steamers, became the focus of intense backlash after posting concerns on her personal Facebook page about material in the book Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out (2014) by Susan Kuklin. The book, a collection of first-person interviews with transgender and gender-nonconforming teens, includes…

Yoni and the Steamers band banned, split over transgender row

Feb 20, 2020

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in Media Files

A rock musician says she was bullied, blacklisted and ultimately had her band broken up because she expressed concern at material normalising child abuse being provided to transgender children. Until late last year, rock-punk band Yoni and the Steamers, popular on Hobart’s pub scene, seemed destined for greater things, having released an EP and single…

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