Tag: 2023
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Should Young Children Be Exposed to Gender Ideology in Storybooks?
Introducing Teddy is a children’s picture book published in 2016, written by Jessica Walton and illustrated by Dougal MacPherson. It is aimed at very young readers, typically aged 4–8, and is often described as a gentle, affirming story about friendship, identity, and acceptance. The story centres on a teddy bear named Teddy, who belongs to…
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Tasmanian Labor pledges to extend hate laws to transphobia and homophobia
Tasmanian Labor has vowed to extend race hate laws to also cover crimes motivated by transphobia, homophobia and potentially sexism. The move would allow judges and magistrates to impose a tougher sentence on offenders motivated by such hatreds, and has been hailed by activists. Labor justice spokeswoman Ella Haddad told The Australian the new provision…
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Women’s Rights Groups Call on Tasmania Government to Conduct Inquiry – Letter to Premier Rockliff
Standing for Women, Tasmania, in collaboration with an alliance of women’s, lesbians’, and children’s human rights groups, has written to the Premier calling on his government to conduct a parliamentary inquiry into events leading up to and on the day of the Let Women Speak event held on Tuesday 21 March 2023, on Parliament House…
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Policy on Biological Men Competing in Women’s Competition – Letter to AusCycling
Great letter to AusCycling from Hobart’s International cycling competitor Jodie Willett To whom it may concern, I have held a MTBA/Cycling Australia/AusCycling membership continuously since 2006 I believe. I have proudly represented my state and my country at cycling competitions worldwide. I recently declined to renew my membership primarily due to the UCI, and by…
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The evidence to support medicalised gender transitions in adolescents is worryingly weak
Prisha Mosley was 17 when she was first given testosterone on a clinic in North Carolina, after she had declared to her parents that she was a boy. She had struggled through her teen years with anorexia and depression after a sexual assault. Luka Hein had both breast removed as a 16 year old on…
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Analysis of “Asleep at the Wheel: An Examination of Gender and Safeguarding in Schools”
The “Asleep at the Wheel: An Examination of Gender and Safeguarding in Schools” report reveals that many UK schools are neglecting the most basic safeguarding duties when it comes to gender identity. Parents are being excluded, single-sex spaces are disappearing, and contested ideologies are being taught as truth. Vulnerable children—including girls, autistic pupils, and those…
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The Media’s Campaign Against Media Freedom and Free Speech in Tasmania – Let Women Speak
This speech, delivered by Isla MacGregor at the Let Women Speak rally on the Parliament House lawns in Hobart in March 2023, outlines her concerns about media coverage, public institutions, and gender-identity policy debates in Tasmania. She argues that journalists and broadcasters have avoided reporting viewpoints from women’s and children’s rights advocates, describes her experiences…