Women Speak Tasmania

Tag: 2023

  • Robin Banks, Women Speak Tasmania and the WILPF Controversy: A Historical Record

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    Introduction In late 2018, Women Speak Tasmania (WST) became involved in a public controversy that raised questions about freedom of expression, political disagreement, and the participation of women in debates surrounding proposed gender law reforms in Tasmania. The dispute began after former Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Robin Banks contacted the Women’s International League for Peace and…

  • The Dispute Between WoLF Tasmania and Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Robin Banks: A Historical Record

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    Introduction In 2016, a dispute arose between Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Commissioner, Robin Banks, and members of the Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF) Tasmania during consultation on proposed reforms to Tasmania’s Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act. The dispute centred on recommendations that would have removed the requirement for sex reassignment surgery before a person could legally change…

  • Tasmanian Tribunal Refuses Exemption for Lesbian-Only Events

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    In 2021, Launceston woman Jessica Hoyle, with the support of LGB Alliance Australia, applied to Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Commissioner for an exemption to hold lesbian-only social events. The aim was to create spaces exclusively for same-sex attracted women — events that would exclude biological males, including males who identify as transgender women. Hoyle argued that lesbians…