Tag: 2024
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Banned drug leuprorelin acetate still being prescribed in Tasmania.
The drug leuprorelin acetate, now banned in the UK from use as a puberty blocker, is still being prescribed by the Tasmanian Gender Service (TGS). Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Italy have also implemented bans on the use of puberty blockers for under 18’s because of risks to patient safety. The bans have been implemented following…
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Tasmania’s Conversion Practices Bill 2024: A Threat to Evidence-Based Care for Children
The Tasmanian Government is planning to introduced the Justice Miscellaneous (Conversion Practices) Bill 2024, framing it as a measure to end harmful “conversion therapy.” While no one disputes the need to prevent coercive practices aimed at erasing sexual orientation, this Bill goes much further. By extending its reach to gender identity, it risks creating a…
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Safeguarding Children in Tasmanian Schools: The Urgent Need for Reform
Recently members of Women Speak Tasmania wrote a letter to Tasmanian Education Minister, Jo Palmer, to make her aware to the increasing risks posed to children in Tasmanian schools by the teaching and implementation of gender ideology. Recent policies and practices have highlighted serious gaps in both child safety and current anti-discrimination legislation, leaving young…
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The Dangers of Gender Ideology & Unisex Toilets at Schools – Letter to Jo Palmer
WST member sent a letter to Education Minister Jo Palmer about the impacts of social transition in schools, the role of social media in rapid onset gender dysphoria and safety bathroom policy Dear Jo Palmer, I’m writing this letter to make you aware of the increasingly troubled teaching of gender ideology at schools in Tasmania.…
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Defending Women’s Privacy and Safety: WST’s Submission to the National Construction Code Consultation
Women Speak Tasmania (WST) responded to the Australian Building Codes Board’s (ABCB) public consultation on proposed changes to the National Construction Code (NCC)—specifically, the introduction of “all-gender” sanitary facilities and shifts in terminology from “sex” to “gender.” Our submission highlighted critical concerns about the repercussions of these changes on the safety, privacy, and dignity of…
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Australian Building Code Board Public Consultation
The Australian Building Codes Board has launched a public consultation in order to promote inclusivity and gender diverse acceptance through the introduction of all ‘gender’ sanitary facilities. ABCB Proposal: WST response: Language Matters Gender identity is based on fluid and potentially ever changing feelings about sex role stereotyping. Sex is immutable and a biological reality.…
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Puberty Blockers given off label at Tasmanian Gender Service
Information obtained under Right to Information on the Tasmanian Gender Service (TGS) confirms the need for the Health Minister Guy Barnett to conduct an urgent Inquiry into the TGS: standards of care, transparency of the agency and use of off label Puberty Blockers. Women Speak Tasmania have forwarded the RTI documents to Guy Barnett as…