Tag: 2024
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Landmark British report offers insights for Tasmania’s transgender debate
A tectonic shift is taking place overseas in the debate over how to treat children that question their gender identity, and there are plenty of lessons to be learned in Tasmania. The UK government commissioned a review into the treatment of gender-diverse children back in 2020, and its full report by UK paediatrician Dr Hilary…
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First, do not harm
I could not agree more with Rodney Croome (Mercury 17 April) that ‘no one should have to endure being told they are fundamentally broken’. But, equally, I would have thought that it is no great leap for Rodney Croome to understand that no child is born in the wrong body, that no child is broken.…
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Tasmanian International Women’s cyclist calls out trans inclusion in competition sport
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Hobart based International and National Women’s cycling competitor Jodie Willett last year resigned her membership of AusCycling over their policy of trans inclusion in women’s cycling competitions. Last year Jodie Willett wrote to AusCycling advising them that until such time as Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and AusCycling reversed their decision on trans inclusion in women’s…
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Call on Health Minister to defer debate on Conversion Bill and back push for National Inquiry
Women Speak Tasmania (WST) have called on the Health Minister Guy Barnett to defer debate on The Justice Miscellaneous (Conversion Practices) Bill 2024 and back the call from Dr Philip Morris, President of the National Association of Practising Psychiatrists (NAPP) for an independent investigation into treatments being used for vulnerable children struggling with gender dysphoria. WSTs call…
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Opinion: The Cass Review
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in ArticlesPersonal analysis of The Cass Review findings The Cass Review has laid bare a systematic lack of proper clinical evidence for the use of the ‘ gender affirming model’. Unlike what was discovered thanks to the publication of the WPATH files, the Cass Review puts the welfare of children as paramount and leaves the tropes…
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Anthony Albanese under pressure to probe puberty blocker harms
Anthony Albanese is being urged to replicate a landmark British review into interventionist medical treatments that enable young children to change gender, amid increasing concern that puberty blockers may cause serious harm. The National Association of Practising Psychiatrists has urged the federal government to facilitate a national independent investigation into the use of treatments including puberty blockers…
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Letter to MPs Conversion Therapy Bill
Below is a letter Women Speak Tasmania sent to Members of Parliament after the Tasmania State Election Dear Member of Parliament, We would like to congratulate you on your success in the recent electionand to wish you well as you assume your seat in the Tasmanian Parliament. We would like to alert you to a…
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The Importance of freedom of speech
Equality Tasmania calls journalist Benjamin Seeder article in the Examiner bias, putting in doubt his journalistic integrity when the opposite could not be more true. At this moment when many are afraid to raise their voices for fear of offending and reputation cancelation, he raises his. Robust debate and the exchange of ideas no matter…