Tag: 2025
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The world v Trent Aitken: Hundreds across the globe take on boy from Burnie
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in NewsMore than 700 people, from all corners of the globe, have called for a controversial Burnie councillor to resign. The petition, which garnered 749 signatures, called Councillor Trent Aitken “to resign his position” effective immediately upon the tabling of the petition. It was in response to “recent actions of hate speech, bullying and anti-discrimination on social media“,…
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Retired judge Steven Strickland says key puberty blocker case ‘may have been different’ in light of new evidence
A judge who helped decide a landmark case giving parents – not courts – the authority to approve puberty blockers for their children says the outcome might have been different if today’s medical evidence had been available. A judge who helped decide a landmark case in 2013 giving parents, rather than courts, the authority to…
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Mercury reportage Dr Julie Sladden
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Email sent to Robert Inglis on 19.06.25 Dear Robert, I read your story in The Mercury today Controversial Liberal candidate Julie Sladden should be dismissed, Labor says Did you read copy of Women Speak Tasmania’s Media Release below sent to the Mercury yesterday or did it not reach you in time for your story? You…
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Controversial Liberal candidate Julie Sladden should be dismissed, Labor says
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in NewsA Liberal candidate for the seat of Bass should have her party membership revoked, according to a Labor MLC A controversial Liberal candidate has been accused of previously campaigning against her own party, which Labor claims should be grounds for her dismissal. Julie Sladden has again been preselected to run for the Liberals in Bass,…
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Analysis from the article: “Critiques of the Cass Review: Fact-Checking the Peer-Reviewed and Grey Literature”
by Kathleen McDeavitt, J. Cohn, and Stephen B. Levine, published in the Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy* (2025, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 175-199). This document critiques four articles that challenged the Cass Review, a report on pediatric transgender healthcare commissioned by the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). The analysis covers the document’s purpose,…
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Tasmanian Doctors Julie Sladden and Rachel Bradley join national call to halt gender affirming interventions for gender distressed youth
Tasmanian Doctors Julie Sladden and Rachel Bradley join national call to halt gender affirming interventions for gender distressed youth WST congratulate Tasmanian Doctors Julie Sladden and Rachel Bradley for signing an Open Letter calling for the halt of gender affirming interventions for gender distressed youth. The Open Letter signed by over 100 clinicians calls on…
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Australian clinicians call for halt of gender affirming interventions
Over 100 Australian clinicians have signed the letter calling for the halt of gender affirming interventions. Read below: OPEN LETTER TO AUSTRALIAN HEALTH BODIES REGARDING GENDER-AFFIRMING INTERVENTIONS As clinicians, we call on our professional bodies and regulatory authorities to urgently acknowledge and respond to recent international and local developments in the field of youth gender…
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Trinity Grammar sparks outrage after lewd video of invited Pride speaker Basem Kerbage emerges
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in NewsParents at one of Melbourne’s top private schools have been left outraged after a Palestinian Pride activist with a controversial social media presence was invited to speak to students. A Palestinian Pride activist with a controversial social media presence has spoken at an Anglican boys’ school, enraging parents and upsetting students. After the event, boys…
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June in Hobart a Women Speak Tasmania meeting
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Report from WST meeting 1 June 2025 from Neve. Women Speak Tasmania is active in standing up for women’s rights, children’s rights and the rights of lesbian and gay people. It was a good meeting. No, actually, it was a great meeting. Too often we forget the power of community and connection. A sizable gathering…
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Children’s hospital backs Michelle Telfer after judge’s criticism
The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne has championed its chief of medicine Michelle Telfer after a judge found she gave misleading evidence in support of a mother who wanted her child to be prescribed puberty blockers. The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne has championed its chief of medicine Michelle Telfer as a highly respected pediatrician who saves lives –…