Women Speak Tasmania

Tag: 2025

  • Does the gender-affirming model provide trans youth the healthcare they need? There are good reasons to think it doesn’t

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    Over the last 10 to 15 years, the number of children and adolescents seeking medical help for gender dysphoria has rapidly increased in Australia. In the context of uncertainty over how to respond to this phenomenon, the Australian Standards of Care and Treatment Guidelines for Trans and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents (ASOCTG) was developed by an interdisciplinary team of…

  • Women Speak Tasmania Discusses Community Engagement with Burnie Mayor

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    Women Speak Tasmania recently met with Mayor Brumby to discuss community engagement and social inclusion policy. During the meeting, Mayor Brumby made it clear that she does not want Burnie to be seen as a “bigoted city.” We raised concerns about the Burnie City Council’s decision to establish an LGBTIQA+ Advisory Group, which will guide…

  • Women’s Rights Forum Held at Devonport RSL a Free Speech Victory

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    The Devonport RSL is to be congratulated for standing up for freedom of speech following from Women Speak Tasmania’s forum held at the Devonport  RSL on the evening of 7 May  “Women’s Rights in the Modern World,”. The WST forum this week marks a significant milestone in Australia for Women’s rights groups with the Devonport…

  • Forum: “Women’s Rights in the Modern World”

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    On 7 May 2025, members of Women Speak Tasmania held a private forum titled “Women’s Rights in the Modern World” at the Devonport RSL. This event marks a significant milestone for women’s rights advocacy in Australia, as the Devonport RSL, a veterans’ charity, became the first independent venue in the country to stand firm in…

  • Analysis of Gender Questioning Children and Family Law: An Evolving Landscape

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    Introduction This paper provides an overview of the challenges faced by the family law profession in Australia when dealing with matters involving gender identity in children and adolescents. Drawing on recent research, medical reviews, and legal precedents, it highlights the contested nature of gender-affirming approaches, the risks of medical intervention, and the crucial role of…

  • A Victory for Evidence-Based Debate: Women Speak Tasmania and the Emerging Role of AI

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    In an age of rapid information exchange, the quality of public discussion increasingly depends on the quality of the information available online. Women Speak Tasmania welcomes the growing ability of artificial intelligence tools, including ChatGPT and other large language models, to identify, summarize, and reference publicly available evidence-based material from a wide range of sources,…

  • Lost in Transition

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    Gender affirming care to treat children with dysphoria is discredited overseas yet routine here. Trans, by its nature, ia a world where appearances differ from reality. After years of the activist slogan that “trans women are women”, Britain’s highest court ruled in April that, under eqquality law, a woman is a biological female. In a…

  • Holding MPs Accountable: Women Speak Tasmania Visits Electorate Offices

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    On 28 April, Women Speak Tasmania members took action in Hobart, visiting the electorate offices of our federal representatives ahead of the coming election. Our goal was simple: to see whether our elected officials are prepared to answer the most basic of questions—what is a woman? Holding Politicians Accountable We began at the office of…

  • The For Women Scotland Supreme Court Victory: A Landmark for Sex-Based Rights in the UK

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    In a unanimous decision on 16 April 2025, the UK Supreme Court ruled in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16 that the terms “sex”, “man”, and “woman” in the Equality Act 2010 refer to biological sex, meaning sex as recorded at birth. The Court held that these terms are not…

  • Recommended Websites

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    Women Speak Tasmania recommends the following websites as trusted sources of evidence and science-based information. ACON Exposed ACON Exposed is a gender-critical advocacy website run by an anonymous research group that documents and critiques ACON’s (the former AIDS Council of NSW) extensive influence on Australian workplaces, media, government agencies, universities, and public institutions through its…