Women Speak Tasmania

Tag: 2025

  • Suicide narrative causes more harm

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    In her opinion piece, outgoing Working it Out CEO Lynn Jarvis (Mercury 23 January 2025) outlines what appear to be alarming statistics on suicidality in the so-called LGBTIQA+ community. However, if the survey referred to was conducted online and the participants were self-selected and self-identifying into this group, then it has little to no scientific…

  • A group of women wanted to ban trans people from their public meet-ups… their two-year battle has come to a ‘devastating’ end

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    A lesbian group has lost its battle to ban transgender and bisexual women from its public events following a two-year legal battle. Lesbian Action Group wanted a five-year exemption under the Sex Discrimination Act and made an application to the Australian Human Rights Commission in 2023. The Victorian-based group lost its bid and attempted to appeal the…

  • Barnett meets with group seeking end to optional sex on certificates law

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    Attorney-General Guy Barnett has met with a feminist group that is calling for the repeal of the state’s sex self-ID legislation. Parliament passed the amendment to the Sex Discrimination Act in 2019, making the listing of babies’ gender optional on birth certificates and allowing any individual over 16 to change their listed gender on the…

  • Comments on the Respectful Relationship Education Y7-10 & Y11-12

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    Recently concerned educators and parents have come forward to alert us about the content of the RRE document Y11-12. The document contains sensitive material about sexuality, violent behaviours and porn. https://publicdocumentcentre.education.tas.gov.au/library/Shared%20Documents/Respectful-Relationships-Education-Teaching-and-Learning-Resources-Y11-12.pdf The teaching strategies put forward in this booklet rely on role play, personal discussion and the hearing/reading of true stories about sexual abuse. One…

  • Letter to Attorney General Guy Barnett – Safe Toilets

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    Recently a member of the public wrote to Attorney General Guy Barnett to share her experience in a public toilet —————— Dear Attorney General, I believe you are currently looking into debate around different types of gender use in  public situations. I am particularly interested to see your findings as I am a retired teacher…

  • Lawfare against Cr Louise Elliot enabled by bureaucrats 

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    INCITING HATRED ACTION 1 Action Councillor Louise Elliot spoke at a Let Women Speak even at Parliament Lawns in February 2023. What Cr Elliot said is shown in the below post. Part of her speech included Cr Elliot saying that “transwomen are transwomen and remain biological men”. Lawfare The Anti-Discrimination Commissioner accepted a complaint that…

  • Who is doing the fear-mongering?

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    Rodney Croome’s predictions about the Coalition rolling out a trans fear campaign and a looming culture war in the lead up to the coming federal election (Canberra Times 10 Jan 2025), tell us that many in the LGBTQA+ community are nervous about the implications of the US election on voter sentiment in Australia. While Rodney…