Tag: 2025
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Analysis of The “41% Study” and Suicide in Transgender People
One of the most widely quoted claims in debates about gender identity and medical treatment is that “41% of transgender people attempt suicide.” This figure comes from a 2014 report titled Suicide Attempts among Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Adults, based on the National Transgender Discrimination Survey (NTDS). For more than a decade, this statistic has…
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On Charlie Kirk
“I want to be remembered for courage for my faith. That would be the most important thing. The most important thing is my faith.” – Charlie Kirk Perhaps it seems a little strange for an Australian Anglican Minister to want to write about an American Christian and conservative activist. And yet a week after being…
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Support for Dr Jillian Spencer – Letter to QLD Health Minister Nicholls
Dear Minister Nicholls, Re: Support for Dr Jillian Spencer – Ensuring Clinical Freedom, Patient Safety, and Fair Treatment I write with concern and respect regarding the recent termination notice issued to Dr Jillian Spencer, a senior child and adolescent psychiatrist at Queensland Children’s Hospital. It is deeply troubling that Dr Spencer has faced professional sanctions—including…
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Get the Men Out: Protest by Women Prisoners
I was talking with this bloke about men-who-say-they’re-women (hereinafter MWSTWs) being housed in women’s prisons and he said to me: ‘It may well be that women prisoners don’t normally see it as a big problem and can deal with it just as other bullies, or male guards. They turn their backs on them or bash…
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A Collection of Memes, Artwork, and Quotes – Social Media Resources
Over the years, Women Speak Tasmania has shared a wide variety of material on our social media platforms to help raise awareness and spark conversation. This collection brings together memes, artwork, quotes, graphics, and other resources that we have found powerful and effective in highlighting key issues affecting women and girls. We do not claim…
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Urgent Recognition of Women as Stakeholders in Sex-Based Protections and the SDA – Letter to Katy Gallagher
Dear Minister Gallagher, Re: Urgent Recognition of Women as Stakeholders in Sex-Based Protections and the SDA We write on behalf of Women Speak Tasmania (WST) regarding the ongoing erosion of sex-based protections and rights for women and girls under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (SDA). On 2 September during Senate Question Time, Senator Pauline Hanson…
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Women Speak Tasmania – Community Meeting, North West
On 14 September, Women Speak Tasmania met with a group of community members in the North West to discuss pressing concerns around free speech, cancel culture, and women’s sex-based rights. The gathering provided an important space for local parents and citizens to share their personal experiences and reflect on the challenges facing women and girls…
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Tasmanian Health Sponsorship of AusPATH Raises Serious Questions
The Tasmanian Health Service has signed on as a Gold Sponsor of the upcoming AusPATH national conference in Hobart—and is even offering to pay for GPs to attend. But there’s a fundamental problem: AusPATH is not a professional medical association. A recent paper in Australasian Psychiatry concluded that AusPATH: And the concerns don’t stop there.…