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  • Opinion: 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…

  • Analysis — Deeming v Pesutto (Federal Court of Australia)

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    Key outcome The Federal Court found that Victorian MP John Pesutto defamed fellow MP Moira Deeming on multiple occasions after a March 2023 rally; Justice David O’Callaghan concluded the publications conveyed imputations that Deeming “knowingly associated with” or “sympathised” with neo-Nazis and white supremacists. Deeming was awarded $300,000 in damages. Pesutto’s defences (public interest, honest…

  • Book: Gender Ideology, Social Contagion, and the Making of a Transgender Generation

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    Overview of the Book Title: Gender Ideology, Social Contagion, and the Making of a Transgender Generation Author: Dr. Dianna (Theadora) Kenny, former Professor of Psychology at the University of Sydney, now a clinical psychologist specialising in child and adolescent mental health and gender dysphoria. Publication: Released late 2024 by Cambridge Scholars Publishing (370 pages). Purpose:…

  • Analysis of the AusPATH / RCH Gender Standards of Care for Trans and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents (2023)

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    The guidelines, developed by the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Gender Service and endorsed by the Australian Professional Association for Trans Health (AusPATH), are intended to provide a clinical framework for supporting trans and gender diverse children and adolescents across Australia. They are directed at health professionals — paediatricians, endocrinologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, GPs, nurses, fertility specialists…

  • Analysis “Impacts of Trans-activism on the Human Rights of Women and Girls”

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    The paper takes a critical stance on trans-activism, examining how policies and laws that prioritise “gender identity” over biological sex can negatively impact women and girls. It argues that these changes undermine women’s rights, safety, and opportunities, and in some cases may conflict with established human rights protections. The overall theme is that in the…

  • Managing Gender Dysphoria in Young People – NAPP Guide

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    Updated version June 2025  Gender dysphoria/incongruence in young people is a contested area of medical practice.  This approach avoids political, social, religious and ideological positions. This approach to developing guidelines for managing gender dysphoria [1] or gender incongruence [2] in children and adolescents aims to protect and safeguard the health, safety and welfare of the…

  • ACON given $7 million to produce non-gendered language cancer campaign

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    The Albanese government has given a seven-figure contract to a LGBTQ group which produced a cancer campaign targeting women, using non-gendered language such as “people with a cervix”. The federal government awarded a $7 million contract to a LGBTQ lobby group to produce a women’s cancer campaign using non-gendered language, despite the public health message…

  • Tickle v Giggle: Why This Case Matters for Sex-Based Rights in Australia

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    The Federal Court case Tickle v Giggle has become one of the most significant legal disputes in recent Australian debates about sex, gender identity, and single-sex spaces. The ruling is already influencing discussions about anti-discrimination law, women-only services, and how the Sex Discrimination Act is interpreted. What Was the Case About? The case began in…

  • Statistics Show That HALF of Trans-Identified Men in Prison Are Sex Offenders

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    Eva Kurilova’s excellent article detailing prison data from different countries, including Australia. The justice system has fail vulnerable women by allowing men who identify as women to enter female prisons. Many Western countries are transferring men into women’s prisons and calling this violation of women’s human rights “progress.” Eva wrote. Fair Go for Queensland Women…

  • It’s time to re-evaluate the ABC’s ties with ACON – Letter to Kim Williams

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    A non-partisan coalition of feminist and LGB groups has written to Kim Williams, ABC Chair, to express our concerns about the ABC’s relationship with the advocacy group ACON. We are especially concerned that the ABC’s membership of ACON/Pride in Diversity and its participation in ACON’s Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) compromises the ABC’s independence and undermines the…