Tag: Australia
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Transgender teenager suffered being ‘in the wrong body’
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in NewsTransgender teenager Eli struggles to describe how it feels to be “in the wrong body” because – despite commencing medical transition – he is yet to know how it feels to be in the right body. The 15-year-old began his social transition from female to male about three years ago, now having attending 2½ years…
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Open letter to Board of Directors Equality Australia
From: An Alliance of Australian lesbian, women’s and children’s rights organisations Dear Directors of the Board of Equality Australia, We the undersigned represent a broad alliance of lesbian and women’s rights organisations in Australia who have come together to invite Equality Australia to participate in a mediated round table discussion over the substantive issues that…
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Gender questioning children and family law: an evolving landscape
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in ResourcesAcademic paper by Ms Belle Lane, Barrister, Victorian Bar dated May 2023
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Free Speech Alliance Australia
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Freedom of speech for women is under dire threat in Australia. Free Speech Alliance Australia has produced this poster and list of women in Australia from across the political spectrum who have been sacked, banned, no-platformed, expelled, threatened with violence including rape, attacked and/or vilified for speaking out about their views on women’s sex-based rights.…
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Doctor scrutiny on gender clinic reveals legal, safety fears.
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in NewsDoctors treating children at a major public hospital gender clinic have questioned the basis of the ‘gender-affirming’ approach in medicine. Senior physicians at the NSW Children’s Hospital Westmead’s gender clinic have studied the physical and mental health of 79 patients in a rare academic study of the outcomes of children who presented with gender distress…
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An Open Letter to Australia’s Doctors
Dear Doctor, In Australia, we have a clear template of the standard referral pathway. General practitioners refer to specialists, who refer to sub-specialists. Whenever we feel we need a more specialised opinion than our own we refer the patient to a colleague along this pathway. We can often choose to whom we refer; we may…
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Women need voice
The debate over the religious freedom Bill was poorly timed as it should have followed on from a Bill on amendments to the Federal Sex Discrimination Act to properly define the definition of woman and man. Fortunately, Senator Claire Chandler’s Bill for amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act to save women sports will be debated…
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Calling a trans woman a man ‘not necessarily vilification’, a Canberra court has ruled
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in NewsA Canberra court has ruled that calling a trans woman a man is “not necessarily” vilification, setting a higher bar for “victimisation” in the transgender debate. The new ruling by the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal partly upholds an appeal by Canberra newsreader Beth Rep, who was challenging an earlier finding that she had vilified…
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Psychiatrists take a cautious turn on youth gender clinics
Psychiatrists have been alerted to the ethical and legal risks of medicalised gender change for young people and the lack of good evidence on whether it helps or harms. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists has adopted a new, more cautious policy towards the “gender affirming” treatment approach spearheaded in Australia by…
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Discrimination complaint over transgender, female changerooms remarks against senator dropped
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in NewsA discrimination complaint against Tasmanian Senator Claire Chandler over her comments on female change rooms and transgender women has been dropped. A discrimination complaint against Tasmanian Senator Claire Chandler over her comments on female change rooms and transgender women has been dropped. The complainant contacted Equal Opportunity Tasmania today to withdraw the complaint, after a…