Tag: Australia
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Lifting the lid on the fundamentalist trans rights lobby’s bag of dirty tryx in Tasmania
By Bronwyn Williams and Isla MacGregor Women Speak Tasmania Human Rights Week 12 December 2018 Isla MacGregor writes … ‘If one section of our community want to change the definition of what it is to be a woman, then women rightly have a major stake in this discussion, not only on their own behalf but…
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Protesters Call for Boycott of Girl Guides Australia
By Bronwyn Williams and Isla MacGregor – Women Speak Tasmania Women Speak Tasmania has held a street protest against Girl Guides Australia’s recently released policy that allows biological male persons, both boys and adult men, to join the organisation as members and leaders Thursday 11 October 2018 was International Day of the Girl Child. Girls…
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Women call for review to sex discrimination laws
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By Isla MacGregor Women Speak Tasmania is calling for uniform changes to federal and state anti-discrimination laws. All Australian legislatures must urgently address the need for accurate and effective definitions of “sex” and “gender identity” in anti-discrimination laws across Australia. We must develop uniform laws in all Australian jurisdictions to remove confusion and to protect…
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Silencing and Censorship in the Trans Rights debate. Part 1
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By Isla MacGregor Part One. Silencing and Censorship or Robust Debate? The recent launch of the group, Transforming Tasmania, which aims to lobby for law reforms that improve the lives of transgender and gender-diverse people, is an opportunity for the community to engage in robust, open and safe discussions on matters concerning gender identity. The…
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Boycotts ramp up on The Body Shop and L’Oreal
By Isla MacGregor In the lead up to Christmas cosmetic retailer The Body Shop is coming under increasing pressure from women’s human rights groups with calls for consumers to boycott their products. The Body Shop is one many corporate offenders on the Collective Shout 2016 Crossed Off list an annual blacklist of corporate offenders who…
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Sex industry lobby group disrupts Survivor book launch
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By Isla MacGregor On Sunday 21 August, sex trade advocates tried to derail the launch, in Townsville, Queensland, of Prostitution Narratives, a recently published compilation of sex trade survivor testimonies. The tactics used by the pro sex trade lobby are becoming increasingly nasty, especially since the release of damning stories of violence in the Australian sex…
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Melbourne Writers’ Festival Panel Dispute Exposes Anti-Survivor Agenda
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By Isla MacGregor In the spirit of the popular ‘sex workers are under-represented’ stance, repeated by liberal media and prostitution advocates, ad-nauseum, Daily Life has published yet another article repeating the myth. The author, Kate Iselin, aside from being a self-described “sex worker” and published writer, is also “furious.” This time, the article targets the…
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Sex Discrimination Act Amendment (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status) Act 2013
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in ResourcesNo. 98, 2013 An Act to amend the Sex Discrimination Act 1984, and for related purposes
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Sex Discrimination Act 1984
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in ResourcesAct No. 4 of 1984 as amended This compilation was prepared on 5 February 2010 taking into account amendments up to Act No. 124 of 2009 The text of any of those amendments not in force on that date is appended in the Notes section The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may beaffected…