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  • Anti-discrimination chief handballs transgender ‘conflict’ case

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    In an article published in The Australian on 24 January 2019, titled “Anti-discrimination chief handballs transgender ‘conflict’ case”, journalist Matthew Denholm reported that Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Sarah Bolt had referred a complaint against her predecessor, Robin Banks, to the Tasmanian Ombudsman, citing concerns about a potential perceived conflict of interest. The complaint had been lodged…

  • Former anti-discrimination commissioner Robin Banks now subject of discrimination complaint

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    In an article published in The Australian on 13 December 2018, titled “Former anti-discrimination commissioner Robin Banks now subject of discrimination complaint”, journalist Matthew Denholm reported that Women Speak Tasmania members Bronwyn Williams and Isla MacGregor had lodged both federal and state anti-discrimination complaints against former Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Robin Banks. The complaints arose from…

  • Human Rights Event Cancelled due to Trans Lobby’s Bullying

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    ‘We are in a new era of witch burning, except that today, the fire is that of media and propaganda, with trans activists and their supporters suppressing any information that contradicts their goals and silencing their critics through oppressive tactics. Some of our contributors have been fired from teaching positions at universities; some have been…

  • Robin Banks Attempts to No-Platform Women Speak Tasmania

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    Women Speak Tasmania is scheduled to speak at a Human Rights Week event for the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) on 12 December next. On 30 November, former Anti-discrimination Commissioner, Robin Banks, emailed WILPF with the following … Ms Banks’ statements clearly amount to vilification of the Women Speak Tasmania speakers, and…

  • Attack on Freedom of Speech

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    In the article: Attack on Freedom of Speech (also published under the headline Women say they’re being stopped from speaking at a forum over opposition to Tasmania transgender laws) by Matthew Denholm The Australian reported on a dispute concerning Women Speak Tasmania’s invitation to speak at a Human Rights Week event organised by the Tasmanian…

  • Tasmanian Women’s Services Support Trans Law Reform, Then Shut Down Online Debate

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    On 7 November, four Tasmanian Women’s Services – Women’s Legal Service Tasmania, Engender Equality, Hobart Women’s Shelter and Women’s Health Tasmania – issued a statement in support of Labor and the Greens proposed transgender law reforms. In that statement, Women Speak Tasmania was roundly criticised for opposing the reforms. “We believe allowing self-identification changes to…

  • Don’t Agree with Trans Ideology? UTAS will Find a Way to Silence You

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    On 6 August last, Tasmanian Times published an article titled ‘Silencing and Censorship in the Trans Rights Debate’ The article featured five case studies that exemplified the dominant narrative in this debate – supportive of the trans rights agenda and dismissive of a women’s rights perspective -see https://tasmaniantimes.com/2018/08/silencing-and-censorship-in-the-trans-rights-debate1-d1 One case study described a complaint against…

  • Is Mainstream Media in Australia Afraid to Cover Women’s Views on the Transgender Rights Debate?

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    And what about the Mercury? In the last few months Tasmanian Times has published several articles on the transgender rights debate written by women from Women Speak Tasmania. Most of these articles were also sent out nationally as Media Releases.  No mainstream media in Australia has contacted us to follow up on our views. This lack…

  • Silencing and Censorship in the Trans Rights debate. Part 3

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    Part Three. “I am not a Woman” – Transsexuals and Transgender Women Speak Out Today, the dominant discourse in the transgender rights debate insists that transgender women are ‘women’. It is not uncommon to hear the argument that, because they are women, their biology is female and it is ‘transphobic’ to suggest they are biological…

  • Silencing and Censorship in the Trans Rights debate. Part 2

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    Part Two. The transgender debate is increasingly characterised by no-platforming, withdrawal from participation, censorship, bullying, threats, intimidation, silencing, stonewalling and expulsion from groups for those who express dissent from the ‘popular’ transgender narrative. The following Tasmanian case studies outline examples of trans rights crusaders and their ideological supporters apparently acting in a manner inconsistent with…