Tag: Conversion-Therapy
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Opinion: Let Kids be Safe from Harmful Treatments
Anthony Haneveer’s editorial ‘Let kids be kept safe from ignorance’ (Examiner 14 June 2023) is a continuum of his attack on anyone who does not conform to the narrative being promoted by a small section of the queer community in Tasmania. His attack on LGB Tasmania exposes his very personal interest in this issue. Far…
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The evidence to support medicalised gender transitions in adolescents is worryingly weak
Prisha Mosley was 17 when she was first given testosterone on a clinic in North Carolina, after she had declared to her parents that she was a boy. She had struggled through her teen years with anorexia and depression after a sexual assault. Luka Hein had both breast removed as a 16 year old on…
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Tasmanian Forum on Conversion Therapy Laws Highlights Free Speech and Debate
On November 23, 2022, the Free Speech Alliance Australia hosted a forum at Parliament House, Hobart, to discuss proposed Tasmanian laws banning conversion therapy. The event, supported by Liberal MP Lara Alexander, brought together experts, survivors, and concerned citizens to examine the risks, impacts, and consultation process surrounding the legislation. Forum convener Isla MacGregor welcomed…
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Tasmania Law Reform Institute – Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Conversion Practices
Law Reform Options for Tasmania Question 1 After considering the background and working definition, in your opinion, what are and are not ‘sexual orientation and gender identity conversion practices’? The immediate problem with the Institute’s working definition of ‘sexual orientation and gender identity conversion practices’ – so-called SOGI conversion practices – is that ‘sexual orientation’…
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Call for Tasmanian Law Reform Institute to Rewrite Conversion Practices Issue Paper
Women Speak Tasmania have today contacted Dr Brendan Gogarty, Director of the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute requesting that the recently released Issues Paper ‘Conversion Practices: Law Reform Options for Tasmania’ be withdrawn and revised. The decision yesterday in the UK High Court case of Keira Bell, Sue Evans and Mrs A regarding use of puberty…