Tag: gender identity
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Analysis of The Yogyakarta Principles and Why They Conflict with Women’s Rights Under International Law
What are the Yogyakarta Principles? The Yogyakarta Principles (often called “YP”) are a set of 38 principles plus 111 extra state obligations created in 2006 and updated in 2017. They claim to show how existing international human rights law should apply to sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics. They are not a…
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The Hidden Cost of Gender Ideology in Australian Prisons: Women’s Safety Sacrificed
Over the past months, a series of highly publicised cases across multiple Australian jurisdictions has raised grave concerns about prison placement policies that allow male prisoners to be housed in women’s correctional facilities on the basis of gender identity or legal sex change rather than biological sex. In several documented instances, these policies have coincided…
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Reforming the Anti-Discrimination Act: Why We Asked the Attorney-General to Add “Sex” to the Law
On 15 December 2025, Women Speak Tasmania met with the Tasmanian Attorney-General, the Hon. Guy Barnett MP, to discuss a matter we believe is fundamental to the safety, dignity and legal recognition of women and girls in this state. At that meeting we formally presented our submission calling for reform of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998…
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Follow-Up Regarding Submission on Anti-Discrimination Act Reform – Letter to the Attorney General
Letter sent to Tasmania AG Guy Barnett on 16 February 2026 Dear Attorney-General Barnett, Re: Thank you for meeting and submission regarding Anti-Discrimination Act reform We write to thank you for meeting with our delegation on 15 December. We appreciate the time you gave to listen to the concerns of Tasmanian citizens, and we commend…
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How Gender Policy Is Costing Girls Their Sporting Future
Tasmania’s gender law reforms, which prioritise self-identification over biological sex, are having profound and often unintended consequences for women and girls. These policies grant immediate access to female-only sports, change rooms, toilets, and services based solely on declared gender identity, without safeguards or consideration of measurable physical differences between male and female bodies. While inclusion…
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Delegation met with Attorney-General today to put “Sex” back in Anti-Discrimination Laws
Today, a delegation of concerned Tasmanian citizens – including parents, teachers, health professionals, members of LGB Alliance Australia, Women’s Action Alliance Tasmania and Women Speak Tasmania – met with the Tasmanian Attorney-General, Guy Barnett, to present a detailed compilation of testimonies documenting the real-world harm caused by current gender policies and anti-discrimination legislation. The delegation…
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Reforming the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 to Restore Sex-Based Protections for Women and Girls
Submission to the Tasmania Attorney General Guy Barnett on 15 December 2025 1. Introduction Women Speak Tasmania (WST) welcomes the opportunity to provide this submission regarding urgent reforms to the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 (Tasmania) (“the Act”). WST is a community organisation committed to safeguarding the rights, safety, and dignity of women and girls in Tasmania. Our…
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Tasmanians Speak: How Gender Policies and Anti-Discrimination Laws Are Harming Our Community
Women Speak Tasmania – Testimonial Project Launch and Delegation to the Attorney General, 15 December 2025 Throughout 2025, members of Women Speak Tasmania (WST) have been engaging in extensive community outreach. We held public meetings in Hobart on 16 June and 10 August, and in the North West on 14 September. From these gatherings, conversations,…
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Equality Australia: Equality for Whom?
Equality Australia presents itself as the nation’s leading LGBTIQ+ advocacy organisation, dedicated to advancing equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer Australians. Founded in 2018 in the wake of the successful same sex marriage campaign, the organisation has grown into a powerful presence in Australia’s legal, political and media landscape. With high-profile patronage,…
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How Tasmania’s Sex Self-ID Laws Were Passed: A Timeline of Events, Key Players, and Missing Voices
Tasmania’s “sex self-identification” reforms – introduced between 2018 and 2019 – fundamentally reshaped how sex and gender are recognised in law. They also triggered one of the most significant debates on women’s rights, safeguarding, and democratic process that our state has ever seen. Women Speak Tasmania has been involved in this debate from the beginning.…