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Tag: gender identity

  • Reflecting on the Coalition for Biological Reality Forum “Gender Identity in Law”

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    On 26 February 2022, Hobart Town Hall hosted the long-awaited Gender Identity in Law forum, organised by the Coalition for Biological Reality. Originally scheduled for 28 August 2021, the event was postponed due to COVID-19 lockdowns, but the determination of organisers and supporters ensured it finally went ahead. The forum was created to spark an…

  • WDI Feminist Question Time with Isla MacGregor

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    Women’s Declaration International (WDI) hosts Feminist Question Time, a weekly online webinar attended by a global feminist and activist audience of 200–300 participants. The focus is on how gender ideology is undermining the rights of women and girls. Recordings of past panels are available on WDI’s YouTube channel. This Week’s Speaker: Isla McGregor – Australia…

  • Fact Check on Gender Law Reform forum

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    Matty Wright’s letter (Mercury, October 11) in response to Charles Wooley’s article (Mercury, October 8) continues the misinformation generated by Kenji Sato’s article of October 3 headed ‘Offensive’ anti-trans forum sparks outrage.’ Of note is that the online version of the article was headed ‘Women Speak Tasmania forum to go ahead despite public backlash’. This…

  • Open and Frank Discussions only way Forward Regarding Gender Law Reforms

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    Conflict on the topic of gender makes the need for full debate all the more pressing, write Isla MacGregor, Jessica Hoyle and Rebecca Crossin MANY people, especially feminists, have been excluded from commenting or taking part in consultations over the gender law reforms and their impacts on sex-based rights. We have also been vilified and…

  • Tasmania Law Reform Institute – Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Conversion Practices

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    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’…

  • Northern Territory Submission on Birth Certificate Sex Law Reform (2018)

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    In 2018, Women Speak Tasmania made its first formal policy submission to an Australian parliamentary inquiry, contributing to the Northern Territory’s consideration of reforms to birth registration laws. The inquiry examined proposed changes to the registration of sex on birth certificates through the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018. These…

  • Andrew Wilkie Office Ban Spurs Transgender Row

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    Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has banned a women’s group from office facilities made available to community organisations because of its “exclusionary” views on transgender issues. The federal member for Clark allows community groups to use his taxpayer-funded photocopying facilities in Hobart. Until recently this included feminist group Women Speak Tasmania. WST has in recent years…

  • Analysis – The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute Issues Paper – ‘Legal Recognition of Sex and Gender’

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    The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute’s Issues Paper titled ‘Legal Recognition of Sex and Gender’ was released for public consultation on 24 June 2019.  Community feedback was sought, with a deadline of 20 August 2019.  A final report is to be delivered to the Attorney-General later this year. By way of background to the release of…

  • Analysis of the Justice and Related Legislation (Marriage and Gender Amendments) Act 2019 (Tas)

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    This is a clear brief of what the Justice and Related Legislation (Marriage and Gender Amendments) Act 2019 (Tas) does, how it defines sex and gender, and where the design leaves room for conflict—especially with women’s sex-based rights. Overview of the changes (by area) Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1999 (BDMR)…

  • Labor, the Greens and Sue Hickey Pass ‘Seriously Flawed’ Laws

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    Labor, the Greens and Liberal Speaker, Sue Hickey, failed to heed the advice of legal and academic experts, including the Solicitor-General and former Tasmanian Bar Association President, Chris Gunson, and today passed radical amendments to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act and the Anti-Discrimination Act. Women Speak Tasmania Spokesperson, Bronwyn Williams, said – ‘Many…