Women Speak Tasmania

Tag: gender ideology

  • Fact Check on Gender Law Reform forum

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    From Isla MacGregor – Freedom of Speech and Press Freedom Advocate 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…

  • Targeted campaign against conversion therapy ban as Tasmania looks to outlaw practice

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    A targeted campaign is being run in Tasmania against plans to ban conversion therapy, including a Liberal MP hosting an upcoming event in Parliament House questioning the move. Survivors of conversion therapies, and LGBTIQA+ groups, argue the campaign fundamentally misrepresents the proposed laws, which would see Tasmania join Victoria, Queensland and the ACT in banning the…

  • Hobart Early Childhood Centre Is No Place for Drag Queen Story Time

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    Members of Keep Gender Ideology Out of Schools are calling on Roger Jaensch, Minister for Education, Children and Youth, and Leanne McLean, Commissioner for Children and Young People, to investigate a 16 June 2022 event at the Cambridge Road Play and Learn Centre in Warrane, where drag queen Anna’mal Tuckerbox did a story time presentation…

  • An Open Letter to Australia’s Doctors

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    Dear Doctor, In Australia, we have a clear template of the standard referral pathway. General practitioners refer to specialists, who refer to sub-specialists. Whenever we feel we need a more specialised opinion than our own we refer the patient to a colleague along this pathway. We can often choose to whom we refer; we may…

  • Email to Jenna Cairney

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    5th October 2021 Dear Editor Jenna Cairney, We seek both corrections and an apology from Mercury journalist Kenji Sato for his factually incorrect, biased and possibly defamatory reporting in the article titled ‘Offensive’ anti-trans forum sparks outrage’ published in theMercury on 4 October 2021. The corrections required are – We request the Mercury interview Stassja…

  • Psychiatrists take a cautious turn on youth gender clinics

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    Psychiatrists have been alerted to the ethical and legal risks of medicalised gender change for young people and the lack of good ­evidence on whether it helps or harms. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists has adopted a new, more cautious policy towards the ­“gender affirming” treatment ­approach spearheaded in Australia by…

  • A new group opposes ‘gender ideology’ in public schools

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    A years-old policy that has successfully supported young people of diverse sexuality and gender in Tasmanian schools is being criticised by the newly formed group Keep Gender Ideology Out of Schools. The Supporting Sexual and Gender Diversity in Schools and Colleges Guidelines, which are currently under review with the LGBTIQ+ Working Group, supports sexual and…

  • International Women’s Day action in Hobart

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    Women Speak Tasmania members and allies prepared an International Women’s Day action in Hobart. We will always support women’s sex based rights and sex is unchangeable “Biological reality, not gender ideology”

  • Discrimination complaint over transgender, female changerooms remarks against senator dropped

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    A discrimination complaint against Tasmanian Senator Claire Chandler over her comments on female change rooms and transgender women has been dropped. A discrimination complaint against Tasmanian Senator Claire Chandler over her comments on female change rooms and transgender women has been dropped. The complainant contacted Equal Opportunity Tasmania today to withdraw the complaint, after a…

  • Breakfast with Kaz & Tubes – Triple M Hobart

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    Yoni & The Steamers Bass player Katie Warren claims a Facebook post caused her to be personally bullied and ultimately caused her band to split. The former Hobart band member says she was blacklisted from local events because she expressed concern on her personal Facebook account about material she deemed inappropriate in a children’s book.