Women Speak Tasmania

Tag: Hobart City Council

  • Women Speak Tasmania Condemns HCC Bullying of Councillor Elliot

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    Women Speak Tasmania members staged a series of protests in response to the continued bullying and vilification of Councillor Louise Elliott, who has been unfairly targeted simply for expressing gender-critical views. These actions draw attention to the climate of intolerance faced by women in public life who dare to defend sex-based rights. Attempts to silence…

  • Transgender Flags Flown at Hobart Town Hall during “Gender Identity in Law” Forum

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    During the Coalition for Biological Reality Forum “Gender Identity in Law” at Hobart Town Hall on 26 February 2022, transgender flags were flown from the building. The display raised immediate questions in Council meetings about who had authorised the decision. Despite repeated questions to the Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds and the CEO Kelly Grigsby, full…

  • Bias Against Gender-Critical Women in Hobart City Council

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    Women Speak Tasmania, along with other gender-critical community members, has repeatedly faced hostility and bias within Hobart City Council. In 2019, Hobart City Councillor Holly Ewin used her Facebook page to describe members of Women Speak Tasmania as “Nazis,” “white supremacists,” and “TERFs.” These serious allegations were made without evidence and in clear breach of…

  • RTI Documents Reveal Campaign Fails to Cancel Public Forum

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    Information obtained under Right to Information from Hobart City Council has exposed the failure of a campaign backed by Cr Jx Ewin to have a public forum cancelled at Hobart Town Hall. The public forum Gender Identity in Law – Impacts on women children and transgender people – Balancing the conversation – originally booked for…

  • Hobart Councillor Jax Ewin Fails to Cancel Public Forum

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    Hobart City Councillor Jax Ewin has failed to persuade Hobart City Council to cancel a public forum, Gender Identity in Law, being held at the Hobart Town Hall on 28 August. Cr Ewin’s latest attempt to prevent people from speaking about the impacts of gender identity laws was publicly shared on Facebook on 12 July:…

  • Cr Holly Ewin had NO Evidence to Answer

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    Hobart City Councillor Holly Ewin failed to answer the Question Without Notice from Isla MacGregor from Women Speak Tasmania at last months Council Meeting and again in shorter form at last nights Council meeting. After providing a response to the question last month in the form of a three page tirade about gender ideology, Cr…

  • Women’s group raises questions about councillor’s apology

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    A women’s rights group is continuing to put political pressure on a Hobart City councillor, questioning the sincerity of a recent apology to other elected members. At a council meeting on February 11, Councillor Holly Ewin gave a public apology after being directed to do so by a code of conduct panel. The apology to…

  • The Story of Hobart’s Gender-Inclusive Toilet Posters

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    In 2019, Hobart City Council debated whether to display posters in public toilets supporting trans and gender-diverse people. The initiative was introduced by Councillor Holly Ewin in May 2019. Cr Ewin argued that displaying posters would show solidarity with Hobart’s queer community at a time of heightened debate over gender, birth certificates, and marriage law…

  • Garbled unisex message in toilets

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    After much controversy, the push to encourage “trans and gender diverse” use of Hobart’s public toilets is to result in sign­age derided as “meaningless”. The Hobart City Council has for months been wrestling with the wording of poster-style signs urging acceptance of people using the toilet — male or female — that aligns with the…

  • Hobart Councillor cautioned over ‘Nazi, transphobe’ comments

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    An official caution has been issued to a Hobart councillor found to have breached a code of conduct by suggesting feminists opposed to transgender reforms were “transphobes” akin to “Nazis”. Cr Holly Ewin, a “non-binary” vocal supporter of transgender reforms, has been found by an independent investigation panel to have breached several sections of the…