Tag: law
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Uproar over junior transgender athlete’s records
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What should have been a happy, uncontroversial sports day at a Catholic school has become a flashpoint for the participation of transgender youths in girls’ sports and the right of religious schools to design their own policies. The issue erupted after a 13-year-old student who has transitioned from male to female smashed a raft of…
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UK activist Susan Smith says Aussie women are treated as ‘second-class citizens’
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in NewsBritish activist Susan Smith, who successfully won a UK court case which determined a woman is someone born biologically female, says it is ‘appalling’ how women are treated in Australia. Exclusive: A British activist who successfully brought a UK court case which determined a woman is someone born biologically female said she is astonished that women…
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John Pesutto ordered to pay $2.3m legal bill in Moira Deeming defamation case
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in NewsFormer Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto has been hit with a $2.3m legal bill in the fallout from his defamation battle with Moira Deeming. Ms Deeming sued Mr Pesutto for defamation and won her Federal Court case in December last year, with Justice O’Callaghan finding that Mr Pesutto defamed Ms Deeming in radio interviews, a…
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The New Texas Law That Could Change Everything.
Why Texas Senate Bill 1257 should be a model for the nation. In May 2025, Texas passed Senate Bill 1257 (SB 1257) with an 87-58 vote in the House. This law requires insurance providers covering sex-trait modification treatments, such as hormone therapy or surgeries, must also fund complications, reconstructions, and recovery care. Genspect has worked on…
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‘It’s not fair’: Transgender girl smashes records at school sports day
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Parents at a private Catholic school have voiced “anger” after a transgender student broke a number of records competing against girls at a recent sports day. Parents at a private Catholic school in South Australia have voiced “anger” and “disappointment” after a transgender student broke a number of records competing against girls at a recent…
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Why the trans debacle matters
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in NewsI first stuck my neck out on ‘trans’ nearly a decade ago, when a societal obsession with pretending to change sex was already going great guns. I’d been disturbed by this unhinged cultural preoccupation ever since documentaries about little boys in dresses started to glut our television schedules in 2012. I’m not proud of having…
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Why did we need a court of law to tell us what a woman is?
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in NewsNo man, whether it’s a 6’5” bloke called Dave or a genderfluid lad who’s taken estrogen, will be legally treated as a woman in the UK. I’m glad this ruling has been made, but I’m bemused – and kind of scared – that we needed it. Why did we need a court of law to…
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U.K. Top Court Says Trans Women Are Not Legally Women Under Equality Act
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Britain’s Supreme Court ruled that the word “woman” refers to biological sex under the country’s anti-discrimination law, in a blow to trans rights activists. The Supreme Court in Britain ruled on Wednesday that trans women do not fall within the legal definition of women under the country’s equality legislation. The landmark judgment, which said that the legal…
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Is this the beginning of the end for puberty blockers?
Is this the beginning of the end in Australia for the experiment of using puberty blockers for gender-incongruent children? It began as a compassionate solution to the difficulties that trans people had in being accepted as the sex with which they identify. A Dutch doctor came up with a solution to block puberty, so a…
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Top children’s hospital silent on judge’s criticism of gender care guidelines
The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne has refused to respond to a Family Court judge’s criticism of its care standards for children presenting with gender concerns. One of the nation’s top children’s hospitals has refused to publicly defend its own treatment standards for patients questioning their gender, following calls for the “concerning” guidelines to be repealed…