Tag: law
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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own treatment standards for patients questioning their gender, following calls for the “concerning” guidelines to be repealed…
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Judge lashes child gender-medicine experts in blow for clinic
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in NewsOne of Australia’s foremost child gender medicine experts has been ruled to have misled the Family Court when giving evidence to support a mother who wished to prescribe her child puberty blockers. One of Australia’s foremost child gender medicine experts has been ruled to have misled the Family Court when giving evidence to support a…
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Invitation to the Forum: Women’s rights in the Modern World
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Women Speak Tasmania members are pleased to inform that our previous cancel forum will go ahead at the RSL Club in Devonport on 7 May despite the threats received from trans activists and lobby groups.
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Thugs veto used to cancel women’s forum on legislation
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Women Speak Tasmania have had an outpouring of community support in the north west following the cancellation of two venues which WST booked to hold a public forum to discuss legislation that affects women and girls. WST Spokesperson Dr Elizabeth Caballero was going to present information contained in the WST Dossier which was presented in…
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Chronology of The Hive – Ulverstone Cancellation
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After our Forum “Women’s Rights in the Modern World” was cancelled by the Devonport Library, we tried to hire another venue called The Hive in Ulverstone. We made a preliminary booking over the phone and we started sharing an update on social media regarding the location change. We received an email, the Hive did not…
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Rape crime data based on sex not gender
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WST congratulate the Government for recording rape crime and victim data for statistical purposes according to sex not gender. Yesterday WST received a reply from Deputy Premier, Attorney General and Minister for Justice Guy Barnett confirming that data for statistical purposed in rape cases: ‘it is the sex of accused people and complainants that is…
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Collection of data for statistical purposes with regard to rape cases
Women Speak Tasmania wrote to the Minister for Justice Guy Barnett and Minister for Women and the Prevention of Family Violence Jo Palmer in regard of how data is collected on rape cases. Below you can read our letter from the 29th January 2025 Reply from Minister for Justice Guy Barnett 12th March 2025
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Dossier on Impacts of Tasmania Sex Self-ID laws on Women, Girls, Families and LGB people
PRESENTED TO TASMANIAN ATTORNEY GENERAL GUY BARNETT ON 20th JANUARY 2025 INTRODUCTION Women Speak Tasmania (WST) is a women led and woman centred grass roots advocacy body. We campaign for the sex based rights of women in Tasmania. WST believes that biological sex is binary and gives rise to meaningful distinctions between men and women.…
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Input to the report of the Special Rapporteur on sex-based violence against women and girls: new frontiers and emerging issues
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in SubmissionsAbout Us Women Speak Tasmania (WST) is a women-led and women-centered grassroots advocacy organization. We campaign for the sex-based rights of women in Tasmania and collaborate with other advocacy groups across Australia to advance these rights. Australia National Policy Australian women are experiencing a new form of sex-based discrimination: the erosion of hard-earned rights in…