Tag: law
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Targeted campaign against conversion therapy ban as Tasmania looks to outlaw practice
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in NewsA 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…
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Toilets Matters A Guideline developed by the UK organization Sex Matters
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Please follow the link to read Toilets Matter – a short guide to law and good practice.
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Xris Reardon from WIO witness statement
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in ResourcesBelow is the witness statement from Xris Reardon from Working It Out, to the Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings.
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Calling a trans woman a man ‘not necessarily vilification’, a Canberra court has ruled
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in NewsA Canberra court has ruled that calling a trans woman a man is “not necessarily” vilification, setting a higher bar for “victimisation” in the transgender debate. The new ruling by the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal partly upholds an appeal by Canberra newsreader Beth Rep, who was challenging an earlier finding that she had vilified…
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Tasmania Law Reform Institute – Conversion Practices
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in SubmissionsLaw 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’…
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The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute Issues Paper – ‘Legal Recognition of Sex and Gender’ – A Review
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. https://www.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/1240484/BDM-Report-v2.pdf By way of background to the release…
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Request to the Tasmania AG Elise Archer to include protections for females on the grounds of biological ‘sex’ in the Anti-Discrimination Act.
WST representatives send a letter to Attorney General Elise Archer requesting to include protections for females on the grounds of biological ‘sex’ in the Anti-Discrimination Act Dear Attorney General, Elise Archer We are writing to formally request that the Government consider drafting a bill for amendment of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 (Tas) to include protections…
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State Government wants time to consider ‘dog’s breakfast’ Tasmania gender law
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in NewsHISTORIC changes to transgender laws have been passed by the Tasmanian parliament after Liberal Speaker Sue Hickey repeatedly crossed the floor to support Labor and the Greens. The laws mean the recording of a child’s gender on their birth certificate will be optional, that people over 16 will be able to change their gender by…
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Transforming Tasmania cries foul over poll results
By Women Speak Tasmania The EMRS poll results released yesterday indicate the majority of Tasmanians do not support changes to the state’s birth registration process proposed by Labor and the Greens. The changes were passed as amendments to the Justice and Related Legislation (Marriage Amendments) Bill 2018 by our parliament’s Lower House in November last…
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Children’s Commissioner’s advice to Legislative Council exposes lack of consultation on transgender reforms
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By Bronwyn Williams and Isla MacGregor – Women Speak Tasmania The Tasmanian Commissioner for Children and Young People, Leanne McLean, in a recent email to the Legislative Council on changes to the Justice and Related Legislation (Marriage Amendments) Bill 2018, stated she has not been ‘briefed or asked to comment on the Government Bill or the…