Tag: lesbian
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Request for Review: Denial of Lesbian Action Group’s Exemption under the Sex Discrimination Act – Letter to AHRC
We are sharing a letter to the Australian Human Rights Commission sent to us by a supporter of our page. The writer of this letter decided to communicate their concerns to the AHRC after seeing a letter on this page regarding the decision by the AHRC NOT to allow the Lesbian Action Group to hold…
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Tasmanian Tribunal Refuses Exemption for Lesbian-Only Events
In 2021, Launceston woman Jessica Hoyle, with the support of LGB Alliance Australia, applied to Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Commissioner for an exemption to hold lesbian-only social events. The aim was to create spaces exclusively for same-sex attracted women — events that would exclude biological males, including males who identify as transgender women. Hoyle argued that lesbians…
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No penises, please: Lesbian who wants to ban trans women and men from her public parties comes under fire – but she fires back: ‘It’s humiliating being told to include someone with a d**k’
A lesbian who wants to ban anyone with ‘penises’ from attending her drag events has vowed to take her fight against the anti-discrimination watchdog to the High Court. Jess Hoyle wants to hold lesbian-only drag nights in her Tasmanian hometown of Launceston, but would refuse to welcome transgender women or men. Wanting to do ‘everything by…
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One-sex lesbian events ‘unlawful’
Lesbians will be breaking the law if they exclude biological males who are transgender from social events, after a controversial discrimination ruling set to become a national test case. Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Sarah Bolt has ruled lesbian events that exclude trans-women carry a “significant risk” of breaching legislation. In a decision this month not yet…