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  • Out and About at Salamanca Market

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    This morning, Elizabeth and Isla spent time at Salamanca Market in Hobart, walking through the stalls, meeting locals, and sharing conversations about our advocacy work. Our T-shirts sparked many discussions. Some people stopped to chat, with overwhelming support expressed for protecting children in schools and upholding parents’ rights. Many were appalled at what is happening…

  • Salamanca Market’s Attempt to Silence Women’s Voices

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    On Saturday, 9 February 2019, Women Speak Tasmania (WST) held a media conference at Salamanca, just outside the market precinct, to launch our flyer outlining the impacts of proposed transgender law reforms on women’s human rights. Following the conference, volunteers handed out flyers inside Salamanca Market, speaking directly with the public. The response was mixed—many…

  • Open letter to Hobart City Council Aldermen Holly Ewin

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    Women Speak Tasmania is writing to you regarding the Salamanca Market Facebook posting on Sunday 10 February which stated, among other things, that … ‘The City of Hobart have been made aware of a group that were distributing anti-transgender materials yesterday at the Salamanca Market.’ We reject as false the characterisation of our pamphlet as…

  • Anger at Hobart City Council Inquiry into ‘Anti-Transgender Material’

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    Hobart City Council has been accused of stifling free speech after launching an investigation into alleged “anti-transgender material” distributed by a feminist group at the city’s famous Salamanca Market. The group, Women Speak Tasmania, yesterday told The Australian the investigation, and a public apology ­issued by the council to those who might have been offended,…

  • Salamanca Market’s Attack on Women’s Freedom of Speech

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    Last Saturday Women Speak Tasmania held a media conference at Salamanca (outside the market precinct) to launch our flyer outlining our views on proposed transgender law reforms and their effects on women’s human rights.   The flyers were also distributed at Salamanca Market that day. Our flyers received both positive and not so positive responses but…

  • Protest Over Planned Transgender Laws

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    FEMINISTS opposed to proposed laws that would allow parents to choose whether their child’s sex was displayed on their birth certificate yesterday called for more community consultation before the Tasmanian Upper House votes on the Bill. The Legislative Council is expected to vote on legislation that would change laws in favour of transgender Tasmanians when…