Tag: Sex Self-ID
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Request to Include Protections for Females on the Grounds of Biological ‘sex’ in the Anti-Discrimination Act – Letter to Elise Archer
WST representatives sent a letter to Tasmania 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…
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State Government wants time to consider ‘dog’s breakfast’ Tasmania gender law
HISTORIC 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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Talking Point: Gender law deferral not too much to ask
PAUL HARRISS: Gender law changes should be postponed until they are examined by the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute WITH the passage last week of changes to gender laws through the Legislative Council, Speaker Sue Hickey is now the only person with the power to intervene and stand up for proper parliamentary and legal process. Laws…
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Gender Bill Amendments Turning Good Intentions into a Running Joke.
The latest amendments to the Justice and Related Legislation (Marriage Amendments) Bill circulated by Ruth Forrest on Tuesday are in danger of turning the professed good intentions of some Upper House members into a political three-ring circus. ‘We now have further amendments from Ms Forrest, desperately trying to paper over some of the many cracks…
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Women’s forum on transgender law reforms goes ahead
Women Speak Tasmania are holding a Q & A forum Review of Transgender Law Reforms on Monday 18th March at the Friends Meeting House in North Hobart between 6-7.30pm. This forum comes after a sustained campaign over many monoths by some in the trans rights lobby and their supporters to silence women’s voices on legislative proposals…
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Martine Delaney expects birth certificate move will be accepted
Tasmanians support legislation making inclusion of gender on birth certificates optional when they learn what it actually does, transgender activist Martine Delaney says. A poll for the Liberal Party in December suggested strong opposition among voters. The EMRS poll found 71 per cent of respondents opposed the birth certificate move and 21 per cent supported it. Respondents were asked: “Do you support…
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Transforming Tasmania Cries Foul over Poll Results
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 year. In March they…
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Protect kids from gender reform
Tasmania’s children’s commissioner has intervened in the debate over sweeping transgender law reform, warning of the need for safeguards before children can change their official sex or gender. Leanne McLean has written to members of the state’s upper house, expressing concern about aspects of the controversial reforms that make it easier for people, including children,…