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  • Regarding Toilet Facilities at Schools and Drag Queen Storytime – Email to DECYP

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    Below are emails between Women Speak Tasmania and the Department of Education, Children and Young People, with regards of Department policy on new unisex bathrooms at schools and Drag Queen storytime Letter from Ellen Thorne 26.02.23 Good afternoon, I am writing to request some information as to the design of school redevelopments with reference to…

  • Protest at Hobart Aquatic Centre to keep single sex change rooms and toilets.

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    Protesters will gather outside the Centre to talk to patrons as they enter the pool in the morning. Joining the protest will be Glenorchy Alderman and retired teacher Harry Quick and former Hobart Alderman and teacher Jeff Briscoe. Posters in the women’s toilets and change rooms at the Hobart Aquatic Centre instruct female patrons that…

  • ABC Radio Breakfast Ryk Goddard – Email to Fiona Cameron

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    Dear Fiona, Thank you for your reply and I now have found the time to submit another complaint to you. My complaint concerns several matters. Firstly: Regarding ABC Radio Breakfast host Ryk Goddard’s Breakfast show on Tuesday 14th February at approx. 7.48am with regard to a Motion being put forward by Cr Louise Elliott and…

  • Opinion: Ignorance on Impacts of Gender Law Reforms

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    The Advocate Editorial ‘Trans, gender diverse face fear, ignorance’ (Saturday Feb 4th 2023), promotes an ideological position, which may represent the personal views of Anthony Haneveer but do not represent the views of the vast majority of Advocate readership. Without speaking to any of the people at the Hobart Aquatic Centre protest last Friday, to…

  • Protest staged over transgender access to change rooms

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    Biological males should not be given access to female change rooms and other female-only spaces, according to a group of activists that staged a protest at a council swimming pool in Hobart on Friday morning. About five members of activist group LGB Tasmania protested the Hobart City Council’s policy of granting trans women access to…

  • Robin Banks and the Silencing of Women: A Timeline of Events and Unresolved Complaints

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    In recent years, Women Speak Tasmania (WST) has been at the centre of a disturbing pattern of censorship, no-platforming, and institutional bias against women raising concerns about gender ideology. At the heart of these events lies the role of former Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Robin Banks. What follows is a timeline of events, a summary of…

  • Tasmanian Tribunal Refuses Exemption for Lesbian-Only Events

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    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…

  • Who Speaks for Children? Commissioner Called to Support Gender Service Inquiry

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    In August 2022, Women Speak Tasmania wrote to Leanne McLean, Tasmania’s Commissioner for Children and Young People, calling for an independent inquiry into the treatment model being used by the Tasmanian Gender Service. This request followed the high-profile closure of England’s Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service, after an ongoing review by Dr Hillary Cass found the…

  • Tasmanian Forum on Conversion Therapy Laws Highlights Free Speech and Debate

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    On November 23, 2022, the Free Speech Alliance Australia hosted a forum at Parliament House, Hobart, to discuss proposed Tasmanian laws banning conversion therapy. The event, supported by Liberal MP Lara Alexander, brought together experts, survivors, and concerned citizens to examine the risks, impacts, and consultation process surrounding the legislation. Forum convener Isla MacGregor welcomed…

  • Conversion Therapy forum staged in Hobart

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    A forum in parliament to discuss a proposed ban on gender identity conversion therapy has heard that Tasmanians should be free to seek therapy, while a Sydney psychologist questioned the wisdom of allowing children to make their own choices in gender transition. The forum, which had been lambasted by Greens leader Cassy O’Connor as a…