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  • Labor and the Greens Under Pressure Over Birth Certificate Changes

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    Women Speak Tasmania is hearing from many women across Tasmania who are outraged at Labor and the Greens attempt to fast track changes to birth certificates at the behest of Transforming Tasmania. Never before has the community witnessed such unashamed fast tracking of legislation, with trans rights activists insisting the matter was broadly discussed, with…

  • Tasmania on verge of removing gender from birth certificates

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    Today, in an article for The Australian titled “Tasmania on Verge of Removing Gender from Birth Certificates” (23 October 2018), journalist Matthew Denholm reported on proposed amendments to Tasmania’s birth registration laws that would remove sex markers from birth certificates and eliminate the requirement for transgender people to undergo surgery before changing the sex recorded…

  • Don’t Agree with Trans Ideology? UTAS will Find a Way to Silence You

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    On 6 August last, Tasmanian Times published an article titled ‘Silencing and Censorship in the Trans Rights Debate’ The article featured five case studies that exemplified the dominant narrative in this debate – supportive of the trans rights agenda and dismissive of a women’s rights perspective -see https://tasmaniantimes.com/2018/08/silencing-and-censorship-in-the-trans-rights-debate1-d1 One case study described a complaint against…

  • Community Consultation Essential for Transforming Tasmania Proposals 

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    ‘Women Speak Tasmania is calling on Transforming Tasmania to justify their claims that radical amendments to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1999 (Tas) are of no particular concern to the community at large’, said Women Speak Tasmania spokesperson, Bronwyn Williams. Transforming Tasmania spokesperson, Martine Delaney, says “there has been virtually no public concern…

  • Doubts about Tasmanian Law Reform Institute Impartiality 

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    Women Speak Tasmania is calling on the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute to co-sponsor a forum dedicated to providing a women’s rights perspective on transgender law reform proposals. ‘Women Speak Tasmania is developing a series of policies addressing a range of issues in the transgender rights debate.  Two of those policies, dealing with anti-discrimination law and…

  • Transgender Law Reform – Women Speak the Truth

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    While several groups and individuals are lobbying for extended transgender rights at law, Women Speak Tasmania is working on a comprehensive series of policies to address changes in the law that have promoted the rights of transgender persons ahead of the sex-based rights of women. “We have drafted two policy position papers, initially, that consider…

  • Protest and Boycott Call Over Girl Guides Australia’s Trans Inclusion Policy

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    On October 11, 2018, Women Speak Tasmania held a street protest calling for a boycott of Girl Guides Australia (GGA). The protest coincided with International Day of the Girl Child and raised concerns about the organisation’s policy change allowing male-bodied people who identify as female to join as members and leaders. WST argued that this…

  • Protesters Call for Boycott of Girl Guides Australia

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    PROTEST – 1.00 pm Thursday 11 October outside Girl Guides Tasmania office at 17 Clarence Street, Bellerive Women Speak Tasmania is protesting Girl Guides Australia’s recently released policy that allows biological male persons, both boys and adult men, to join the organisation as members and leaders – see https://www.guidelinesforgirlguides.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/GGA-Diversity-and-Inclusion-Guidance-APPROVED-03-06-2018.pdf ‘Thursday 11 October 2018 is International…

  • Police Minister refers Mercury unsafe sex ads to Tasmania Police

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    The Mercury’s Adult Services section is now running advertisements for ‘natural’ sexual services.  ‘Natural’ is code for sex, whether oral, vaginal or anal, without a condom or other protective device. Tasmanian women’s organisation, Women Speak Tasmania, has expressed concern that these advertisements are offering services that directly contravene the provisions of the Sex Industry Offences Act 2005…

  • Opposition Grows Against Transgender Rights Campaign

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    Newly formed group Women Speak Tasmania, are ramping up their campaign to oppose reforms proposed by transgender lobby group Transforming  Tasmania. Spokesperson Bronwyn Williams said, ‘We are talking with many people in the Tasmanian community, especially women, who are shocked at the loss of safe women only services in Tasmania and the threats suggested by…