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  • Pseudoscience & the Olympic fiasco

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    Before the Sydney Olympics in 2000 athletes underwent genetic testing. A simple cheek swab would ensure everyone was competing in their respective male and female categories. Any issue with intersex athletes was dealt with on a case to case basis. This was done to ensure fairness and safeguarding of all athletes.  Somehow the International Olympic…

  • Comments on leaked  documents from Tasmanian teacher training program

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    The Tasmania Department for Education, Children and Young People is providing training to all primary and secondary teachers in collaboration with the political lobby group Working it Out. We obtain some slides provided during the teachers training, here are our comments Gender Dysphoria at Schools The training promotes the social transition of children with gender…

  • Push for Parliamentary Inquiry into sex self ID Laws following Olympics Fiasco

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    In the last few days the world has been witness to the disastrous result that sex self ID laws have had on women’s sports. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has failed to protect female athletes by allowing men who identify as women, whether intersex or transgender, to compete against women. Dr Elizabeth Caballero Pastor said…

  • Letter to Jo Palmer schools HPE training program

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    Good afternoon Ms. Palmer, We are writing to draw your attention to the extremely disturbing content of a teacher training program being delivered to Tasmanian primary and secondary school teachers by the organization Working It Out on behalf of your department, the DECYP. Women Speak Tasmania has recently been alerted to the content of the…

  • Inquiry into sex self ID after Olympics Fiasco

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    Tasmanians will no doubt be interested in the IOCs turning a blind eye to the International Boxing Organisation’s warning about the serious problems with allowing males to compete in women’s sports. While the Olympics fiasco concerns a person with a Disorder of Sex Development, DSD, and not a trans identified male competing in women’s sports,…

  • Calls On Federal Health Minister to Conduct Inquiry into Gender Clinics

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    Following on from Tasmania Health Minister Guy Barnett written request to Federal Health Minister Mark Butler to consider establishing a Commonwealth inquiry into gender clinics, WST have kept this momentum going by also writing to Health Minister Mark Butler. Spokesperson Dr Elizabeth Caballero Pastor said, ‘After our initial request sent to Tasmania’s Health Minister Guy…

  • The Apology That Never Happened.

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    The Apology That Never Happened. Hobart City Council’s apology to Louise Elliot for discriminating against her was a half-baked, shallow attempt to tick the box. Watch by clicking in link ..https://www.facebook.com/share/v/FsjApZM6hDQq65wA/?mibextid=oFDknk Watch all the meeting

  • Tasmania Hobart Council apology to Louise Elliot

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    City of Hobart’s chief executive officer has found Hobart councillor Louise Elliot was discriminated against, lied to, and unfairly treated after she was blocked from booking a venue because of her political beliefs. In September last year, Cr Elliot attempted to book the Town Hall Ballroom for an event in November which she described as…

  • The Cass Review significance

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    Rodney Croome has failed to grasp the significance of the Cass Review ratings of gender clinics in Australia outlined in Ben Seeder’s important investigative article (Examiner 16 June 2024). Dr. Cass alarming ratings on the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne have direct implications for service delivery at the Tasmanian Gender Service. In 2019 the National Association…

  • Tasmanian minister ‘prefers’ national inquiry into child gender clinics

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    A senior state cabinet member has written to the federal government asking for it to consider staging a national review into public medical services for children experiencing gender dysphoria. Health Minister Guy Barnett confirmed he wrote to his federal counterpart, Mark Butler, this week, requesting that he consider a review of gender clinics, following the…