Tag: transgender
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Women Speak Tasmania transgender forum angers: Charles Wooley opinion
I DECIPHERED a new acronym this week. TERF; trans-exclusionary radical feminist. Stay with me. Yes, I know many of you find this stuff irritating because it only seems to footer in the sidelines of history when the main game right now is will China invade Taiwan and what will ScoMo take to Glasgow, if he…
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Women Speak Tasmania forum to go ahead despite public backlash
A GROUP that likens transgenderism to a “cult” and a “social contagion” is holding a public forum at Hobart Town Hall. Women Speak Tasmania plans to hold its event on November 27 despite public backlash, with 18 people writing letters of complaint to Hobart City Council. One of the speakers will be Hobart sociologist Geoff…
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Andrew Wilkie Office Ban Spurs Transgender Row
Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has banned a women’s group from office facilities made available to community organisations because of its “exclusionary” views on transgender issues. The federal member for Clark allows community groups to use his taxpayer-funded photocopying facilities in Hobart. Until recently this included feminist group Women Speak Tasmania. WST has in recent years…
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‘Anti-trans’ group invited to help develop trans-inclusive posters for public toilets
A Tasmanian group that has been accused of sharing “anti-transgender” material on social media has been invited to take part in designing trans-inclusionary posters for public bathrooms. The motion to introduce the posters, which was moved by alderman Holly Ewin, was approved by the full Hobart City Council last month. In the motion, the wording…
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Women’s Groups Call on PM Morrison and Bill Shorten to Support Parliamentary Inquiry into Transgender Laws
International Women’s Day (IWD – 8 March 2019) is recognised as an International day to remember and centre women’s rights and achievements. A coalition of women’s organisations has written to the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, and Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten, calling on them to establish a national inquiry into the expected and unexpected consequences of…
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Human Rights Event Cancelled due to Trans Lobby’s Bullying
‘We are in a new era of witch burning, except that today, the fire is that of media and propaganda, with trans activists and their supporters suppressing any information that contradicts their goals and silencing their critics through oppressive tactics. Some of our contributors have been fired from teaching positions at universities; some have been…
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The Mercury – PR Machine for the Trans Lobby?
In recent weeks, Hobart’s Mercury newspaper has featured a number of articles and longer form stories showcasing the trans rights lobby group, Transforming Tasmania. Transforming Tasmania is behind a number of radical amendments to birth registration and anti-discrimination laws put forward by Labor and the Greens in the Tasmanian parliament this week. Those amendments have…