WST - Women Speak Tasmania

‘Worst attack on free speech’ as library cancels gender medicine forum

Mar 20, 2024

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A feminist group opposed to trans ideology is claiming censorship after the Burnie Library cancelled a forum organised for Thursday to discuss the use of puberty blockers in Tasmania. Women Speak Tasmania (WST) spokesperson Isla MacGregor said the forum was organised to warn parents of the risks of the use of gender medicine. But the…

Pamphlet: Girls and Women have a Right to Female Only Spaces

Sep 25, 2023

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in From Around the Web

Women Speak Tasmania members distributed pamphlets to raise awareness about the risks posed by sex self-identification laws in Tasmania. These laws allow any male-bodied person to legally claim a female identity without medical transition, opening the door to women’s and girls’ spaces—spaces designed for privacy, dignity, and safety. Women and girls should never be forced…

Women Speak Tasmania Condemns HCC Bullying of Councillor Elliot

Sep 25, 2023

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in Women’s Rights

Women Speak Tasmania members staged a series of protests in response to the continued bullying and vilification of Councillor Louise Elliott, who has been unfairly targeted simply for expressing gender-critical views. These actions draw attention to the climate of intolerance faced by women in public life who dare to defend sex-based rights. Attempts to silence…

Stop the Social and Medical Transition of Vulnerable Children

Jun 6, 2023

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in LGB Rights, Paediatric Gender Medicine

Women Speak Tasmania and LGB Tasmania members kicked off an awareness raising campaign “Let Kids be Kids” Currently in this era of ‘gender affirmation’, schools are taking an active role in socially transitioning children with gender dysphoria, by encouraging the changing of names, pronouns, uniform and allowing them to enter single sex spaces and sports…

Tasmanian Labor pledges to extend hate laws to transphobia and homophobia

Apr 25, 2023

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in Gender Debate and Censorship

Tasmanian Labor has vowed to extend race hate laws to also cover crimes motivated by transphobia, homophobia and potentially sexism. The move would allow judges and magistrates to impose a tougher sentence on offenders motivated by such hatreds, and has been hailed by activists. Labor justice spokeswoman Ella Haddad told The Australian the new provision…

Hobart transgender rights rally: Police investigating whether ‘physical contact’ was made

Mar 23, 2023

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in Gender Debate and Censorship

Police are looking into claims of physical contact between protesters during demonstrations outside Parliament House on Tuesday. LATEST Police are looking into claims of physical contact between protesters during demonstrations outside Parliament House on Tuesday. Hundreds of pro-transgender rights supporters rallied against a small group with opposing views on Tuesday. The following day, Greens leader…

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

Jan 1, 2023

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in Blog

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…

Women Speak Tasmania transgender forum angers: Charles Wooley opinion

Oct 8, 2021

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in Gender Debate and Censorship

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…

Women Speak Tasmania forum to go ahead despite public backlash

Oct 4, 2021

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in Gender Debate and Censorship

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…

International Women’s Day Action in Hobart

Mar 8, 2021

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in Women’s Rights

On International Women’s Day, Women Speak Tasmania members and allies gathered in Hobart to take action in support of women’s rights. We stand firmly for sex-based rights, affirming that biological sex is real, measurable, and unchangeable. Our advocacy is rooted in the principle of “biological reality, not gender ideology”, ensuring that policies and protections for…

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