Tag: WST
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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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New power balance: rethink of transgender law ‘highly likely’
A bid to amend or repeal Tasmania’s controversial transgender laws is “highly likely” following a shift in the balance of power in the state’s lower house. The nation-first changes passed in April by Labor and the Greens, with support from Speaker Sue Hickey, allow sex-free birth certificates, gender change by affirmation, and extend hate speech…
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MP whose ex-wife is now a man bans women’s group from using an office because it holds ‘trans-exclusionary’ views
A feminist group has been banned from using free office facilities normally available to community organisations because Independent MP Andrew Wilkie said it holds ‘trans-exlusionary’ views. Andrew Wilkie has banned Women Speak Tasmania from using taxpayer-funded photocopying facilities in Hobart. The federal member for Clark said his sensitivity about the issue has been heightened because…
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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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Transforming Tasmania Cries Foul over Poll Results
The EMRS poll results released yesterday indicate the majority of Tasmanians do not support changes to the state’s birth registration process proposed by Labor and the Greens. The changes were passed as amendments to the Justice and Related Legislation (Marriage Amendments) Bill 2018 by our parliament’s Lower House in November last year. In March they…
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Investigation into Former Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Robin Banks
Women Speak Tasmania is disappointed that Anti-discrimination Commissioner Sarah Bolt has referred our complaint against former Anti-discrimination Commissioner Robin Banks to the Ombudsman for investigation. We submitted our complaint against Robin Banks when our organisation was no-platformed last year at a public forum in Human Rights Week organised by the Women’s International League for Peace…