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  • Hobart Councillor cautioned over ‘Nazi, transphobe’ comments

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    An official caution has been issued to a Hobart councillor found to have breached a code of conduct by suggesting feminists opposed to transgender reforms were “transphobes” akin to “Nazis”. Cr Holly Ewin, a “non-binary” vocal supporter of transgender reforms, has been found by an independent investigation panel to have breached several sections of the…

  • Freedom of choice in the public toilet

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    Hobart will next month consider installing permanent signs in all public lavatories endorsing the right of transgender people to use men’s or women’s toilets. Temporary signs have already been backed by the Hobart City Council, but their implementation has stalled amid attempts to “deplatform” a women’s group from the consultation process. Advocates are pushing ahead…

  • New power balance: rethink of transgender law ‘highly likely’

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    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…

  • MP whose ex-wife is now a man bans women’s group from using an office because it holds ‘trans-exclusionary’ views

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    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…

  • School principal issues trans warning for sport

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    Women’s sport is under threat from transgender athletes who identify as women but compete with “the steroidal power” of male biology, says headmaster Tony George of Sydney’s King’s School for boys. “People with Y chromosomes have a natural source of steroids — these people are commonly known as men, and they have much more testosterone…

  • Women Speak Tasmania Lodges Code of Conduct Complaint Against Hobart Councillor Holly Ewin

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    A CODE of conduct complaint has officially been lodged against a Hobart City councillor — but the elected member said they stood by what they’d done. As first revealed by the Mercury in May, women’s rights group Women Speak Tasmania filed a complaint against Cr Holly Ewin on Monday over comments at a council meeting and posts on…

  • The Debate Over Gender Optional Birth Certificates

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    SBS The Feed recently examined Tasmania’s recently enacted self-identification laws and the debate surrounding them. Women Speak Tasmania participated in the discussion to raise concerns about the impact of these reforms on women’s rights, sex-based protections and single-sex spaces. On 6 June 2019, SBS The Feed aired a segment titled The Debate Over Gender Optional…

  • ‘Anti-trans’ group invited to help develop trans-inclusive posters for public toilets

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    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…

  • Women’s War of Words

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    A CODE of conduct complaint is expected to be filed against a new Hobart City councillor over posts on social media. Women’s rights group Women Speak Tasmania say they will lodge a complaint against Cr Holly Ewin with Hobart City Council general manager Nick Heath in the “foreseeable future”. The group has alleged Cr Ewin…

  • Martine Delaney expects birth certificate move will be accepted

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    Tasmanians support legislation making inclusion of gender on birth certificates optional when they learn what it actually does, transgender activist Martine Delaney says. A poll for the Liberal Party in December suggested strong opposition among voters. The EMRS poll found 71 per cent of respondents opposed the birth certificate move and 21 per cent supported it. Respondents were asked: “Do you support…