Trans activists attempt to interfere with RANZCP elections
By Stephanie Bastiaan
Over 100 clinicians and researchers have signed a public letter to the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) President, Dr Elizabeth Moore, and President-Elect, Dr Astha Tomar, in support of Dr Jillian Spencer's candidacy for President-Elect of RANZCP in response to an attempt by trans activists to interfere with the election by having Dr Spencer's nomination withdrawn.
Read moreMedia release: Women's Forum Australia launches national campaign to restore women's sex-based rights in law and policy across Australia
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Women's Forum Australia launched a national campaign to restore women's sex-based rights in law and policy across Australia.
Read moreVictorian breastfeeding advocate faces legal action for comments critical of men ‘chest feeding’
By Stephanie Bastiaan
Victorian mother and breastfeeding advocate Jasmine Sussex is being taken to the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) by trans-identified male Jennifer Buckley after raising concerns online about biological males trying to chest feed newborn babies. Courts, including QCAT, have the power to summon respondents to attend proceedings in a location most convenient to the applicant. This legal action follows three years of complaints by Buckley to various authorities, including the Queensland Human Rights Commission and the e-Safety Commission, who subsequently ordered posts by Sussex that said men can't breastfeed to be removed.
Read moreLesbian Action Group challenges decision that men can be lesbians
The Lesbian Action Group will be in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in Melbourne on 2-3 September 2024 to appeal the Australian Human Rights Commission's (AHRC) decision last year not to grant them an exemption under the Sex Discrimination Act to run female-only lesbian events.
Read moreAustralian woman concerned about man in French female dorm bathroom accused of being “political” and “transphobic”
The manager of a hostel in Lyon has said a female traveller was “lucky” he "didn't press charges" for 'transphobia' when she raised concerns after being confronted with a man in the bathroom of her female dormitory.
Read moreWestern Australia debates law allowing people to change their legal sex
On Tuesday, debate began on the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment (Sex or Gender Changes) Bill 2024 in Western Australia’s Legislative Council.
Read moreXY athletes win gold in Olympic women’s boxing
If you’ve been following the Olympics, you’d be hard pressed to have missed the travesty that’s unfolded in women’s boxing.
Read moreAussies slam inclusion of males in Olympic female boxing events
Australian sporting figures have slammed the inclusion of biological males in women’s events at the Olympics, raising concerns that female athletes could be seriously injured or even killed.
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