This Friday 28 April at 10.15am, the Australian Federal Court (184 Philip Street, Sydney) will hear further proceedings in Tickle v Giggle, a monumental case for women’s sex-based rights and protections in Australia.

Those following the transgender movement will already be aware of the excellent research Jennifer Bilek has done to follow the money back to Big Pharma. Beginning with her 2018 piece in the Federalist, “Who Are the Rich, White Men Institutionalizing Transgender Ideology?”, Bilek’s 11^th Hour Blog, has been amassing the evidence to show that the trans movement is nothing like the spontaneous, grass-roots, minority-centred social justice movement that many believe it to be. She explains it is rather a corporate affair, funded significantly by a tiny group of “rich white men” with some grandiose ideas about shaping the future of humanity and significant financial interests in the biomedical and pharmaceutical markets opened up by gender theory.

While the spotlight of media and social media is directed at all the good news stories of happily transitioned children who feel “seen” and “loved for who they really are”, there is a growing number of detransitioners whose stories are only now beginning to be heard. Just a few years ago, these women were too few and too traumatised to speak publicly about their experiences. Now, they are beginning to organise, growing in confidence and finding their voice.

Today is International Women’s Day, a day both to celebrate women’s achievements and to call for their equal treatment in society. The theme for IWD 2022 is #BreakTheBias.

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists’ (RANZCP) position statement on gender dysphoria acknowledges there are different perspectives on the treatment of trans patients. Last week, we heard from professionals representing those different perspectives.

An 18 month review of sporting bodies released in the UK has found that transgender athletes competing as women retain innate performance advantages over females, even after transitioning.

This week, Abigail Shrier, journalist and author of ‘Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters’, published what she says is “probably the most important piece of [her] career thus far”.

It took just 24 hours for a billboard displaying the dictionary definition of a woman to be taken down from the CBD in Wellington because of the number of complaints the media company received in relation to it. The company claims that the billboard, commissioned by New Zealand advocacy group Speak Up for Women, “could be in breach of the Advertising Standards Authority’s codes”. 

Caitlyn Jenner, a former Olympian, California governor candidate and a prominent transgender woman, has said she doesn’t believe transgender girls should compete in girls’ sports because “it just isn’t fair”.

More and more questions continue to be asked about the ethics of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgical treatment for transgender patients. At the same time, stories continue to surface about those who regret using these controversial methods to address their gender dysphoria.