Lessons from Bailey & Tavistock: Australia must follow UK’s lead in gender ideology pushback
A couple of weeks ago we wrote a piece about how the tide of gender ideology is turning in the UK, touching on positive developments like Maya Forstater winning her discrimination case against her former employer who had fired her for her views on biological sex, British Triathlon restricting trans athletes from women’s sporting events, and several British prime ministerial candidates signalling their support for women’s sex-based rights. Since then, in a win for women’s sport, England’s Rugby Football Union and Rugby Football League also confirmed that women’s competitions will be restricted to females.
Read moreAlarming reality for women in Victorian prisons
A response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by the Department of Justice and Community Safety shows just how bad things are for women in Victorian prisons.
Read moreLibs pick women’s sex-based rights advocate Moira Deeming for Victoria Parliament seat
Women’s sex-based rights advocate and Melton City Councillor Moira Deeming has been selected by the Liberal Party to stand for the upper house Western Metropolitan Region seat in Victoria's upcoming state election, in a move that is being celebrated by women’s advocates.
Read moreEngland Rugby looks to protect fairness & safety for female players. It’s time Australia stepped up.
WIN for women! Govt to turf health form after new mum’s outrage at ‘birthing parent’ label
In a win for women and biological reality, the federal government has agreed to replace a government health form that calls mothers “birthing parents” after new mum and Giggle social media app founder Sall Grover decried the language as “exclusionary, alienating and derogatory” towards women.
Read more“Slap to the face”: Former NCAA swimmer slams Lia Thomas’ ‘Woman of the Year’ nomination
Transgender male swimmer Lia Thomas (formerly William Thomas) has been nominated by the University of Pennsylvania for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year Award, prompting renewed backlash amongst athletes and commentators.
Read moreIs the tide of gender ideology turning in the UK?
Things are looking up for women in the UK.
Read moreSome of our favourite tweets in support of Bette Midler and Macy Gray
This week, both Macy Gray and Bette Midler came under fire for comments criticised as ‘transphobic’. In what has become the norm, both women were derided as ‘TERFS’ (trans exclusionary radical feminists), were subject to threats and verbal abuse, as well as calls to cancel them. Their crimes? Speaking up for women’s words, speaking up for womanhood, and speaking up for biological reality.
Read moreWomen’s Forum Australia launches report and petition asking MPs to protect women’s sport
We are excited to announce the release of our new report, A Fair Playing Field: Protecting Women’s Single-Sex Sport.
Read moreACON’s “Pride Inclusion Programs” exclude democratic pluralism
“Diversity and inclusion” are the watchwords of an ideology that is increasingly dictating Australian workplace policy in both the public and private sectors. The AIDS Council for NSW (ACON) continues to roll out a suite of “Pride Inclusion Programs”, working to a template developed by Stonewall in the UK, which helps employers comply with the new requirements to include “diversity”. Employer performance is published in ACON’s Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI), which serves as a national benchmark for “LGBTQ workplace inclusion from which Top Employers for LGBTQ people is determined”. Australian businesses and government departments are flocking to join.
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