Tribunal rules lesbians must include men who identify as lesbians at public events
By Rachael Wong
On Monday, the Administrative Review Tribunal (formerly the Administrative Appeals Tribunal) upheld the Australian Human Rights Commission’s (AHRC) 2023 decision to deny the Lesbian Action Group (LAG) an exemption under the Sex Discrimination Act (SDA) to exclude ‘transgender lesbians’ from its public events.
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 moreVictorian MP Nicole Werner puts spotlight on PCOS with pregnancy announcement
By Stephanie Bastiaan
Victorian Liberal MP Nicole Werner has announced she and her husband Fraser are expecting their first baby after a lengthy struggle with infertility following a Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) diagnosis.
Read moreLandmark forum calls for urgent inquiry into medicalised gender affirmation of minors
Something momentous happened this week.
Read moreVictorian Council’s plan to de-sex toilets is just another example of women’s rights under attack
By Stephanie Bastiaan
Hobsons Bay Council is the latest municipality to implement woke Victorian government legislation at the expense of ratepayers and the safety of women and children as they embark on a multimillion-dollar plan to de-sex public toilets.
Read moreVictorian election: Where do the parties stand on women’s sex-based rights?
Victorians will vote in the state’s election this coming Saturday 26 November. There are many important issues to consider in terms of parties’ policy positions, but key on our radar is the question: Where do the parties stand on women’s sex-based rights?
Read moreOpen letter to Australian authorities: Why don’t you care about the rights and safety of imprisoned women?
Dear Premier of Victoria, Leader of the Opposition, Ministers, Shadow Ministers and Commissioners,
Read moreMen in women’s prisons is a human rights violation
By Stassja Frei
On Sunday September 11, I – and around 30 other Victorian women – gathered on Parliament steps in Melbourne to protest one of the most abhorrent consequences of Victoria’s transgender laws: the housing of violent male sex offenders in women’s prisons.
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