Category: Transgenderism

Labor says sexuality questions dumped from census to avoid ‘divisive’ debates | Australian politics | The Guardian

The acting prime minister, Richard Marles, says the government decided not to add questions on sexuality to the 2026 census to avoid “divisive” community debates.

Marles said the government had opted to take the existing set of questions to the next census rather than adding five new topics – including sexuality – as had been proposed, out of concern for social cohesion.

Until this week, the government had been expected to add questions on whether respondents had changed living locations in the previous 12 months and why, plus questions on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural identity, gender – including variations of sex characteristics – and sexual orientation.

The extra topics were the result of community consultations last year and were set to be part of a test program ahead of a final government decision. But the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) confirmed this week it received notice on Friday last week the extra topics would not be included.

[Ed: I suspect it is ‘gender identity’ rather than sexuality that is the divisive issue.]

Source: Labor says sexuality questions dumped from census to avoid ‘divisive’ debates | Australian politics | The Guardian

Women beaten with their own rights. – by Edie Wyatt

A decision in the Federal Court last Friday confirmed a shocking reality that many of us already knew; it is now illegal for women to publicly make a single sex space in Australia, under the current operation of the Sex Discrimination Act (1984) (SDA). The SDA is no longer fit for purpose, or rather, its purpose is now to threaten women into submission.

The destruction of the sex category in which women hold civil rights is not “unintentional consequences” of gender identity protections. The legislation that Justice Bromwich ruled on in the Federal Court in the Tickle V Giggle case is the SDA operating exactly as it is intended to operate by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), who have been strategically removing the ovaries from the SDA for decades.

The SDA originally recognised that the female body had a reproductive path that placed women and girls at a structural disadvantage in society. In the 40 years since its inception, the SDA has been the victim, like so many women and girls, of unbridled molestation.

The SDA, has been altered 56 times since 1984, often at the instigation of the Australian Human Rights Commission who administer the Act, and most famously by the Gillard Labor government who removed the definitions of “man” and “woman” from the SDA in 2013.

To be fair, Gillard may not have predicted the SDA would be used in tandem with “self ID” legislation, and that this pairing would be accepted by the Federal Court. Anyone who has been studying this issue as long as I have will know that this is absolutely the intention of those who mould modern government policy.

The way Bromwich disregarded concerns for the constitutional validity of gender identity legislation and the international human rights concerns it raises, is a clear indication of how the legal establishment in Australia have been authors and enablers in the removal of women as a sex class.

Tickle was funded by the Grata Fund, which is listed as a legal aid charity, who fund social justice causes by donors who give “strategic gifts”. The Grata Fund took this case specifically to cement the pairing of gender identity with self ID in the law.

The Australian Human Rights commission has destroyed the SDA and it must be disbanded. Gillard’s Amendments to the SDA in 2013 must be repealed, as should all mention of gender identity in the SDA.

Source: (4) Women beaten with their own rights. – by Edie Wyatt

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No Laughing Matter – by Michael Foran – Knowing Ius

Tickle v Giggle is a significant case in Australian discrimination law. While many aspects of it are unique to the Australian legal system, there are nevertheless several lessons that can be learnt from both the judgment itself and the, frankly, incomprehensible manner in which both sides behaved.

What follows is a description and analysis of the judgment. I want to make it clear at this point that I am not an expert in Australian constitutional or discrimination law. Based on this judgment, however, neither were counsel for either party.

This judgement should serve as a stark reminder to those involved in litigating cases of significant public importance that there is a world of difference between political sloganeering and legal argumentation. Both sides in this case at times advanced simplistic but politically salient claims that were of minimal relevance to the legal questions before the court and which served no meaningful legal function, notwithstanding the fact that they may have reflected deeply held views on the topic generally.

Source: (4) No Laughing Matter – by Michael Foran – Knowing Ius

An Open Letter to Julia Gillard – by Campaign Club – WNN

Dear Julia.

First of all, I hate telling this story. I can’t believe it was a story I ever even had to utter.

I was hit-on by a transvestite in my rape-crisis centre. Thanks to you.

. . .

“Safe Women” – like yourself – have no idea of the physical and metaphysical advantages of “Women’s Business”; which is private, and not for public record.

TO THIS DAY… I cannot find a psychologist who knows that humans can’t change sex.

I am abused for even asking.

. . .

I can’t use any of my services because men in dresses take over and constantly talk about their penises.
When I speak up for myself and other women, I am the one who has to leave.

Before #MeToo, I always shared my stories in the hope that everyone could learn from them, and we could all grow as a society.
But then I learned that autogynephiles were masturbating to rape stories, and fantasising about being rape victims.

. . .

So while you think “most people” won’t end up in jail, or playing elite sports, I’d like to remind you that ONE WOMAN’S RIGHTS matter more than one man’s sick desires.

Women are being raped in prison, by men. People like you let them in there, and don’t even record the data.

. . .

Fix your mistake of removing the definition of SEX from the SEX Discrimination Act.

 

Source: An Open Letter to Julia Gillard – by Campaign Club – WNN

Flying Bats: Australian women’s soccer team featuring five trans players wins grand final amid tight security after going undefeated all season | Daily Mail Online

  • The Flying Bats won their Women’s Premier League grand final
  • The women’s team consists of five transgender players 
  • Six of their wins came as the result of forfeits, including semi-final fixtures 

Australia’s most controversial soccer team has won its grand final after going through their season undefeated fielding five transgender players in Sydney competition.

Sydney-based Flying Bats FC made headlines around the globe earlier this year after it was revealed that five of the team’s women’s side were made up of transgender players.

The team’s presence in the women’s competition led to complaints from club officials and parents, while high-profile figures like JK Rowling and Lucy Zelic have also criticised their participation.

And now it can be revealed that the team have capped of an undefeated season in the Women’s Premier League competition which they have won all 16 of their regular season matches while scoring 65 goals and conceding just four in the process by winning the grand final on Sunday.

Earlier this year, it was reported that sports governing bodies had told clubs that they would be punished if they forfeited their games against the Bats.

Source: Flying Bats: Australian women’s soccer team featuring five trans players wins grand final amid tight security after going undefeated all season | Daily Mail Online

Man accused of changing gender ‘to avoid trial’ for threatening partner – Spain | The Telegraph

A man has been accused of switching gender to avoid a trial for threatening his former partner in Spain.

The victim’s lawyer has described the move, which takes advantage of the country’s ultra-liberal transgender laws, as “fraudulent”.
One of the country’s specialist courts to protect women from male violence has said it now cannot try the individual – who has a previous conviction as a man for threatening his former partner – as he has since changed his legal status to female.
The victim has reported that her former partner has continued to threaten her and violate restraining orders since being ordered to serve 15 months in prison – and subsequently registering as a woman – last year.
In a separate case, prosecutors in San Sebastian have revealed that they are bound by law to treat a police officer arrested last week for allegedly threatening the woman he married and their two daughters with a knife, as a woman because the suspect changed official gender last year.
[Ed: This is a travesty but I am impressed that Spain has specialist courts to protect women from male violence.]

Source: Man accused of changing gender ‘to avoid trial’ for threatening partner

AUS: CEO of Female-Only Social App Ordered to Pay $10k to Trans-Identified Male for ‘Indirect Gender Identity Discrimination’ | Women’s Voices

In a landmark decision, an Australian court has ruled that the CEO of a female-only networking application intended as an “online refuge” for women committed “indirect gender identity discrimination” by rejecting the membership of a male who “identifies” as a woman.

Australian Human Rights Commission barrister Zelie Heger told the court that sex was no longer defined in the Sex Discrimination Act but that “importantly the Act recognises that a person’s sex is not limited to [being a man or a woman]”.

In July of 2022, Tickle, being unable to bear the costs of pursuing the matter further, filed a Notice of Discontinuance with the court, and the complaint was dropped. But five months later, Tickle filed another complaint, having received a $50,000 grant from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, and assistance from Barry Nilsson lawyers, who run a multimillion-dollar pro bono program.

In contrast, Grover was left with no other option than to crowdfund an incredible $500,000 in order to defend herself against the discrimination claim.

The argument made by Grover’s legal team was that Tickle was discriminated against on the basis of his sex, which is not prohibited, rather than on the basis of gender identity, as he claims. Justice Bromwich’s verdict stated that “these arguments failed” due to a “long history of cases decided by courts going back over thirty years” which he said established that, “in its ordinary meaning, sex is changeable.”

In addition to his attempts to access the female-only social networking app, Tickle has been playing field hockey on a women’s team. He has opposed proposed legislation which would have prohibited men from identifying into women’s sports, while boasting of using the women’s change rooms.

On his personal Instagram account, Tickle has also shared photos of his underwear, jokes about sex toys, and several cartoons drawn by Canadian transgender diaper fetishist Sophie Labelle. Recently, Tickle took to X to reveal that the youngest girl he competes with on the field hockey team is just 15 years old.

News of the decision has been met with disappointment and outrage by women’s rights campaigners and politicians both nationally and abroad.

The UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls, Reem Alsalem, also weighed in on the verdict and promised to provide a more “detailed reaction” in the week to come. “Not only disappointed but also very concerned about this dystopian ruling on #TickleVGiggle , which distorts key concepts like sex and discrimination while dodging Australia’s international human rights obligations vis-à-vis women. If unchallenged, this decision would set a dangerous precedent.”

Source: AUS: CEO of Female-Only Social App Ordered to Pay $10k to Trans-Identified Male for ‘Indirect Gender Identity Discrimination’