Left-wing gender critical women are finding themselves politically homeless – Women’s Forum Australia

Gender critical women who have always voted for left-wing parties are now finding themselves politically homeless as the parties they traditionally supported are shutting down debate on gender ideology. At the same time, the growing agitation over conflicts between newly-crafted transgender rights and long-established women’s rights is uniting women from across the political spectrum to stand up in unison to defend their common cause.

Previously left-voting gender critical women already know not to expect a fair hearing from the Greens. As Professor Bronwyn Winter remarked at a recent (highly protested) conference in Tasmania on the subject of “Gender Identity in Law”: “We know that the Greens are pretty much captured by gender ideology.” After a furore sparked by comments from Melbourne Greens Councillor Rohan Leppert a couple of weeks ago, there is now no room for doubt that Winter is correct.

It turns out that he expressed concern that Victoria’s Change and Suppression (Conversion Practices) Prohibition Act 2021 might have the effect of criminalising doctors and therapists who depart from the controversial “affirmation only” approach to gender-questioning youth.

Informal reports are already circulating of psychologists who say they now refuse to take on gender dysphoric patients. They fear, not unreasonably, that perfectly correct talk therapy might result in investigations, fines, loss of their professional license and even jail terms. Who can blame them for refusing to take the risk?

In this way, Victoria’s Parliament, which ostensibly intended to protect the interests of vulnerable LGBTIQ+ people, has delivered a law that marks certain subjects “off limits” even for private discussion, and therefore constrains LGBTIQ+ access to much-needed counselling services.

Apparently there are many among the Greens membership who agree with Leppert’s simple assertion that “we’ve got to find a way to discuss this stuff”. He has been overwhelmed with messages of support.

Like gender, the issue of free speech affects us all.

Source: Left-wing gender critical women are finding themselves politically homeless – Women’s Forum Australia