 |
 |
 |
|
What is wrong with the Sex Discrimination Act?
Australia’s Sex Discrimination Act was created to achieve equality for women and girls. It prohibited sex-based discrimination and provided for single sex spaces, services, rights and opportunities.
In 2013 that all changed. The Australian government erased women and girls from the very Act designed to protect them!
The changes included removing the definitions of “woman” and “man” from the Act and adding the definition of “gender identity”. Now, males who claim they are female use the Act to demand access to women’s and girls’ protections and to penalise those who do not comply.
It is time to restore women’s rights in Australia.
Let's fix the Sex Discrimination Act |
|
What are the impacts on women and girls in Australia right now?
|
|
"Clearly that can't be right. You can't just proclaim yourself a female and be able to compete against women."
|
Males Competing in Women’s and Girls’ Sports: Any male who claims they are a woman has the right to play sport in women's and girls' competitions.
| Impacts on female Sport |
It is unlawful in Australia for sports organisations to deny membership of female sport teams to males who identify as females. |
Males in Women’s and Girls’ spaces: Any male who claims they are a woman has the right to access women’s and girls' services and spaces.
|
Impacts on female healthcare
|
An Australian woman is now facing a claim of vilification in the Queensland Human Rights Commission for raising her voice about breastfeeding support for women. See more at HRLA. | |
|
Impacts on female community access
|
|
“Transgender" Male Allegedly Given Unsupervised Access to Girl Guides During Event |
|
Impacts on women in prisons
|
Petition: Demand the removal of men from women’s prisons in Victoria | |
|
Impacts on girls in schools |
Australian schools must now include males who identify as females in all female spaces and events, and it is unlawful to notify parents or other students when doing so: Parents concern over unisex toilets |
|
|
"I believe women and girls are entitled to the privacy and safety of single sex spaces. These are simple, basic requests for fairness, safety, dignity, and privacy."Senator Claire Chandler |
It is unlawful for Australian women to organise female only meetings and provide female only services: Any male can claim they are a woman and use the legal system to gain access to female services and spaces.
| Impacts on women in law |
After being excluded from female only mobile app “Giggle for Girls”, Roxanne Tickle (who was born male and now identifies as female) applied to the Federal Court and was awarded damages for discrimination. Justice Bromwich stated in his decision that sex is “changeable” under Australian law. For more info see: The Impacts of Transactivism on the Human Rights of Women and Girls |
|
| Impacts on lesbians | The Australian Human Rights Commission and the Victorian Administrative Appeals Tribunal have determined that males can be lesbians and that it is unlawful for lesbians to hold public gatherings if they do not include males with a female “gender identity”. See coverage of the LAG case for details. |
|
|
"The ruling demonstrates the concrete consequences that result when gender identity is allowed to supplant sex and override women’s rights to female-only services and spaces."Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls on the Giggle v Tickle judgment |
| Raise Your Voice to Restore Women’s Rights – Write to your local Federal MP and senators today! | |