The landmark Tickle v Giggle case has wrapped up after a 3-day hearing in the Federal Court.
JK Rowling continues to speak up for those who are not being heard.
Tuesday 9th April will mark an important day in Australian history. It will be the first day of a landmark case that will determine whether sex or gender identity take precedence in law.
The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has called for submissions regarding current and emerging threats to transgender human rights.
The English Blackball Pool Federation is refusing to back down after being threatened with legal action. They are being sued by male pool player Harriet Haynes after changing the rules to protect women’s sport.
South Australia is set to become the first state in the country to conduct a parliamentary inquiry into gender identity practices. The inquiry is being proposed by Independent MP Frank Pangallo and is supported by Liberals and One Nation.
UK Police have lost the plot. Their latest guidelines state all officers must respect gender identity above reality and males who identify as women can strip search vulnerable female suspects.
Julia Gillard’s government removed sex-based protections from the Sex Discrimination Act in 2014. This leaves women in hospitals, prisons, nursing homes and in the community facing males who appropriate womanhood as intimate carers. It could be against the law to object to these men in such roles.
Canadian nurse Amy Hamm, has taken the stand in the ongoing investigation against her for making “derogatory and discriminatory” public statements about transgender people. The B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives are conducting the trial.
In court, applicants and defendants have to swear an oath or make an affirmation to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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