Australian womens rights activists recieve death threats in the lead up to a Sydney Womens rights rally

I've always found women to be 'cagey' when talking politics whether that be friends, colleagues or even family. I suspect its related to their well founded concerns about 'rocking the boat' & how that will affect their relationships so its no surprise to me when they 'play dumb' as I often do the same. We tend to be more prudent than men about these types of things & maybe that's because we are less likely to get past political differences than they are.

Recently a long term friend suggested that a far right political crank was 'talking sense' I just nodded quietly. But truth be told I was thoroughly disgusted & can't get past it. I'm still civil with her but have withdrawn my easy accessibility with excuses.

We Aussies tend to be more easy going & as such like to avoid conflict so perhaps that's why you aren't getting the 'engagement' you are used to particularly in 'lawyer' circles which can have a profound effect on one's career.

To be clear, I wasn't talking about the Nazis! 😁

That's really worrying. It reminds me of threads a while back here about the situation in Germany, and why weren't the German public more aware of what was going on in their country, other than efforts from a few under-publicised feminist groups, and you think, that can happen in any country.

Having just moved to Australia from the UK I'm absolutely astonished at how unaware most Australians are about the issues that gender ideology raises and about the court cases that have been going on in either country. Practically no-one I have spoken to about Tickle v Giggle has ever heard of it and once it's explained they cannot believe the decisions that have been made. And that's from a group including a number of practising lawyers... there is much much less coverage of this in the Australian media than there is in the UK. I haven't yet worked out what the social implications of declaring myself gender critical might be, but I guess I will soon find out. Having found this thread I've decided to go to the rally today so had better get my skates on... feel a bit awkward turning up and knowing no-one though!

The issue with the default thinking of every transwoman is entitled to womens spaces, sports & services unless women can justify on a case by case basis that it is detrimental to women to allow the transwoman access, is that it becomes personal ( the transwoman argues why he is a woman and harmless and really very very nice) and expensive (women have to go to court to exclude them or get sued) with the additional risk of being additionally fined if you call out the transwoman is a man, is violating womens boundaries and consent and might have unsavoury reasons for demanding access.

It is a 'I lose or you win' situation for women, transwomen are legally handed enough tools to make womens lives misery. Death threats aren't even needed, so why do they feel the need to utter them?

It’s an awful slogan.

It’s not very ‘inclusive’ to the people who don’t ’identify’ as a woman!

They also have a ‘Protect the dolls’ T shirt on order, from a sweatshop in China.

I don't think Gretel is necessarily a man. Some of the fiercest defenders out there of this ideology are women (especially young women). It specifically appeals to university age, far left social justice warrior-type women.

They have 3 shirts, one says 'stop oil', another 'free Palestine' and the last. 'transwomen are women's' haha

It is as legal as being able to hold a XX only, biological female only, lesbian only event in Australia.

ie. It isn’t legal to exclude biological males with magic girly feelings from a lesbian only event. Yay, what a time to be Australian!

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I'm not sure if he's trans but I'm certain at this point that GretalNorthernIcelandicBaileyHowseTheGoodnews is male.

I think Gretel is a he - a transwoman i.e. a man. Is it legal to say that in Australia?

A transwoman is a man and has no place on a app set up so women can find other women for friendship, flat sharing, love or jobs. Shame on him. He should hang his head and withdraw his ridiculous complaint. Women have every right to their own stuff. If I want a women only book club I am entitled to have it. And though you speak of protections in sports, prisons, refuges etc it does not seem from what I hear that these protections are working because transwomen playing in women's sports is what Kirralee Smith exposed. Far from committing any crime she exposed the fact that men are playing on women's sports teams in Australia and this is both unfair to women and dangerous.
I've now caught you out an untruth btw - you told me there were protections for women's sports and it looks to me as if that is not true - or not enforced, which is worse.

Interesting findings from IPSOS Pride Report 2026. For Australia:

Q. How much do you agree or disagree with the following? Transgender people should be allowed to use single -sex facilities (e.g., public restrooms) that correspond to the gender they identify with
Agree 43% (down from 53% in 2023) Disagree 43%

Q. To what extent do you support or oppose the following: Transgender athletes competing based on the gender they identify with rather than the sex they were assigned at birth
Support 21% (down from 27% in 2021) Oppose 53%

https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/news/documents/2026-07/ipsos-lgbt-plus-pride-surey-report-2026.pdf

The whole report is worth a read. Australians are not half as much in favour of gender ideology as some would have us believe.
Terf Island is, of course, doing best of all the countries for women's rights, without sacrificing genuine rights for trans-identified people. 💚💜

I want a 'proud terf' hat! is that a real hat or a metaphorical one?

It's a real one. I wear it out quite a lot

And this is the giveaway. Sports, toilets, prisons, whatever. It's never about women + disadvantaged/vulnerable men of all kinds who might be at risk in the male category and need to be considered on a case by case basis. It's always women + only men who say they are women.
So it's not really about disadvantage at all. It's about giving trans identified men what they want.

Oh it's YOU!
How many usernames do you have on MN now? I have counted about 6 I think although I expect you've discarded the teen gay torture porn star one for good. Too obviously a male choice possibly?
I shouldn't bother if I were you. Your creepy mansplaining misogynistic style is always recognisable to us stupid women.

WE don't live in the real world?? This coming from a man who believes men can become women and its perfectly fine to threaten and harrass women who don't agree?
You couldn't make this shit up.

And there it is. Open misogyny. It is FEMALE ENTITLEMENT to want women's sports and prisons etc to exclude men. How fucking DARE we want anything for ourselves. Any privacy, dignity, SAFETY?
Nah, you want these things? Get on your knees and beg. And while you're down there, we'll kick you in the face you bigot!

Most people in Australia, would not be in favour of GI would they? I mean it takes a while to actually get to grips with some of the implications but surely there would actually be a majority who think it is pretty peculiar, time-wasting and damaging ideology? Isn't it just the need for enough decent coverage in the press and getting people to care about this stuff. I think women's sports and what children are being taught in school are the way to go. The story from Iceland is such a good one to show the dangers clearly. If that could only get into the Australian press.
I want a 'proud terf' hat! is that a real hat or a metaphorical one?

Networking apps understandably (for anyone with a working brain) aren't considered to meet this standard

The Networking App that Sall created included room and housesharing which anyone with a working brain, as you describe, it can be considered a situation in which women who want to reduce their risk of rape and murder can find other women to share with, what with the risk of rape and murder that is so often threatened by Trans People so clearly evidenced by the murder threats received for daring to create a networking app that would screen them out.

Their murder threats prove her point somewhat, as anyone with a working brain, as you describe it, can see.

Was just thinking what an enormous disadvantage it is to women if, every single time a man demands access to women’s sports or spaces, an individual assessment has to be carried out and potentially taken to court.

Women’s competition would be in a permanent state of turmoil because men would have to be allowed to compete until the court case was done, then when he was shown to have advantage (which he would because he’s male) the whole table of positions would have to be reorganized and any prizes or medals redistributed.

That sounds, in itself, like a huge and immediate disadvantage to women, compared with men who would have none of these problems at all.

Only 2 posts out of the last 85 were thread relevant, so I'm off.
There is hope for Aus, there was a thread recently that showed politicians questioning this stupidity, there was even mention of putting sex back into the Equality legislation. It's going to take time but it's moving in the right direction and women standing up and being counted is helping. So well done to those brave women and more power to them. 💪✊