Along with the Tasmanian law and clarification from the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, this is a horrific blow to women in Australia - legally, females cannot hold events, meetings, activities, or have spaces, venues or request anything that is female-only.
“Female” in Australia means female sex and transgender identity are considered EXACTLY the same. GI trumps sex, as TW cannot be excluded.
Lesbians cannot hold events or socials for biological females only.
Women cannot have spaces exclusively for biological females only.
There is no way to request biologically female medical personnel.
There is no way to have change rooms, toilets, showers, etc exclusively for biological females.
In Australia, transgender people can basically self identify and change their legal sex (in Queensland, they can legally change it every 12 months!).
Children can change their birth certificates, birth certificates can be issued without a sex marker at all, and parents can change their children’s birth certificates.
Schools must affirm, and as soon as a child (of any age - primary or secondary) decides they are the opposite sex, they are permitted into the change rooms, showers, toilets, accommodations, etc of the opposite sex.
If I had a daughter, I would feel exactly as Sall does about the world her daughter is facing as she grows up.
I despair of the world my ASD child will find themselves in - and who will seek to indoctrinate him into the corruption of GI, as it is in schools, support providers, laws, sports, etc. It is insanity, and I don’t know how we will keep our children or ourselves as females safe.
Sall is just so brave.