The Age newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, has ended its relationship with columnist Julie Szego over a feature story about youth gender identity disorders. According to Szego, she had been commissioned to write a 5,000-word feature article on the issue, but the current editor, Patrick Elligett, refused to run it. Szego revealed that Elligett had described…
Major Newspaper Cuts Ties With Columnist Over Gender Identity Issue
Columnist Axed by Major Newspaper After Writing Critically About Gender Identity Disorders
The Age newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, has ended its relationship with columnist Julie Szego over a feature story about youth gender identity disorders. According to Szego, she had been commissioned to write a 5,000-word feature article on the issue, but the current editor, Patrick Elligett, refused to run it. Szego revealed that Elligett had described…
UN Rapporteur Speaks Out Against Censorship of Women’s Rights Advocates
The UN special rapporteur for Violence Against Women and Children, Reem Alsalem, has continued calls for law enforcement to protect gatherings of women rallying against transgenders entering female-only spaces. “I am concerned by the shrinking space in several countries in the Global North for women and feminist organisations and their allies to gather and/or express themselves…
Starbucks Sacks Employee Who Accused Customer of Being Transphobic
A Starbucks employee filmed ranting furiously at a customer after allegedly being “misgendered” has been sacked, the coffee giant has confirmed. In a statement to The Epoch Times, Starbucks said the transgender employee’s contract had been “terminated” following an investigation into the incident, which went viral on social media. Footage of the altercation, which took…
New Zealand ‘Worst Place for Women I’ve Ever Visited’: Posie Parker
Women’s rights activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known as Posie Parker, left New Zealand after people were attacked and mobbed by counter-protesters during her “Let Women Speak” rally in Auckland on March 25, cutting her tour short. “I genuinely thought if I fell to the floor, I would never get up again, my children would lose…
UN Envoy Concerned With Recent Violence Towards Women’s Rights Rallies
UN Special Rapporteur Reem Alsalem has called for a stop to ongoing aggression against women protesting for female spaces to remain transgender-free. Alsalem said having different views was not a “green light” for threats and violence. “[Very] concerning that in last few weeks, physical, political + online violence has intensified against #women asserting sex-based needs…
Senator Thrown to the Ground by Police After Interfering in Women’s Rights Rally
Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe was pulled to the ground by a police officer after attempting to interrupt a women’s rights rally on the lawn of Parliament House in Canberra. In several videos posted online, Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull (also known as Posie Parker), the British women’s rights advocate behind the “Let Women Speak” rallies in Melbourne and…
‘Not Safe For Women’: Speakers Pull Out of Women Rights Rally in Canberra Over Fears For Safety
Australian campaigners for women’s rights have cited safety fears as the reasoning behind their decision to pull out of the Let Women Speak rally in Australia’s capital city Canberra on March 23. The Australian Let Women Speak rallies, organised by women rights advocate Kelli-Jay Keen (also known as Posie Parker), have been plagued by controversy…
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