Prime Minister Scott Morrison is under pressure to disendorse Katherine Deves, his handpicked candidate for the seat of Warringah. On Thursday Deves issued a fresh set of apologies to cover a range of previous comments she’s made in the past including describing youth initiative Wear It Purple as “grooming”, and for comparing activism against transgender people […]
Liberal MP Bridget Archer has spoken out against Senator Chandler’s proposed bill that would allow discrimination against transgender women in the sporting arena. The outspoken MP said the legislation put forward by fellow Tasmanian was a “vanity bill”. Her criticism of the bill comes just days after it was endorsed by Prime Minister Scott Morrison. […]
While a lot of the discussion discrimination this week has focused around the recently introduced Religious Discrimination bill and long called for changed to the Sex Discrimination bill, Tasmanian Senator Claire Chandelier is hoping her coalition colleagues will voice support for her private members bill that will allow sporting bodies to discriminate against people who […]
On Tuesday Senator Amanda Stoker hit back at critics of her appointment as Assistant Minister for Women, spending the day in radio, TV and print media interviews. The Queensland senator said criticism from Australian of the Year, Grace Tame, and actor Magda Szubanski was misplaced. Senator Stoker said she had a long history of defending […]
Tony Abbott’s former Chief of Staff, Peta Credlin, has claimed that Liberal staffers used to hold gay orgies in parliament house. Credlin made the claim this evening on her Sky News program. It follows a report from Channel Ten in which a whistleblower shared photos of Liberal staffers in lewd conduct, including one of where […]
Queer artist Casey Jenkins has found funding from the Australia Council for artwork Immaculate has been rescinded. The funding has been pulled after her work was heavily criticised on Sky News, but the Australia Council says negative media was not the reason they backed out. The Melbourne artist was documenting her attempts to become pregnant via […]
Peta Credlin says “one in seven” male prisoners are now self-identifying as female – hoping they can be transferred to a female prison. The TV presenter made the claim during a discussion about Victoria’s proposed new gender laws. If the legislation is passed by the state’s upper house people will be able to change their […]
Professor John Whitehall, one of the leading voices against the current approach to treating transgender children, has confirmed that he personally has no experience on treating children experiencing gender dysphoria. Whitehall, who is the Foundation Chair Paediatrics and Child Health at Western Sydney University’s School of Medicine has decades of experience in child health, but […]
Peta Credlin has penned a column for News Corp newspapers claiming that everyone is losing their right to gender. The Sky News presenter argues that the world is being changed for a small minority of transgender people, but the figures she quotes is far from reliable. In her rant against living in a less gendered […]
Liberal senator Amanda Stoker says the Labor party’s policies on gender and sexuality are part of a push to destroy the traditional family unit. Senator Stoker was appearing on the Sky News program Credlin which is hosted by Peta Credlin, who served as Chief of Staff to former Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Labor’s proposal includes reducing […]
