On the other side of the world, Scottish women spent years expressing articulate rage against ex-first minister Nicola Sturgeon over the same issue. Indeed, Sturgeon had defended the policy of putting men in women’s jails and refuges, as well as doing her level best to introduce gender self-ID in Scotland. Even so, perhaps Scottish women should breathe a sigh of relief that their country was led astray by the ambitious yet inept Sturgeon, rather than the far craftier Julia Gillard. As her parting shot on leaving office in 2013, the former Australian PM introduced gender identity as a legally protected characteristic and removed explicit biological sex definitions. This move left the door wide open for gender self-ID, elevating the comfort of men who ‘identify’ as women over the rights of actual women.
I have hope that LAG will win when its case is reheard. My fingers are also crossed that Sall Grover will eventually win her appeal against Roxanne Tickle, and all other men determined to violate women’s boundaries. It’s high time to rid Australia of the misogynistic rule of gender self-ID. Archive here
https://archive.ph/I3m9n#selection-575.0-587.291