Comments on: Some laws are diminishing the rights of women https://coastcommunitynews.com.au/central-coast/news/2025/08/some-laws-are-diminishing-the-rights-of-women/ Independent News - Central Coast, NSW Australia Wed, 13 Aug 2025 02:53:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.14 By: Theo https://coastcommunitynews.com.au/central-coast/news/2025/08/some-laws-are-diminishing-the-rights-of-women/#comment-21750 Wed, 13 Aug 2025 02:53:34 +0000 https://coastcommunitynews.com.au/?p=140332#comment-21750 In reply to Theo.

*sigh*……

Rights aren’t pie. Someone else getting more rights doesn’t mean you lose yours.

And if memory serves, assault rates for transgender women are at least as high as for non-trans women, if not higher. There’s something to think about

]]> By: Theo https://coastcommunitynews.com.au/central-coast/news/2025/08/some-laws-are-diminishing-the-rights-of-women/#comment-21749 Wed, 13 Aug 2025 02:44:00 +0000 https://coastcommunitynews.com.au/?p=140332#comment-21749 For context, the 2013 amendments were ones that added protections against “discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex status in many areas of public life.” Or in other words, added LGBTQIA+ discrimination to the Sex Discrimination Act.

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