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No Conflict, They SAid

In Australia and around the world, legislation is being introduced that replaces sex with gender identity. Advocates insist that there is no conflict of interests. But governments are not collecting data on the impacts of this legislative change. We're worried about the impacts on women of men using women-only spaces, including but not limited to: changing rooms, fitting rooms, bathrooms, shelters, rape and domestic violence refuges, gyms, spas, sports, schools, accommodations, hospital wards, shortlists, prizes, quotas, political groups, prisons, clubs, events, festivals, dating apps, and language. If we can't collect data, we can at least collect stories. Please tell us how your use of women-only spaces has been impacted. All stories will be published anonymously. If you know of other women who have been impacted, please encourage them to tell their stories too.

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anonymous woman

May 12
3 min

melbourne women's circus: exclusion as the cost of defending women's space

I was a member of Melbourne's Women's Circus when in April 2000 a 'transwoman' wrote and asked if he could join the Women's Circus. The circus was formed in 1990 in order to work with women who had suffered from sexual abuse or rape (Liebmann et al., 1997). I joined in 1994. Circus is a place of physical and emotional trust. There is bodily intimacy in balances, in double aerials acts. There is one balance in which the flyer puts her head between the legs of the base; there

anonymous woman

Apr 7
1 min

women's cricket team

I play women's cricket at a high level. One of the opposition players is a 6 ft 2 male who opens the bowling and bats in the upper order, with enormous power. This is both unfair, and dangerous. Cricket Australia have a ridiculous policy regarding this, that so long as someone "identifies" as a woman, they can not only play, but have FULL access to facilities i.e. showers and changerooms. Some of the girls in our team are very young and impressionable. How is it reasonab

anonymous woman

Mar 28
1 min

women sustaining injuries playing sport against men

As a 14 year old (circa 1987) I was playing representative netball when a transgender team were permitted to play in our competition, they were large Maori men. Looking back, it was totally inappropriate in many ways... large strong large men, playing a semi-contact sport against young women, zero consultation with parents. I still remember the physicality and the force with which they defended. Thankfully they moved on to another association where we played them infrequentl

anonymous woman

Mar 8
1 min

soccer team

I used to play for soccer team and a transwoman used to train and play with us sometimes. We didn't know she was trans at the time (only after she detransitioned later) but she was very obviously much stronger, faster and more aggressive than all the other players. Women on the team did not like playing against her as they were likely to be injured during tackles. I play mixed soccer as well, so am very aware of the differences playing against men vs other women. As this bec

anonymous woman

Mar 8
2 min

kickboxing

I initially got into kickboxing when my flatmate was raped. She was deeply affected by the experience for obvious reasons and wanted to learn self defence and become stronger. She wanted to go and I wanted to support her, we both trained for years and made strong connections with the group, making friends, attending competitions, going to Christmas and summer parties outside of training, and some of those friendships have lasted to this day. When I took a break for nearly