______________ Ms Inman Grant, the eSafety website lists refusing to use a trans person’s preferred pronouns online or posting a video that deadnames them as an example of gendered hate and says that deliberately misgendering someone online is a form of gendered violence. How do you justify these statements in a country where a male rapist and child sex offender could be placed in a women’s prison and access women’s facilities? I fail to see the connection to that specific incident, Senator. That’s drawing a long bow, I would say.
I will hand over to Mr [Toby] Dagg, who has responsibility for the education and prevention information on our site. The resources you are referring to have been informed in significant part by our consultation with the LGBTIQ community, who have told us about the impact of misgendering and deadnaming on trans members of that community. The resources reflect that kind of advice.
Did you consult with any women’s rights groups to understand how it might impact upon them to be in a position where they can’t call out male sex offenders being placed in a women’s prison and access women’s facilities in an online space because the eSafety Commissioner has a position that is gendered violence? Like the commissioner said, that is drawing an extremely long bow. The resources we have created don’t go to any judicial decisions made to place a particular person within a particular correctional facility; that is a matter for the judiciary. If yo.
