Short-listed spots
In Australia, we lost the right to exclude male-bodied people from women-only shortlists,
award schemes, grant programs etc.
These examples are 280 characters or less, feel free to share:
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The removal of the Best Female Artist category at the ARIA awards. The award is now just Best Artist (for both men or women). A man won this year. This is an example of removing an award that only women were eligible for. https://archive.ph/ab8hV #Australia
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A trans identifying man starts a women's political party, and one of Australia’s leading feminists says she has been silenced from telling voters that the transgender founder of a new women’s rights political party is a biological man. https://archive.ph/2ghBg
#NSW
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A male university student, a Liberal staffer 'pretended to be a woman' to win a coveted position on Sydney university's student council He identified himself as a non-cis male to run for a coveted $12,000 position. https://archive.ph/KI4S7 #NSW
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Stella Prize Despite the fact women write about half the books published..."Women continue to be marginalised in Australian culture and the arts sector." (Sophie Cunningham, Key Note speaker 2011) In 2020, the Stella Prize became open to men https://archive.ph/ep9VE #Australia
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Personal Testimonies see: https://www.noconflicttheysaid.org/home/hashtags/shortlists