{"id":71998,"date":"2025-04-02T12:09:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T10:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=71998"},"modified":"2025-04-02T13:56:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T11:56:16","slug":"australian-tribunal-to-rule-on-whether-using-biologically-accurate-pronouns-online-is-grounds-for-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/australia-pronouns-case-billboard-chris-x-post","title":{"rendered":"Australian tribunal to rule on whether using biologically accurate pronouns online is grounds for censorship\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"71998\" class=\"elementor elementor-71998\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c6c08ce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c6c08ce\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38d9682a\" data-id=\"38d9682a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b5a39b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b5a39b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">CASE CONTINUES: Musk\u2019s \u201cX\u201d and Canadian campaigner \u201cBillboard Chris\u201d challenge Australian \u201ceSafety Commissioner\u201d for censoring online post criticizing gender ideology<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16185078,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Testifying, campaigner \u201cBillboard Chris\u201d tells Tribunal: \u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">It\u2019s damaging to teach children they are born in the wrong body<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16185078,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Post referred to controversial WHO \u201cexpert\u201d appointee Teddy Cook by her biologically accurate pronouns<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16185078,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11dc9a21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"11dc9a21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/billboard_chris_4-2.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-69995\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/billboard_chris_4-2.webp 800w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/billboard_chris_4-2-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/billboard_chris_4-2-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24a9a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24a9a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">MELBOURNE (2 April 2025) \u2013 <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">Australian eSafety Commissioner has argued that a post using the biologically-accurate pronouns of a transgender activist was \u201clikely \u2026intended to have an effect of causing serious harm\u201d and should therefore be subject to state-enforced censorship, before the Administrative Review Tribunal in Melbourne this week.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The post in question, which was subject to a \u201cremoval notice\u201d at the hands of the eSafety Commissioner in April 2024, shared a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13119521\/Sex-secrets-trans-kinky-Australian-bondage-bestiality-nudism-drugs-sex-change.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail article<\/a>\u00a0headlined <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cKinky secrets of UN trans expert REVEALED: Australian activist plugs bondage, bestiality, nudism, drugs, and tax-funded sex-change ops &#8211; so why is he writing health advice for the world body?\u201d <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">and which included pictures posted on social media by transgender activist, and WHO expert panel appointee, Teddy Cook.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The takedown order is being legally challenged by Elon Musk\u2019s platform \u201cX\u201d, and by the author of the post, Chris Elston, known as \u201cBillboard Chris\u201d online.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">ADF International and the Human Rights Law Alliance are supporting Elston\u2019s legal case.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-702a9027 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"702a9027\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #AF272F\">\u201cIt\u2019s damaging to teach children they are born in the wrong body\u2026<\/span>Children are beautiful just as they are. No drugs or scalpels needed.\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Chris Elston (\"Billboard Chris\")<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11c62dbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"11c62dbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cI want everyone to think for themselves\u201d <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ef8aae9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ef8aae9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In February 2024, Canadian internet sensation and children\u2019s safety campaigner \u201cBillboard Chris\u201d (Chris Elston), took to U.S. social media platform \u201cX\u201d to share the article, adding the comment:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThis woman (yes, she&#8217;s female) is part of a panel of 20 &#8216;experts&#8217; hired by the @WHO to draft their policy on caring for &#8216;trans people.&#8221;<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cPeople who belong in psychiatric wards are writing the guidelines for people who belong in psychiatric wards.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In his evidence this week, Elston told the Tribunal that while the first sentence of the tweet was a specific comment to the Daily Mail\u2019s story on Teddy Cook, his second sentence was intended more broadly, to make a political comment about the ideological bias present amongst those in positions of power and influence when it comes to writing gender policy around the world.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Speaking on the witness stand, Elston added:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cIt\u2019s damaging to teach children they are born in the wrong body\u2026children are beautiful just as they are. No drugs or scalpels needed.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Asked further about why he chose to post on this matter, Elston explained:<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> \u201cBecause the World Health Organisation has global influence. We should have evidence-based care.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Under cross-examination, Elston responded, \u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">My goal is not to provoke outrage. My goal is to simply try to educate people, and encourage discussion. I want everyone to think for themselves.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Freedom of political communication is protected as an implied right under the Australian Constitution.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3052340b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3052340b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Defining \u201cserious harm\u201d to justify censorship <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d6c25cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d6c25cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW88363551 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW88363551 BCX0\">In accordance with<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW88363551 BCX0\"> Australia\u2019s Online Safety Act 2021, the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW88363551 BCX0\">e<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW88363551 BCX0\">Safety<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW88363551 BCX0\"> Commissioner seeks to prove that Chris Elston\u2019s post <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW88363551 BCX0\">constitutes<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW88363551 BCX0\">\u201ccyber<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW88363551 BCX0\"> abuse material<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW88363551 BCX0\"> directed at an Australian adult<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW88363551 BCX0\">\u201d<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW88363551 BCX0\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW88363551 BCX0\">including <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW88363551 BCX0\">that it <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW88363551 BCX0\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW88363551 BCX0\">was likely that the material <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW88363551 BCX0\">was intended to have an effect of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW88363551 BCX0\">causing <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW88363551 BCX0\">serious harm\u201d<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW88363551 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW88363551 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Counsel for the eSafety Commissioner has suggested that Elston\u2019s post could meet this threshold.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Expert witness, consultant medical psychiatrist Dr. Jill Redden, testified that using biologically-accurate pronouns for somebody identifying as transgender could cause \u201cirritation\u201d and upset, but would not likely cross the statutory threshold to constitute \u201cserious harm\u201d.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">When asked how long one might expect to experience serious psychological symptoms of that severity, Dr. Redden answered \u201cseveral months\u201d. Elston\u2019s counsel pointed out that Teddy Cook had professed on an Instagram post to be \u201cliving my best life\u201d just nine days after the X post at the centre of this case was published.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f44c770 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f44c770\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Media professor testifies that biologically accurate pronouns are \u201canti-science\u201d\u00a0<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-929158c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"929158c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The eSafety Commissioner called Professor Rob Cover of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, a Professor of Digital Communication, as an expert witness.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Professor Cover testified that he believes it is \u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">harmful<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201d, \u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">offensive<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201d, \u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">untruthful\u201d, \u201crude\u201d <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">and \u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">anti-science\u201d <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">to use biologically accurate pronouns when referring to a person who identifies as transgender.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">He added that using sex-based language \u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">adds to a kind of anti-trans rhetoric which is a common kind of misinformation&#8230;online and offline<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201d.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cover considers his personal view to be \u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">informed by science<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201d and by <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cthe truth of the person which wishes to be identified in that way in accordance with their reality.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Robert Clarke, Director of Advocacy for ADF International, which is backing Elston\u2019s legal defence, said:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThe decision of Australian authorities to prevent Australian citizens from hearing and evaluating information about gender ideology is a patronizing affront to the principles of democracy.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThe confidence of the Australian eSafety commissioner to censor citizens of Canada on an American platform, shows the truly global nature of the free speech crisis.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cSpeaking up for free speech is critical at this juncture, and we\u2019re proud to be backing Billboard Chris as he does just that.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Members of the public are invited to support Chris\u2019s legal case here: h<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/campaign\/support-billboard-chris\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">ttps:\/\/adfinternational.org\/campaign\/support-billboard-chris\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span 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relation to this story only<\/p><p>Pictured: &#8220;Billboard Chris&#8221; (Chris Elston); Chris Elston with the ADF International team supporting his case<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ddc7455 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"4ddc7455\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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