(Australia) 'Targeted discrimination': NSW government rejects Mark Latham's trans bill

Source: The Guardian

‘Targeted discrimination’: NSW government rejects Mark Latham’s trans bill

Proposals included a ban on transgender school students from confidentially coming out and restrictions on sports and toilets

Michael McGowan
@mmcgowan
Wed 16 Mar 2022 09.45 GMT

The New South Wales government has confirmed it will not support One Nation MP Mark Latham’s controversial bill to ban discussion of gender diversity in classrooms, saying it could cause “targeted discrimination” against trans students.

First put forward in 2020, Latham’s “Parental Rights” bill sought to prohibit teachers from discussing “the ideology of gender fluidity to children in schools” and prevent schools from supporting transgender students without parental consent.

In September, a parliamentary inquiry into the bill that was chaired by Latham recommended more far-reaching prohibitions be included in departmental policies on trans students in schools.

The changes would have prohibited students from confidentially coming out as trans to their teachers, banned trans students from playing school sports aligning with their gender from high school, required trans students to undergo a full medical transition to use toilets aligning with their gender, and required parental consent before any discussion of matters concerning gender or sexuality.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/16/targeted-discrimination-nsw-government-rejects-mark-lathams-trans-bill