Independent Alex Greenwich says ‘heartbreaking’ to lose his proposed laws governing treatment of gay students and teachers but ‘it’s not over’
The NSW premier, Chris Minns, will ask the Labor caucus to support independent MP Alex Greenwich’s LGBTQ+ equality bill this week.The NSW premier, Chris Minns, will ask the Labor caucus to support independent MP Alex Greenwich’s LGBTQ+ equality bill this week.without getting surgery, but gay teachers will still be able to be fired from some schools after a watered-down proposal received the premier’s support.
The reforms include protections for intersex children from unnecessary medical interventions and the creation of a domestic violence offence for outing or threatening to out an LGBTQI partner. “Although it’s deeply disappointing some reforms have been removed from the equality bill, it still contains vital measures that will improve the lives of people across NSW,” she said.He said the changes to the birth certificate regulations would bring NSW into line with other states and mean people were not “forced” into major surgeries.
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