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"Rights and protections for LGBTQ+ people in New South Wales have been
strengthened with the passing of a bill in the state parliament late on
Thursday, after the legislation was watered down to gain Labor support.
The equality bill will give transgender people the ability to have their sex
changed on their birth certificates without undergoing invasive surgery,
bringing the state in line with others, and non-binary will become a gender
option for birth certificates.
There were cheers in the chamber when the bill passed about 8.40pm. The
independent MP Alex Greenwich, who introduced the package a year ago, embraced
the leader of the government in the upper house, Penny Sharpe after the vote
that succeeded without the opposition’s support.
Greenwich said the changes would “improve LGBTIQA+ dignity, safety and
equality” and thanked Sharpe for her work getting the legislation through the
upper house.
“We’ve got more work to do and we start that work now with new confidence from
these significant wins for our community,” he said on Thursday night."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
