‘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

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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.

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