We’ve waited far too long.
Outdated legislation continues to affect LGBTIQA+ lives daily.
In Western Australia:
- Religious schools still hold a licence to discriminate against LGBTQA+ staff and students
- Harmful conversion practices, seeking to change sexual orientation and gender identity, remain legal
- The process for trans and gender diverse people to legally update their gender remains the worst in the country
- Surrogacy laws make altruistic surrogacy unavailable to people who are not women or heterosexual couples
- Intersex babies and children continue to be subjected to deferrable medical interventions without their personal informed consent
WA Labor has made many commitments ...
We’ve waited far too long.
Outdated legislation continues to affect LGBTIQA+ lives daily.
In Western Australia:
- Religious schools still hold a licence to discriminate against LGBTQA+ staff and students
- Harmful conversion practices, seeking to change sexual orientation and gender identity, remain legal
- The process for trans and gender diverse people to legally update their gender remains the worst in the country
- Surrogacy laws make altruistic surrogacy unavailable to people who are not women or heterosexual couples
- Intersex babies and children continue to be subjected to deferrable medical interventions without their personal informed consent
WA Labor has made many commitments and promises, without action.
This blatant discrimination has very real consequences for the LGBTIQA+ community, which can be seen in poorer health outcomes.
We need action during this term! The lives and wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ people in WA depend on it.
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