Finance Minister Simon Birmingham says legislation on trans rights should be scrutinsied by parliament.Major national sporting codes including Rugby Australia, the AFL, Cricket Australia, Tennis Australia, Football Australia, and Athletics Australia have not been consulted on the bill, nor have lobbied for it.
“It’s equally important to ensure that the rights of individuals and the rights of individuals of different gender identities are also respected and considered.” Beth Cook, president of the West Brunswick Football Club, said her club had a no-questions-asked rule about gender inclusion. She said her club did not hold concerns about differences in strength and fairness in its women’s teams.“We welcome and embrace anyone from the LGBTI+ community at our club, including trans and gender diverse players and don’t support legislation that seeks to exclude or dehumanise or not accept them in any form.
The treatment of transgender people was a divisive issue within the Liberal Party during the recent religious discrimination bill debate, during which five moderate MPs crossed the floor to add protections for transgender students. TheBragg said there were already “strong protections” in the Sex Discrimination Act that sporting clubs could rely on and any further legal changes should be scrutinised by the Senate’s legal and constitutional affairs committee.
“The simple amendment in Senator Chandler’s bill would remove that uncertainty and allow organisers of sport to get on with providing opportunities for women and girls to compete on a level playing field,” Spencer said. ”Cricket Australia has a number of policies in place to ensure cricket is a game that all people can play, including our Trans and Gender Diverse Policies for community and elite cricket,” a spokesman said.A spokeswoman for Netball Australia said, “sport must be inclusive for all people – regardless of background, race or gender.”
Why can't the crossdressers have their own code?
What total bullshit!
It has a name for the next six weeks; ' Red Herring'
Is it just trans women or will trans men be banned from playing mens sports as well? Or is it only femininity that is to be regulated (as always...) ?
This puppet birmo is so boring! VoteLabor
Maybe the Libs are trying to save face over the minister for education fiasco.
‘neither for nor against legislating’ ‘should be explored properly with sensitivity through parliamentary committee processes” ‘respected as a genuine consideration [but] equally important to ensure that rights of [others] are also respected & considered’ Sir Humphrey Birmingham
Simon Birmingham Minister for throwing out stupid LNP policy and seeing what sticks.
No, they should be thrown out as transphobic, no reasonable person should ever support them