Western Australia’s Acting Equal Opportunity Commissioner has commented on a recent media report about parents at a Catholic School in Perth being alarmed about a female transgender child wearing a girl’s uniform. “If a male child identifying as female wishes to wear a dress, it should be their choice.” Dr John Byrne said in the commission’s […]
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13 Mar 2019 /
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“Has political correctness gone mad?”, that’s the question Western Australia’s Equal Opportunity Commission will be asking in an upcoming discussion. The discussion was planned to coincide with Human Rights Day last December but had to be postponed. Now the event will be taking place on Thursday 15th March at the State Library. “Thursday 15 March […]
Tags: Anne Aly, Dr John Byrne, Equal Opportunity Commission, Gillian Triggs, Peter Abetz, Peter van Onselen
13 Feb 2018 |
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WA’s Acting Equal Opportunity Commissioner has shown his support for gender neutral school uniforms. Dr John Byrne said gender neutral dress options were a part of modern society. Gender neutral school uniform options not only allow male and female students to comfortably engage in the same physical activities, they often reflect acceptable dress codes in […]
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10 Jan 2017 |
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