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Mother sues all-girls school for not accepting trans daughter

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inkjet · 19/08/2022 08:26

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11119965/Brisbane-private-school-Carinity-Education-Southside-allegedly-discriminated-against-trans-girl.html

The school say it’s because they didn’t meet the requirements as the school is for marginalised children. In terms of a legal defence, does Australia have anything like the Equality Act where males can be legitimately excluded?

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Whatwouldscullydo · 19/08/2022 08:48

I expect she just wants the argument. There must be other mixed schools the child can attend where there would not be this problem.

As an aside poor child on hormone blockers 😔

cexuwaleozbu · 19/08/2022 08:42

I am not in Australia and know nothing about their equivalent of the equalities act.

Looking at the school's own website ot is interesting that all the photos show only female pupils but all the language is bery carefully gender-neutral. They don't seem to have their full admissions policy published but their history says they were foubded to enable young women who got pregnant before the end of school to be able to continue their education. I suspect that they are open to all vulnerable young people who have a female body, including transmen and nonbinary people with xx chromosomes.. in that context it wouldn't be appropriate for a transgirl who is male-bodied to identify in to the criteria for admission as the criteria are deliberately totally neutral as far as gender-identity is concerned.

DifficultBloodyWoman · 19/08/2022 08:33

Unfortunately, Australia has drunk the kool-aid on this.

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