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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Tamsin Rose NSW state correspondent

Minns backs LGBTQ+ reforms but students and teachers at religious schools could still face discrimination

A person draped in the progress flag standing in Sydney
The NSW premier, Chris Minns, will ask the Labor caucus to support independent MP Alex Greenwich’s LGBTQ+ equality bill this week. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

Transgender people in New South Wales could soon be able to change their sex on their birth certificates without getting surgery, but gay teachers will still be able to be fired from some schools after a watered-down proposal received the premier’s support.

The premier, Chris Minns, will this week ask the Labor caucus to back independent MP Alex Greenwich’s equality bill after a raft of amendments were made, including dropping changes to the Anti-Discrimination Act governing schools.

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