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

New South Wales parliament passes bill to strengthen LGBTQ+ rights

The NSW equality bill brings the state into line with others.
The NSW equality bill brings the state into line with others. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

Rights and protections for LGBTQ+ people in New South Wales have been strengthened with the passing of a bill in the state parliament late on Thursday, after the legislation was watered down to gain Labor support.

The equality bill will give transgender people the ability to have their sex changed on their birth certificates without undergoing invasive surgery, bringing the state in line with others, and non-binary will become a gender option for birth certificates.

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