A legal exemption that makes Queensland the only state to allow employers to discriminate against gender diverse and transgender people when working with children needs to be quashed, advocacy groups say.
Queensland’s Anti-Discrimination Act allows for discrimination “on the basis of lawful sexual activity or gender identity” if it is “reasonably necessary to protect the physical, psychological or emotional wellbeing of minors” in the workplace. Sex workers can also be discriminated against on the same basis.
