OUR HARD WORK IS PAYING OFF AND OUR VOICES ARE BEING HEARD! 

BUT... we need to keep the pressure on to ensure this harmful legislation isn't introduced to Parliament.

I have been in contact with Paige from Equality Australia who has informed me of steps we can all take to prevent this bill being introduced  into parliament and the steps are mentioned below:

Paige encourages all who have signed to:

Write a letter to 5 relevant members of NSW Parliament using the letter tool via this link: https://equalityaustralia.org.au/ignoranceineducationbill/
The 5 relevant members are mentioned in the link above.

Equality Australia encourages the letter 'tips' or approaches below:

Our letter tips:
Your letter will be more effective if you personalise it. You can use our letter to get you started, but recommend that you start from scratch.

Our top tips to writing a great letter are:
- Give personal reasons to explain why this issue is important to you  
- Use your own words, not ours  
- Always be polite  

Our 6 issues with the Bill are below: 
One Nation NSW's Leader Mark Latham has introduced the Education Legislation Amendment (Parental Rights) Bill 2020, a harmful Bill which would:
1. Allow parents to deny their children access to lessons in public schools which may contradict their political, social or personal values, including their views about LGBTIQ+ people;
2. Require schools to present discredited counter narratives when teaching classes like science or history. For example, discussing creationism when teaching evolution, raising anti-vaccination theories when teaching about immunisation.
3. Prohibit schools from teaching that trans and gender diverse people exist and should be treated with respect;
4. Prohibit school counsellors from affirming a trans or gender diverse student or providing them with any support or referrals to gender affirming support;
5. Put teachers at risk of revoking their accreditation if they support a trans or gender diverse student in affirming their identity;
6. Enshrine biological fallacies, describing intersex people as disordered;

Also

If anyone who resides in NSW would like to volunteer to take the signatures into Parliament, please let me know and I will forward them to you, unfortunately I can't as I live in Melbourne.

Finally

I just want to take the time to individually thank each and everyone one of you, that's over 80,000+ people, for signing and sharing this petition. When I initially created this petition, I didn't expect much of a response and was well in over my head with what I was doing but I clearly did something right because look where we are. Thank you for uniting and getting behind this petition. Your support, your words and your care around this means so much to me and I cannot thank you enough.

Stay safe and look after yourself and those around you during this time. We are strong and empowered and ready to spark the dire change we need within this outdated society.

Warm Regards,
Sam
Pronouns: They/them