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Do you want to join us on our Sydney Mardi Gras float? 

Federation’s float for the Sydney Mardi Gras parade on Saturday 2 March will celebrate learning and inclusivity of LGBTIQA+ stories

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Listen to our rainbow story

Disclaimer: Some of the content contained in the interviews may be distressing to listeners. Federation encourages listeners to seek support

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Closing the next gap

Policymakers may have started understanding issues for LGBTIQA+ students in the school setting, but for gender and sexuality diverse Aboriginal

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You are always welcome here

Unions are a place for inclusion, Australian Education Union Federal Secretary Kevin Bates told participants at the Diversity in Education

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Latham report fails teachers and gender-diverse students

NSW Teachers Federation has condemned One Nation’s war on trans and gender-diverse students expressed in a biased and misleading report of a NSW parliamentary committee written by One Nation MP Mark Latham.

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How to respect your transgender students

A transgender, or trans, person, is someone who does not identify with the gender that they were assigned at birth. When they were born, a doctor looked at them, made a judgement based on their physical features and wrote “male” or “female” on their paperwork.

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Expression of Self: Navigating pronouns in schools

By changing one word in a sentence or by introducing yourself in a way that asserts your preferred pronouns, you might well help change a little piece of the world for the better.

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Wear purple on 27 August and foster year-round support of LGBTIQ youth

Research shows that 75 per cent of LGBTIQ youth will be bullied just for being who they are.

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Let’s beat One Nation’s bigoted Bill

​Submissions to One Nation’s Education Bill close this Sunday and Federation encourages members to make an online submission “via survey” before the opportunity is gone.

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Penguin partners lead Mardi Gras message

Who better to tip a bouquet of ice on a discriminatory policy against diversity than a pair of loved-up penguins?

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Sea Life and Wild Life member offer

Members can access both SEA LIFE and WILD LIFE this year for FREE.

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Federation joins 90 community groups to oppose One Nation bill

The New South Wales Teachers Federation has joined with a large number of community groups to oppose legislation on ‘religious freedoms’ put before State Parliament by One Nation.

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Book Reviews

The 57 Bus is a true story of two young people whose paths cross one day with significant impact.

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Union walks the rights road with LGBTIQ members

“All people must have equal rights,” declared Federation’s 1978 Sexual Discrimination policy.

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Federation joins celebrations for Wear it Purple Day

Federation joined more than 750 schools and universities as well as a range community organisations, corporations and government departments to recognise and celebrate Wear It Purple Day on 28 August.

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Wear It Purple Day celebrates 10 years!

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Wear It Purple Day, an initiative set up by young people to recognise that LGBTIQ (Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, Intersex and Queer/Questioning) young people have the right to be who they are, and can be proud of who they are.

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Proposed Education Bill has wide reaching ramifications

Legislation was recently introduced in the NSW Parliament that seeks to change the way teachers support the wellbeing of students and the subject material that can be covered in classes.

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Spotlight placed on LGBTIQ inclusion in the workforce

International Pride Month — June — is when many organisations reflect on LGBTIQ inclusive practices and how far they have come.

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Colour and creativity for IDAHOBIT

LGBTIQ communities around the world celebrated International Day Against Homophobia, Biophobia, Interphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) with colour and creativity on Sunday 17 May

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LGBTIQ events provide opportunity for recognition and inclusion

Specific days of recognition or celebration are an opportunity to reflect on how we incorporate and include LGBTIQ perspectives in our schools and subject areas.

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Actively showing our support

With the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras comes an increase of rainbows across the city, from businesses, government bodies and community.

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