Wednesday, 12 November 2025

 Moira DEEMING (Western Metropolitan) (12:56): (1947) My question is for the Minister for Education. Under the School Sport Victoria LGBTIQA+ student policy, transgender-identifying students are expressly permitted to use whichever toilets and change rooms and to play in whichever sporting divisions that they ‘feel most safe and comfortable in’. There is no equivalent policy protecting the safety and comfort of girls. Girls have complained to me about being forced to compete against boys, and after they lose or get injured, they are just told to ‘be nicer’ and ‘get over it’. They have also complained about boys and male teachers who identify as transgender coming into their change rooms while they are trying to get undressed. Girls in Victoria do not feel safe or comfortable, and they are not allowed to have fair sports. Will the minister fix this, or do they just not care about girls at all?

The PRESIDENT: These are constituents that you have spoken to in your schools?

Moira DEEMING: Yes.