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Using female toilets (IN QUEENSLAND ONLY PLEASE)
I have been trying to find what the law is in relation to a trans woman using the female toilets in Queensland? I have looked under the anti discrimmation act, and part of the state crime code, but found nothing. I have not had to use them as yet as i am very mind full that it could be against the law but it will happen in the future.
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The anti-discrimination commission in Queensland is the place to go.
They have a brochure that clearly sates the rules.
http://www.adcq.qld.gov.au/Brochures07/GIdiscrim&vil.pdfAnd I quote:
Quote:What is discrimination based on gender identity?
It is treating you less favourably than someone else because you
• identify as a member of the opposite sex and seek to live as
someone of the opposite sex, or
• are of indeterminate sex and you seek to live as a member of a
particular sex.Discrimination may be unlawful depending on the circumstances.
Examples
You don’t get a job because the employer says ‘a transgender wouldn’t fit in with the rest of the staff’.You’re told in a pub to ‘use the other toilet’ when it doesn’t fit with your gender self-identity.
The law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity is the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Act 991.
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the Queensalnd law states that you can enter the toilet of your percieved gender, so if you register as female, you enter the female toilet, if not, you enter the male toilet.
discrimianation act 1991, addendum 20 enacted 1 May 2004
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Quote:I’ve deleted all the toilet stuff that followed the previous (off-topic) post.The ability of intelligent people to
a) ignore a reminder what the topic was about,
b) be so self-centred as to ignore the original question in a “seeking help” forum, and
c) ignore the actual check questions on posting is beyond my understanding.
