A Critical Perspective on Alex Greenwich’s Equality Legislation Amendment Bill | AWW Substack
Alex Greenwich’s Equality Bill is, frankly, alarming. What sets it apart from previous legislative efforts across Australia is not just its scope but its far reaching impact.
This Bill proposes to modify 23 existing Acts, affecting the community in every sector; from health, to employment, off-label drugs for minors, Crime, men in Rape/DV Shelters, superannuation, pimping, prostitution, males in female sports, males in female schools and accommodation, —impacting the majority of NSW’s population for the benefit of less than 0.01% (or .17% if you include nonbinary (people who feel they’re neither male or female).
At the heart of the controversy are changes to the Births, Deaths, and Marriages Act to facilitate self-identification, removing bans to commercial surrogacy, removing protections for prostitutes and allowing under 16s to easily access harmful irreversible gender drugs, without parental approval.
But the Bill’s ambitions don’t stop there; it also seeks to redefine aspects of the Crimes Act, especially concerning domestic violence, by criminalizing the act of “outing” someone’s past sexual orientation or gender identity—effectively making ‘misgendering’ a potential offence.
Consider the profound personal impacts of the Bill: A woman, whose husband of 30 years reveals he’s an AGP (a man who is aroused by the thought of himself as a woman) with a nappy fetish, may be prohibited from discussing this revelation with friends, family, and even in contexts like custody disputes where it could be highly relevant for child safeguarding. This protective stance prioritises the individual’s new identity, at the expense of all other concerns.