I am deeply concerned about the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration bill 2022. Biological males are not women and can never be women. It is unscientific and dangerous to allow men to change their birth sex to ‘female’. This bill, which will allow anyone to change their legal sex, has far reaching implications for female-only spaces, vulnerable children, and freedom of speech. Please reject this bill when it comes time for you to vote.

The Attorney General’s Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Bill 2022 is dangerous. It ignores biological science according to expert advice the Legal Affairs and Safety Committee received in submissions. The conflation of sex and gender is a major flaw of the bill. Biological men can never become women. It is one thing to allow people to change their gender, which is a social construct, but it is completely unscientific, dangerous, and inaccurate to change their sex. The recommendations of this committee appear to be steeped in political bias and should be discarded accordingly. Please reject the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Bill 2022 in its entirety.

The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Bill is ill conceived and unscientific. The Legal Affairs and Safety Committee has done Queenslanders a disservice by recommending this bill be passed. The conflation of sex and gender is based on a lie that creates disturbing and serious consequences. Women’s sports, women’s safety, and women’s equality are hard won human rights that will be reversed if this bill is passed. I urge you to listen to your conscience and reject this bill in its entirety.

I’m writing to let you know that I strongly oppose the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Bill 2022. Birth Certificates are historical documents that should provide accurate, factual data documenting the birth of the person described. The Queensland Government’s Bill will essentially legalise the falsification of birth certificates. The outcomes for women’s sports, women’s safety, and long fought-for women’s rights are disastrous and unacceptable. Please use your vote to oppose this legislation.