Six young students from Westbourne Grammar in Melbourne’s west have fought for compulsory LGBTQIA+ education in primary schools.Their Compulsory LGBTQIA+ Education for Primary School Students Bill 2021 was passed in the YMCA Victorian Youth Parliament last week.
YMCA’s Victorian Youth Parliament is a program consisting of 120 young people who come together to debate bills that they have written themselves.
The bills that get passed in the Parliament are then handed onto the Minister for Youth for consideration. This is the second LGBTQI+ bill that was passed in the Youth Parliament.