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“By queering the senior ­English sample text list in the Australian curriculum … LGBTIQ+ youth will see aspects of their lives reflected at school.”

The $1.4 million program will run gender diversity training, provide support for gender diverse students, and offer lessons in reducing homophobia and transphobia.

“As a principal I’m highly aware of the disturbing mental health statistics for those who are trans or gender diverse… these aren’t just numbers. They represent real people who deserve our support.”

The government’s leaked bill bans discrimination against LGBTI students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, but allows it indirectly on the basis of “religious ethos”.

“I know rainbow families who really want their children to receive an education in a religious setting but worry that these laws make that hard or even impossible.”

“Our trans and gender diverse students just want to be able to attend school with their friends like every other student without fear and discrimination.”

The Labor Party has since committed to reforming laws which allow religious schools to discriminate against staff and students on the basis of their sexuality or gender identity.

Over the weekend a motion condemning “radical gender ideology” was unanimously supported at the party’s state conference.

The church had been approved to deliver scripture lessons in NSW schools.

Education Minister Rob Stokes said the program could only cover “modern problems that universally affect all young adults” given its 25-hour length.