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senate vote 2019-11-13#2
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Motions — Transgender Awareness Week- Motions - Transgender Awareness Week - Support
Description
- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2019-11-13.121.2) introduced by WA Senator [Rachel Siewert](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/wa/rachel_siewert) (Greens). Motions like these don't make legal changes on their own but are politically influential because they represent the will of the Senate.
- ### Motion text
- > *That the Senate—*
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- > *(a) notes that:*
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- >> *(i) this week is Transgender Awareness Week, and*
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- >> *(ii) Transgender Awareness Week is an opportunity to learn about gender diversity, work to remove all forms of discrimination against transgender and gender diverse people, and commit to being better allies; and*
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- > *(b) calls on all parliamentarians to:*
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- >> *(i) commit to learning more about the lives and experiences of transgender and gender diverse people,*
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- >> *(ii) elevate the voices of transgender and gender diverse people, especially during Transgender Awareness Week, and*
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>> *(iii) support the provision of essential health, social, cultural, and community services for trans and gender diverse people and their families, delivered with the meaningful input and involvement of these communities.*- >> *(iii) support the provision of essential health, social, cultural, and community services for trans and gender diverse people and their families, delivered with the meaningful input and involvement of these communities.*
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senate vote 2019-11-13#2
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<p class="speaker">Rachel Siewert</p><p>Before moving this motion, I ask that the name of Senator Dodson be added to the motion. At the request of Senators Rice and Dodson, I move:</p><p class="italic">That the Senate—</p>- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2019-11-13.121.2) introduced by WA Senator [Rachel Siewert](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/wa/rachel_siewert) (Greens). Motions like these don't make legal changes on their own but are politically influential because they represent the will of the Senate.
- ### Motion text
- > *That the Senate—*
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- > *(a) notes that:*
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- >> *(i) this week is Transgender Awareness Week, and*
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- >> *(ii) Transgender Awareness Week is an opportunity to learn about gender diversity, work to remove all forms of discrimination against transgender and gender diverse people, and commit to being better allies; and*
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- > *(b) calls on all parliamentarians to:*
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- >> *(i) commit to learning more about the lives and experiences of transgender and gender diverse people,*
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- >> *(ii) elevate the voices of transgender and gender diverse people, especially during Transgender Awareness Week, and*
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- >> *(iii) support the provision of essential health, social, cultural, and community services for trans and gender diverse people and their families, delivered with the meaningful input and involvement of these communities.*
<p class="italic">(a) notes that:</p><p class="italic">  (i) this week is Transgender Awareness Week, and</p><p class="italic">  (ii) Transgender Awareness Week is an opportunity to learn about gender diversity, work to remove all forms of discrimination against transgender and gender diverse people, and commit to being better allies; and</p><p class="italic">(b) calls on all parliamentarians to:</p><p class="italic">  (i) commit to learning more about the lives and experiences of transgender and gender diverse people,</p><p class="italic">  (ii) elevate the voices of transgender and gender diverse people, especially during Transgender Awareness Week, and</p><p class="italic">  (iii) support the provision of essential health, social, cultural, and community services for trans and gender diverse people and their families, delivered with the meaningful input and involvement of these communities.</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>The question is that motion No. 242 be agreed to.</p>
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