NSW teachers are pushing gender identity ideology into classrooms, and the evidence is stacking up.

The Saturday Telegraph has revealed a 118-page teaching guide developed by the University of Sydney is being promoted by the NSW Teachers Federation as a curriculum-aligned resource for secondary students. 

Five sources – including three teachers from public and private schools and two parents – told the paper they have seen a rise in teachers blurring the line between biological sex and gender identity.

One PE teacher with more than a decade of experience described watching students cycle through pronouns over the years. A humanities teacher in Sydney’s inner west said she has seen relief teachers abandon pre-planned lessons to push their own interpretations of sex and gender. 

A father whose primary-aged daughter attended a school in the same area said the school was teaching her she could choose her gender – at the exact age she was learning what it means to be a girl.

This is not a theory. This is happening in classrooms, right now.

The NSW Department of Education’s Respectful Relationships Education program is supposed to teach age-appropriate content on consent, respectful behaviour and healthy relationships. It has become a vehicle for ideological instruction that contradicts biology and common sense.

Joshua Rowe from the Australian Christian Lobby put it plainly:

“Children deserve clarity, not confusion. Parents deserve transparency, not secrecy. Teachers should be free to speak truthfully about biological sex without fear of disciplinary consequences.”

No child benefits from being told that their sex is optional. No parent should have to discover – after the fact – that their child’s classroom has become a testing ground for gender ideology. No teacher should face professional consequences for stating biological facts.

The NSW Education Standards Authority says it does not endorse resources developed by external organisations. The Department of Education says it has received no complaints. 

That does not mean nothing is happening. It means parents and teachers are either unaware of the process for raising concerns, or afraid to raise them.

The government cannot claim to support women’s rights while standing by as the next generation of girls is taught that the category of ‘girl’ is up for grabs.

Parents need to ask questions. Schools need to be accountable. And the Department needs to audit what is actually being taught – not just what the curriculum says on paper.