Help us Publish "Gender Ideology"

At Montrose Bay High School in Tasmania, Year 8 students were handed a workbook and made to read passages aloud, together, as a class, affirming that biological sex is merely a "suggestion." They were later formally assessed on whether they could demonstrate LGBTQIA+ "allyship." The Department insists that none of this promotes a particular ideology. The material handed to 13-year-olds says otherwise.

This isn't one rogue teacher, or one unlucky school. Versions of the same framework now run in every state and territory, and in most cases, there is no opt-out for parents who object. Complaints can be lodged only after the lesson has already happened, to a child who's already sat through it.

It's bigger than the curriculum too. Our own reporting found that Australian governments have handed $224 million to trans and LGBT advocacy groups over the past five years alone. The same investigation could not find a single taxpayer dollar funding an organisation representing the other side of this debate. This isn't a fair fight between two views being aired to parents; it's one side with a $224 million head start, and parents finding out what their children were taught after the fact.

It reaches teachers too. In the ACT, principal Janelle Rowe proposed swapping Wear It Purple Day at her primary school for Bullying No Way Week, the national anti-bullying week that falls the week before. She was placed under supervision, accused of underperforming, and instructed to take part in the day and wear purple. The Directorate's own records, released under Freedom of Information, describe her as "outstanding" and "highly capable", and quote a colleague calling her "the best leader I have ever worked with in my 40-year career". Her lawyer, John Steenhof of the Human Rights Law Alliance, said this was never about underperformance. After 34 years, she resigned.

Here's the part that gives us real hope: this works when parents push back with facts, not just outrage. Last month, our campaign against Wear it Purple in schools reached principals right across the country. One wrote back: "Thank you for your email. Please be assured that [our] Primary School does not support Wear It Purple Day. I will soon be updating our child safety procedures, and I will look at adding information about this organisation to our policy, to protect our school from any future approaches." One email, one principal, one school protected. Imagine what a book in the hands of thousands of parents could do.

That's exactly what we're building. We're writing and printing a plain-English, question-and-answer book that explains exactly what gender ideology is, and exactly how it's making its way into schools and government. We will present the facts a parent can read in an evening and can confidently hand to a teacher, a principal, or a sceptical friend when it matters. We chose the Q&A format deliberately: it's not a book you need to be an expert to hand over.

Here's the plan. We're printing 8,000 copies and handing out free copies at our stall at CPAC Australia, 10–11 October, at no cost to any parent who stops at our table, with the rest for all of our supporters who request it. It costs $5,000 to get the book written and $18,603 to print 8,000 copies: $23,603 in total. Our printer needs a full week to turn the order around, which means the funds need to be secured and the order placed by October 3rd.

Every $3 you give prints one more book. $50 puts 16 books into parents' hands. $100 puts 33 books into circulation. $300 funds 100 copies handed to parents, teachers, and grandparents who would never have found this any other way. Help us print the book that shows parents what their children are being taught.

Janelle Rowe didn't have this book behind her. The next principal, teacher, or parent who says no deserves better than she got. Help us make sure they have it.