“Show Them Love And Support”: Nick McKim Defends Trans Kids During Impassioned Senate Speech

Nick McKim, the Greens senator for Tasmania has used his time on the senate floor to both defend trans kids in Australia, and deliver a blistering attack on One Nation.

“There’s basically never been a trans kid in this country that One Nation weren’t prepared to sacrifice and throw under the bus in the name of their incessant fighting of culture wars,” he says.

For the first time in its 29-year history One Nation is reportedly polling above 20 per cent nationally and is ahead of the combined vote of the Liberal and National parties, meaning their “dangerous ideology”, as McKim describes their stance on trans rights, is worth commenting on.

Leader of One Nation, Pauline Hanson has recently called for an immediate ban on all gender-affirming procedures for young people, including including puberty blockers and hormone therapies, saying “this is child abuse, plain and simple”.