Graham Perrett is finishing his speech with a defence of transpeople and warns against politicians interfering in private health matters:

I especially want to mention the parliamentary friends of LGBTIQ, a plus group that I helped form with Warren Entsch a long time ago, and Senator Sarah Hanson-Young. I know it’s in good hands, but with my good friend and comrade, Louise Pratt and Warren leaving soon I concerned that the 48th Parliament might not be ready for the US style attacks directed at the trans community.

In Queensland, in fact, some might say those attacks already here.

Bullies and fascists always seek small groups to target. They are not alone in seeking out the trans community in this way, trying to turn real people into the other.

Remember that Jesus Christ is no weather vane. He loves all people, always, not some people, sometimes.

He loves they and them and even you. And perhaps, if some politicians have become obsessed with how kids go to the loo, maybe it’s time to leave the cult and go see a therapist.

Dehumanising humans due to differences, is a pathway to hell.