One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has said parents of young children who believe the child may be transgender should have their children taken away from them.
Appearing on the online political discussion program Pellowe Talk, the Senator discussed the Queensland government’s recent passing of a bill that outlawed gay conversion therapy.
Hanson said she refused to support the ban, and the calls for outlawing the practice only came from a few people who were gay.
The right-wing politician said she was tired of the letters that described sexuality and gender, before saying those who identify as transgender should be removed from supportive parents.
“The Q is for queer, and I asked the question in parliament – well what is queer? I have no understanding, I’m sorry, I’m from the old school, I’m sick of all these letters. There are about 37 or 39 different categories.”
Senator Hanson said parents who believe take their children to the doctor and believe their children are transgender are “bloody idiots” and “need their heads read”.
“Confusing kids and going to the doctor and parent’s saying ‘Look, my four year old they really can’t identify, and we want to change their sex.’ You are bloody idiots, how can a kid at four years old know if they want to be male or if they actually want to be a girl. There’s more to this and these parents need their head’s read or the kids taken off them, because they want to change their sex because the kids gone and played with a doll.” Senator Hanson said.
The Senator claimed some parents brainwash their child into believe they were transgender as they really wanted a child of the opposite sex.
“I remember my son and 12 months or 18 months old, he loved having a doll beside him and I put the bloody doll in the cot beside him. Guess what, there’s nothing wrong with him, but kids have to be kids, let them find their own feet, let them find their own sexual preference, who they are, as they go through puberty, don’t try and brain wash them into your way of thinking because you’ve got a boy and you really wanted a girl. It’s not about you, it’s about them finding themselves.”
Hanson then said young people should not be able to access counselling about gender until they were over 18 years of age.
