Labor targeting gay voters with Grindr ads
The Labor Party will tonight launch an advertising campaign on gay hookup app Grindr that highlights the Liberal Party鈥檚 problems with homophobia.
The campaign will reportedly focus on Liberal candidates Gurpal Singh, who recently apologised for linking homosexuality to paedophilia, and Gladys Liu, who has spoken out against Safe Schools and claimed the Chinese community doesn鈥檛 accept gender diversity, according to the .
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has in recent weeks publicly defended both candidates in spite of their past anti-LGBTI comments.
Singh commented in a 2017 interview ahead of the marriage equality plebiscite that same-sex marriage was 鈥渁n issue of paedophilia鈥�, adding that there would be 鈥渧ery serious鈥� consequences for children of same-sex parents.
鈥淲hen they grow up, how they will reconcile to the situation is beyond comprehension,鈥� he said.
Liu has the anti-bullying Safe Schools program, claiming it is 鈥渢eaching our children homosexual ideas and practice鈥� and calling for a stop to 鈥渟tealing our children from our own culture and values鈥�.
In a 2016 interview she claimed that parents in the Chinese community were opposed to trans acceptance and inclusivity, which she said would 鈥渄estroy鈥� a generation.
鈥淎 lot of Chinese parents they just do not agree with letting boys go into a girls鈥� toilet. They strongly oppose the Safe Schools program,鈥� Liu said.
鈥淣ot only toilets, it鈥檚 also the crossdressing, the introduction of transgender鈥攖his is something they found difficult to accept, especially to primary aged children.
鈥淭he second thing is same sex marriage, now that is kind of connected to the first one, that is their belief that same-sex marriage is against normal practice.
鈥淭he Chinese people come to Australia because they want good education for their children, good environment, they want good things for their next generation, not to be destroyed鈥攖hey use the word destroyed鈥攂y these sort of concepts of same-sex, transgender, intergender, crossgender and all this rubbish.鈥�
Labor鈥檚 Grindr ads will be visible to users in Singh and Liu鈥檚 Melbourne electorate areas.
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