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‘There’s male, there’s female, and then there’s mental illness,’ Tyron Whitten says on YouTube showGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation senator Tyron Whitten has claimed parents supporting their children who identify as transgender are engaging in “child abuse”, telling a fringe YouTube show: “there’s male, there’s female, and then there’s mental illness”. Guardian Australia…
Published August 15, 2026 · Category: News
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‘There’s male, there’s female, and then there’s mental illness,’ Tyron Whitten says on YouTube show
One Nation senator Tyron Whitten has claimed parents supporting their children who identify as transgender are engaging in “child abuse”, telling a fringe YouTube show: “there’s male, there’s female, and then there’s mental illness”.
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Guardian Australia has unearthed several incendiary comments from Whitten and fellow One Nation senators Pauline Hanson and her longtime lieutenant Malcolm Roberts, about transgender Australians.
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Originally published at www.theguardian.com.
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‘There’s male, there’s female, and then there’s mental illness,’ Tyron Whitten says on YouTube showGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation senator Tyron Whitten has claimed parents supporting their children who identify as transgender are engaging in “child abuse”, telling a fringe YouTube show: “there’s male, there’s female, and then there’s mental illness”.Guardian Australia has unearthed several incendiary comments from Whitten and fellow One Nation senators Paul
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