The Greens have launched a new campaign in support of trans rights after Pauline Hanson’s First National Press Club speech included attacks on the trans community. Senator Penny Allman-Payne announced the Trans Insurgency campaign with The Rainbow Greens and The Greens Australia as a direct response.
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* Penny Allman-Payne announced the Trans Insurgency campaign.
* The campaign was launched with The Rainbow Greens and The Greens Australia.
* It was created in response to Pauline Hanson’s Press Club speech.
* Hanson warned of a “transgender insurgency” and made transphobic remarks.
* The Greens say the campaign supports trans rights in Australia.
* The announcement adds to the political debate over trans rights.
The Greens have stepped into the latest fight over trans rights in Australia, with Senator Penny Allman-Payne unveiling the Trans Insurgency campaign this week.
The announcement came alongside The Rainbow Greens and The Greens Australia after Pauline Hanson used her First National Press Club speech to target trans people and warn of what she called a “transgender insurgency.”
The campaign is being framed as a direct pushback against the kind of rhetoric that has increasingly dominated public debate around trans rights. Hanson’s speech, which drew widespread criticism, included multiple transphobic statements and placed trans Australians once again at the centre of a political culture war.
Allman-Payne’s response makes clear the Greens are treating the issue as more than a talking point. The new campaign is intended to support trans people and amplify trans rights at a time when anti-trans sentiment remains highly visible in politics and the media.
“Trans people deserve safety, dignity and respect,”
is the core message being put forward through the campaign, which aims to mobilise support from across the Greens’ network and beyond.
For trans Australians, the announcement is part of a broader pattern: public attacks followed by public resistance. And in that sense, the name Trans Insurgency is deliberate. It flips the language of threat back on to the people using it, while putting trans lives and rights back where they belong — in the political conversation on equality and safety.
The move also highlights a divide in Australian politics. On one side, a growing push for visibility and protection. On the other, a renewed wave of anti-trans messaging dressed up as concern. The Greens are signalling which side they are on.
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