The tweet on Thursday wasn’t the first time Latham has very openly directed hateful comments at the LGBTIQA+ community.
A tweet posted by NSW One Nation MP Mark Latham was deemed so “depraved” that even those who have for years aided and abetted his hateful rhetoric directed at the LGBTQIA+ community have been forced to condemn him.
On Thursday, Latham posted a graphic homophobic tweet directed at independent member for Sydney Alex Greenwich, who is gay, after Grenwhich branded Latham a “disgusting human being” following the One Nation politician’s efforts to target members of the LGBTQIA+ community through the NSW election campaign.
Greenwich said he doesn’t expect an apology from Latham, and that Latham’s hateful tweet should offer renewed urgency in the pursuit of LGBTQIA+ reforms in NSW Parliament. Greenwich said he will not engage with Latham in the new Parliament.
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