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Federal MP Barnaby Joyce called the party 'one of the gayest in Australia' while distancing it from Singh’s remarks. LGBTQIA+ groups condemned the comments as harmful and baseless.","category":"Politics","area":"Asia-Pacific","publishedAt":"2026-08-12T13:25:29.758Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-12T11:49:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-13T16:30:27.105Z","readTime":"5 min read","scores":{"trust":68,"critic":95,"hype":30,"notes":{"trust":"Multiple named sources (Joyce, Singh, Holden) and independent outlets corroborate the story.","critic":"Quotes from involved parties, clear context, and next steps are provided, keeping facts separate from commentary.","hype":"Headline reflects quoted remark without exaggeration; article presents the statements without sensational language."}},"tags":["#AustralianPolitics","#OneNation","#LGBTQIARights","#BarnabyJoyce","#WesternAustralia"],"entities":["Parminder Singh","One Nation","Barnaby Joyce","ABC Australia","Equality Australia","Living Proud Inc"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Parminder Singh, a former One Nation WA candidate, said in a video that gay people have a mental illness and opposed same-sex marriage.","One Nation removed Singh’s profile from its website after the comments became public, as reported by ABC Australia and others.","Barnaby Joyce, a One Nation MP, called the party 'one of the gayest in Australia' while distancing it from Singh’s remarks.","LGBTQIA+ advocates condemned the comments as harmful, with Equality Australia calling them 'outdated and deeply offensive'."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Parminder Singh, a former One Nation candidate for Western Australia’s upper house, said in a social media video that gay people have a mental illness. The comments were posted by Perth comedian Jasky Singh, who shared clips of the interview. In the video, Parminder Singh also claimed that same-sex relationships were an 'advertisement' to young people and that women who tried relationships with women would not 'go back' to men."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"One Nation removed Singh’s candidate profile from its website after the video became public. ABC Australia reported that the profile was still visible when it first contacted the party but was taken down later. Barnaby Joyce, a federal One Nation MP, said the comments were 'highly offensive' and did not represent the party. Joyce told ABC TV that One Nation was 'one of the gayest parties in Australia' and had a 'large proportion of gay people'."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"LGBTQIA+ groups condemned Singh’s remarks. Meaghan Holden, CEO of Living Proud Inc in WA, said the comments were 'inaccurate, harmful and inconsistent with decades of medical and psychological understanding'. Anna Brown, head of Equality Australia, called the remarks 'outdated and deeply offensive' and said they contributed to stigma and social exclusion."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the digests from the left-rated outlets mentioned Singh’s comments about transgender people, which were reported in full by ABC Australia. The right-rated digest from The West Australian did not mention the removal of Singh’s profile from One Nation’s website. 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