Clashes Erupt Outside Sydney Church Over ‘Anti-Trans’ Speech

One Nation leader Mark Latham urges restraint from community

A supplied screengrab taken from video footage obtained on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, of a violent street protest outside St Michael's Church in Belfield, Sydney, Australia where One Nation leader Mark Latham was scheduled to give a speech on March 22, 2023. AAP Image/Supplied by Community Action For Rainbow Rights

Clashes erupted between rival protest groups after LGBT+ activists blocked a church venue where One Nation NSW leader Mark Latham was to deliver an allegedly “anti-trans” speech.

Around 15 LGBT+ protestors, organised by the Community Action for Rainbow Rights, waited outside St. Michael’s Church Belfield in Sydney’s multicultural western region on the evening of March 21.