Cory Bernardi’s transphobic attack on ‘wear a dress day’ school fundraiser backfires

Cory Bernardi’s transphobic attack on ‘wear a dress day’ school fundraiser backfires
Image: Cory Bernardi. Image: YouTube.

Conservative Senator Cory Bernardi has tweeted a misguided transphobic attack on a school fundraiser.

“One school in SA now has ‘wear a dress day’,” he tweeted yesterday. “This gender morphing is really getting absurd.”

The day he referred to was in fact Craigburn Primary School’s ‘Do it in a Dress’ casual day, a fundraiser to support education for girls in Africa.

The day’s dress theme is optional, with kids also able to wear regular casual clothes.

Bernardi was immediately eviscerated by Twitter users for his comments.

“So it’s actually about bringing awareness and fundraising for girls’ education. No wonder Cory’s outraged,” posted one person.

“Proud to be a member of Craigburn PS—supporting students raising awareness of this issue—shame on you,” wrote another.

Bernardi’s attack on the fundraiser has backfired, instead drawing attention to the good cause.

The school’s goal was $900, and it has already raised over $21,000 to support girls’ education in Africa.

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5 responses to “Cory Bernardi’s transphobic attack on ‘wear a dress day’ school fundraiser backfires”

  1. Cory Bernardi is loathed by many 1000s of South Australian VOTERS and not all of them are GLBTIQ.
    In addition to being a bigot, a racist he is a homophobe ( I wonder how he will react should any of his children turn out to be GLBTIQ?)
    Probably in the same way a stupid member of my own family reacted when it was suggested that her son might be gay. She screamed “My son is not gay and I will not allow him to be gay!”
    She claims to be GLTBIQ Friendly! Silly bitch!

    • i live in the states, with our OWN issues with so called conservatives. this guy is either completely incompetent, or needs to fire his hate mongering assistants for NOT pointing that out, lol. unless he was twisting it on PURPOSE then he needs to be looked at for an early retirement :D

      good luck