Be part of a community drowning out hate to build a better future for us all.  

For years, a well-funded, globally connected group of anti-rights lobbyists, extremist politicians and the self-serving billionaires who fund them have been slowly gaining power. Together, they are re-shaping our world for their own interest, using fear and disinformation to fuel hate and attack our hard-won rights.

The most powerful thing we can do is refuse to let them divide us.

Every single right and freedom we enjoy today was won through people like us choosing to come together to create change.

United by hope and a vision for a better future, they created unstoppable movements that – today – ensure all of us, no matter our backgrounds, genders or what we look like, are treated with respect, dignity and equal worth.

But a vocal minority with connections to power is trying to undo those hard-won rights.

They are exploiting people’s real concerns – about rising inequality, a precarious economy and an increasingly uncertain future – to redirect anger away from the unjust systems they uphold and towards convenient scapegoats. Across the media, they are using emotionally charged narratives to create moral panics and falsely blame women, LGBTQIA+ people, and the movements who support them for all the problems in society. And we’re seeing these same tactics being used to undermine First Nations justice and sovereignty or to target the rights of refugees, migrants and people seeking asylum.

No matter the issue, their goal is to divide us and dull our collective power.

They want us to believe that we simply do not have the same values or share a common vision for the future. But we know that’s not true:

• 91% of Australians agree or strongly agree that trans people should have the freedom and choice to live their lives in the way that makes them happy.
• 81% agree or strongly agree that trans people deserve the same rights and protections as other Australians.
• The majority of Australians support access to abortion.

From the women’s suffrage movement to the Wave Hill walk-off and Sydney’s first Mardi Gras, we have seen time and again how powerful we truly are when we dare to believe in a better tomorrow and come together to make it a reality.

Now, more than ever, we need to stand up, speak out and reclaim our power–not just to protect what we have already achieved, but to build stronger, more united communities centred in decency, respect, care and equality.

This future is possible, but it’s up to all of us to build it.

That means making a real commitment to action. To waking up every day, ready to show up for each other and change what is within our grasp, no matter how large or small. It means resisting those who try to divide us and choosing instead to care for each other through it all. It means using our voice every time it matters, whether in the smallest of rooms or on the largest of stages.

Because if their movement for hate is going to be organised, our movement for hope must be too