‘Australians are very much on side with my position. ‘I believe this is very much an issue of equality and fairness and I have received messages of support from all over Australia,’ she told him. Ms Deves insisted to 2GB’s Ben Fordham on April 29 that she was not transphobic or anti-trans, but has apologised for her comments and the way she phrased them. Katherine Deves has now accepted an offer to visit the Sydney Jewish Museum following the comments she made comparing her anti-transgender lobbying to opponents of the Holocaust When the Mail attempted to ask a question about Ms Deves’ brother in drag to her partner, David Morgan, he told Daily Mail Australia: ‘I’d rather look at that dog s*** there.’ Ms Deves said the Gay Pride flag ‘triggered’ her and said speaking out about the issue was akin to being part of the French Resistance that opposed German occupation during WWII.ĭaily Mail Australia tried to approach Ms Deves, but she ducked questions in an ugly confrontation which saw a bodyguard drive his ute in the direction of waiting press and the police called. The mother-of-three also called transgender children who had undergone sex re-assignment operations as ‘surgically mutilated’ and branded activists ‘groomer gender zealots’ and the ‘Rainbow Reich’.
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She claimed half of all men with trans identities were sex offenders, and that what she called ‘transvestism’ was common among ‘sexual predators and even serial killers’. Her resurfaced tweets – posted right up until she was named a Liberal candidate in April – called for a ban on the participation of transgender competitors in women’s sport and more broadly criticised some trans activists and supporters.
The recently qualified lawyer was handpicked by Mr Morrison to fight to regain the beachside seat for the Liberals after it was won by independent Zali Steggall in 2019.
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However she has also attracted strong support from the conservative wing of the party, plus former PMs John Howard and Mr Abbott, as well as Prime Minister Scott Morrison himself. The controversy over Ms Deves’s views – discovered in old social media posts – has prompted some Liberals to call for her to be dis-endorsed as a candidate for ex-PM Tony Abbott’s former seat of Warringah on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Jonathan Deves partied in drag for Mardi Gras 2010 and proudly paraded in the hot pink bikini, camping it up for pictures with friends