Liberal Candidate Katherine Deves Deletes Twitter Account Over Past Anti-LGBT Posts

starobserver.com.au:

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For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.Deves, co-founder of the Save Women’s Sport group that aims to stop trans women from competing in female sports, is a Liberal candidate for the crucial seat of Warringah, which is currently held by Independent Zali Steggall.News.com.au reported that in social media posts Deves had described trans kids as “surgically mutilated and sterilised” and in another post had said she was “triggered” by the LGBTQI Rainbow Pride flag.In one of the posts, Deves shared a photo of a trans teenager, who had their breasts removed. “This photo just hit my It is beyond heartbreaking,” she posted.In another post, she wrote: “They will not stand for seeing vulnerable children surgically mutilated and sterilised in futherance of an unattainable idea.”A May 2021 post said she was triggered by the Rainbow Pride flag. “I get triggered by it.

Whenever I see it on social media I think ‘What now? What are they demanding now?’ And I grew up with gay relatives and siblings and hung out in Surry Hills and X in Sydney in the 1990s.

Lots of LGB family and friends, their movement has been destroyed.”Following the publication of the news report, Deves, who had previously deleted the messages, deleted her  social media accounts.