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. 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'. 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'. 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.
