In an exclusive interview with Sky News, the biological sex campaigner, who is running in the NSW seat of Warringah, appeared to double down on the descriptions she had previously apologised for as she also took a swing at NSW Treasurer Matt Kean.
“I’m apologising for how people might have perceived it, and the fact that it is confronting, and it is ugly, and I certainly don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings,” she said.
Last month, news.com.au revealed that Ms Deves had deleted her Twitter account after she joined the race for pre election as the candidate for Warringah including graphic images of a topless transgender teenager who had their breasts surgically removed.
The deleted tweets read: “They will not stand for seeing vulnerable children surgically mutilated and sterilised,” and contained a photograph of a teenager who had undergone top surgery.
“The lawsuits will be legion, as will be the government inquiries. Complete failure of safeguarding. Mark my words.”
The term ‘top surgery’ is used because it sounds less brutal than bilateral masectomy.
The misuse of language is at the very centre of the trans debate. Language is twisted, bent, camoflaged, hidden, harmful.
Deves should not apologise to anyone, nor does she need to.