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'.
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.
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. Thank you everyone for sticking around and all your support over the years.Jonathan Deves partied in drag for Mardi Gras 2010 and proudly paraded in the hot pink bikini, camping it up for pictures with friends I feel so lucky to have produced all the OJST comics that I did and I’m proud of what this site has become and I’m so, so, so grateful I have the support to take some time to myself to recover. It’s helping me see what I loved about this place and career in the first place. This time away from the regular grind has been good for my brain and heart. AND it’s making me inspired for my own OJST comics again? I don’t wanna get anyone’s hopes up or anything, but there may be a comic or two from Matt and me again in the future. Obviously, we’ve always showcased the work of additional cartoonists, but to see this site become more of a community-driven resource that shares an even wider variety of views and experiences, I dunno man, it just feels good.
It’s been fascinating and heart-filling to see this place fill up with comics by other creators. THIS?Īnyway, I just wanted to let you guys know I’m still alive and I am just so incredibly grateful for and impressed by all the hard work that Matt and the newly assembled OJST Team have put into keeping this site running without my participation so that I have the time and energy to rest and work on my other projects for a bit. Oh, and I just made an Instagram account to show off my extremely cool and not at all unnerving Lady Lovely Locks collection, despite intense discouragement from multiple people who love and care about me. I’m already past 70 rough pages! If you saw some of my earlier OJST comics that mentioned going through IOP and wondered “What the heck even is that?”, then Letters From Space Camp is for you!Īside from comics, I’ve also been making lots of cool shit too, with the Good Posts about them going up (mostly publicly! For free!) on my Patreon. What does one do when they take a break from their long-running, deeply personal and frequently autobiographical comic series? One starts a new deeply personal, entirely autobiographical graphic novel, of course!
Well it’s been a while and I thought it was about time I gave you all an update on where I’ve been and why!Īfter nearly a decade of working on OJST non-stop, I was feeling preeeeetty burnt out so I’ve been taking the last seven months to switch gears for my creativity and health. Hey! Erika here! You still remember me, right? …I drew all the pink comics on this site for the first, like, 8.5 years of its existence? Yeah, that was me!