Australian PM Stands by His Support for Anti-Trans Candidate
- Candidate said transgender adolescents were ‘mutilated’
- PM said gender confirming surgery’s a ‘concerning issue’
Scott Morrison
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has doubled down on his support for a candidate who has made a series of controversial comments on young transgender people ahead of the May 21 national election.
Morrison defended Katherine Deves, a Liberal Party candidate for the wealthy Sydney electorate of Warringah, who has said “mutilation” is the “correct medico-legal term” for gender confirmation surgery among children -- a position she returned to in a May 9 interview aired on Sky News