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Advocates for Trans Healthcare provide space for discussion at Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress in Edinburgh
FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE Advocates for Trans Healthcare provide space for discussion at Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress in Edinburgh On Wednesday 19th, advocates for trans healthcare gathered outside the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Their aim: to provide a space for attendees of the Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress to talk with real…
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Abortion is a Human Right
Resisting Transphobia in Edinburgh joined Abortion Rights Scotland’s action on Saturday 27th April 2024, to underline the reality that abortion is a human right, that trans liberation includes reproductive rights, and that women’s liberation and trans liberation are overlapping chapters of the same story. Each year, SPUC (Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child)…
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Trans Pride Scotland 2024
What a great day! Even the weather was kind, as the sun came out after torrential rain and the occasional hail storm had made getting to Kilmarnock an interesting experience. Over 600 people participated in a march through Kilmarnock from Howard Park to the Ayrshire College. Our Resisting Transphobia in Edinburgh (RTiE) banner was there,…
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Real feminists reject transphobia
In a keynote speech at Saturday’s protest, a member of RTiE analysed how Posie Parker is fracturing and factionalising the gender critical ‘movement’. “We live in absurd times. Nominal feminists like Kellie-Jay Keen align with Fascists such as Britain First and Tommy Robinson. Self-described ‘Leftists’ such as Julie Bindel can move from condemning her politics…
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Drowning out Posie Parker
Saturday 6th of April, a great clamour echoes down Princes Street. A mixture of music and furious chants and sirens interrupts the usual hum of tourists and traffic. By the gardens, a quiet metal pen is surrounded on both sides. Posie Parker, real name Kelly Jay Keen, is a right-wing internet poster who makes a…
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Press Release: Edinburgh groups condemn Posie Parker rally
Edinburgh groups condemn Posie Parker Rally This Saturday in Edinburgh, Kelly Jay Keen-Mishull, aka Posie Parker, is holding a rally as part of her “Let Women Speak” campaign. Resisting Transphobia in Edinburgh are coordinating a counter-protest against her dangerously transphobic and far right views, along with Cabaret Against Hate and other activist organisations in the…
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Happy Birthday RTiE !
A founding member of Resisting Transphobia in Edinburgh describes the origins of the group and plans for the future. “How did the group start?” “It’s sort of in the name. Resisting transphobia in Edinburgh started as a very reactive thing, and I’m going to cast my mind back to this time last year or a…
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Posie Parker and Let Women Speak
What is ‘Let Women Speak’? With a website touting events, forums and a store, ‘Let Women Speak’ boasts that its events are the only events hosted by Posie Parker / Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, the transphobic, anti-feminist and far-right political campaigner. Such an event has been scheduled on 6th April in Edinburgh. As the Australian press wrote when she…
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Who is Kellie Jay Keen-Minshull / Posie Parker?
Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, who performs under the name Posie Parker, is a transphobic, anti-feminist and far-right political campaigner. She rose to notoriety in 2018 after being questioned by the police in relation to Twitter harassment of Susie Green (CEO of Mermaids) and her daughter. In the tweets, she misgendered Green’s daughter and made reference to “castration”.…
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International Women’s Day
You won’t hear Posie Parker celebrating International Women’s Day, but we will. We know that real feminists promote inclusion, that real feminists do not promote fear. We know that real feminists do not crumble, but work together to make things better for everyone. We know that real feminists stand together in solidarity, from Abortion Rights…
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