Category: Protests
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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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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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Transphobe appointed as University Rector
Outcry as core member of anti-trans hate group LGB Alliance announced as the next Rector of Edinburgh University. Simon Fanshawe, a co-founder of Stonewall who left the organisation due to his anti-trans stance, was appointed without a vote after another candidate was disqualified on a technicality. Staff, students and alumni are campaigning to have Fanshawe’s…
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Queer Solidarity Bloc: Why we stand with Palestine
Resisting Transphobia in Edinburgh (RTiE) and Queers for Palestine Scotland call out to all LGBT+ people to join a Queer Bloc in Edinburgh at the national Scottish protest in solidarity with Palestine on Saturday 3rd February (details to follow).
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Trans Joy Prevails
On 20th December 2023 the Scottish Government announced the end to legal challenges against the blocking of the Gender Recognition Reform Bill. But in ‘Trans Joy Prevails!’ we look at the support for the bill – with Lady Gaga.
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Adult Human Female: Not a victory for free speech
The showing of ‘Adult Human Female’ at Edinburgh University has made the campus a less safe space for staff and students. The film has about as much academic standing as ‘Birth of a Nation’, and the arguments within are just as toxic; but its showing has been hailed as a victory for “common sense” and…
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No Pride without Trans Pride!
The sun came out for over 400 people marching from the metal dragon on Dundee High Street to the Bonar Hall. According to Maggie Chapman MSP, it was ‘extremely colourful’, and pretty loud. Chants of ‘Trans rights are human rights’ and ‘Protect trans kids’, among others, set the tone, and there were many creative placards,…
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