Category: Writing
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Trans Kids Deserve Better
Trans young person…thirty years on “In the 1990s, I was a teenager and still at school. School was a nightmare. I did not fit in my body among my school peers. My deviance from classic beauty, stereotypical femininity prompted ostracization, rather than the unwanted, inappropriate sexual attention of some of my peers. Practically, there was…
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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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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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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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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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A Good Week for Bad People
It’s been a bad week of politics for queer people. It’s been a bad week of politics for trans people. It’s been a bad week of politics for anyone with a moral backbone or an ounce of care for other people. It’s been a bad week; but not the only week.
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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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Adult Human Female
Edinburgh University has seen 2 attempts by gender critical activists to screen the film ‘Adult Human Female’ cancelled following staff and students protests. A third attempt is on the cards. ‘Saying trans people don’t or shouldn’t exist is not a ‘personal opinion’ that we can ‘debate’.’ Ruth Elliott on the protest against the screening of…
Resisting Transphobia in Edinburgh 