Trans activists stood firm at a women’s rights event in Northumberland, which was spearheaded by anti-trans activist Kellie-Jay Keen, aka Posie Parker.
On Sunday, October 13, around 70 women were met by counter demonstrators in Morpeth during a Let Women Speak (LWS) event, which saw the trans community and its allies holding placards which read ‘Transwomen are women’.
The two groups were separated by a line of more than 20 police officers.
Organiser of LWS, Kellie-Jay Keen, took the microphone and said: ‘Some women are coming to speak using some words, and some spoiled brats are trying to stop us.
‘We just want to speak about our rights. We want to speak about our spaces, our sports, our children, our safety.’
During the speeches, the counter protestors shouted: ‘You’re not radical, you’re just d***heads.’
They blew whistles in an attempt to drown out the gathering and also shouted ‘get off the stage’ and ‘get some new material’.
As Kellie-Jay Keen took the microphone, she was branded a ‘fascist’ by the counter group.
The speeches took place overlooking the statue of Emily Davison — a social activist who spent time living in Northumberland and campaigned for women’s right to vote.