Posie Parker’s “Let Women Speak” rally in Edinburgh on 6 April was met by a large counter-protest.
A significant counter-protest was held in Edinburgh yesterday (6 April) to support a “Let Women Speak” rally organized by transgender activist Kellie Jay Keen-Minshull, who also goes by Posie Parker.
According to The Telegraph, Keen-Minshull claimed the march was to “test the legislation” in light of Scotland’s fresh hate crime laws, which have already been challenged by Scotland-based Harry Potter writer JK Rowling.
In a number of mispronounced social media posts on April 1st, Rowling described “every past one of them” as “men,” referring to transgender activists, public characters, and convicted sexual offenders.
The Telegraph’s content about the Posie Parker/Keen-Minshull rally read, “Feminists accuse pro-trans activists of ‘intimidation’ on the British march,” was the headline of the article. Keen-Minshull has asserted on numerous occasions that she is not female.
Pro-transgender organizations, including Cabaret Against the Hate Speech ( CAHS), which describe themselves as” an LGBTQ+ group that organizes counter protests against all forms of hate speech across Scotland through live music, song, and dance, were against the Edinburgh rally, which started at 1pm.
Many guests on both sides tweeted that the Cabaret’s music had “drowned out” the gender-critical event after the group banged drums and played music during the” Allow Women Talk” rally.
Who is Posie Parker?
Kellie- Jay Keen- Minshull, better known by her surname Posie Parker, has quickly become one of Britain’s most famous pro- trans politicians.
She initially rose to notoriety in 2018 when she was questioned by officers over comments she’d posted about about Susie Green, CEO of transgender charity Mermaids, and her transgender child.
In the comments, Keen- Minshull misgendered Green’s princess and made research to” stoning”.
Keen- Minshull has recently made headlines as a result of organizing anti-trans demonstrations and activities in the US, Australia, and the UK. She even founded the anti-trans campaigning class Standing for Women, which she uses as a platform to express her gender-critical beliefs.
She has recently received criticism for praising important far-right activist Tommy Robinson in a Female Current podcast and for making a video with far-right YouTuber Jean-François Gariépy, who calls for a” white ethno-state.”
On the social media platform Spinster, she is accused of using a Barbie doll with Nazi even as her account image. Moreover, 30 Neo- Germans likewise showed up to a’ Let Women Speak ‘ tour in Melbourne, Victoria in March 2023– Keen- Minshull denied were there for her protest.
Trust no hate’s State of Hate 2023 record singled out Posie Parker as a “leading words in the anti- trans motion”.
” She has increasingly found assistance from, and an clash in, opinions with the far right, which has also extremely focused on transgender people”, the statement read.
