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Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known as Posie Parker, is a British women's rights activist, founder of the group Standing for Women, and a special advisor to the Women's Liberation Front|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/01/31/trans-sarah-mcbride-hrc-posie-parker/ |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref>[1][2]

History and activism

In February 2018, Keen was interviewed by the police for allegedly harassing Susie Green, CEO of transgender charity Mermaids. Keen had tweeted that Green had "castrated" her son and shared details about his medical history, that included seeking treatment outside the UK. The case was eventually closed with no further action.[3][4][5]

In May 2018, Keen and other audience members at a debate titled Genderquake hosted by Channel 4 heckled Caitlyn Jenner and Munroe Bergdorf.

In September 2018, Keen paid the advertising company Primesight to place a billboard poster under the pseudonym "Posie Parker" in Liverpool with the text "woman, wʊmən, noun, adult human female" in response to proposed reforms to the Gender Recognition Act 2004 and Joe Anderson voicing support for the trans community. Disgraced doctor, Adrian Harrop, who filed the complaint leading to the poster's removal, said it was a "symbol that makes transgender people feel unsafe". Primesight removed the poster, stating it had been "misled" and was "fully committed to equality for all". In response to the poster, LGBT charity Stonewall stated that "our 2018 Trans Report revealed that one in eight trans employees (12%) have been physically attacked at work, while two in five trans people (41%) have experienced a hate crime or incident in the last year. These are not just statistics, they represent the lives of trans people, which are only being made worse by increasingly frequent attacks in the media, online and in public spaces."[6]

On September 30, 2018, someone created a fake social media account impersonating her husband and sharing Keen's personal information, including her name and address.[7]

A billboard with the same slogan as the original was erected in Leeds on October 19, 2018. Kong Outdoor, which owns the billboard, removed it pending investigation.[8]

On January 28, 2019, Keen attended an event hosted by the Heritage Foundation in Washington D.C. opposed to the Equality Act, which would add sexual orientation and gender identity to existing civil rights law, and posted a video from inside the conference praising their coverage of the issue.[9]

On January 30, Sarah McBride, press secretary for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and a transgender person, addressed Capitol Hill for a private meeting to advocate for the Equality Act. Keen and Julia Long entered and challenged McBride. The HRC condemned the incident and blamed the Heritage Foundation, stating "It is disturbing but not at all surprising that anti-transgender extremists brought to the United States at the behest of the Heritage Foundation would stoop to harassing a transgender person and parents of transgender youth." A spokesperson for the Heritage Foundation stated they had "no contact with [Keen or Long] before or after our Jan. 28 event, and have zero connection to anything they did afterward."[9][10][1]

On January 31, Keen stated in an interview with the Spectator that the U.S exported the concept of transgender rights to the U.K. and "to stem the flow of female erasure we have to come to its source."[9]

In May 2019, a sticker designed by Standing for Women to look like an official sign was removed from a Dundee train station following complaints. The sticker read "Women only. This is a single sex service under the Equality Act 2010" and was placed over the original sign. Keen denied that the group placed the sticker.[11] It should be noted that Pink News is not a reliable source.

On July 27, 2020, Keen paid for a poster reading "I ❤ JK Rowling" to be displayed at Waverly Station in Edinburgh for Rowling's 55th birthday. The poster was taken down by the Scotland wing of Network Rail on July 30th, who stated that the poster was removed for violating its advertising guidelines due to its political nature.[12][13]

In December 2020, Keen became a special advisor to WoLF.[2]

On March 15, 2022, Keen attended an event hosted by the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network titled "How 'Gender Equality' Cheats Women and Girls." The event was held to coincide with a United Nations women's event.

In March 2022, she attended the NCAA Division I Women's Swimming Championship in Atlanta to protest Lia Thomas's inclusion in the event.[14][15]

On May 15, 2022, Keen organized a "gender-critical" rally that was disrupted by a trans activist. Keen stated the protest was held there since they couldn't access the statue of Emmeline Pankhurst due to a counter-protest by trans rights activists.[16]

On September 18, 2022, Keen hosted a rally in Brighton with Maya Forstater and Helen Joyce in attendance. Joyce was seen holding the Progress Pride Flag with the chevron for the POC, trans, and intersex communities cut off. the extremist group Reclaim Pride called it a "transphobic hate tour". Reclaim Pride, LGBWithTheT, which was set up to counter the LGB Alliance, and allies counter-protested the event. Police kept the protestors and counter-protestors separate. Keen was heard saying "Say this after me: Trans women are men. Trans men are women. There’s no such thing as non-binary and transitioning children is abuse." A police spokesperson said one 19 year old man was arrested on suspicion of assault and a 20 year man was arrested for obstructing a police officer, both were released pending further inquiries. A 50 year old man was charged with assault and two counts of possession of a bladed article, he was released on bail.[17]<ref name="Billson">

On September 22, in response to Eddie Izzard's announcement of his plan to run for MP for Sheffield, Keen announced her own plan to run, saying she would "campaign on the basis of repealing the Gender Recognition Act" and "erase the word 'gender'".

References

  1. ^ a b Burns, Katelyn (2019-09-05). "The rise of anti-trans "radical" feminists, explained". Vox. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  2. ^ a b Norris, Sian (2021-03-08). "IWD 2021: Radical Feminists and Radical Right Form Unlikely Alliance on International Women's Day". Byline Times. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  3. ^ White, Adam (July 31, 2020). "An 'I love JK Rowling poster' was removed from an Edinburgh train station due to its 'political nature'". Insider. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  4. ^ Glass, Jess (2018-05-10). "Exclusive: Genderquake audience were allegedly 'encouraged to heckle' trans panellists". Pink News. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  5. ^ Mowat, Laura (March 21, 2019). "Campaigner accused of transphobia says criminal probes into 'misgendering people' waste police time". Yahoo News. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  6. ^ "Woman billboard removed after transphobia row". BBC News. 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  7. ^ Braidwood, Ella (2018-10-01). "Trans campaigners condemn personal info leak of woman behind anti-trans billboard". Pink News. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  8. ^ Hyde, Nathan (2018-10-21). "Woman poster removed from Leeds billboard and investigated". Leeds Live. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  9. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Fitzsimons was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference Braidwood was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Smith, Reiss (2019-05-03). "Anti-trans bathroom sign removed from Dundee train station". Pink News. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  12. ^ Milton, Josh (2020-07-29). "'Gender critical feminist' Posie Parker pays for billboard declaring love for JK Rowling at Edinburgh railway station". Pink News. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  13. ^ Milton, Josh (2020-07-30). "Posie Parker's 'I Love JK Rowling' billboard has already been removed". Pink News. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  14. ^ Richardson, Valerie (April 10, 2022). "Pressure to define 'woman' puts Democrats in a political quandary". Washington Times. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  15. ^ Webb, Karleigh (2022-06-17). "Trans women must wait 2 years to be eligible, says cycling governing body". Outsports. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  16. ^ Chudy, Emily (2022-05-17). "Cis woman interrupts feeble anti-trans protest and instantly becomes an icon". Pink News. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  17. ^ Wentworth, India (2022-09-19). "PICTURES: Arrests made at Kellie-Jay Keen rally in Brighton". Sussex Express. Retrieved 2022-10-19.



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