Trans rights activists force feminists to barricade themselves in pub after protest

‘Bristol, what a disgrace. Women everywhere watching, this is why we need to raise our voices’

TRANSGENDER rights activists forced feminists to barricade themselves inside a Bristol pub yesterday after denouncing them as “fascists”.

Women’s rights activists from the organisation Standing For Women confronted trans-rights group Bristol Against Hate on the city’s College Green at around 1pm, with feminists claiming they were “silenced” by the balaclavaclad demonstrators dressed in black.

In a statement, Bristol Against Hate wrote: “Right-wing agitators intend to host a transphobic rally. We are clear: trans rights are human rights and these rights will be defended.”

Video footage shows the two sparring sides shouting profanities as police officers work to keep the groups apart. One person was seen holding a sign that read “TERFS should ‘suck my d---’.”

TERF, an acronym for trans-exclusionary radical feminist, is a derogatory term used to describe “gender critical” feminists.

After the protest finished, the women’s rights group said they went to the pub only to be left barricaded inside as the trans activists gathered outside. Police were seen guarding the entrance.

“Women & GC men have been blockaded at a Bristol pub by trans activists who won’t #Letwomenspeak,” one Twitter user wrote as she posted an image of the trans-rights demonstrators gathered outside. “The police have closed the pub’s gates.”

Another Twitter user who was caught up in the action wrote: “Never been evacuated from a pub before. Bristol, what a disgrace. Women everywhere watching, this is why we need to raise our voices and protect our rights, including our right to speak.”

One witness at the scene wrote on social media: “Currently in Bristol #Standingforwomen where the #Blackpampers have surrounded the pub, screaming through megaphones that they’ll leave bad reviews for the pub.”

The Standing for Women protest was organised by the group’s founder Kelliejay Keen, who also goes by the name Posie Parker.

She has been vocal in her stance that trans women are not women, and should not be recognised as women by law. Speaking on ITV’S This Morning in 2018, she said: “I really don’t think you can change sex in any meaningful way”.

Avon and Somerset police said in a statement: “Earlier today, officers facilitated around 150 peoples’ rights to protest in Bristol city centre.

“At one point, officers formed a line between protestors in order to keep them apart and maintain order.

“While both groups at times raised their voices, there were no physical confrontations.

“The right to protest is a fundamental democratic right and we are pleased to have been able to facilitate both these demonstrations.”