Feminist writer Julie Bindel wins landmark legal case against council that cancelled event she was due to speak at due to her views on transgender issues
by Eirian Jane Prosser, Mailonline:
JK Rowling has congratulated feminist writer Julie Bindel after she won her legal case against a council who cancelled an event she was due to speak at because her views ‘fly in the face’ of their position on trans rights.
The radical feminist and lesbian activist, who co-founded the law reform group Justice for Women, took legal action against Nottingham council after its chiefs ‘deplatformed’ her just a day before her talk.
Ms Bindel had been due to speak about ‘feminist activism to end male violence’ in Nottingham at Aspley Library.
She claimed that she only found out the 90-minute talk had been cancelled as she was travelling up to the city from London.
Harry Potter author Rowling, who has come under fire this week after she blasted celebrities for backing the trans children’s charity Mermaids, said the court case outcome was a ‘win for freedom of speech’.
Reacting to Ms Bindel’s landmark case on Twitter, the Scottish author said: ‘An important win for freedom of speech and a reminder that however much some would like to censor and silence feminist groups and speakers, the latter have the law on their side.’
In June, the council said it decided to cancel the talk in June because of ‘the speaker’s views on transgender rights’.
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