Meet the activists on the ‘right side of history’

The debate surrounding gender identity is the surest sign that free expression is in danger in 2020s Britain. Things that were considered obviously true just five minutes ago have now become so taboo that in saying them you may risk your job or even receive an invitation to the local police station. The pace at which these rules have changed is a testament to the extraordinary influence that trans-rights activism has had on our culture and institutions.

However, a growing number of women don’t appear to care for these new rules. They have been organising around what they believe to be the biggest feminist issue of our day – the erosion of women’s rights and single-sex spaces for the benefit of biological men.

One such woman is gender-critical activist Kellie-Jay Keen, who organised a feminist free-speech event in my home city of Manchester on Sunday. The goal of the event was to create a ‘Speakers’ Corner’, with women standing in public space, microphone in hand, speaking their minds about gender ideology and transgender rights.

The original plan was to hold the event in the shadow of the Emmeline Pankhurst statue – a Manchester icon that pays tribute to the founder of the Suffragette movement. However, this plan was thwarted when members of ‘Manchester Trans Rise Up’ surrounded the Pankhurst statue as part of a counter-protest. The statue was adorned with pro-trans ribbons. And black-clad, mask-wearing counter-protesters formed a protective circle around the statue, preventing anyone ‘on the wrong side of history’, as they put it, from getting close to it.

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