Seven police officers sent to remove four women from ‘inclusive’ talk on transgender issues featuring CEO of Mermaids
by Camilla Tominey, Telegraph:
An academic was forcibly removed by police from a ‘transgender visibility’ event after organisers complained she made members of a panel discussion ‘feel uncomfortable’.
Dr Julia Long was carried out of the Accenture International Transgender Day of Visibility Panel Event on Thursday night after seven officers from City of London police responded to a complaint from organisers about the presence of a group of four women.
The women were asked to leave after being told they were not welcome at the ‘inclusive’ event at consultancy firm Accenture’s head office in London.
The group, which included a journalist, a Labour Party activist and a woman who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisals, refused, telling organisers they had obtained tickets and had not interacted with anyone else in the room.
Tickets to the event were freely available to the public, with organisers Helena Pradip and Oliver Holmes of the Pride in Accenture diversity network sending a message to ticket holders which said: ‘Please be reminded that this event is centred around inclusion, open to everyone of all ages.’
At the event, however, Ms Pradip told the women: “My panel does not feel comfortable with you here”.
The panel included Susie Green, head of transgender children’s charity Mermaids. Hours before the event, Surrey Police released a statement saying they were no longer pursuing a case against Caroline Farrow, a Catholic mother of five after Miss Green had complained about tweets she claimed were abusive including the misgendering of her transgender child.
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