Opposite, Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, better known as Posie Parker, chanted “no woman has a penis, no man has a vagina” – “no woman has a penis, no man has a vagina “, under the boos of the community which faced him. A large police force was deployed, with several dozen police officers posted all around the Place des Nations and between the activists.
A tour under the slogan “Let women speak”
The activist had invited his supporters to meet her at the Place des Nations, Sunday at 1 p.m., as part of his tour “Let Women Speak(Let the women speak). It is also the name of her movement, which claims to be “radical feminist excluding trans people” (abbreviated under the acronym TERF for “trans-exclusionary radical feminism”). Less than twenty people had responded to his call.
She defines herself as an activist for women’s rights and believes that the presence of transgender people, who she says are “biologically male”, jeopardizes these rights. “Extreme actions require extreme language,” reads its website.
This takes place the day after the pride parade
His arrival in Geneva is part of a tour of several continents with stops in the United Kingdom, the United States, as well as in New Zealand where neo-Nazi militants have joined his movement.
It comes three days before the women’s strike and the day after the pride march, where many leaflets were distributed calling for demonstrations against its arrival. Entitled “Discoterfs” and organized by the CRAQ (Collectif radical d’action queer), the counter-demonstration is intended to be a moment of taking sound, visual and physical space, “so that our voices are louder than theirs”. “Struggles for the rights of trans people and struggles for the rights of women are inseparable”, reminded the organizers.
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