Original sentence: " In a statement to PinkNews about his comments, Linehan said "when a magazine purportedly for gay people, collaborates in homosexual erasure by indulging the straight fantasy that men can be lesbians, something has gone deeply wrong".Hayden alleged that Linehan had shared photos on Twitter of Hayden's family and her life before transition, suggested that she was a criminal, and repeatedly misgendered her and deadnamed her by using her previous name.In January 2019, Linehan expressed concern over the news that transgender support charity Mermaids UK was to receive a £500,000 lottery grant to open clinics around the United Kingdom, and posted to blogging website Mumsnet encouraging its users to lobby the National Lottery Community Fund to reverse their decision.In October 2018, Stephanie Hayden, a transgender woman, sued Linehan for harassment.Linehan alleges that Hayden later publicised details of Linehan's wife's business in retaliation.Linehan described the anti-transgender lesbian protesters at the 2018 London Pride event as "heroes".Linehan has compared transgender activism to Nazi Germany, saying "if you were around the time of something terrible happening like Nazism, would you be one of the people who said, 'This is wrong,' despite being opposed.Linehan was issued with a verbal warning by police.Linehan's comments and online campaigning also led to YouTuber and gamer Hbomberguy conducting a 57-hour fundraising livestream which raised a further £260,000 for Mermaids UK.The grant was reviewed, and ultimately awarded to the Mermaids charity