Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull

Kellie-Jay Nyishie Keen-Minshull , also known by the pseudonym Posie Parker (not to be confused with actress ), is a British anti-transgender(May 25, 2024). "Kellie-Jay Keen calls for employers and landlords to be able to discriminate against trans people." YouTube. (Archived). activist, fascist and founder of the group Let Women Speak (formerly named "Standing for Women"). Initially a controversial figure within TERF circles, kicked out of Woman's Place UK and condemned as a "bigot" by Julie Bindel,Vic Parsons, "The 'gender-critical feminist' movement appears to be falling apart at the seams. Here’s why", PinkNews, 19 January 2020 she eventually won over the likes of J.K. Rowling."Posie Parker departs New Zealand; JK Rowling blasts protest as ‘repellent’", NZ Herald, 25 March 2023Twitter, via the Wayback Machine: "But as I've already told her, she knows where I am." Dated to May 29, 2023. She became known for her inflammatory rhetoric and flamboyant style.
In 2021, she infamously called for "men with guns" to patrol women's toilets to protect against the imagined threat somehow posed by trans men and women.Josh Milton, "'Gender critical feminist' Posie Parker wants men with guns to start using women's toilets, PinkNews, 30 January 2021 In 2024, she advocated for employers, funeral homes, and landlords to discriminate against transgender people.
Keen has repeatedly collaborated with the far-right to crush transgender rights.Xander Elliards (February 4, 2023). "Who is Posie Parker? The anti-trans founder of Standing for Women". The National. Quote: "She has further courted controversy after praising far-right campaigner Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (Tommy Robinson) in a Feminist Current podcast. … One incident came after she took a selfie with Hans Jørgen Lysglimt Johansen, a Norwegian neo-Nazi who was probed by police after his comments against Jews and denial of the Holocaust. She was interviewed by the far-right network Soldiers of Christ Online, and appeared in a video alongside Jean-François Gariépy, a prominent far-right YouTuber who calls for a 'white ethno-state', according to PinkNews. Other guests on Gariépy’s show have included former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. Parker has claimed that she did not know the people in question were far-right when she spoke to them. Parker was also accused of using a Barbie doll wearing a Nazi uniform as her profile picture on the social media site Spinster." In likely the most notorious incident of this, "a range of individuals on the far right spectrum" showed up to support her 2023 anti-trans rally in Australia; shortly after, Australia introduced a ban on Nazi symbolism, possibly due to the supportive presence of neo-Nazis holding a "destroy paedo freaks" banner and throwing at said rally.Tom Housden (June 8, 2023). "Australia to introduce national ban on Nazi symbols". BBC News.Shaun (July 11, 2023). "Kellie-Jay & the Neo-Nazis". YouTube.(March 28, 2023). "Posie Parker: Anti-trans rally attracted a range of far-right groups, researchers say". The New Zealand Herald. Hope not Hate noted that "she has increasingly found support from and an overlap in views with the far right."Hope not Hate: Case file: Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull
==Background==
Kellie-Jay Nyishie Keen was born in June 1974 and grew up in Somerset.Leah Marriott, "We find how Posie Parker became a high profile debater and acclaimed podcast host", BlastingNews, 24 July 2020Birth month and year from the government record of the Standing for Women lobby group that Keen has served as director of since January 2023.Post by @PosieParker on Spinster.xyz: "My actual full name is Kellie-Jay Nyishie Keen-Minshull." Keen has stated that she was "raised in an atheist household", and she remains an atheist."Catholic vs. Atheist - 2019-11-27 - Posie Parker" on YouTubePost by ThePosieParker in a 2011 Mumsnet thread full of Islamophobia. She earned a bachelor's degree in theology from Leeds University and thereafter studied to become a teacher. However, she ended up in a sales job at an events-planning company, where she has claimed that she "did very well in a mostly male environment, excelling past [her] peers."Bridie Pearson-Jones, "How a mum who once encouraged her sons to play with dolls transformed into the leader of a 'transphobe' movement dividing Australia - as she reveals the moment that changed her 'Spice Girls' thinking forever", Daily Mail, 21 March 2023 Through this job, she met company president Ryan Minshull (a.k.a. Max Ford), describing their connection as "love at first sight." The couple married and had four children. Keen has described herself as a "full-time mother" and "housewife."Linda Blair and Rachel Bell, "Why it's ok for boys to play with dolls", The Times, 21 December 2010
==Finding and rejecting feminism==
In a 2010 Times profile, Keen stated that she "grew up believing that feminism was a battle that had been won," but questioned this conclusion after "read[ing] a thread on Mumsnet about rape." At the time, Keen reported that she was raising her children with the goal of counteracting gender stereotypes, letting her sons play with dolls and giving her daughter "books where the female character doesn't needs rescuing." She stated that she rejected the idea that "boys are more violent," elaborating that she and her husband had "taught [their children] that hitting is not acceptable," and never excused behaviour with "boys will be boys." In a 2011 Mumsnet post, Keen expressed conflict over her feminism, writing that she "feel[s] like a feminist and then turn[s] around and feel[s] like a failed feminist," and that "many of my relationship issues, which I bury, are deeply unfeminist."2011 Mumsnet post
Mumsnet was likely Keen's entry point to transphobia. The site's role in the radicalization of British women into anti-trans bigotry is well-documented.Edie Miller, "Why is British media so transphobic?", The Outline, 5 November 2018Katie J. M. Baker, "The Road to Terfdom", LUX Magazine Edie Miller of The Outline observed in 2018 that "Mumsnet is to British transphobia more like what 4Chan is to American fascism." Katie J. M. Baker of LUX wrote in 2021 that Mumsnet reminded her of the "toxic online 'manosphere.'" Keen was a prolific poster on Mumsnet under the handle "ThePosieParker" from 2011.An advanced Google search ("theposieparker" site:mumsnet.com before:2012) yields twenty pages of hits. This later developed into her nom de guerre "Posie Parker" and is thought to be a play on nosy parker (British slang for "busybody").Rob Dreher, "Posie Parker: Free Speech Warrior", The American Conservative, 22 March 2018
In a 2019 interview on a tradcath YouTube channel, Keen stated that, "I no longer identify as a feminist, and I use 'identify' with a very heavy heart, 'cos I really have begun to loathe that word." Keen reaffirmed this shift in her worldview in a 2022 TikTok clip later reuploaded to YouTube, stating, "I'm not a feminist, but I know what a man is.""SHORT - I'm not a feminist but I know what a man is #TERFTok" from Kellie-Jay Keen on YouTube She clarified in the video that she doesn't think people "need any label to be part of [the anti-trans movement]." This sentiment was repeated in a tweet in February 2023: "FYI I'm not a feminist, I'm not gender critical, I'm a women’s rights campaigner. I don't speak for women, I speak to them."Tweet by Kellie-Jay Keen (@ThePosieParker) on Twitter
==Becoming a professional transphobe==
===Booted by Woman's Place UK===
Keen revealed on her blog that she was contacted by West Yorkshire Police in February 2018.Martin Evans, "Second woman is investigated by police over transphobic comments", The Telegraph, 20 March 2019Laura Mowat, "Campaigner accused of transphobia says criminal probes into 'misgendering people' waste police time", Yahoo News, 21 March 2019 A complaint had been filed in July 2017 by Susie Green, then the CEO of the UK trans youth charity over several tweets by Keen attacking her for supporting her daughter's transition. Keen was interviewed by the Wiltshire Police in 2019 after Green lodged a second complaint over two YouTube videos. The first complaint was closed without further action.
The TERF group (WPUK) invited Keen to discuss the first incident at a planned meeting."Woman’s Place and Kellie-Jay Keen (aka Posie Parker)", Women's Place UK, 22 June 2022 However, in May 2018 they announced that they had withdrawn their invitation, explaining that they objected to Keen's "stated views on race and religion.""Changes to Cornwall meeting", Women's Place UK, 30 May 2028 In their official statement, the group expressed that "many women of colour" felt uneasy about joining the "debate" on trans issues, as they feared being "caricatured as illiberal by a society which already alienates and discriminates against them." The group added that they reject "generalisations or misrepresentations of Muslims & other faith groups" as contributing to "alienation of these communities from the public discourse."
WPUK published another statement in 2022 to "clarify our own political ground" for those "demanding justification" for their 2018 decision.Xander Elliards, "Who is Posie Parker? The anti-trans founder of Standing for Women", The National (Scotland), 4 February 2023 The statement included screenshots of a number of since-deleted tweets by Keen expressing Islamophobic sentiments. In a July 2017 tweet, Keen described seeing a group of primary-age schoolgirls, claiming that "only 2/15 weren't wearing hijab". Another tweet from April 2018 labelled Bradford an "awful place for women" due to its Muslim population and alleged that there are "pockets of [the city] where the culture isn't British." WPUK maintained that Keen's "connections, statements and actions" since 2018 have "only strengthened [their] decision not to work with her."
===Joining the WoLF pack===
On January 30, 2019, Keen and fellow anti-trans activist Julia Long livestreamed themselves storming in on Human Rights Campaign press secretary as she was working in the in Washington, D.C. and proceeding to hurl transphobic abuse at her.Ella Braidwood, "Trans campaigner Sarah McBride harassed by anti-trans feminists on video", PinkNews, 31 January 2019Jessica Bies, "Video shows women harassing Delaware transgender activist Sarah McBride at a meeting in D.C.", The News Journal, 31 January 2019Tim Fitzsimons, "Prominent transgender advocate harassed by anti-trans feminists, video shows", NBC News, 1 February 2019Trudy Ring, "Anti-Trans Activists Confront, Harass, Misgender Trans HRC Staffer", Advocate, 31 January 2019Harron Walker, "Two Women Harassed a Trans Advocate on Behalf of the 'LGB Community'", Out, 31 January 2019 McBride, who was on Capitol Hill as part of an HRC campaign to pass the had participated in a panel discussion earlier that day between U.S. Congress members and a trans-rights group. In the video, Keen can be heard demanding, “Why don't you care about lesbian girls at 14 getting double mastectomies? Why don’t you care about that, Sarah?", and also ordering McBride to "Tell the entire LGB community how much you hate lesbians, Sarah."The "lesbian girls" in question are young trans men. Trans minors are not accessing top surgery in droves despite this being a common transphobic myth. In contrast, 3,200 girls aged 13 to 19 got cosmetic breast implants in the U.S. in 2020. Keen also asserted that McBride (whom she misgendered) was "paid probably quite a lot of money" to lobby for "women and girls hav[ing] no right to any space anymore." 
The HRC released a statement condemning Keen and Long in the wake of the stunt: "It is disturbing but not at all surprising that anti-transgender extremists brought to the United States at the behest of the Heritage Foundation would stoop to harassing a transgender woman and parents of transgender youth." In response, a spokesperson for the Heritage Foundation denied that the organisation had anything to do with Keen and Long's presence in the U.S., stating it had "no contact with them before or after our Jan. 28 event, and have zero connection to anything they did afterward." The January 28 event in question was a panel entitled "The Inequality of the Equality Act: Concerns From the Left" that was hosted by the Heritage Foundation in D.C., and included Jennifer Chavez, Kara Dansky, and Hacsi Horvath of the astroturf TERF group WoLF.Tim Fitsimons, "Conservative group hosts anti-transgender panel of feminists 'from the left'", NBC News, 29 January 2019Trudy Ring, "Anti-Trans Feminists Appear at Panel of Right-Wing Heritage Foundation", Advocate, 30 January 2019
WoLF recruited six TERFs including Keen and Meghan Murphy for "An Evening With Cancelled Women" in 2020.David Marcus, "The New York Public Library opts to cancel un-PC feminists", New York Post, 15 January 2020Robby Soave, "'Evening With Cancelled Women' Gets Cancelled", Reason, 17 January 2020 The event was supposed to take place in a room in the New York Public Library on January 17, but ended up being held at an alternate venue on the same date when the NYPL rejected the booking. Keen's participation in this event lead Julie Bindel to tweet: "Posie Parker is a thick feck who is a bigot and NOT a feminist. She has taken the Heritage Foundation coin. NONE of the ACTUAL feminists I work with can bear her." Keen denied Bindel's allegations in a response to PinkNews, maintaining that the "privacy, dignity and safety of women and girls" were "too important to wait to find politically pure working partnerships." Keen chastised Bindel for "tweet[ing] nasty defamatory comments in the early hours," but noted that this shouldn't "discount the outstanding work [she] has done for women."
===Billboards and merchandise===
The "adult human female" slogan frequently used by TERFs was popularised by Keen."Woman billboard removed after transphobia row", BBC, 26 September 2018Ella Braidwood, "Liverpool's anti-trans billboard is taken down by ad company", Pink News, 26 September 2018 In September 2018, she had a billboard featuring the text "woman, wʊmən, noun, adult human female" put up in Liverpool, telling the BBC it was in response to the city's mayor expressing support for trans rights. Media company Primesight took the billboard down after an LGBT-rights campaigner lodged a complaint about the covert transphobic message. In a statement, the company explained it was "unaware of the motive behind this campaign" and that "at first glance, this [ad] copy did not raise a red flag the way it should have done." Asked for comment by PinkNews, Keen stated she was "disappointed that a NHS doctor would object so strongly to the definition of woman, however his Orwellian and misogynist response has lead to a huge swell in support for the campaign and so I am delighted at the predictable own goal." the UK's largest LGBT-rights charity, responded to the controversy with a statement that the "lives of trans people" were being worsened by "increasingly frequent attacks in the media, online and in public spaces." An identical billboard erected by Keen in Leeds in October 2018 was also removed after complaints.Nathan Hyde, "Woman poster removed from Leeds billboard and investigated", Leeds Live, 21 October 2018
Keen began selling merchandise featuring "adult human female" and other transphobic slogans through her Standing for Women website around the same time.Copy of the StandingForWomen.com front page including a "shop" link archived on 6 March 2019. In May 2019, a sticker produced by Keen reading "Women only. This is a single sex service under the Equality Act 2010" was found on the door of a bathroom at a railway station in Dundee, Scotland.Reiss Smith, "Anti-trans bathroom sign removed from Dundee train station", PinkNews, 3 May 2019 ScotRail said in a statement that "the sticker is not official ScotRail signage and is being removed," and affirmed that it is "committed to making the railway open and accessible for all." Keen denied that Standing for Women had placed the sticker but stated it was "fed up that the protected category of sex in the Equality Act is routinely ignored." In May 2021, Awesome Merchandise banned her from using its print-on-demand services, releasing a statement declaring they "wholeheartedly stand by the trans community."Awesome Merch Statement HelloPrint followed suit in February 2023, cutting ties with Keen after five years and stating that "If we had been fully aware of her beliefs earlier, we would earlier have refused to print for her."Joe Ali, "Printing firm refuses to make anti-trans activist Posie Parker’s vile ‘adult human female’ merch", PinkNews, 3 February 2023
In late July 2020, Keen paid for a digital billboard bearing the phrase "I ❤ J.K. Rowling" at an Edinburgh train station, stating it was intended to celebrate the author's birthday.Josh Milton, 'Gender critical feminist' Posie Parker pays for billboard declaring love for JK Rowling at Edinburgh railway station", PinkNews, 29 July 2020 The poster was taken down the day before Rowling's birthday, with the Scottish branch of Network Rail stating this was "owing to its political nature," as the company did not allow ads "likely to support or promote one viewpoint over another."Adam White, "'I love JK Rowling' poster taken down at Edinburgh railway station due to ‘political nature’", The Independent, 30 July 2020Josh Milton, "Posie Parker’s 'I Love JK Rowling' billboard has already been removed", PinkNews, 30 July 2020 It lasted longer than a copycat print billboard put up in Vancouver, Canada in September 2020, which was taken down after just one day (and was pelted with paintballs during that time).Chad Pawson, "I Love J.K. Rowling sign makes brief, controversial appearance in Vancouver", CBC News, 12 September 2020Simon Little and Robyn Crawford, "Vancouver billboard declaring ‘I ❤ J.K. Rowling’ defaced, removed", Global News, 12 September 2020
==Standing for Women rallies==
===Early rallies in the UK===
right|thumb|165px|Keen and Venice Allan inviting more speakers at a Hyde Park rally.
Keen began holding Standing for Women (SFW) rallies throughout the United Kingdom in 2020. The first event held in of London's Hyde Park was on the 19th of July."Speakers' Corner - 19 July 2020 - Taking back the public square one corner at a time." on YouTube A few days prior, Keen had been due to join a rally in Dublin, Ireland protesting a government proposal to make it easier for teens to legally change their gender.Screenshot posted by Mó Pasarán (@MoObstreperous) on TwitterHugh O'Connel, "New Children's Minister to make it easier for under-16s to change their gender", Irish Independent, 7 July 2019 The rally, which was ultimately cancelled due to COVID restrictions, was billed by organiser Anne Brennan as being in opposition to supposed government plans to "Introduce [the] Paedophile Charter - oops I mean the Minor Attracted Persons Charter and groom our Children." Brennan once threatened to vote against repealing the 8th amendment of the Irish constitution (the one banning abortion) because she valued thwarting trans rights more than the "convenience of women with unplanned pregnancy."Screenshots posted by @caseyexplosion on Twitter
An "ugly confrontation" transpired between Keen's supporters and a group of Black Lives Matter protestors at the second SFW event in Hyde Park on August 30.Nick Duffy, "'Gender critical' activists with 'I heart JK Rowling' banner mock Black Lives Matter protesters in ugly confrontation", PinkNews, 21 August 2020Stella Perrett, ""Standing for Women" Speakers' Corner event disrupted by BLM protesters", UnCancelled, 31 August 2020 The BLM protestors were passing through the park as part of the Million People March against police brutality when they encountered Keen's rally. During the confrontation, a black woman tried to explain to Keen, "Where I'm coming from – I'm being honest now – this is hate, I'm seeing hate," prompting Keen to respond, "I'm seeing misogyny where you can't even understand what a woman is.""18+ BLM Visitors Speakers Corner Aug 30th 2020 #speakerscorner" on YouTube Another video shows a TERF identified as Venice Allan repeatedly screaming "go wash your dick!" at the same woman.Video posted on Twitter by Joss Prior (@joss_prior) In 2017, Venice Allan was kicked out of the Labour Women's Network Christmas party for springing TERF talking points on guests, including then-19-year-old trans Labour woman's officer Jess Glass, "Woman kicked out of Labour Christmas party for her views on transgender people", PinkNews, 13 December 2017Lucy Bannerman, "Feminist campaigner Venice Allan kicked out of Labour Christmas party", The Times, 13 December 2017 Allan was suspended from the Labour Party in January 2018 for tweeting a photo of Madigan secretly taken at the Christmas party and for posting transphobic memes on social media.Jess Glass, "Anti-trans activist suspended from Labour Party after posting transphobic memes", Pink News, 23 January 2018Beth Desmond, "The Spectator and Media Transphobia", The Social Review, 20 February 2019
left|thumb|165px|Keen watching Kay of Soldiers of Christ Online speak at the rally.
One of the speakers at the August 30 rally was Kay of the far-right Christian group Soldiers of Christ Online.Michael Bachelard, "In the aftermath of a bitter protest, only one group is happy", The Age, 20 March 2023 Keen was interviewed by Kay at the time of the rally and the video was uploaded to Kay's YouTube channel SOCO Films the following day."The Transgender Agenda - Posy Parker & Kay - Speakers Corner" on YouTube The slogan of the channel is "Deus Vult Est. 1095" and its logo is a Crusader cross.Patreon page of SOCO Films Keen has claimed that she was unaware of Kay's political leanings at the time.
Keen staged a rally in Leeds on September 20.Abbey Maclure, "'Free speech warrior' Kellie-Jay Keen is hosting a Standing For Women demonstration in Leeds today", Yorkshire Evening Post, 20 September 2021Samantha Gildea, "Self-proclaimed 'free speech warrior' Posie Parker to host demonstration in Leeds this weekend", LeedsLive, 20 September 2020 West Yorkshire Police shut it down, determining that it wasn't covered by a protest exception to lockdown rules, since Standing for Women "failed to meet the legal definition of a political organisation."Josephine Bartosch, "Standing for Women founder arrested", The Critic, 21 September 2020Bill Carmichael, "Don’t let police erode civil liberties in pandemic’s lockdown", The Yorkshire Post, 25 September 2020 Keen and two other attendees were arrested. Keen reportedly "knew [she] was likely to be arrested" and refused to co-operate with police in the hope of having "the opportunity to voice her concerns in court." In a comment to The Yorkshire Post, a police spokesperson explained that they had "received short notice about the proposed event, which initially did not appear to conform to existing regulations." SFW countered that they believe everyone from "senior police officers", "local authorities", "the educational establishment," and "large multi-national corporations" have been "captured" by the "intolerant woke ideology" of trans rights.
===Second wave of UK rallies===
====Manchester, May 2022====
On May 15, 2022, the Standing for Women transphobia tour rolled into Manchester.Emily Chudy, "Cis woman interrupts anti-trans protest and instantly becomes an icon: 'Trans women are women!'", PinkNews, 17 May 2022 The rally was held in front of an art installation called I Am by Allie Crewe showcasing photos of domestic violence survivors. Crewe expressed her disapproval on Twitter, remarking that she was "greatly saddened" to see her work "re-appropriated," and adding that she does not support SFW's views. 
Keen has stated that the planned site was a statue of suffragette that could not be accessed since it was surrounded by counterprotestors.Stephen Knight, "Meet the activists on the 'right side of history'", Spiked, 16 May 2022 The counterprotest was organised by local activist groups Manchester Trans Rise Up and Anarchist Federation.Josh Milton, "Anti-trans protester wears black morph suit and nappy in bizarre stunt", PinkNews, 2 June 2022Jack Hardy, "JK Rowling backs feminist campaigner who was 'assaulted' by balaclava-clad trans activists", The Telegraph, 16 May 2022 Many of the participants were wearing black bloc to protect their identities. Tensions erupted when Keen's supporters turned up at the statue looking for her rally. As recounted by Aleks Kovacevic in The Telegraph, Keen's supporters "thought there was space [near the statue] and we would go and stand there," explaining that "we all have our rights to peaceful assembly." Kovacevic climbed onto a stone ledge surrounding the statue to display her suffragette flag, at which point she said counterprotestors "clung on to my leg and tried to pull me off, but when I jumped off the wall three of them just attacked me." In response, trans-rights activists circulated videos of physical confrontations at previous protests involving Kovacevic, including a March 2022 incident in which she had to be "peeled off of choking a young trans woman by other TERFs" according to Mallory Moore.Video of the March incident posted on Twitter by Mallory Moore (@Chican3ry)Tweet by Mallory Moore (@Chican3ry)Tweet by Mallory Moore (@Chican3ry) Greater Manchester Police drew criticism for their handling of the May 15 altercation, with Kovacevic alleging that an officer "came and told me that I needed to move," and then threatened to arrest her for "causing a breach of the peace" when she insisted "I don't have to move, I have the right to sit here" on a friend's advice. A police spokesperson responded that an officer on patrol approached Kovacevic after noticing an apparent "disturbance," and in the process "encouraged her away from the area to discuss the incident, which she didn't wish to do."
The counterprotestors' black bloc (as well as their violation of the Law of Dibs) provoked fevered condemnation from Britain's anti-trans commentariat. Keen told the Daily Fail that "masked men preventing women from speaking next to the Pankhurst statue" was emblematic of "the assault on women's rights."Chris Matthews and Martin Robinson, "'Emmeline would be proud': JK Rowling praises feminist who 'never dropped her flag' as she stood up to masked trans activist thugs blocking statue to suffragette icon and 'intimidating and assaulting' women defending their rights", Daily Mail, 16 May 2022 J.K. Rowling tweeted that the counterprotestors had "scored an unintentionally hilarious own goal" by getting "dressed up as ninjas to block public access to a statue of a suffragette." Suzanne Moore blasted the "gimps in masks [who] believe themselves to be 'progressive' rather than cowardly anonymous misogynists" in an op-ed in The Telegraph.Suzanne Moore, "Trans rights 'activists' give protesters a bad name", The Telegraph, 17 May 2022 Stephen Knight of Spiked wrote of goading the "masked ayatollahs of Manchester" to "blink once for yes, two for no" to answer his invitation to "chat" in an exchange that became a viral video. TERFs coined the insult "Black Pampers" (a play on Black Panthers) to refer to the Manchester counterprotestors. At another SFW event in Hyde Park two weeks after the Manchester rally, a man wearing a black and an adult diaper staged a bizarre skit mocking "Black Pampers," a display widely condemned as reminiscent of a blackface minstrel show.https://twitter.com/AlexandraErin/status/1531475331651190784
Missing from the furor over women being "silenced" was any reference to the cis woman who took the microphone toward the end of the rally when Keen invited last-minute speakers."Altercation At Posey Parker Demo/ Trans Rights Counter Protest. In Manchester, England", Newsflare, 15 May 2022 The woman delivered a short speech in support of trans rights, declaring, "I recognise trans women in women's spaces as alright, and I don’t think we need to protest that, I don't think we need the vitriolic hate." Alex Bramham chased after the woman and retrieved the mic after a "short struggle." In an interview with Tke Media afterward, the woman stated that Bramham had hit her, leaving her with "marks on [her] hand." Bramham gave an interview to the same outfit, unironically castigating "somebody assaulting a woman [Keen] here, seizing a microphone out of her hand." A viral clip shows Bramham's then-partner blundering groin-first into a bollard while shouting "LGB drop the T!" as the pair were leaving the rally."Brad walking into a bollard with Alex Bramham" on YouTube The couple had a "gender critical"-themed civil union ceremony complete with a dinosaur cake labelled "adult human males" in early 2023.Daniel Villarreal, Gay couple's civil partnership ceremony themed around transphobia", LGBTQ Nation, 17 February 2023 Bramham once called being gay a "choice" and has stated he opted for a civil union because he believes "marriage is between one man and one woman."Jake McKee, "LGB Alliance activist and former Tory election candidate says being gay is a choice", PinkNews, 6 January 2023 In June 2023, Bramham announced that he and his partner had separated, declaring himself to be ex-gay and born-again.https://twitter.com/HLeeHurley/status/1666894552685240341https://twitter.com/HLeeHurley/status/1666895068865650702 He was also suspended as a Tory candidate for Manchester's city council in April 2022 for a tweet likening the trans-rights movement to Nazis.Adam Maidment, "Tory candidate suspended pending investigation after comparing trans rights movement to Nazis", Manchester Evening News, 26 April 2022
====Brighton, September 2022====
On September 18, 2022, Standing for Women held a rally in the seaside resort of Brighton,Chantelle Billson, "Hundreds gather to 'drown out' rally by anti-trans activist Posie Parker", PinkNews, 19 September 2022George Carden, "Hundreds gather for visit of Kellie-Jay Keen in Brighton", The Argus, 18 September 2022 sometimes hailed as the "British San Francisco" for its vibrant LGBT community and mild climate. Counterprotest organisers Reclaim Pride Brighton published a tweet two weeks prior to the event urging people to "fight fascism when it attempts to enter our communities" and "fight Posie Parker by any means you see fit."Dan Sales, "Police probe call for trans-rights activists to use 'any means you see fit' to 'fight' feminist campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen as she holds 'Let Women Speak' event in Brighton", Daily Mail, 6 September 2022 This tweet was investigated as one of several "alleged threats of violence" against Keen by Sussex Police. Keen hit back in a comment to the Daily Mail: "Isn't this just what we expect from Trans and their supporters?"
Three arrests were made during the event. Craig Thomas was charged with one count of assault and two counts of possessing a bladed article. Thomas told the Mail that he initially joined the counterprotest but "switched sides" because he thought "the other side just sounded a bit more sensible" after listening to Keen's speech.Stewart Carr, "Chef who grabbed a trans rights campaigner's testicles and squeezed them after switching sides at Kellie-Jay Keen women's rally must pay victim £75 compensation", Daily Mail, 18 January 2023 When counterprotestor Oliver Waterhouse called him a "fascist," Thomas, by his own omission, grabbed the man's testicles.Savannah Nicholson, "Chef grabbed man's testicles at Kellie-Jay Keen talk in Brighton", The Argus, 19 January 2023 Waterhouse's solicitor reported that Thomas "squeezed and pulled", causing Waterhouse to fall to the ground in "excruciating" pain. In a victim impact statement, Waterhouse stated that he hasn't been able to work, suffers from sleep issues, and worries about potential infertility. Thomas was ordered to pay a shockingly paltry £75 in compensation to Waterhouse in January 2023. Reactions from transphobes predictably ignored Waterstone's assault and focused on the alleged misdeeds of couterprotestors. J.K. Rowling accused the "Be Kind brigade" of "hiding behind their black masks, throwing smoke bombs, screaming 'scum' at women speaking up for their sex-based rights."Jamie Phillips, "JK Rowling condemns masked pro trans mob after violent clashes in Brighton at 'Let Women Speak' event: Two people are arrested as activists throw smoke bombs and hurl abuse during demo by women's right's campaigners", Daily Mail, 18 September 2022 Andy Ngo charged "violent #Antifa & militant trans extremists" with trying to "shut down the women's rights event."Olivia Rondeau, "Trans extremists and Antifa try to shut down women’s rights event in England", The Post Millenial, 19 September 2022
The rally was livestreamed by far-right group Hearts of Oak. Notable gender-critical attendees included Maya Forstater and Helen Joyce. Joyce posed for a photo with lesbian activist Jo Campbell proudly holding a Progress Pride flag with the chevron representing trans people, people of colour, and intersex people cut out and lying on the ground.Rowan Fortune, "Picture of the Week: Anti‑Trans Desecration", Anti-Capitalist Resistance, 20 September 2022Eva Kurilova, "How The Rainbow Flag Lost Its Pride", The Distance Mag, 29 December 2022 Rowan Fortune of Anti-Capitalist Resistance called the image "emblematic of the evolution of the Gender Critical movement," writing that it "no longer hides its contempt for marginalised communities, but shamelessly provokes and intimidates." Canadian TERF Eva Kurilova praised Campbell for cutting the "intrusive triangle out of the pride flag" in the "lovely photo."
==Party of Women==
After multiple rejected applications,(December 17, 2023). "Kellie-Jay Keen's Party of Women knocked back in the UK for a third time". OUTinPERTH. Keen registered a minor third party, "Party of Women", in 2024."Party Of Women: Registration summary". The Electoral Commission. They stood candidates in the 2024 United Kingdom general election. The "silent majority" preferred the satirical "UK General election 2024 Results". BBC News.
On 8 June 2024 Kellie-Jay Keen announced that she would run for the Bristol Central seat. She came in last place, with 196 votes, and lost her deposit.
==Ties to fascist groups==
Unsurprisingly, Minshull was discovered to have ties to several fascist movements, some being neo-Nazi groups as well. Some groups with relations to Minshull are UKIP, EDL, Katie Hopkins, and the National Front.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCmJ7huKq44 Her protests were supported by Nazis and fascists showing their support for Minshull and her anti-trans bigotry. The rallies often escalated into violence against LGBT activists and protestors, with the assailants shouting homophobic and transphobic slogans and slurs.Trans rights protester met with Nazis at Posie Parker rally recounts ‘terrifying chaos’
In response to a critical question from a fellow TERF who accused her of "supporting the fascist scum that tried to Keen-Minshull responded with a coded version of the "groomer" attack: "The National Front were a loud and influential voice against PIE [Paedophile Information Exchange]. Which team do you support?"Posie Parker (2024): The National Front were a loud and influential voice against PIE. Which team do you support?
On October 2, 2024, Keen-Minshull retweeted a graphic featuring a version of the Fourteen Words.Screenshot by @heyyitsPoloScreenshot by @ICanSeeForever1 The graphic was posted below one of Keen-Minshull's tweets by an anti-trans account.Original thread It included a photo of Keen-Minshull and quotation marks falsely implying it was a quote from her. Keen-Minshull deleted her retweet, accusing the account of being "TRA."Tweet by Kellie-Jay Keen (@ThePosieParker)
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==External links==
*"Kellie-Jay & the Neo-Nazis," video essay by Shaun
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