Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull

[[File:Kellie-jay keen-minshull.jpg|thumb|165px|Keen at a 2023 Glasgow rally in front of a sign reading "[[homophobia|defy the gaystapo]]."]]
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'''Kellie-Jay Nyishie Keen-Minshull''' {{lived|1974}}, also known by the [[pseudonym]] '''Posie Parker''' (not to be confused with actress {{wpl|Parker Posey|}}), is a [[United Kingdom|British]] anti-[[transgender]]<ref name="KJKdiscrim">(May 25, 2024). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8JdfRhpjoQ "Kellie-Jay Keen calls for employers and landlords to be able to discriminate against trans people."] ''YouTube''. [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/u8JdfRhpjoQ (Archived)].</ref> activist, [[fascism|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]],<ref name="parsons1">Vic Parsons, "[https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/19/gender-critical-feminism-posie-parker-linda-bellos-new-york-wolf-heritage-foundation/ The 'gender-critical feminist' movement appears to be falling apart at the seams. Here’s why]", PinkNews, 19 January 2020</ref> she eventually won over the likes of [[J.K. Rowling]].<ref name="newzealand1">"[https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/posie-parker-departs-new-zealand-jk-rowling-blasts-protest-as-repellent/LMND5CEKWRBWBE43ISC3IS4QH4/ Posie Parker departs New Zealand; JK Rowling blasts protest as ‘repellent’]", NZ Herald, 25 March 2023</ref><ref>Twitter, via the Wayback Machine: [https://web.archive.org/web/20230530171526/https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1663267564443631616 "But as I've already told her, she knows where I am."] Dated to May 29, 2023.</ref> 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 [[Transphobia and public restrooms|imagined threat somehow posed by trans men and women]].<ref name="milton1">Josh Milton, "[https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/30/gender-critical-feminist-posie-parker-men-guns-womens-toilets-twitter/ 'Gender critical feminist' Posie Parker wants men with guns to start using women's toilets], PinkNews, 30 January 2021</ref> In 2024, she advocated for employers, funeral homes, and landlords to discriminate against transgender people.<ref name="KJKdiscrim"/>

Keen has repeatedly collaborated with the [[far-right]] to crush transgender rights.<ref>Xander Elliards (February 4, 2023). [https://www.thenational.scot/news/23299549.posie-parker-anti-trans-founder-standing-women/ "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.xyz|Spinster]]."</ref><ref name="NZHfarRight"/><ref name="TheDevilHimself"/> 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-Nazi]]s{{efn|Specifically, they were from the {{w|National Socialist Network||.}}<ref>(March 18, 2023). [https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/nazi-salutes-performed-on-steps-of-victorian-parliament-as-protesters-clash-over-transgender-rights/yr7gzkevn "Nazi salutes performed on steps of Victorian parliament as protesters clash over trans rights"]. ''SBS News''.</ref>}} holding a "destroy paedo freaks" banner and throwing {{wpl|Nazi salute|Sieg Heil salutes}} at said rally.<ref>Tom Housden (June 8, 2023). [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-65840812 "Australia to introduce national ban on Nazi symbols"]. ''BBC News''.</ref><ref name="TheDevilHimself">Shaun (July 11, 2023). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBy93QX7ysE "Kellie-Jay & the Neo-Nazis"]. ''YouTube''.</ref><ref name="NZHfarRight">(March 28, 2023). [https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/posie-parker-anti-trans-rally-attracted-a-range-of-far-right-groups-researchers-say/T6AMCXNMUFGDPBIT5SY5ALBR5U/ "Posie Parker: Anti-trans rally attracted a range of far-right groups, researchers say"]. ''The New Zealand Herald''.</ref> Hope not Hate noted that "she has increasingly found support from and an overlap in views with the far right."<ref>Hope not Hate: [https://hopenothate.org.uk/case-files-kellie-jay/ Case file: Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull]</ref>

==Background==
Kellie-Jay Nyishie Keen was born in June 1974 and grew up in Somerset.<ref name="marriott">Leah Marriott, "[https://archive.is/XlEao We find how Posie Parker became a high profile debater and acclaimed podcast host]", BlastingNews, 24 July 2020</ref><ref>Birth month and year from the government record of the Standing for Women lobby group that Keen has served as director of since January 2023.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230326064634/https://spinster.xyz/@PosieParker/posts/9y4mBs3gLUnBjbsTLs Post] by @PosieParker on [[Spinster.xyz]]: "My actual full name is Kellie-Jay Nyishie Keen-Minshull."</ref> Keen has stated that she was "raised in an [[atheist]] household", and she remains an atheist.<ref name="catholic-vs">"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSDolFVqE2c Catholic vs. Atheist - 2019-11-27 - Posie Parker]" on [[YouTube]]</ref><ref>[https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/1266924-To-think-those-who-try-to-justify-the-Norwegian-bomber-are-not-even-as-bad-as-a-racist-just-sick?reply=26602405&utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=share&utm_source=copylink Post] by ThePosieParker in a 2011 Mumsnet thread full of [[Islamophobia]].</ref> She earned a bachelor's degree in [[theology]] from Leeds University and thereafter studied to become a teacher.<ref name="marriott" /> 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."<ref name="marriott" /><ref name="bridie1">Bridie Pearson-Jones, "[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11883261/How-transphobe-Kellie-Jay-Keen-aka-Posie-Parker-caused-controversy-Australian-tour.html 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</ref> Through this job, she met company president Ryan Minshull (a.k.a. Max Ford), describing their connection as "love at first sight."<ref name="marriott" /><ref name="bridie1" /> The couple married and had four children.<ref name="marriott" /><ref name="bridie1" /> Keen has described herself as a "full-time mother" and "housewife."<ref name="bridie1" /><ref name="blair1">Linda Blair and Rachel Bell, "[https://archive.is/zvZHy#selection-613.0-613.39 Why it's ok for boys to play with dolls]", The Times, 21 December 2010</ref>

==Finding and rejecting feminism==
In a 2010 ''[[News UK#The Times|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]]."<ref name="blair1" /> At the time, Keen reported that she was raising her children with the goal of counteracting gender [[stereotype]]s, letting her sons play with dolls and giving her daughter "books where the female character doesn't needs{{sic}} rescuing."<ref name="blair1" /> She stated that she rejected the idea that "[[Biological determinism|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."<ref name="blair1" /> 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."<ref>[https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/1287829-is-your-life-as-feminist-as-your-conviction?reply=27090621&utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=share&utm_source=copylink 2011 Mumsnet post]</ref>

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.<ref name="miller1">Edie Miller, "[https://theoutline.com/post/6536/british-feminists-media-transphobic?zd=3&zi=dj5lqs3b Why is British media so transphobic?]", The Outline, 5 November 2018</ref><ref name="baker1">Katie J. M. Baker, "[https://lux-magazine.com/article/the-road-to-terfdom/ The Road to Terfdom]", LUX Magazine</ref> Edie Miller of ''The Outline'' observed in 2018 that "Mumsnet is to British transphobia more like what [[4Chan]] is to American [[fascism]]."<ref name="miller1" /> Katie J. M. Baker of ''LUX'' wrote in 2021 that Mumsnet reminded her of the "toxic online '[[manosphere]].'"<ref name="baker1" /> Keen was a prolific poster on Mumsnet under the handle "ThePosieParker" from 2011.<ref>An advanced [[Google]] search ("theposieparker" site:mumsnet.com before:2012) yields twenty pages of hits.</ref> This later developed into her ''[[pseudonym|nom de guerre]]'' "Posie Parker" and is thought to be a play on ''nosy parker'' (British slang for "busybody").<ref name="bridie1" /><ref name="dreher1">Rob Dreher, "[https://archive.is/EAcLd Posie Parker: Free Speech Warrior]", The American Conservative, 22 March 2018</ref>

In a 2019 interview on a [[Traditionalist Catholicism|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."<ref name="catholic-vs" /> Keen reaffirmed this shift in her worldview in a 2022 [[TikTok]] clip later reuploaded to YouTube, stating, "I'm not a feminist, [[The Babylon Bee#Transphobia: the one joke|but I know what a man is]]."<ref name="feminist1">"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NsR1jg4SxQ SHORT - I'm not a feminist but I know what a man is #TERFTok]" from Kellie-Jay Keen on [[YouTube]]</ref> She clarified in the video that she doesn't think people "need any label to be part of [the anti-trans movement]."<ref name="feminist1" /> This sentiment was repeated in a [[Twitter|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."<ref>[https://archive.ph/vI9zT Tweet] by Kellie-Jay Keen (@ThePosieParker) on Twitter</ref>

==Becoming a professional transphobe==
[[File:Posie Parker Adult Human Female.jpg|thumb|165px|left|Keen posing in her "adult human female" T-shirt.]]

===Booted by Woman's Place UK===
Keen revealed on her blog that she was contacted by West Yorkshire Police in February 2018.<ref name="dreher1" /><ref name="evans1">Martin Evans, "[https://archive.is/h47J8 Second woman is investigated by police over transphobic comments]", The Telegraph, 20 March 2019</ref><ref name="mowat1">Laura Mowat, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20221019044920/https://uk.news.yahoo.com/campaigner-accused-transphobic-comments-says-criminal-probes-misgendering-people-waste-police-time-173438492.html Campaigner accused of transphobia says criminal probes into 'misgendering people' waste police time]", Yahoo News, 21 March 2019</ref> A complaint had been filed in July 2017 by Susie Green, then the CEO of the UK trans youth charity {{w|Mermaids (charity)|Mermaids|,}} over several tweets by Keen attacking her for supporting her daughter's transition.<ref name="dreher1" /><ref name="evans1" /><ref name="mowat1" /> Keen was interviewed by the Wiltshire Police in 2019 after Green lodged a second complaint over two YouTube videos.<ref name="evans1" /><ref name="mowat1" /> The first complaint was closed without further action.<ref name="evans1" />

The TERF group {{w|Woman's Place UK}} (WPUK) invited Keen to discuss the first incident at a planned meeting.<ref name="womans-place2">"[https://archive.is/Do5iR Woman’s Place and Kellie-Jay Keen (aka Posie Parker)]", Women's Place UK, 22 June 2022</ref> 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."<ref name="womans-place1">"[https://archive.is/dufNU Changes to Cornwall meeting]", Women's Place UK, 30 May 2028</ref> 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."<ref name="womans-place1" /> The group added that they reject "generalisations or misrepresentations of [[Muslim]]s & other faith groups" as contributing to "alienation of these communities from the public discourse."<ref name="womans-place1" />

WPUK published another statement in 2022 to "clarify our own political ground" for those "demanding justification" for their 2018 decision.<ref name="elliards">Xander Elliards, "[https://www.thenational.scot/news/23299549.posie-parker-anti-trans-founder-standing-women/ Who is Posie Parker? The anti-trans founder of Standing for Women]", The National (Scotland), 4 February 2023</ref><ref name="womans-place2" /> The statement included screenshots of a number of since-deleted tweets by Keen expressing [[Islamophobic]] sentiments.<ref name="elliards" /><ref name="womans-place2" /> In a July 2017 tweet, Keen described seeing a group of primary-age schoolgirls, claiming that "only 2/15 weren't wearing [[hijab]]".<ref name="elliards" /><ref name="womans-place2" /> Another tweet from April 2018 labelled Bradford an "awful place for women" due to its [[Muslim]] population and alleged that there are "[[no-go zone|pockets of [the city] where the culture isn't British]]."<ref name="elliards" /><ref name="womans-place2" /> WPUK maintained that Keen's "connections, statements and actions" since 2018 have "only strengthened [their] decision not to work with her."<ref name="womans-place2" />

===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 {{w|Sarah McBride}} as she was working in the {{w|Cannon House Office Building}} in [[Washington, D.C.]] and proceeding to [[bullying|hurl transphobic abuse at her]].<ref name="braidwood2">Ella Braidwood, "[https://www.thepinknews.com/2019/01/31/trans-sarah-mcbride-hrc-posie-parker/ Trans campaigner Sarah McBride harassed by anti-trans feminists on video]", PinkNews, 31 January 2019</ref><ref name="bies1">Jessica Bies, "[https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2019/01/31/women-harass-delaware-transgender-activist-sarah-mcbride-meeting-d-c/2730193002/ Video shows women harassing Delaware transgender activist Sarah McBride at a meeting in D.C.]", The News Journal, 31 January 2019</ref><ref name="fitzsimons1">Tim Fitzsimons, "[https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/prominent-transgender-activist-harassed-anti-trans-feminists-video-shows-n966061 Prominent transgender advocate harassed by anti-trans feminists, video shows]", NBC News, 1 February 2019</ref><ref name="ring1">Trudy Ring, "[https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2019/1/31/anti-trans-activists-confront-harass-misgender-trans-hrc-staffer Anti-Trans Activists Confront, Harass, Misgender Trans HRC Staffer]", Advocate, 31 January 2019</ref><ref name="walker1">Harron Walker, "[https://www.out.com/news-opinion/2019/1/31/two-women-harassed-trans-advocate-behalf-lgb-community Two Women Harassed a Trans Advocate on Behalf of the 'LGB Community']", Out, 31 January 2019</ref> McBride, who was on Capitol Hill as part of an HRC campaign to pass the {{w|Equality Act (United States)|Equality Act|,}} had participated in a panel discussion earlier that day between [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] members and a trans-rights group.<ref name="braidwood2" /><ref name="bies1" /><ref name="fitzsimons1" /> 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?",<ref name="fitzsimons1" /> and also ordering McBride to "Tell the entire [[TERF glossary#LGB|LGB]] community how much you hate lesbians, Sarah."<ref name="braidwood2" /><ref group=note>The "lesbian girls" in question are young trans men. Trans minors are [https://slate.com/technology/2022/10/top-surgery-teens-gender-affirming-care-hurdles.html not accessing top surgery in droves] despite this being a common transphobic myth. In contrast, [https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2022/9/28/more-teens-get-breast-implants-trans-top-surgery 3,200 girls] aged 13 to 19 got cosmetic breast implants in the U.S. in 2020.</ref> Keen also asserted that McBride (whom  she [[misgendering|misgendered]]) was "paid probably quite a lot of money" to lobby for "women and girls hav[ing] no right to any space anymore."<ref name="ring1" /><ref name="walker1" /> 

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."<ref name="fitzsimons1" /> 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."<ref name="fitzsimons1" /> 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]].<ref name="fitzsimons2">Tim Fitsimons, "[https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/conservative-group-hosts-anti-transgender-panel-feminists-left-n964246 Conservative group hosts anti-transgender panel of feminists 'from the left']", NBC News, 29 January 2019</ref><ref name="ring2">Trudy Ring, "[https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2019/1/30/anti-trans-feminists-appear-panel-right-wing-heritage-foundation Anti-Trans Feminists Appear at Panel of Right-Wing Heritage Foundation]", Advocate, 30 January 2019</ref>

WoLF recruited six TERFs including Keen and [[Meghan Murphy]] for "An Evening With [[cancel culture|Cancelled]] Women" in 2020.<ref name="parsons1" /><ref name="marcus1">David Marcus, "[https://archive.is/zU2qU The New York Public Library opts to cancel un-PC feminists]", New York Post, 15 January 2020</ref><ref name="soave">Robby Soave, "[https://reason.com/2020/01/17/evening-with-cancelled-women/ 'Evening With Cancelled Women' Gets Cancelled]", Reason, 17 January 2020</ref> The event was supposed to take place in a room in the [[New York City|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.<ref name="marcus1" /><ref name="soave" /> Keen's participation in this event lead [[Julie Bindel]] to tweet: "Posie Parker is a thick feck [[stopped clock|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."<ref name="parsons1" /> 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."<ref name="parsons1" /> 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."<ref name="parsons1" />

===Billboards and merchandise===
[[File:Posie Parker on SOCO Films.jpg|right|thumb|165px|Keen in her "I ❤ J.K. Rowling" shirt in 2020.]]
The "[[TERF glossary#Adult human female|adult human female]]" slogan frequently used by TERFs was popularised by Keen.<ref name="womanbillboard1">"[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45650462 Woman billboard removed after transphobia row]", BBC, 26 September 2018</ref><ref name="womanbillboard2">Ella Braidwood, "[https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/09/26/liverpool-anti-trans-billboard-removed/ Liverpool's anti-trans billboard is taken down by ad company]", Pink News, 26 September 2018</ref> In September 2018, she had a billboard featuring the text "[[argumentum ad dictionarium|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.<ref name="womanbillboard1" /><ref name="womanbillboard2" /> Media company Primesight took the billboard down after an LGBT-rights campaigner lodged a complaint about the [[dogwhistle|covert transphobic message]].<ref name="womanbillboard1" /><ref name="womanbillboard2" /> In a statement, the company explained it was "unaware of the motive behind this campaign" and that "at first glance, this [[Advertising|<nowiki>[ad]</nowiki>]] copy did not raise a red flag the way it should have done."<ref name="womanbillboard1" /><ref name="womanbillboard2" /> Asked for comment by ''PinkNews'', Keen stated she was "disappointed that a{{sic}} [[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."<ref name="womanbillboard2" /> {{w|Stonewall (charity)|Stonewall|,}} 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."<ref name="womanbillboard1" /> An identical billboard erected by Keen in Leeds in October 2018 was also removed after complaints.<ref name="womanbillboard3">Nathan Hyde, "[https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-news/woman-poster-removed-leeds-billboard-15307880 Woman poster removed from Leeds billboard and investigated]", Leeds Live, 21 October 2018</ref>

Keen began selling merchandise featuring "adult human female" and other transphobic slogans through her Standing for Women website around the same time.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190306131842/https://www.standingforwomen.com/ Copy] of the StandingForWomen.com front page including a "shop" link archived on 6 March 2019. </ref> 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]].<ref name="reiss-smith1">Reiss Smith, "[https://www.thepinknews.com/2019/05/03/dundee-train-station-transgender-bathroom/ Anti-trans bathroom sign removed from Dundee train station]", PinkNews, 3 May 2019</ref> 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."<ref name="reiss-smith1" /> 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."<ref name="reiss-smith1" /> 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."<ref>[https://twitter.com/AwesomeMerch/status/1393139164477104134 Awesome Merch Statement]</ref>  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."<ref name="ali">Joe Ali, "[https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/08/posie-parker-helloprint-adult-human-female-merch/ Printing firm refuses to make anti-trans activist Posie Parker’s vile ‘adult human female’ merch]", PinkNews, 3 February 2023</ref>

In late July 2020, Keen paid for a digital billboard bearing the phrase "[[#I Love J. K. Rowling|I ❤ J.K. Rowling]]" at an Edinburgh train station, stating it was intended to celebrate the author's birthday.<ref name="milton2">Josh Milton, [https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/07/29/posie-parker-jk-rowling-birthday-poster-edinburgh-scotland-trans-rights-transphobia/ 'Gender critical feminist' Posie Parker pays for billboard declaring love for JK Rowling at Edinburgh railway station]", PinkNews, 29 July 2020</ref> 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."<ref name="jkrsign1">Adam White, "[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/jk-rowling-transphobia-poster-edinburgh-station-posie-parker-transgender-a9645481.html 'I love JK Rowling' poster taken down at Edinburgh railway station due to ‘political nature’]", The Independent, 30 July 2020</ref><ref name="milton3">Josh Milton, "[https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/07/30/jk-rowling-posie-parker-poster-network-rail-edinburgh-scotland-trans-transphobia/ Posie Parker’s 'I Love JK Rowling' billboard has already been removed]", PinkNews, 30 July 2020</ref> 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).<ref name="pawson">Chad Pawson, "[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/i-love-j-k-rowling-sign-makes-brief-controversial-appearance-in-vancouver-1.5722244 I Love J.K. Rowling sign makes brief, controversial appearance in Vancouver]", CBC News, 12 September 2020</ref><ref>Simon Little and Robyn Crawford, "[https://globalnews.ca/news/7331718/vancouver-billboard-j-k-rowling-defaced/ Vancouver billboard declaring ‘I ❤ J.K. Rowling’ defaced, removed]", Global News, 12 September 2020</ref>

==Standing for Women rallies==
===Early rallies in the UK===
[[File:KellieJayKeenAndVeniceAllan.jpg‎‎ |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 {{w|Speakers' Corner}} of [[London]]'s Hyde Park was on the 19th of July.<ref name="speakers-corner1">"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSokjnkgzmU Speakers' Corner - 19 July 2020 - Taking back the public square one corner at a time.]" on YouTube</ref> 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.<ref name="annebrennan1">[https://twitter.com/MoObstreperous/status/1283364255144775688 Screenshot] posted by Mó Pasarán (@MoObstreperous) on Twitter</ref><ref name="oconnell1">Hugh O'Connel, "[https://archive.is/QPayp New Children's Minister to make it easier for under-16s to change their gender]", Irish Independent, 7 July 2019</ref> The rally, which was ultimately cancelled due to [[COVID-19 pandemic|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 [[Alt-right glossary#groomer|groom]] our Children."<ref name="annebrennan1" /> 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]]."<ref>[https://twitter.com/caseyexplosion/status/970035806726447104 Screenshots] posted by @caseyexplosion on Twitter</ref>

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.<ref name="duffy1">Nick Duffy, "[https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/08/31/gender-critical-posie-parker-jk-rowling-banner-black-lives-matter-protesters-transphobia/ 'Gender critical' activists with 'I heart JK Rowling' banner mock Black Lives Matter protesters in ugly confrontation]", PinkNews, 21 August 2020</ref><ref name="perrett1">Stella Perrett, "[https://archive.is/j1tsN "Standing for Women" Speakers' Corner event disrupted by BLM protesters]", UnCancelled, 31 August 2020</ref> The BLM protestors were passing through the park as part of the Million People March against [[police brutality]] when they encountered Keen's rally.<ref name="duffy1" /> 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."<ref name="duffy1" /><ref>"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lKDThcLe1U&t=103s 18+ BLM Visitors Speakers Corner Aug 30th 2020 #speakerscorner]" on YouTube</ref> Another video shows a TERF identified as Venice Allan repeatedly screaming "[[ad hominem|go wash your dick!]]" at the same woman.<ref name="duffy1" /><ref>[https://twitter.com/joss_prior/status/1300414075806134273 Video] posted on Twitter by Joss Prior (@joss_prior)</ref> 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 {{w|Lily Madigan||.}}<ref name="glass1">Jess Glass, "[https://www.thepinknews.com/2017/12/13/woman-kicked-out-of-labour-christmas-party-for-her-views-on-transgender-people/ Woman kicked out of Labour Christmas party for her views on transgender people]", PinkNews, 13 December 2017</ref><ref name="bannerman1">Lucy Bannerman, "[https://archive.is/EKp7u Feminist campaigner Venice Allan kicked out of Labour Christmas party]", The Times, 13 December 2017</ref> 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 [[meme]]s on social media.<ref name="glass2">Jess Glass, "[https://www.thepinknews.com/2018/01/23/anti-trans-activist-suspended-from-labour-party-after-posting-transphobic-memes/ Anti-trans activist suspended from Labour Party after posting transphobic memes]", Pink News, 23 January 2018</ref><ref name="desmond1">Beth Desmond, "[https://www.thesocialreview.co.uk/2019/02/20/the-spectator-and-media-transphobia/ The Spectator and Media Transphobia]", The Social Review, 20 February 2019</ref>

[[File:KellieJayKeenWithKaySOCOFilms2.jpg‎‎|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.<ref name="elliards" /><ref name="bachelard1">Michael Bachelard, "[https://archive.is/RSFj5 In the aftermath of a bitter protest, only one group is happy]", The Age, 20 March 2023</ref><ref name="socofilms1>"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t58qmeAlFwI Trans Women are Men - Kay - Speakers Corner]" on YouTube</ref> 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.<ref name="elliards" /><ref name="bachelard1" /><ref name="socofilms2">"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHCcs9ol2PU The Transgender Agenda - Posy Parker & Kay - Speakers Corner]" on YouTube</ref> The slogan of the channel is "[[Deus Vult]] [[Crusades#The First Crusade and the People.27s Crusade_.281095-1099.29|Est. 1095]]" and its logo is a [[Crusader]] cross.<ref name="socofilms3">[https://archive.is/ZyCSB Patreon page of SOCO Films]</ref> Keen has claimed that she was unaware of Kay's political leanings at the time.<ref name="elliards" />

Keen staged a rally in Leeds on September 20.<ref name="maclure1">Abbey Maclure, "[https://archive.is/XpcsA 'Free speech warrior' Kellie-Jay Keen is hosting a Standing For Women demonstration in Leeds today]", Yorkshire Evening Post, 20 September 2021</ref><ref name="gildea1">Samantha Gildea, "[https://archive.ph/kalah Self-proclaimed 'free speech warrior' Posie Parker to host demonstration in Leeds this weekend]", LeedsLive, 20 September 2020</ref> 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."<ref name="bartosch1">Josephine Bartosch, "[https://archive.is/jteiE Standing for Women founder arrested]", The Critic, 21 September 2020</ref><ref name="carmichael1">Bill Carmichael, "[https://archive.is/rGoUc Don’t let police erode civil liberties in pandemic’s lockdown]", The Yorkshire Post, 25 September 2020</ref> Keen and two other attendees were arrested.<ref name="bartosch1" /> 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."<ref name="bartosch1" /> 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."<ref name="carmichael1" /> SFW countered that [[conspiracy theory|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.<ref name="carmichael1" />

===Second wave of UK rallies===
====Manchester, May 2022====
[[File:Statue of Emmeline Pankhurst - December 2018 (3).jpg|thumb|165px|right|The Pankhurst statute.]]
On May 15, 2022, the Standing for Women transphobia tour rolled into Manchester.<ref name="chudy">Emily Chudy, "[https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/05/17/anti-trans-protest-manchester-posie-parker/ Cis woman interrupts anti-trans protest and instantly becomes an icon: 'Trans women are women!']", PinkNews, 17 May 2022</ref> The rally was held in front of an art installation called ''I Am'' by Allie Crewe showcasing photos of [[domestic violence]] survivors.<ref name="chudy" /> 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.<ref name="chudy" /> 

Keen has stated that the planned site was a statue of [[suffragette]] {{w|Emmeline Pankhurst}} that could not be accessed since it was surrounded by counterprotestors.<ref name="chudy" /><ref name="knight1">Stephen Knight, "[https://archive.is/uQaa4 Meet the activists on the 'right side of history']", Spiked, 16 May 2022</ref> The counterprotest was organised by local activist groups Manchester Trans Rise Up and Anarchist Federation.<ref name="milton4">Josh Milton, "[https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/02/anti-trans-denies-blackface-nappy-mr-menno/ Anti-trans protester wears black morph suit and nappy in bizarre stunt]", PinkNews, 2 June 2022</ref><ref name="hardy2">Jack Hardy, "[https://archive.is/N4XgQ JK Rowling backs feminist campaigner who was 'assaulted' by balaclava-clad trans activists]", The Telegraph, 16 May 2022</ref> Many of the participants were wearing [[Antifascist Action#Present day|black bloc]] to protect their identities.<ref name="milton4" /> Tensions erupted when Keen's supporters turned up at the statue looking for her rally.<ref name="chudy" /> 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."<ref name="hardy2" /> Kovacevic climbed onto a stone ledge surrounding the statue to display her [[TERF glossary#.F0.9F.9F.AA.E2.AC.9C.F0.9F.9F.A9_.28purple.2C_white.2C_green_squareemojis.29|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."<ref name="hardy2" /> 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.<ref name="mallorymoore1">[https://twitter.com/Chican3ry/status/1526146597154873345 Video] of the March incident posted on Twitter by Mallory Moore (@Chican3ry)</ref><ref name="mallorymoore2">[https://twitter.com/Chican3ry/status/1503111543839412225 Tweet] by Mallory Moore (@Chican3ry)</ref><ref name="mallorymoore3">[https://twitter.com/Chican3ry/status/1537357548004814848 Tweet] by Mallory Moore (@Chican3ry)</ref> 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.<ref name="hardy2" /> 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."<ref name="hardy2" />

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 Mail|Daily Fail]]'' that "masked men preventing women from speaking next to the Pankhurst statue" was emblematic of "the assault on women's rights."<ref name="matthews1">Chris Matthews and Martin Robinson, "[https://archive.is/6Khr3 '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</ref> [[J.K. Rowling]] tweeted that the counterprotestors had "scored an unintentionally hilarious own goal" by getting "dressed up as [[ninja]]s to block public access to a statue of a suffragette."<ref name="hardy2" /><ref name="matthews1" /> Suzanne Moore blasted the "[[Ableism#Ableist language|gimps]] in masks [who] believe themselves to be 'progressive' rather than cowardly anonymous misogynists" in an op-ed in ''The Telegraph''.<ref name="suzanne-moore1">Suzanne Moore, "[https://archive.is/husqa Trans rights 'activists' give protesters a bad name]", The Telegraph, 17 May 2022</ref> Stephen Knight of ''[[Spiked]]'' wrote of goading the "masked [[ayatollah]]s of Manchester" to "blink once for yes, two for no" to answer his invitation to "chat" in an exchange that became a [[viral|viral video]].<ref name="knight1" /> TERFs coined the insult "[[TERF glossary#Black Pampers|Black Pampers]]" (a play on [[Black Panther Party|Black Panthers]]) to refer to the Manchester counterprotestors.<ref name="milton4" /><ref name="suzanne-moore1" /> At another SFW event in Hyde Park two weeks after the Manchester rally, a man wearing a black {{w|morph suit}} and an adult diaper staged a bizarre skit mocking "Black Pampers," a display widely condemned as reminiscent of a [[blackface]] minstrel show.<ref name="milton4" /><ref>https://twitter.com/AlexandraErin/status/1531475331651190784</ref>

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.<ref name="chudy" /><ref name="newsflare1">"[https://www.newsflare.com/video/494067/altercation-at-posey-parker-demo-trans-rights-counter-protest-in-manchester-england Altercation At Posey Parker Demo/ Trans Rights Counter Protest. In Manchester, England]", Newsflare, 15 May 2022</ref> 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."<ref name="chudy" /> Alex Bramham chased after the woman and retrieved the mic after a "short struggle."<ref name="chudy" /><ref name="newsflare1" /> In an interview with Tke Media afterward, the woman stated that Bramham had hit her, leaving her with "marks on [her] hand."<ref name="newsflare1" /> Bramham gave an interview to the same outfit, unironically castigating "somebody assaulting a woman [Keen] here, seizing a microphone out of her hand."<ref name="newsflare1" /> A viral clip shows Bramham's then-partner blundering groin-first into a bollard while shouting "[[TERF glossary#.23DropTheT_.2F_.23LGBWithoutTheT|LGB drop the T]]!" as the pair were leaving the rally.<ref>"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO6HA3ha23Y Brad walking into a bollard with Alex Bramham]" on YouTube</ref> The couple had a "gender critical"-themed [[civil union]] ceremony complete with a [[TERF glossary#Dinosaur_emojis_.28.F0.9F.A6.96.F0.9F.A6.95.29|dinosaur]] cake labelled "adult human males" in early 2023.<ref name="villarreal1">Daniel Villarreal, [https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/gay-couples-civil-partnership-ceremony-themed-around-transphobia/ Gay couple's civil partnership ceremony themed around transphobia]", LGBTQ Nation, 17 February 2023</ref> Bramham once called being gay a "[[Homophobia#.22Homosexuals_choose_to_be_that_way.22|choice]]" and has stated he opted for a civil union because he believes "[[internalized discrimination|marriage is between one man and one woman]]."<ref name="mckee1">Jake McKee, "[https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/01/06/lgb-alliance-alex-bramham-gay-choice/ LGB Alliance activist and former Tory election candidate says being gay is a choice]", PinkNews, 6 January 2023</ref><ref name="villarreal1" /> In June 2023, Bramham announced that he and his partner had separated, declaring himself to be [[ex-gay]] and [[born again]].<ref>https://twitter.com/HLeeHurley/status/1666894552685240341</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/HLeeHurley/status/1666895068865650702</ref> He was also suspended as a [[Tory]] candidate for Manchester's city council in April 2022 for a tweet [[Nazi analogies|likening the trans-rights movement to Nazis]].<ref name="maidment">Adam Maidment, "[https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/tory-candidate-suspended-pending-investigation-23793934 Tory candidate suspended pending investigation after comparing trans rights movement to Nazis]", Manchester Evening News, 26 April 2022</ref>

====Brighton, September 2022====
On September 18, 2022, Standing for Women held a rally in the seaside resort of Brighton,<ref name="billson1">Chantelle Billson, "[https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/09/19/brighton-posie-parker-trans/ Hundreds gather to 'drown out' rally by anti-trans activist Posie Parker]", PinkNews, 19 September 2022</ref><ref>George Carden, "[https://archive.is/m7Q6L Hundreds gather for visit of Kellie-Jay Keen in Brighton]", The Argus, 18 September 2022</ref> 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."<ref name="billson1" /><ref name="sales1">Dan Sales, "[https://archive.is/SVCBn 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</ref> This tweet was investigated as one of several "alleged threats of violence" against Keen by Sussex Police.<ref name="sales1" /> Keen hit back in a comment to the ''Daily Mail'': "Isn't this just what we expect from Trans{{sic}} and their supporters?"<ref name="sales1" />

Three arrests were made during the event.<ref name="billson1" /> Craig Thomas was charged with one count of assault and two counts of possessing a bladed article.<ref name="billson1" /> 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.<ref name="carr1">Stewart Carr, "[https://archive.is/JUVCM 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</ref> When counterprotestor Oliver Waterhouse called him a "fascist," Thomas, by his own omission, grabbed the man's testicles.<ref name="carr1" /><ref name="nicholson">Savannah Nicholson, "[https://archive.is/13PcM Chef grabbed man's testicles at Kellie-Jay Keen talk in Brighton]", The Argus, 19 January 2023</ref> Waterhouse's solicitor reported that Thomas "squeezed and pulled", causing Waterhouse to fall to the ground in "excruciating" pain.<ref name="carr1" /><ref name="nicholson" /> In a victim impact statement, Waterhouse stated that he hasn't been able to work, suffers from sleep issues, and worries about potential infertility.<ref name="carr1" /><ref name="nicholson" /> Thomas was ordered to pay a shockingly paltry £75 in compensation to Waterhouse in January 2023.<ref name="carr1" /><ref name="nicholson" /> Reactions from transphobes predictably ignored Waterstone's assault and focused on the alleged misdeeds of couterprotestors. J.K. Rowling accused the "[[TERF glossary#Be_kind_.2F_be_nice|Be Kind brigade]]" of "hiding behind their black masks, throwing smoke bombs, screaming 'scum' at women speaking up for their [[TERF glossary#Sex-based rights|sex-based rights]]."<ref name="phillips1">Jamie Phillips, "[https://archive.is/ZsJW1 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</ref> [[Andy Ngo]] charged "violent #Antifa & militant trans extremists" with trying to "shut down the women's rights event."<ref name="rondeau1">Olivia Rondeau, "[https://archive.is/Y72yP Trans extremists and Antifa try to shut down women’s rights event in England]", The Post Millenial, 19 September 2022</ref>

The rally was livestreamed by far-right group Hearts of Oak.<ref name="baska>Maggie Baska, "[https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/28/state-of-hate-2023-trans-drag-posie-parker/ Anti-drag protests and Posie Parker singled out in new report on far-right extremism]", PinkNews, February 28 2023</ref> Notable gender-critical attendees included [[TERF#Forstater case|Maya Forstater]] and [[Helen Joyce]].<ref name="billson1" /> 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.<ref name="fortune1">Rowan Fortune, "[https://anticapitalistresistance.org/picture-of-the-week-anti-trans-desecration/ Picture of the Week: Anti‑Trans Desecration]", Anti-Capitalist Resistance, 20 September 2022</ref><ref name="kurilova">Eva Kurilova, "[https://t.co/XTKvb1FfFj How The Rainbow Flag Lost Its Pride]", The Distance Mag, 29 December 2022</ref> 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."<ref name="fortune1" /> Canadian TERF Eva Kurilova praised Campbell for cutting the "intrusive triangle out of the pride flag" in the "lovely photo."<ref name="kurilova" />

==Party of Women==
After multiple rejected applications,<ref>(December 17, 2023). [https://www.outinperth.com/kellie-jay-keens-party-of-women-knocked-back-in-the-uk-for-a-third-time/ "Kellie-Jay Keen's Party of Women knocked back in the UK for a third time"]. ''OUTinPERTH''.</ref> Keen registered a minor third party, "Party of Women", in 2024.<ref>[https://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Registrations/PP17545 "Party Of Women: Registration summary"]. The Electoral Commission.</ref> They stood candidates in the [[2024 United Kingdom general election]]. The "[[silent majority]]" preferred the satirical {{w|Official Monster Raving Loony Party||.}}<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/results "UK General election 2024 Results"]. ''BBC News''.</ref>

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==
[[File:KJKFourteenWordsRetweet.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Kellie-Jay being a [[useful idiot]] and/or revealing her [[Alt-right glossary#Power level|power level]].]]
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]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCmJ7huKq44</ref> 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.<ref>[https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/24/lilah-lilahrpg-posie-parker-kellie-jay-keen-minshull/ ]Trans rights protester met with Nazis at Posie Parker rally recounts ‘terrifying chaos’</ref>

In response to a critical question from a fellow TERF who accused her of "supporting the fascist scum that tried to {{w|2024 United Kingdom riots|attack a hotel housing refugees in Bristol|",}} Keen-Minshull responded with a [[dogwhistle|coded]] version of the [[Libs_of_TikTok#.22Groomer.22_slur|"groomer"]] attack: "The National Front were a loud and influential voice against PIE [<nowiki/>[[Paedophile Information Exchange]]]<nowiki/>.  [[False dichotomy|Which team do you support?]]"<ref name=parker24>Posie Parker (2024): [https://x.com/ThePosieParker/status/1820122750348116265 The National Front were a loud and influential voice against PIE.  Which team do you support?]</ref>

On October 2, 2024, Keen-Minshull retweeted a graphic featuring a version of the [[Fourteen Words]].<ref name="14words1">[https://x.com/heyyitsPolo/status/1841495018436976918 Screenshot by @heyyitsPolo]</ref><ref name="14words2">[https://x.com/ICanSeeForever1/status/1841364302747357407 Screenshot by @ICanSeeForever1]</ref> The graphic was posted below one of Keen-Minshull's tweets by an anti-trans account.<ref name="14words3">[https://xcancel.com/GCsOfMumsnet/status/1841265520223429023 Original thread]</ref> It included a  photo of Keen-Minshull and quotation marks falsely implying it was a quote from her.<ref name="14words3" /> Keen-Minshull deleted her retweet, accusing the account of being "[[TERF glossary#Trans-rights activist .28TRA.29|TRA]]."<ref name="14words4">[https://x.com/ThePosieParker/status/1841489474473062853 Tweet by Kellie-Jay Keen (@ThePosieParker)]</ref>

==Gallery==<!--  Pics for use in unwritten sections.-->
{|
|[[File:NazisAtStandingforWomenRally2.jpg|thumb|165px|Neo-Nazis show up at a "Let Woman Speak" rally in Melbourne.]]
|[[File:Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull being escorted to a police car, Albert Park, Auckland, 2023-03-25.jpg|thumb|165px|Keen after having soup poured on her in Auckland.]]
|}

==External links==
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBy93QX7ysE Kellie-Jay & the Neo-Nazis]," video essay by [[Shaun]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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