A Sefton councillor said she was subjected to a tidal wave of online abuse after expressing her support for the transgender community.
Cllr Laura Lunn-Bates, 27, said she was called a 'silly t**t', 'a simpering idiot' and a 'd*** pandering moron' by Twitter trolls after she publicly expressed her disappointment that a fringe event by Labour Women's Declaration had been allowed to go ahead at the Labour party conference.
After being subjected to threatening messages, she was forced to remove her personal details from the Sefton Council website due to fears for her own safety.
