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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

Gender critical activists accused of ‘hateful’ remarks after suggesting trans rights supporters have ‘broken brains’

Gender critical campaigners have been accused of making “hateful” and “extremist” remarks at an event at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester after suggesting those who support trans rights have “broken brains” and that so-called gender ideology is “an evil”.

Speaking on a panel event on the fringes of the conference, titled ‘After the Supreme Court Ruling: what next for sex-based rights’, Fiona McAnena, director of campaigns at Sex Matters, referred to trans women as “a man in a dress”.

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