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| name = Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull | | name = Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull | ||
| alias = Posie Parker | |||
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| birth_place = West Country, Somerset | |||
| other_names = Posie Parker | |||
| education = Bachelor's Degree in Theology, ] | |||
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'''Kellie-Jay Nyishie Keen-Minshull''' ({{nee}} '''Keen'''; born June 1974), also known as '''Posie Parker''', is a British ] activist and the leader of the political party ]. She describes herself as a ],<ref name="NZHerald 2023-03-26">{{Cite web |title=Anti-trans activist determined on NZ visit despite Immigration review |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/immigration-new-zealand-reviews-entry-for-uk-anti-trans-activist-kellie-jay-keen-minshull/FQNQMWZQ7NFKVMWIJ4RUUELZJ4/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320225252/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/immigration-new-zealand-reviews-entry-for-uk-anti-trans-activist-kellie-jay-keen-minshull/FQNQMWZQ7NFKVMWIJ4RUUELZJ4/ |archive-date=20 March 2023 |access-date=26 March 2023 |website=] |language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref name="Housden 24 Mar 2023" /> but says that she is "not a feminist".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mackay |first1=Finn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L8k-EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA97 |title=Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars: The Politics of Sex |date=2021 |publisher=Bloomsbury |isbn=978-0-7556-0666-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Company |date=23 March 2023 |title=Lidia Thorpe, 'Posie Parker' and the neo-Nazis |url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/abc-news-daily/lidia-thorpe-posie-parker-and-the-neo-nazis/102136482}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |user=ThePosieParker |first=Kellie-Jay |last=Keen |title=I'm not a feminist. I am grateful to feminists of the past for the many freedoms I enjoy. But feminism has been taken over by pimps, punters, pro men pretending to be women, pro womb rental, anti child morons. Stop trying to tell me that I should be a feminist.... |number=1677574265711869953 |access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref> Some sources have called her an anti–] activist.<ref>{{cite news |last=Greenwood |first=George |date=26 June 2023 |title=Posie Parker: JK Rowling condemns tomato juice attack on trans critic |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/posie-parker-jk-rowling-condemns-tomato-juice-attack-on-trans-critic-mpzlp50tc |access-date=11 October 2023 |newspaper=]}}</ref> | |||
'''Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull''', also known as '''Posie Parker''', is a British anti-trans activist, founder of the group ], a member of the ], and a special advisor to the ].<ref name="Fitzsimons">{{Cite news |last=Fitzsimons |first=Tim |date=February 1, 2019 |title=Prominent transgender advocate harassed by anti-trans feminists, video shows |language=en |work=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/prominent-transgender-activist-harassed-anti-trans-feminists-video-shows-n966061 |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref><ref name="Peltz">{{Cite news |last=Peltz |first=Madeline |date=February 26, 2019 |title=Right-wing media and think tanks are aligning with fake feminists who dehumanize trans people |language=en |work=Media Matters For America |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson/right-wing-media-and-think-tanks-are-aligning-fake-feminists-who-dehumanize-trans |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref><ref name="Braidwood">{{Cite news |last=Braidwood |first=Ella |date=2019-01-31 |title=Trans campaigner Sarah McBride is harassed by anti-trans feminists in video |language=en-GB |work=Pink News |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/01/31/trans-sarah-mcbride-hrc-posie-parker/ |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref><ref name="Burns">{{Cite news |last=Burns |first=Katelyn |date=2019-09-05 |title=The rise of anti-trans "radical" feminists, explained |language=en |work=Vox |url=https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/9/5/20840101/terfs-radical-feminists-gender-critical |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref><ref name="Norris">{{Cite news |last=Norris |first=Sian |date=2021-03-08 |title=IWD 2021: Radical Feminists and Radical Right Form Unlikely Alliance on International Women’s Day |language=en-GB |work=Byline Times |url=https://bylinetimes.com/2021/03/08/iwd-2021-radical-feminists-and-radical-right-form-unlikely-alliance-on-international-womens-day/ |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref><ref name="Norris2"/> Keen opposes laws and policies that allow transgender women to legally identify as women, use public facilities for women, and compete in sports.<ref name="Ennis"/><ref name="Leonard">{{Cite news |last=Leonard |first=Lana |date=November 20, 2022 |title=Trans protesters clash with TERFs & shut down an anti-trans speaking tour in New York City |url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/11/trans-protesters-clash-terfs-shut-anti-trans-speaking-tour-new-york-city/ |access-date=2022-12-01}}</ref> | |||
Keen-Minshull is the founder of the group Standing for Women<ref name="Elliards2">{{Cite news |last=Elliards |first=Xander |date=4 February 2023 |title=Who is Posie Parker? The controversial anti-trans activist heading to Scotland |language=en |work=The National |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23299549.posie-parker-anti-trans-founder-standing-women/ |access-date=4 February 2023 |archive-date=4 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204231716/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23299549.posie-parker-anti-trans-founder-standing-women/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Fitzsimons">{{Cite news |last=Fitzsimons |first=Tim |date=1 February 2019 |title=Prominent transgender advocate harassed by anti-trans feminists, video shows |language=en |publisher=] |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/prominent-transgender-activist-harassed-anti-trans-feminists-video-shows-n966061 |access-date=19 October 2022 |archive-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019044919/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/prominent-transgender-activist-harassed-anti-trans-feminists-video-shows-n966061 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the former special advisor to the ] (WoLF). She has been described as a key figure opposing the United Kingdom's ]. She has been credited for popularising the use of the term "adult human female" to define a woman; the term later became associated with gender-critical feminism. She launched a failed bid to become the ] for the constituency of ] in the ], coming in last place with only 0.5% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Bristol Central - General election results 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001131 |access-date=2024-07-21 |work=] |language=en-GB}}</ref> | |||
Keen has appeared on a podcast with white nationalist ] and repeatedly praised far-right activist ].<ref name="Peltz"/><ref name="Feidt"/> Keen has also attended panels organized by the ], an anti-LGBTQ organization.<ref name="Leonard"/> | |||
She has used billboards, posters, stickers and ] to promote anti-transgender rights messages, and has held events in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand that have been protested against by supporters of ] rights. | |||
== Personal life and education == | |||
== Biography and views == | |||
Keen was raised in the West Country, Somerset and has an older sister.<ref name="Marriot">{{Cite news |last=Marriot |first=Leah |date=2020-07-22 |title=We find how Posie Parker became a high profile debater and acclaimed podcast host |language=en |work=Blasting News United Kingdom |url=https://uk.blastingnews.com/opinion/2020/07/we-find-how-posie-parker-became-a-high-profile-debater-and-acclaimed-podcast-host-003175400.html |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref> | |||
Keen-Minshull's activism includes opposition to legal protections and policies that allow ] people to be ]. She has opposed the UK ],<ref name="NZH 21 March 2023" /> the ] according to their gender, and the participation of ] that align with their gender.<ref name="Watson"/> She has also opposed the use of ] and ] for ],<ref name="Baker">{{Cite news |last=Baker |first=John |date=25 April 2018 |title=Activist speaks on gender issues |language=en |work=Wiltshire Times |url=https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/16182999.activist-speaks-gender-issues/ |access-date=26 December 2022 |archive-date=26 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226191900/https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/16182999.activist-speaks-gender-issues/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and ], especially in locations that may be viewed by children.<ref name="Watson">{{Cite news |last=Watson |first=Graeme |date=11 January 2023 |title=Kellie-Jay Keen announces Australian tour including Perth date |work=] |url=https://www.outinperth.com/kellie-jay-keen-announces-australian-tour-including-perth-date/ |access-date=19 January 2023 |archive-date=19 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119170110/https://www.outinperth.com/kellie-jay-keen-announces-australian-tour-including-perth-date/ |url-status=live}}</ref> According to ], Keen-Minshull has referred to the trans community as a "pernicious cult" and "previously compared trans people to sex offenders and serial killers".<ref name="Sep 2024">{{cite news |last= Perry |first= Sophie |date= 29 September 2023 |title= A political party proposed by gender-critical activist Posie Parker has been rejected by the Electoral Commission. |url= https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/29/posie-parker-party-of-women-rejected-electoral-commission/ |work= PinkNews |access-date= 23 November 2024}}</ref> | |||
Keen-Minshull is also a special advisor to the ].<ref name="Elliards2" /> In March 2023, the '']'' described Keen-Minshull as "a key figure in the movement against the UK's ]".<ref name="NZH 21 March 2023" /> | |||
Keen received a Bachelor's degree in ] at ] and went into sales. Keen also has run "Posie Parker Photography" for over 11 years.<ref name="Marriot"/><ref name="tvguidetime">{{Cite news |date=2021-12-29 |title=Kellie Jay Keen – Posie Parker Height, Weight, Net Worth, Age, Birthday, Misplaced Pages, Who, Nationality, Biography |language=en |url=https://www.tvguidetime.com/people/kellie-jay-keen-posie-parker-height-weight-net-worth-age-birthday-wikipedia-who-nationality-biography-184838.html |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref> | |||
] has described her as "a leading voice in the anti-trans movement" and linked her to ] extremism.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anti-drag protests and Posie Parker singled out in new report on far-right extremism |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/28/state-of-hate-2023-trans-drag-posie-parker/ |access-date=26 March 2024 |work=PinkNews}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CASE FILE: Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull |url=https://hopenothate.org.uk/case-files-kellie-jay/ |access-date=25 March 2024|publisher=]}}</ref> | |||
Keen has a husband and four children.<ref name="Humphries">{{Cite news |last=Humphries |first=Will |date=July 28, 2022 |title=Kellie-Jay Keen: Police ‘were wrong to call on feminist’ |language=en |work=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kellie-jay-keen-police-were-wrong-to-call-on-feminist-3sb6wnzrk |access-date=2022-11-18 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref><ref name="Marriot" /> | |||
=== Billboards, posters and stickers === | |||
On September 30, 2018, someone created a fake social media account impersonating her husband and sharing Keen's personal information, including her name and address.<ref name="Braidwood2">{{Cite news |last=Braidwood |first=Ella |date=2018-10-01 |title=Trans campaigners condemn personal info leak of woman behind anti-trans billboard |language=en-GB |work=Pink News |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/10/01/trans-campaigners-condemn-personal-info-leak-anti-trans-billboard/ |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref> | |||
Keen-Minshull is credited for popularising the term "adult human female" to define a woman, which she began to promote in 2018 on billboards.<ref name="Elliards22">{{Cite news |last=Elliards |first=Xander |date=4 February 2023 |title=Who is Posie Parker? The controversial anti-trans activist heading to Scotland |language=en |work=The National |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23299549.posie-parker-anti-trans-founder-standing-women/ |url-status=live |access-date=4 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204231716/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23299549.posie-parker-anti-trans-founder-standing-women/ |archive-date=4 February 2023}}</ref><ref name="BBC2">{{Cite news |date=26 September 2018 |title=Woman billboard removed after transphobia row |language=en-GB |work=] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45650462 |url-status=live |access-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019044919/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45650462 |archive-date=19 October 2022}}</ref> The term is associated with ] feminism.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 April 2023 |title=Counter rally planned over women's rights event in Belfast |language=en-GB |work=] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-65187388 |access-date=17 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=29 April 2022 |title=Allison Bailey: Gender-critical barrister's tribunal starts |language=en-GB |work=] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-61275720 |access-date=17 April 2023}}</ref> | |||
In September 2018, under the pseudonym "Posie Parker", Keen-Minshull paid the advertising company ] to place a billboard poster in ] with the text "woman, wʊmən, noun, adult human female", telling the ] it was in response to support expressed by Liverpool mayor ] for the trans community.<ref name="BBC2"/> Keen-Minshull said she was concerned the word "woman" was "being appropriated to mean anything" and that the poster was intended to "start a conversation" about women's rights.<ref name="BBC2"/> Primesight removed the poster following a complaint, stating it had been "unaware of the motive" and "misled" and was "fully committed to equality for all".<ref name="BBC2"/> In response to the poster, LGBT charity ] noted in their 2018 Trans Report on violence and hate crimes against trans people that: "These are not just statistics, they represent the lives of trans people, which are only being made worse by increasingly frequent attacks in the media, online and in public spaces."<ref name="BBC2"/> | |||
Keen created the podcast "Woman By Definition". Guests have included ], ], ], ] and ].<ref name="Marriot" /> | |||
Standing for Women had a digital version of the poster placed on a billboard in ] on 19 October 2018, and Kong Outdoor, which owned the billboard, said the sign initially appeared to comply with ] regulations, but then removed it pending further investigation after becoming aware of "the controversy around the message."<ref name="Hyde">{{Cite news |last=Hyde |first=Nathan |date=21 October 2018 |title=Woman poster removed from Leeds billboard and investigated |language=en |work=Leeds Live |url=https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-news/woman-poster-removed-leeds-billboard-15307880 |url-status=live |access-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019044926/https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-news/woman-poster-removed-leeds-billboard-15307880 |archive-date=19 October 2022}}</ref> | |||
== Anti-trans activism == | |||
In January 2020, Keen spoke at a panel organized by the ] (WoLF). ], another ], tweeted "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" and "I despise the latest tactics of Posie Parker and disciples, and want no part in it. As far as I am concerned, they are motivated by narcissism, bigotry, and ego. They are causing harm." Keen stated she supports LGB rights, is pro-choice, and denied that she was funded "by the right".<ref name="Parsons2">{{Cite news |last=Parsons |first=Vic |date=2020-01-19 |title=The "gender-critical feminist" movement appears to be falling apart at the seams. Here’s why |language=en-GB |work=Pink News |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/19/gender-critical-feminism-posie-parker-linda-bellos-new-york-wolf-heritage-foundation/ |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref> | |||
In May 2019, a sticker stating "Women only. This is a single <u>sex</u> service under the ]" that was produced by Standing for Women and designed to appear official was removed from a ] bathroom door after station staff were alerted.<ref name="Smith">{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Reiss |date=3 May 2019 |title=Anti-trans bathroom sign removed from Dundee train station |language=en-GB |work=Pink News |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/05/03/dundee-train-station-transgender-bathroom/ |url-status=live |access-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019044922/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/05/03/dundee-train-station-transgender-bathroom/ |archive-date=19 October 2022}}</ref> Keen-Minshull denied that the group had placed the sticker in the station and said "We are fed up that the protected category of sex in the ] is routinely ignored and are standing up and saying we matter too."<ref name="Smith" /> | |||
In December 2020, Keen became a special advisor to WoLF.<ref name="Norris" /> | |||
On 27 July 2020, Keen-Minshull paid for a poster reading "I ❤ ]" to be displayed at ] in ].<ref name="White">{{Cite news |last=White |first=Adam |date=31 July 2020 |title=An 'I love JK Rowling poster' was removed from an Edinburgh train station due to its 'political nature' |language=en-US |work=Insider |url=https://www.insider.com/i-love-jk-rowling-poster-removed-edinburgh-train-station-2020-7 |url-status=live |access-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20200803211200/https://www.insider.com/i-love-jk-rowling-poster-removed-edinburgh-train-station-2020-7 |archive-date=3 August 2020}}</ref> Rowling had recently elicited controversy for ]. The poster was taken down by the Scotland wing of ] on 30 July, who stated that the poster was removed for violating its advertising guidelines due to its political nature.<ref name="Milton">{{Cite news |last=Milton |first=Josh |date=29 July 2020 |title='Gender critical feminist' Posie Parker pays for billboard declaring love for JK Rowling at Edinburgh railway station |work=Pink News |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/29/posie-parker-jk-rowling-birthday-poster-edinburgh-scotland-trans-rights-transphobia/ |url-status=live |access-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019044922/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/29/posie-parker-jk-rowling-birthday-poster-edinburgh-scotland-trans-rights-transphobia/ |archive-date=19 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="Milton2">{{Cite news |last=Milton |first=Josh |date=30 July 2020 |title=Posie Parker's 'I Love JK Rowling' billboard has already been removed |language=en-GB |work=Pink News |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/30/jk-rowling-posie-parker-poster-network-rail-edinburgh-scotland-trans-transphobia/ |url-status=live |access-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019044918/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/30/jk-rowling-posie-parker-poster-network-rail-edinburgh-scotland-trans-transphobia/ |archive-date=19 October 2022}}</ref> | |||
On March 15, 2022, Keen attended an event hosted by the ] titled "How 'Gender Equality' Cheats Women and Girls." The event was held to coincide with a ] women's event. The event was protested by ], the ], ], ], ], and ], who held signs saying "TERFs go home" and "Lesbians for trans women" among others.<ref name="Tracy">{{Cite news |last=Tracy |first=Matt |date=2022-03-18 |title=Activists Confront Transphobes in Manhattan |language=en-US |work=Gay City News |url=https://gaycitynews.com/lgbtq-activists-confront-terfs-in-manhattan/ |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref> | |||
In July 2021, Speak Up for Women in New Zealand used the phrase "adult human female" in billboards, which were removed following complaints about ].<ref>{{Cite web |title='Anti-trans' billboard removed from Wellington's CBD |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/07/13/anti-trans-billboard-removed-from-wellingtons-cbd/ |access-date=1 April 2023 |website=1 News }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Otago Daily Times newspaper lambasted for publishing 'despicable' Speak Up For Women ad |work=] |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/09/otago-daily-times-newspaper-lambasted-for-publishing-despicable-speak-up-for-women-ad.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925102049/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/09/otago-daily-times-newspaper-lambasted-for-publishing-despicable-speak-up-for-women-ad.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 September 2021 |access-date=1 April 2023}}</ref> | |||
=== Posters and billboards === | |||
In September 2018, Keen paid the advertising company Primesight to place a billboard poster under the pseudonym "Posie Parker" in Liverpool with the text "woman, wʊmən, noun, adult human female" in response to proposed reforms to the ] and ] voicing support for the trans community. Adrian Harrop, who filed the complaint leading to the poster's removal, said it was a "symbol that makes transgender people feel unsafe". Primesight removed the poster, stating it had been "misled" and was "fully committed to equality for all". In response to the poster, LGBT charity ] stated that "our 2018 Trans Report revealed that one in eight trans employees (12%) have been physically attacked at work, while two in five trans people (41%) have experienced a hate crime or incident in the last year. These are not just statistics, they represent the lives of trans people, which are only being made worse by increasingly frequent attacks in the media, online and in public spaces."<ref name="BBC">{{Cite news |date=2018-09-26 |title=Woman billboard removed after transphobia row |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45650462 |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref> A billboard with the same slogan as the original was erected in Leeds on October 19, 2018. Kong Outdoor, which owns the billboard, removed it pending investigation.<ref name="Hyde">{{Cite news |last=Hyde |first=Nathan |date=2018-10-21 |title=Woman poster removed from Leeds billboard and investigated |language=en |work=Leeds Live |url=https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-news/woman-poster-removed-leeds-billboard-15307880 |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref> | |||
HelloPrint, the company that had produced stickers, t-shirts, and other merchandise for Keen-Minshull over five years announced in February 2023 that it would no longer fill orders for Keen-Minshull, and "If we had been fully aware of her beliefs earlier, we would earlier have refused to print for her."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ali |first1=Joe |date=8 February 2023 |title=Printing firm refuses to make anti-trans activist Posie Parker's vile 'adult human female' merch |work=] |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/08/posie-parker-helloprint-adult-human-female-merch/ |url-status=live |access-date=26 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222033249/https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/08/posie-parker-helloprint-adult-human-female-merch/ |archive-date=22 February 2023}}</ref> | |||
In May 2019, a sticker designed by Standing for Women to look like an official sign was removed from a Dundee train station following complaints. The sticker read "Women only. This is a single sex service under the ]" and was placed over the original sign. Keen denied that the group placed the sticker.<ref name="Smith">{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Reiss |date=2019-05-03 |title=Anti-trans bathroom sign removed from Dundee train station |language=en-GB |work=Pink News |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/05/03/dundee-train-station-transgender-bathroom/ |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref> | |||
=== Social media === | |||
On July 27, 2020, Keen paid for a poster reading "I ❤ JK Rowling" to be displayed at Waverly Station in Edinburgh for Rowling's 55th birthday. The poster was taken down by the Scotland wing of Network Rail on July 30, who stated that the poster was removed for violating its advertising guidelines due to its political nature.<ref name="Milton">{{Cite news |last=Milton |first=Josh |date=2020-07-29 |title=‘Gender critical feminist’ Posie Parker pays for billboard declaring love for JK Rowling at Edinburgh railway station |language=en-GB |work=Pink News |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/29/posie-parker-jk-rowling-birthday-poster-edinburgh-scotland-trans-rights-transphobia/ |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref><ref name="Milton2">{{Cite news |last=Milton |first=Josh |date=2020-07-30 |title=Posie Parker’s ‘I Love JK Rowling’ billboard has already been removed |language=en-GB |work=Pink News |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/30/jk-rowling-posie-parker-poster-network-rail-edinburgh-scotland-trans-transphobia/ |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref> | |||
In 2018, after a complaint from ], then CEO of transgender charity ], Keen-Minshull was interviewed by ] for suspicion of malicious communication in relation to ] made by Keen-Minshull.<ref name="Evans">{{Cite news |last=Evans |first=Martin |date=20 March 2019 |title=Second woman is investigated by police over transphobic comments |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/20/second-woman-investigated-police-transphobic-comments/ |access-date=28 December 2022 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=28 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228181819/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/20/second-woman-investigated-police-transphobic-comments/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Mowat">{{Cite news |last=Mowat |first=Laura |date=21 March 2019 |title=Campaigner accused of transphobia says criminal probes into 'misgendering people' waste police time |work=Yahoo News |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/campaigner-accused-transphobic-comments-says-criminal-probes-misgendering-people-waste-police-time-173438492.html |access-date=19 October 2022 |archive-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=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 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019, Keen-Minshull said she was interviewed by ] for suspicion of harassment due to two YouTube videos she had produced that directed criticism at Green for supporting her daughter's ].<ref name="Evans"/><ref name="Mowat"/> The 2018 case was closed with no further action.<ref name="White"/> | |||
In May 2018, ], an organisation that opposes ] for trans people, announced that it had disinvited Keen-Minshull from a meeting, based on objections to "her stated views on race and religion."<ref name="Elliards2"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=30 May 2018 |title=Changes to Cornwall meeting |url=https://womansplaceuk.org/2018/05/30/changes-to-cornwall-meeting/ |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=Woman's Place UK |language=en-US |archive-date=5 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205040129/https://womansplaceuk.org/2018/05/30/changes-to-cornwall-meeting/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2022, Woman's Place UK published screenshots they said were from Keen's Twitter account and since deleted, to "clarify our own political ground",<ref name="Elliards2"/> stating they had invited Keen-Minshull to discuss the 2018 police investigation related to her tweets, and since then, "many of her subsequent connections, statements and actions have only strengthened our decision not to work with her."<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 June 2022 |title=Woman's Place and Kellie-Jay Keen (aka Posie Parker) |url=https://womansplaceuk.org/2022/06/22/womans-place-and-posie-parker/ |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=Woman's Place UK |language=en-US |archive-date=5 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205222521/https://womansplaceuk.org/2022/06/22/womans-place-and-posie-parker/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
=== Harassment of transgender people === | |||
In February 2018, Keen was interviewed by the police for allegedly harassing ], CEO of transgender charity ]. Keen had tweeted that Green had "castrated" her transgender daughter and shared details about her medical history, which included seeking treatment outside the UK. The case was eventually closed with no further action.<ref name="White">{{Cite news |last=White |first=Adam |date=July 31, 2020 |title=An 'I love JK Rowling poster' was removed from an Edinburgh train station due to its 'political nature' |language=en-US |work=Insider |url=https://www.insider.com/i-love-jk-rowling-poster-removed-edinburgh-train-station-2020-7 |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref><ref name="Glass">{{Cite news |last=Glass |first=Jess |date=2018-05-10 |title=Exclusive: Genderquake audience were allegedly 'encouraged to heckle' trans panellists |language=en-GB |work=Pink News |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/05/10/genderquake-debate-heckling-transphobia-munroe-bergdorf-caitlyn-jenner/ |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref><ref name="Mowat">{{Cite news |last=Mowat |first=Laura |date=March 21, 2019 |title=Campaigner accused of transphobia says criminal probes into 'misgendering people' waste police time |language=en-GB |work=Yahoo News |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/campaigner-accused-transphobic-comments-says-criminal-probes-misgendering-people-waste-police-time-173438492.html |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref> | |||
In January 2019, Keen-Minshull praised far-right activist ] in a podcast for '']''.<ref name="Elliards2" /> | |||
In May, Keen and other audience members at a debate titled Genderquake hosted by ] heckled ] and ]. Keen later claimed that ], hosting the show, had encouraged the behavior.<ref name="Glass" /> | |||
On 30 January 2019, ], a transgender rights activist and press secretary for the ] (HRC), participated in a panel discussion between members of the Parents for Transgender Equality National Council and members of the ], during a visit to ] to advocate for the ].<ref name="Fitzsimons" /><ref name="Braidwood">{{Cite news |last=Braidwood |first=Ella |date=31 January 2019 |title=Trans campaigner Sarah McBride is harassed by anti-trans feminists in video |language=en-GB |work=Pink News |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/01/31/trans-sarah-mcbride-hrc-posie-parker/ |access-date=19 October 2022 |archive-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019044919/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/01/31/trans-sarah-mcbride-hrc-posie-parker/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Afterwards, Keen-Minshull and Julia Long entered the room in the ] where McBride was working, and recorded themselves on Facebook Live shouting at and ] her.<ref name="Fitzsimons" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bies |first=Jessica |title=Video shows women harassing Delaware transgender activist Sarah McBride at a meeting in D.C. |url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2019/01/31/women-harass-delaware-transgender-activist-sarah-mcbride-meeting-d-c/2730193002/ |access-date=5 December 2022 |website=The News Journal |language=en-US |archive-date=5 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205215853/https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2019/01/31/women-harass-delaware-transgender-activist-sarah-mcbride-meeting-d-c/2730193002/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
On January 30, 2019, ], press secretary for the ] (HRC), addressed Capitol Hill for a private meeting to advocate for the ]. Keen and Julia Long entered and began to harass McBride on live stream, misgendering her and accusing her of hating lesbians. The HRC condemned the incident and blamed the Heritage Foundation, stating "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." A spokesperson for the Heritage Foundation stated they had "no contact with before or after our Jan. 28 event, and have zero connection to anything they did afterward."<ref name="Fitzsimons" /><ref name="Braidwood" /><ref name="Burns" /> | |||
In response to the 30 January incident, an HRC spokesperson stated: "It is disturbing but not at all surprising that anti-transgender extremists brought to the United States at the behest of ] would stoop to harassing a transgender woman and parents of transgender youth."<ref name="Fitzsimons" /> A spokesperson for The Heritage Foundation denied a connection to the presence of Keen-Minshull and Long in the United States and said in reference to a Heritage Foundation panel discussion attended by Keen-Minshull that the organisation had "no contact with them before or after our Jan. 28 event, and have zero connection to anything they did afterward."<ref name="Fitzsimons" /> | |||
In March 2022, Keen attended the ] in Atlanta to protest ]'s inclusion in the event.<ref name="Richardson">{{Cite news |last=Richardson |first=Valerie |date=April 10, 2022 |title=Pressure to define ‘woman’ puts Democrats in a political quandary |language=en-US |work=Washington Times |url=https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/apr/10/pressure-define-woman-puts-democrats-political-qua/ |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref><ref name="Webb">{{Cite news |last=Webb |first=Karleigh |date=2022-06-17 |title=Trans women must wait 2 years to be eligible, says cycling governing body |language=en |work=Outsports |url=https://www.outsports.com/trans/2022/6/17/23172448/cycling-uci-transgender-regulations-bridges |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref> Keen also harassed a transgender reporter in attendance. <ref name="Ennis2">{{Cite news |last=Ennis |first=Dawn |date=2022-03-20 |title=TERFs challenge reporter’s gender at NCAA Women’s Championship |language=en-US |work=Los Angeles Blade |url=https://www.losangelesblade.com/2022/03/20/terfs-challenge-reporters-gender-at-ncaa-womens-championship/ |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref> | |||
In October 2019, Keen-Minshull appeared in a video interview with ], a far-right YouTuber who advocates for a "]".<ref name="Parsons">{{Cite news |last=Parsons |first=Vic |date=15 October 2019 |title=Gender-critical feminist Posie Parker in video with white nationalist YouTuber – and a lot of Mumsnet users are fine with it |language=en-GB |work=Pink News |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/10/15/gender-critical-posie-parker-interview-jean-francois-gariepy-mumsnet/ |access-date=19 October 2022 |archive-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019044920/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/10/15/gender-critical-posie-parker-interview-jean-francois-gariepy-mumsnet/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She has also given an interview to Soldiers of Christ Online, a far-right network.<ref name="Elliards2" /> Keen-Minshull denied prior knowledge of the interviewers' far-right affiliations.<ref name="Elliards2" /><ref name="Parsons"/> In 2019, Jean Hatchet, a ] activist, expressed concerns about what she described as "right-wing links" developed by Keen-Minshull in the US, as well as her connections to The Heritage Foundation, writing on her blog: "I don't care what these people think about trans ideology. That cannot be separated from the things they do and advocate that specifically harm women."<ref name="Elliards2"/> | |||
Keen produced a YouTube video targeting ], director of the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre, making a series of unfounded and un-evidenced accusations about her work.<ref name="Ramsay">{{Cite news |last=Ramsay |first=Adam |date=2022-10-17 |title=Anti-trans activists forced rape crisis centre into lockdown |language=en |work=Open Democracy |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/trans-scotland-mridul-wadhwa-for-women-scotland/ |access-date=2022-11-25}}</ref> | |||
In 2021, Keen-Minshull produced a YouTube video about ], the director of the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre (ERCC), who has faced threats of violence that led to increased security at the ERCC, and has been the focus of an activist and social media campaign opposed to her hiring because she is a trans woman.<ref name="Ramsay">{{Cite news |last=Ramsay |first=Adam |date=17 October 2022 |title=Anti-trans activists forced rape crisis centre into lockdown |language=en |work=Open Democracy |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/trans-scotland-mridul-wadhwa-for-women-scotland/ |access-date=25 November 2022 |archive-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019151431/https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/trans-scotland-mridul-wadhwa-for-women-scotland/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Keen-Minshull referred to Wadhwa as a "male CEO."<ref name="Shrivastava">{{Cite news |last=Shrivastava |first=Pooja |date=19 May 2021 |title=Debate continues over trans woman heading Scotland's rape crisis center |language=en-GB |url=https://www.easterneye.biz/debate-continues-over-trans-woman-heading-scotlands-rape-crisis-center/ |access-date=29 December 2022 |archive-date=29 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229153624/https://www.easterneye.biz/debate-continues-over-trans-woman-heading-scotlands-rape-crisis-center/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
=== Rallies === | |||
On 15 May 2022, Keen organized a "gender-critical" rally. A cis woman entered, posed as a speaker, and took the microphone to say "I just wanna say that I am a cis female and 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. Trans women are women!" ], the artist who created the art the speakers stood in front of, stated "TERFs used my work in St Peter’s Square Manchester to hold a large anti-trans demonstration" and "I am greatly saddened that my work was re-appropriated like this and I do not share their views. I promote all human rights." Keen stated the protest was held there since they couldn't access the statue of Emmeline Pankhurst due to a counter-protest by trans rights activists.<ref name="Chudy">{{Cite news |last=Chudy |first=Emily |date=2022-05-17 |title=Cis woman interrupts feeble anti-trans protest and instantly becomes an icon |language=en-GB |work=Pink News |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/17/anti-trans-protest-manchester-posie-parker/ |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref> | |||
=== Rallies, speaker events, and protests === | |||
On September 18, 2022, Keen hosted a rally in Brighton with ] and ] in attendance. Joyce was seen holding the Progress Pride Flag with the chevron for the POC, trans, and intersex communities cut off. Reclaim Pride called it a "transphobic hate tour". Reclaim Pride, LGBWithTheT, which was set up to counter the ], and allies counter-protested the event. Police kept the protestors and counter-protestors separate. Keen was heard saying "Say this after me: Trans women are men. Trans men are women. There’s no such thing as non-binary and transitioning children is abuse." A police spokesperson said one 19 year old woman was arrest on suspicion of assault and a 20 year man was arrested for obstructing a police officer, both were released pending further inquiries. A 50 year old man was charged with assault and two counts of possession of a bladed article, he was released on bail.<ref name="Wentworth">{{Cite news |last=Wentworth |first=India |date=2022-09-19 |title=PICTURES: Arrests made at Kellie-Jay Keen rally in Brighton |language=en |work=Sussex Express |url=https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/pictures-arrests-made-at-kellie-jay-keen-rally-in-brighton-3847755 |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref><ref name="Billson">{{Cite news |last=Billson |first=Chantelle |date=2022-09-19 |title=Hundreds gather to 'drown out' rally by anti-trans activist Posie Parker |language=en-GB |work=Pink News |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/09/19/brighton-posie-parker-trans/ |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref>One attendee, a 26 year old cisgender bisexual man in support of transgender rights, said he was surprised to see homophobic slurs used against the counter-protestors and stated "one of my friends was called a fetishist for wearing a skirt, and an older gay man, who was in Brighton to escape the bank holiday, was called a nonce which took him aback a little bit. He thought this kind of derogatory trope had long since died out."<ref name="Billson" /> | |||
==== United Kingdom and United States ==== | |||
In March 2022, Keen led a group protesting the inclusion of ] at the ] in Atlanta,<ref name="Webb">{{Cite news |last=Webb |first=Karleigh |date=17 June 2022 |title=Trans women must wait 2 years to be eligible, says cycling governing body |language=en |work=Outsports |url=https://www.outsports.com/trans/2022/6/17/23172448/cycling-uci-transgender-regulations-bridges |access-date=19 October 2022 |archive-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019044920/https://www.outsports.com/trans/2022/6/17/23172448/cycling-uci-transgender-regulations-bridges |url-status=live }}</ref> also appearing on '']''.<ref name="NZH 21 March 2023">{{cite news |title=Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull: Who is campaigner Posie Parker and why is she so controversial? |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kellie-jay-keen-minshull-who-is-anti-transgender-activist-posie-parker-and-why-is-she-so-controversial/GKB2MF4J65D33MBKZM3YF4G5JM/ |access-date=30 March 2023 |work=] |date=21 March 2023 |archive-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328142842/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kellie-jay-keen-minshull-who-is-anti-transgender-activist-posie-parker-and-why-is-she-so-controversial/GKB2MF4J65D33MBKZM3YF4G5JM/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 19 June, Keen-Minshull and approximately 60 supporters held a rally in Bristol, which was met by approximately 100 counter-protestors organised by Bristol Against Hate.<ref name="Donoghue">{{Cite news |last=Donoghue |first=J. J. |date=19 June 2022 |title=Trans rights activists to stage counter-protest in Bristol - live |language=en |work=Bristol Post |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-protest-today-live-trans-7224871 |access-date=24 January 2023 |archive-date=24 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124174608/https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-protest-today-live-trans-7224871 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 18 September, a rally in ] organised by Keen-Minshull as part of a speakers tour was met by hundreds of counter-protesters.<ref name="Wentworth">{{Cite news |last=Wentworth |first=India |date=19 September 2022 |title=PICTURES: Arrests made at Kellie-Jay Keen rally in Brighton |language=en |work=Sussex Express |url=https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/pictures-arrests-made-at-kellie-jay-keen-rally-in-brighton-3847755 |access-date=19 October 2022 |archive-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019044920/https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/pictures-arrests-made-at-kellie-jay-keen-rally-in-brighton-3847755 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Billson">{{Cite news |last=Billson |first=Chantelle |date=19 September 2022 |title=Hundreds gather to 'drown out' rally by anti-trans activist Posie Parker |language=en-GB |work=Pink News |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/09/19/brighton-posie-parker-trans/ |access-date=19 October 2022 |archive-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019044924/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/09/19/brighton-posie-parker-trans/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Sussex police reported three arrests.<ref name="Wentworth"/> | |||
On 16 October, Keen-Minshull began a series of public speaking events organised by Standing for Women in the United States that were intended to tour eleven cities, starting in ].<ref name="Ennis">{{Cite news |last=Ennis |first=Dawn |date=31 October 2022 |title=Anti-trans activist Kellie-Jay Keen spreads hate across America |language=en-US |work=Los Angeles Blade |url=https://www.losangelesblade.com/2022/10/30/anti-trans-activist-kellie-jean-keen-spreads-hate-across-america/ |access-date=18 November 2022 |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118180119/https://www.losangelesblade.com/2022/10/30/anti-trans-activist-kellie-jean-keen-spreads-hate-across-america/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In Los Angeles and the second stop in ], few supporters attended, and there were no counter-protesters nor police at the events.<ref name="Ennis" /> Keen-Minshull said threats from ] led her to cancel the speakers for an event in ].<ref name="Ennis" /> In a video published on Twitter, an attendee at the Portland event was ].<ref name="Ennis" /> On 5 February 2023, Keen-Minshull organised a "Let Women Speak" protest in ]'s ] in response to the passage of the ] and the ]; hundreds of protesters and counterprotestors attended, and the counterprotestors were organised by the Cabaret Against The Hate Speech.<ref name="Cabaret">{{Cite news |last=Morava |first=Maria |date=6 February 2023 |title=Joyful protesters sing and dance the 'YMCA' to drown out anti-trans activist Posie Parker |language=en-gb |work=Pink News |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/06/posie-parker-glasgow-counter-protest-trans/ |access-date=21 March 2023 |archive-date=21 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321005430/https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/06/posie-parker-glasgow-counter-protest-trans/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Glasgow gender">{{Cite news |last=Morrison |first=Hamish |date=5 February 2023 |title=Glasgow gender critical rally met with trans activist counter-protest |language=en-gb |work=The National |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23300695.glasgow-gender-critical-rally-met-trans-activist-counter-protest/ |access-date=21 March 2023 |archive-date=21 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321005430/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23300695.glasgow-gender-critical-rally-met-trans-activist-counter-protest/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Hundreds Join">{{Cite news |last=PA News Agency |first= |date=5 February 2023 |title=Hundreds join rally against gender recognition reforms |language=en-gb |work=The Herald |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/national/23300612.hundreds-join-rally-gender-recognition-reforms/ |access-date=21 March 2023 |archive-date=21 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321013852/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/national/23300612.hundreds-join-rally-gender-recognition-reforms/ |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
==== "Let Women Speak" U.S. tour ==== | |||
==== Australia ==== | |||
On October 16, 2022, Keen began her 11 city "Let Women Speak" U.S. tour in Los Angeles. Some supporters attended, but no counter-protestors or police were present. In San Francisco, her second stop, no counter-protestors or police attended.<ref name="Ennis">{{Cite news |last=Ennis |first=Dawn |date=2022-10-31 |title=Anti-trans activist Kellie-Jay Keen spreads hate across America |language=en-US |work=Los Angeles Blade |url=https://www.losangelesblade.com/2022/10/30/anti-trans-activist-kellie-jean-keen-spreads-hate-across-america/ |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref> | |||
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In January 2023, Keen-Minshull announced plans to tour Australia and New Zealand in March.<ref name="Watson" /> ], the ]' spokesperson for LGBTQIA+ communities, wrote to Immigration Minister ] asking him to revoke Keen-Minshull's visa and posted the letter online with her name redacted.<ref name="out-in-perth">{{Cite news |date=20 January 2023 |title=MP Stephen Bates calls for Kellie-Jay Keen to be banned from Australia |work=] |url=https://www.outinperth.com/mp-stephen-bates-calls-for-kellie-jay-keen-to-be-banned-from-australia/ |access-date=20 January 2023 |archive-date=20 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120184911/https://www.outinperth.com/mp-stephen-bates-calls-for-kellie-jay-keen-to-be-banned-from-australia/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Keen-Minshull later said she was the subject of the letter.<ref name="out-in-perth" /> A petition also launched on ] to oppose the visa.<ref name="out-in-perth" /><ref name="Watson2">{{Cite news |last=Watson |first=Graeme |date=23 January 2023 |title='Outsiders' claims trans people want to ban '(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman' |work=] |url=https://www.outinperth.com/outsiders-claims-trans-people-want-to-ban-you-make-me-feel-like-a-natural-woman/ |access-date=24 January 2023 |archive-date=24 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124180101/https://www.outinperth.com/outsiders-claims-trans-people-want-to-ban-you-make-me-feel-like-a-natural-woman/ |url-status=live }}</ref> By 18 February, the petition was removed to comply with Australia's defamation law.<ref name="Watson 2023">{{cite news |last1=Graeme |first1=Watson |date=18 February 2023 |title=Petition against Kellie-Jay Keen removed after legal threats |work=] |url=https://www.outinperth.com/petition-against-kellie-jay-keen-removed-after-legal-threats/ |access-date=25 February 2023 |archive-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222070319/https://www.outinperth.com/petition-against-kellie-jay-keen-removed-after-legal-threats/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to LGBTQIA+ rights activist Chris Johnson, who started the petition, there had been more than 11,167 signatures.<ref name="Watson 2023" /> | |||
October 25, Keen cancelled her ] rally, claiming Antifa had made threats against her. A video of an attendee getting pied has gone viral.<ref name="Ennis" /> | |||
Keen-Minshull's ] event on 18 March 2023 was attended by a group of at least 30 neo-Nazis, organised by the ] and its leader ],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fox Koobe |first1=Simone |last2=Eddie |first2=Rachel |date=19 March 2023 |title=Government may amend anti-vilification laws after neo-Nazis salute on Spring Street |work=] |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/government-may-amend-anti-vilification-laws-after-neo-nazis-salute-on-spring-street-20230319-p5ctbm.html |access-date=19 March 2023 |archive-date=19 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319114338/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/government-may-amend-anti-vilification-laws-after-neo-nazis-salute-on-spring-street-20230319-p5ctbm.html |url-status=live }}</ref> who were seen performing the ] on the steps of ]<ref name="Frost 2023">{{cite news |last1=Frost |first1=Natasha |title=Australian State Moves to Ban Nazi Salute After Clashes at Rally |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/20/world/australia/melbourne-nazi-salute.html |access-date=20 March 2023 |work=] |date=20 March 2023 |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320133317/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/20/world/australia/melbourne-nazi-salute.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and displaying a banner that read "Destroy Paedo Freaks".<ref name="Anderson 2023">{{cite web |url=https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/news/antitrans-speakers-fans-throw-nazi-salute-amid-counterprotest/news-story/997b16c1c4cbd5a6c72805f78c77a49b |title=Anti-trans speaker's fans throw Nazi salute amid counter-protest |date=18 March 2023 |work=News.com.au |first=Anthony |last=Anderson |access-date=18 March 2023 |archive-date=18 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318073445/https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/news/antitrans-speakers-fans-throw-nazi-salute-amid-counterprotest/news-story/997b16c1c4cbd5a6c72805f78c77a49b |url-status=live }}</ref> Overall attendance at the event was estimated to be between 300 and 400 supporters at the anti-transgender protest led by Keen-Minshull, and about twice as many counterprotesters.<ref name="Frost 2023"/><ref name="Anderson 2023"/> Following the event Keen-Minshull said "They're absolutely not associated with me whatsoever. I absolutely abhor anything to do with Nazis."<ref name="Harris 2023">{{cite news |last=Harris |first=Katie |date=20 March 2023 |title=Anti-trans activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull steadfast in coming as Immigration NZ reviews entry |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/immigration-new-zealand-reviews-entry-for-uk-anti-trans-activist-kellie-jay-keen-minshull/FQNQMWZQ7NFKVMWIJ4RUUELZJ4/ |work=] |location=] |access-date=20 March 2023 |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320004622/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/immigration-new-zealand-reviews-entry-for-uk-anti-trans-activist-kellie-jay-keen-minshull/FQNQMWZQ7NFKVMWIJ4RUUELZJ4/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
October 26, Keen held a rally in ]. Keen spoke to approximately 30 supporters, over 200 counter-protesters attended. Amy Sousa and Jeanna Hoch also attended. Hoch pepper sprayed a counter protestor, and a medic in attendance said at least 5 other protestors had to be treated for pepper spray, including a 14 year old girl who stated Hoch had attacked her and that the rally attendees had used racial slurs against her. Many counter-protestors were from the ]. Counter-protestors tried to drown out the rally with noise. Keen left early.<ref name="Ennis" /><ref name="Sailor">{{Cite news |last=Sailor |first=Craig |date=October 26, 2022 |title= Pepper spray, shouting as people clash at anti-transgender rally in Tacoma on Wednesday |work=The News Tribune |url=https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article267901542.html}}</ref> | |||
On 23 March 2023, Keen-Minshull held a rally outside of the ] in ], attended by about 30 supporters, including ] senators ] and ] and ] senator ].<ref name="Karp 23 Mar 2023">{{cite news |last1=Karp |first1=Paul |title=Lidia Thorpe's treatment at anti-trans rally 'disturbing and concerning', Linda Burney says |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/24/lidia-thorpe-treatment-at-anti-trans-rally-disturbing-and-concerning-linda-burney-says |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=] |date=23 March 2023}}</ref><ref name="Housden 24 Mar 2023">{{cite news |last1=Housden |first1=Tom |title=Lidia Thorpe: Australian police review conduct after senator pulled to ground |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-65060525 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=] |date=24 March 2023}}</ref> The rally was also attended by a group of about 100 counterprotesters, including senator ], who on video footage of the rally appeared to be pulled to the ground by police after she approached Keen-Minshull while shouting "you're not welcome here."<ref name="Karp 2023">{{cite news |last1=Karp |first1=Paul |title=Senator Lidia Thorpe knocked to ground in struggle with police at anti-trans rally in Canberra |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/23/senator-lidia-thorpe-knocked-to-ground-in-struggle-with-police-anti-trans-rally-kellie-jay-keen-posie-parker-canberra-australia |work=] |date=23 March 2023}}</ref><ref name="Karp 23 Mar 2023"/><ref name="Housden 24 Mar 2023"/> | |||
October 29, Keen held a rally in ]. Keen hired armed private security for the event. Kyle KD Sims, who's team provided the security for the event, has also done security for Senator ], ], and the ].<ref name="Ennis" /> | |||
In March 2024, Keen-Minshull commenced a legal claim for defamation against ], the leader of the opposition in the Australian ].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kolovos and Ore |title=Victorian opposition leader accused of trashing activist's reputation in second defamation suit|date=19 March 2024 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/19/victoria-opposition-leader-john-pesutto-defamation-case-kellie-jay-keen-posie-parker-ntwnfb |website=theguardian.com |publisher=Guardian |access-date=29 May 2024}}</ref> In May 2024, Keen-Minshull's claim against Pesutto was settled. He issued an apology in which he said that he had never intended to assert that Keen-Minshull was a Neo-Nazi. He said that he would pay a part of the legal costs, but not compensation. Keen-Minshull said she was delighted with the apology.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Melissa |title=Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto apologises after settling two defamation cases|date=17 May 2024 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-17/vic-john-pesutto-apology-defamation-anti-trans-rights-protest/103859604 |website=abc.net.au |publisher=ABC |access-date=29 May 2024}}</ref> | |||
October 30, Keen held her 6th rally on the tour in ]. According to Ky Schevers, an ], "Jeannette Cooper of PEC hired private security for Chicago". Counter-protestors held signs such as "TERFs MACE KIDS". Twitter users identified a Proud Boy in attendance of the rally. Keen stated she was escorted through the crowds by the police, but they did not respond to the Los Angeles Blade to confirm as of press time.<ref name="Ennis" /> | |||
====New Zealand==== | |||
November 13th, Keen hosted a rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Over 100 counter-protestors held a noise demonstration against 30 protestors, the Philadelphia Police and U.S National Park Service Rangers separated the crowds with bicycles and portable barricades. Several masked men behind the crowd were reported by a counter-protestor to be ] providing security. Some counter-protestors splashed the crowd with water. The anti-trans protestors were kicked out of the ] after employees learned about their bigoted views.<ref name="Feidt">{{Cite news |last=Feidt |first=Dan |date=2022-11-21 |title=Noisy Philly Counter-Demo Challenges 'TERFs' at Independence Hall |language=en-US |work=Unicorn Riot |url=https://unicornriot.ninja/2022/noisy-philly-counter-demo-challenges-terfs-at-independence-hall/ |access-date=2022-11-25}}</ref> | |||
Following her Melbourne event, Keen-Minshull's permission to enter New Zealand was put under review by ] on 20 March.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/03/immigration-nz-reviewing-anti-transgender-activist-kelly-jay-keen-minshull-s-travel-to-nz-after-chaos-in-melbourne.html |title=Immigration NZ reviewing anti-transgender activist Kelly-Jay Keen-Minshull's travel to NZ after chaos in Melbourne |date=20 March 2023 |work=] |first=Jamie |last=Ensor |access-date=20 March 2023 |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230320110306/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/03/immigration-nz-reviewing-anti-transgender-activist-kelly-jay-keen-minshull-s-travel-to-nz-after-chaos-in-melbourne.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Harris 2023"/> In response, the centre-right ]'s deputy leader ] argued that Keen-Minshull should be allowed into the country on free speech grounds. By contrast, the left-wing ]'s immigration spokesperson ] opposed Keen-Minshull's entry on the grounds that her presence would endanger the LGBT and Muslim communities.<ref>{{cite news |title=Let anti-transgender activist in, National says, while Greens hold concerns for public safety |url= https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/486392/let-anti-transgender-activist-in-national-says-while-greens-hold-concerns-for-public-safety |access-date=25 March 2023 |work=] |date=21 March 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230322091433/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/486392/let-anti-transgender-activist-in-national-says-while-greens-hold-concerns-for-public-safety |archive-date=22 March 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> The review decided to allow her to enter New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/486489/anti-transgender-activist-posie-parker-to-be-allowed-into-new-zealand|title=Anti-transgender activist Posie Parker to be allowed into New Zealand|publisher=] |date=22 March 2023|first=Gill|last=Bonnett|access-date=22 March 2023|archive-date=22 March 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230322032451/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/486489/anti-transgender-activist-posie-parker-to-be-allowed-into-new-zealand |url-status=live}}</ref> On 23 March, a coalition of LGBT support groups filed for a ] of the decision to allow Keen-Minshull to enter New Zealand. The following day, the ] at Wellington ruled the decision was lawful.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Anneke |date=24 March 2023 |title=High Court rules decision to allow British anti-transgender activist Posie Parker into country was lawful |url= https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/486618/high-court-rules-decision-to-allow-british-anti-transgender-activist-posie-parker-into-country-was-lawful |access-date=24 March 2023 |website=] |archive-date=24 March 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230324000124/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/486618/high-court-rules-decision-to-allow-british-anti-transgender-activist-posie-parker-into-country-was-lawful |url-status=live }}</ref> Before Keen-Minshull held events in New Zealand, ] Immigration Minister ] described her views as "inflammatory, vile and incorrect."<ref name="1News 24 March 2023">{{cite news |title=What are Posie Parker's views and why are they so controversial? |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/03/24/what-are-posie-parkers-views-and-why-are-they-so-controversial/ |access-date=1 April 2023 |work=1 News |date=24 March 2023}}</ref> | |||
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November 14th, Keen hosted a rally in ], the last stop on her tour. Over 100 counter-protestors, including cisgender and transgender activists drawn together by WarmUp NYC, The Queens Club of the Communist Party, local anti-fascist groups, and others countered the rally with a noise demonstration. Keen did not attend, stating the police told her they wouldn't risk their men to escort her past the counter protestors and "there is no New York event for me. That’s it. There’s absolutely loads of trans activists… amazing. Just amazing". Stephanie Denaro, also known as "Bagel Karen" from when she went viral for calling Essex Market workers racial slurs, attended but left after a few minutes as protesters shouted at her to leave. Amy Sousa hired 5 guards for 1st Line Protection to provide security. One security guard shoved a trans man to the ground several times, the man was later arrested by the police. Deputy Inspector Daniel Magee of the NYPD tore a shirt off a protestors' body. Magee has previously had several complaints filed against him and in 2015 covered up body camera footage of an officer beating up an 18 year old. Nine counter-protestors were arrested, all of whom were released by the end of the day. A counter-protestor stated "They’re transphobic and are against trans people, and we are here to let them know that that kind of hate is not accepted in NYC". Another stated "this anti-trans movement is the spearhead of fascism. They aren’t going to find a welcome audience in New York."<ref name="Pruden">{{Cite news |last=Pruden |first=Katie |date=November 15, 2022 |title=NYPD Arrests 9 Trans-Rights Protestors Outside Anti-Trans Event |language=en-US |work=The Indypendent |url=https://indypendent.org/2022/11/nypd-arrests-9-trans-rights-protestors-outside-anti-trans-event/ |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref><ref name="Parascandola">{{Cite news |last=White |first=Rebecca |last2=Parascandola |first2=Rocco |date=November 14, 2022 |title=Trans rights activists clash with TERF protesters outside NYC City Hall, arrests made |work=NY Daily News |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-trans-rights-protests-arrests-city-hall-20221114-s5dd5sktezd4fkexc2b6wfosaa-story.html |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref><ref name="Kebreau">{{Cite news |last=Kebreau |first=Kei |date=2022-11-23 |title=Counter-protest drowns out far-right anti-trans demo at New York City Hall |language=en-US |work=People's World |url=https://peoplesworld.org/article/counter-protest-drowns-out-far-right-anti-trans-demo-at-new-york-city-hall/ |access-date=2022-11-25}}</ref> | |||
On 25 March, a rally organised by Keen-Minshull in central ] was also attended by counter-protesters, estimated to number in the thousands, who made noise and chanted loudly before her appearance; ] was poured on Keen-Minshull by intersex activist ], and Keen-Minshull left the area with a police escort before she could speak.<ref name="McClure 2023">{{cite news |last1=McClure |first1=Tess |title=Anti-trans activist Posie Parker ends New Zealand tour after chaotic protests at event |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/25/anti-trans-activist-posie-parker-ends-new-zealand-tour-after-violent-protests-erupt |access-date=25 March 2023 |work=] |date=25 March 2023 |archive-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230325110008/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/25/anti-trans-activist-posie-parker-ends-new-zealand-tour-after-violent-protests-erupt |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=25 March 2023 |title=Posie Parker rally: Hundreds counter protest at Albert Park |url= https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/486680/posie-parker-rally-hundreds-counter-protest-at-albert-park |access-date=25 March 2023 |website=] |archive-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230325001739/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/486680/posie-parker-rally-hundreds-counter-protest-at-albert-park |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/03/25/posie-parker-rally-protester-explains-tomato-juice-throw/ |title=Posie Parker rally: Protester explains tomato juice throw |date=25 March 2023 |work=1 News |access-date=25 March 2023 |archive-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230325054753/https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/03/25/posie-parker-rally-protester-explains-tomato-juice-throw/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The rally was also attended by a small group wearing ] and ] insignia, as well as a member of the white nationalist ] group and members of right-wing groups including the ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/posie-parker-anti-trans-rally-attracted-a-range-of-far-right-groups-researchers-say/T6AMCXNMUFGDPBIT5SY5ALBR5U/ |title=Posie Parker: Anti-trans rally attracted a range of far-right groups, researchers say |date=28 March 2023 |work=] |access-date=28 March 2023 |archive-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328160723/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/posie-parker-anti-trans-rally-attracted-a-range-of-far-right-groups-researchers-say/T6AMCXNMUFGDPBIT5SY5ALBR5U/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="RNZ media mismatch">{{cite news |title=Media mismatch on an 'out-of-control mob' |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018883958/media-mismatch-on-an-out-of-control-mob |access-date=4 April 2023 |work=] |date=2 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403062439/https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018883958/media-mismatch-on-an-out-of-control-mob |archive-date=3 April 2023}}</ref> | |||
Keen has announced plans to make a documentary using footage from the events.<ref name="Ennis" /> | |||
The Wellington event was subsequently cancelled.<ref name="McClure 2023"/> On 26 March, Keen-Minshull left New Zealand, saying it was the "worst place for women she has ever visited" and describing the media as corrupt and dishonest.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 March 2023 |title=Posie Parker departs New Zealand; JK Rowling blasts protest as 'repellent' |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/486733/posie-parker-departs-new-zealand-jk-rowling-blasts-protest-as-repellent |access-date=26 March 2023 |website=] |language=en-nz |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326024740/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/486733/posie-parker-departs-new-zealand-jk-rowling-blasts-protest-as-repellent |url-status=live }}</ref> ] police spokesperson ] called for "a serious review" into policing failures at the protest.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McConnell |first=Glenn |date=28 March 2023 |title=National's Mark Mitchell wants review into why police 'failed' to stop Posie Parker juice attack |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/131623853/nationals-mark-mitchell-wants-review-into-why-police-failed-to-stop-posie-parker-juice-attack |access-date=15 April 2023 |website=] }}</ref> | |||
=== Appearances with far-right activists and organisations === | |||
On January 28, 2019, Keen attended an event hosted by the ] in Washington D.C. opposed to the ], which would add sexual orientation and gender identity to existing civil rights law, and posted a video from inside the conference praising their coverage of the issue.<ref name="Fitzsimons" /> | |||
According to ], reporting of the event included descriptions of confrontations between supporters and protestors, as well as Keen-Minshull being drowned out by noise from protestors, while far-right media outlet ] promoted "claims of rampant and unchecked violence."<ref name="RNZ media mismatch" /> On 12 September 2023, the ] and ] (BSA) dismissed 16 complaints against local media coverage of Keen-Minshull's Auckland visit and the ensuing counter-protests. These complaints had alleged that media coverage against Parker and her supporters was negative, portrayed her as transphobic, and disproportionately focused on the pro-transgender counter-protesters.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Tim |title=NZ media cleared in Posie Parker coverage |url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/nz-media-cleared-in-posie-parker-coverage |access-date=26 September 2023 |work=] |date=12 September 2023}}</ref> In early April 2023, Radio New Zealand reported that Keen-Minshull's New Zealand visit had led to a massive increase in online transphobia within the country, especially against public figures such as ] co-leader ] and transgender activist ], who participated in the counter-protest. Counter-extremism researcher ] observed that extremist groups in New Zealand had adopted transphobia as a "wedge issue" to exploit public fear and "get themselves closer to the mainstream."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cardwell |first1=Hamish |title=Spike in online hate toward trans community after Posie Parker visit - researchers |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/487306/spike-in-online-hate-toward-trans-community-after-posie-parker-visit-researchers |access-date=5 April 2023 |work=] |date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405111008/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/487306/spike-in-online-hate-toward-trans-community-after-posie-parker-visit-researchers |archive-date=5 April 2023}}</ref> | |||
In February 2019, Keen traveled to Norway and posed for a photo with ], a far-right Hungarian politician. Keen also repeatedly expressed support for far-right activist ].<ref name="Peltz" /> | |||
On 16 September 2023, Keen-Minshull abandoned plans to travel for a second speaking engagement in New Zealand due to safety concerns. She had planned to speak at a protest outside Rubashkyn's hearing at the Auckland District Court on 20 September.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leahy |first1=Ben |title=Posie Parker pulls out of NZ trip, blames fears for her safety |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/posie-parker-pulls-out-of-nz-trip-blames-fears-for-her-safety/2XLGGALHBNBRFOXXHIVJIDETZE/ |access-date=26 September 2023 |work=] |date=16 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920015851/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/posie-parker-pulls-out-of-nz-trip-blames-fears-for-her-safety/2XLGGALHBNBRFOXXHIVJIDETZE/ |archive-date=20 September 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> In late October 2023, Judge Claire Ryan rejected Rubashkyn's application to have her two assault charges dismissed and ruled that she would face trial.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kerr |first1=Florence |title=Protester who threw tomato juice over Posie Parker to face trial |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300996811/protester-who-threw-tomato-juice-over-posie-parker-to-face-trial |access-date=9 November 2023 |work=] |date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026030314/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300996811/protester-who-threw-tomato-juice-over-posie-parker-to-face-trial |archive-date=26 October 2023}}</ref> In early September 2024, Rubashkyn was convicted of pouring tomato juice on Keen-Minshull and a second woman during the Auckland tour. She also pled guilty to two charges of assault and was discharged.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Caroline |date=3 September 2024 |title=Trans rights activist convicted and discharged after dumping tomato juice on Posie Parker |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350400387/trans-rights-activist-convicted-and-discharged-after-dumping-tomato-juice-posie |access-date=3 September 2024 |work=]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903064228/https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350400387/trans-rights-activist-convicted-and-discharged-after-dumping-tomato-juice-posie|archive-date=3 September 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In October 2019, she appeared in an interview with ], a far-right youtuber who calls for a "white ethno-state" and has made videos with neo-Nazis ] and ] as well as former ] leader ]. Keen later stated she did not realise he was a white nationalist. She also gave an interview to ], later stating she wasn't aware it was linked to the far-right.<ref name="Norris" /><ref name="Parsons">{{Cite news |last=Parsons |first=Vic |date=2019-10-15 |title=Gender-critical feminist Posie Parker in video with white nationalist YouTuber – and a lot of Mumsnet users are fine with it |language=en-GB |work=Pink News |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/10/15/gender-critical-posie-parker-interview-jean-francois-gariepy-mumsnet/ |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref><ref name="Norris2">{{Cite news |last=Norris |first=Sian |date=2021-09-30 |title=The Far-Right Co-Option of the Transgender Rights Issue |language=en-GB |work=Byline Times |url=https://bylinetimes.com/2021/09/30/the-far-right-co-option-of-the-transgender-rights-issue/ |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref> | |||
On 5 March 2024, a man who was filmed punching Judith Hobson, a 71-year old female supporter of Keen-Minshull, was granted a discharge without conviction and permanent name suppression by the Auckland District Court. The man, who had participated in the counter-protest against Keen-Minshull's Auckland talk, had punched Hobson three times in the face, causing concussion and bruising to her left eye and behind her left ear. He admitted a charge of common assault and was ordered by Judge Kevin Glubb to pay $1,000 in reparation to Hobson.<ref>{{cite news |title=Auckland Posie Parker protest: Man granted discharge without conviction after punching 71-year-old woman |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-posie-parker-protest-man-granted-discharge-without-conviction-after-punching-71-year-old-woman/RSV75S5IEBCHNNGYEH7V77BE2Q/ |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=] |date=4 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305025322/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-posie-parker-protest-man-granted-discharge-without-conviction-after-punching-71-year-old-woman/RSV75S5IEBCHNNGYEH7V77BE2Q/|archive-date=5 March 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Hobson criticised the court's decision to discharge the man without conviction, and ] MP ] said it was a "tragedy for women".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pearse |first1=Adam |title=Posie Parker protest: Act responds to 'tragedy' of discharge without conviction after 71-year-old woman punched |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/posie-parker-protest-act-responds-to-tragedy-of-discharge-without-conviction-after-71-year-old-woman-punched/NY5MM62TOFGMJO3IOBMXYGYVWI/ |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=] |date=5 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305040302/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/posie-parker-protest-act-responds-to-tragedy-of-discharge-without-conviction-after-71-year-old-woman-punched/NY5MM62TOFGMJO3IOBMXYGYVWI/|archive-date=5 March 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> The man was subsequently ], with his name, occupation, photograph and town being shared on several social media platforms. Police confirmed that they investigating the doxing, which they described as a breach of the court suppression order.<ref>{{cite news |title=Posie Parker protest puncher named on social media |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/posie-parker-protest-puncher-named-social-media |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=] |date=5 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305050633/https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/posie-parker-protest-puncher-named-social-media |archive-date=5 March 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
== Views == | |||
In January 2019, Keen claimed in an interview with the Spectator that the U.S. exported the concept of transgender rights to the U.K. and "to stem the flow of female erasure we have to come to its source."<ref name="Fitzsimons" /> In January 2021, she was criticized for calling for armed men to enter women's public bathrooms to "protect" women.<ref name="Milton3">{{Cite news |last=Milton |first=Josh |date=2021-01-30 |title=‘Gender critical feminist’ Posie Parker wants men with guns to start using women’s toilets |language=en-GB |work=Pink News |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/30/gender-critical-feminist-posie-parker-men-guns-womens-toilets-twitter/ |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref> | |||
In mid-May 2024, Keen-Minshull spoke via video link at the "Unsilenced Summit" in ], which was organised by Inflection Point NZ to oppose what it regarded as the "gender indoctrination and medicalisation" of children. Despite protests ], which owned the Wellington Convention Centre where the venue was held, allowed the conference to proceed. Other speakers at the conference including ] leader ] and former National Party MP ]. 360 people attended the Unsilenced conference while a protest organised by Pōneke Anti-Fascist Coalition and Queer Endurance in Defiance attracted 500 people.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hundreds protest outside controversial conference in Wellington |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/517158/hundreds-protest-outside-controversial-conference-in-wellington |access-date=20 May 2024 |work=] |date=18 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519174916/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/517158/hundreds-protest-outside-controversial-conference-in-wellington |archive-date=19 May 2024}}</ref> | |||
In September 2022, in response to ]'s announcement of her plan to run for MP for Sheffield, Keen announced her own plan to run, saying she would "campaign on the basis of repealing the Gender Recognition Act" and "erase the word 'gender{{' "}}. During her announcement, she promoted her own merchandise, called the ] "atrocious" and a "tool of oppression", said she wouldn't boycott ] over them removing service for anti-LGBT group ], and called ] "an intelligent, really lovely, welcoming, warmly welcoming man".<ref name="Wakefield">{{Cite news |last=Wakefield |first=Lily |date=2022-09-23 |title=Anti-trans activist Posie Parker wants to stand as an MP against Eddie Izzard |language=en-GB |work=Pink News |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/09/23/posie-parker-kellie-jay-keen-trans-eddie-izzard-mp/ |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref> | |||
=== Political career === | |||
{{See also|Party of Women}} | |||
In September 2022, in response to ]'s announcement of her plan to run for ] of ], Keen-Minshull announced her own plan to run, saying she would "campaign on the basis of repealing the Gender Recognition Act" and "erase the word 'gender{{' "}}. During her livestreamed announcement, she also called the ] "atrocious" and a "tool of oppression", and referred to ] as "an intelligent, really lovely, welcoming, warmly welcoming man".<ref name="Wakefield">{{Cite news |last=Wakefield |first=Lily |date=23 September 2022 |title=Anti-trans activist Posie Parker wants to stand as an MP against Eddie Izzard |language=en-GB |work=Pink News |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/09/23/posie-parker-kellie-jay-keen-trans-eddie-izzard-mp/ |access-date=19 October 2022 |archive-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019044919/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/09/23/posie-parker-kellie-jay-keen-trans-eddie-izzard-mp/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
Following her Auckland rally in March 2023, Keen-Minshull announced her intention to form her own party, the Party of Women, and take on ] leader ] in his ] at the ].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/03/anti-transgender-activist-posie-parker-announces-political-party-calls-protesters-terrorists.html |title=Anti-transgender activist Posie Parker announces political party, calls protesters 'terrorists' |date=29 March 2023 |work=] |first=Seni |last=Iasona |access-date=29 March 2023 |archive-date=29 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329022350/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/03/anti-transgender-activist-posie-parker-announces-political-party-calls-protesters-terrorists.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
On 8 February 2024, the ] was registered by the UK Electoral Commission, with Keen as the leader.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Electoral Commission Registrations PP17545|url=https://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/Registrations/PP17545|access-date=2024-02-23 |website=Electoral Commission|language=en}}</ref> She announced the registration of the party through a livestream on her YouTube channel on the same day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I have an announcement......|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc3bCPos11A|access-date=2024-02-23 |website=YouTube| date=8 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref> | |||
On 8 June 2024, Keen announced that she would run for the ] seat.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Booth |first=Martin |date=8 June 2024 |title=Women's rights advocate Kellie-Jay Keen is candidate in Bristol Central |url=https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/womens-rights-advocate-kellie-jay-keen-candidate-bristol-central/ |access-date=8 June 2024 |website=Bristol24/7}}</ref> She came in last place, with 196 votes, equating to 0.5% of the vote and lost her deposit.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 July 2024 |title=Bristol Central results |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001131 |access-date=5 July 2024 |work=] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Perry |first=Sophie |date=2024-07-05 |title=Anti-trans activist Posie Parker loses deposit after dismal election performance |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/05/posie-parker-general-election-party-of-women-deposit/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=PinkNews}}</ref> | |||
== Personal life == | |||
Keen-Minshull was raised in ] and has an older sister, a husband, and four children.<ref name="Humphries">{{Cite news |last=Humphries |first=Will |date=28 July 2022 |title=Kellie-Jay Keen: Police 'were wrong to call on feminist' |language=en |work=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kellie-jay-keen-police-were-wrong-to-call-on-feminist-3sb6wnzrk |access-date=18 November 2022 |issn=0140-0460 |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118190447/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kellie-jay-keen-police-were-wrong-to-call-on-feminist-3sb6wnzrk |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
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Born | June 1974 (age 50) |
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Political party | Party of Women |
Kellie-Jay Nyishie Keen-Minshull (née Keen; born June 1974), also known as Posie Parker, is a British gender-critical activist and the leader of the political party Party of Women. She describes herself as a woman's rights activist, but says that she is "not a feminist". Some sources have called her an anti–transgender-rights activist.
Keen-Minshull is the founder of the group Standing for Women and the former special advisor to the Women's Liberation Front (WoLF). She has been described as a key figure opposing the United Kingdom's Gender Recognition Act 2004. She has been credited for popularising the use of the term "adult human female" to define a woman; the term later became associated with gender-critical feminism. She launched a failed bid to become the MP for the constituency of Bristol Central in the 2024 United Kingdom general election, coming in last place with only 0.5% of the vote.
She has used billboards, posters, stickers and social media to promote anti-transgender rights messages, and has held events in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand that have been protested against by supporters of transgender rights.
Biography and views
Keen-Minshull's activism includes opposition to legal protections and policies that allow transgender people to be legally recognised as their gender. She has opposed the UK Gender Recognition Act, the use of public bathrooms by transgender people according to their gender, and the participation of transgender people in sports that align with their gender. She has also opposed the use of puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy for transgender children, and drag performances, especially in locations that may be viewed by children. According to PinkNews, Keen-Minshull has referred to the trans community as a "pernicious cult" and "previously compared trans people to sex offenders and serial killers".
Keen-Minshull is also a special advisor to the Women's Liberation Front. In March 2023, the New Zealand Herald described Keen-Minshull as "a key figure in the movement against the UK's Gender Recognition Act".
Hope not Hate has described her as "a leading voice in the anti-trans movement" and linked her to far-right extremism.
Billboards, posters and stickers
Keen-Minshull is credited for popularising the term "adult human female" to define a woman, which she began to promote in 2018 on billboards. The term is associated with gender-critical feminism.
In September 2018, under the pseudonym "Posie Parker", Keen-Minshull paid the advertising company Primesight to place a billboard poster in Liverpool with the text "woman, wʊmən, noun, adult human female", telling the BBC it was in response to support expressed by Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson for the trans community. Keen-Minshull said she was concerned the word "woman" was "being appropriated to mean anything" and that the poster was intended to "start a conversation" about women's rights. Primesight removed the poster following a complaint, stating it had been "unaware of the motive" and "misled" and was "fully committed to equality for all". In response to the poster, LGBT charity Stonewall noted in their 2018 Trans Report on violence and hate crimes against trans people that: "These are not just statistics, they represent the lives of trans people, which are only being made worse by increasingly frequent attacks in the media, online and in public spaces."
Standing for Women had a digital version of the poster placed on a billboard in Leeds on 19 October 2018, and Kong Outdoor, which owned the billboard, said the sign initially appeared to comply with Advertising Standards Authority regulations, but then removed it pending further investigation after becoming aware of "the controversy around the message."
In May 2019, a sticker stating "Women only. This is a single sex service under the Equality Act 2010" that was produced by Standing for Women and designed to appear official was removed from a Dundee Railway Station bathroom door after station staff were alerted. Keen-Minshull denied that the group had placed the sticker in the station and said "We are fed up that the protected category of sex in the Equality Act is routinely ignored and are standing up and saying we matter too."
On 27 July 2020, Keen-Minshull paid for a poster reading "I ❤ JK Rowling" to be displayed at Waverley Station in Edinburgh. Rowling had recently elicited controversy for her views on trans people. The poster was taken down by the Scotland wing of Network Rail on 30 July, who stated that the poster was removed for violating its advertising guidelines due to its political nature.
In July 2021, Speak Up for Women in New Zealand used the phrase "adult human female" in billboards, which were removed following complaints about transphobia.
HelloPrint, the company that had produced stickers, t-shirts, and other merchandise for Keen-Minshull over five years announced in February 2023 that it would no longer fill orders for Keen-Minshull, and "If we had been fully aware of her beliefs earlier, we would earlier have refused to print for her."
Social media
In 2018, after a complaint from Susie Green, then CEO of transgender charity Mermaids, Keen-Minshull was interviewed by West Yorkshire Police for suspicion of malicious communication in relation to tweets made by Keen-Minshull. In 2019, Keen-Minshull said she was interviewed by Wiltshire Police for suspicion of harassment due to two YouTube videos she had produced that directed criticism at Green for supporting her daughter's transition. The 2018 case was closed with no further action.
In May 2018, Woman's Place UK, an organisation that opposes gender self-identification for trans people, announced that it had disinvited Keen-Minshull from a meeting, based on objections to "her stated views on race and religion." In 2022, Woman's Place UK published screenshots they said were from Keen's Twitter account and since deleted, to "clarify our own political ground", stating they had invited Keen-Minshull to discuss the 2018 police investigation related to her tweets, and since then, "many of her subsequent connections, statements and actions have only strengthened our decision not to work with her."
In January 2019, Keen-Minshull praised far-right activist Tommy Robinson in a podcast for Feminist Current.
On 30 January 2019, Sarah McBride, a transgender rights activist and press secretary for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), participated in a panel discussion between members of the Parents for Transgender Equality National Council and members of the United States Congress, during a visit to Capitol Hill to advocate for the Equality Act. Afterwards, Keen-Minshull and Julia Long entered the room in the Cannon House Office Building where McBride was working, and recorded themselves on Facebook Live shouting at and misgendering her.
In response to the 30 January incident, an HRC spokesperson stated: "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." A spokesperson for The Heritage Foundation denied a connection to the presence of Keen-Minshull and Long in the United States and said in reference to a Heritage Foundation panel discussion attended by Keen-Minshull that the organisation had "no contact with them before or after our Jan. 28 event, and have zero connection to anything they did afterward."
In October 2019, Keen-Minshull appeared in a video interview with Jean-François Gariépy, a far-right YouTuber who advocates for a "white ethno-state". She has also given an interview to Soldiers of Christ Online, a far-right network. Keen-Minshull denied prior knowledge of the interviewers' far-right affiliations. In 2019, Jean Hatchet, a gender-critical activist, expressed concerns about what she described as "right-wing links" developed by Keen-Minshull in the US, as well as her connections to The Heritage Foundation, writing on her blog: "I don't care what these people think about trans ideology. That cannot be separated from the things they do and advocate that specifically harm women."
In 2021, Keen-Minshull produced a YouTube video about Mridul Wadhwa, the director of the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre (ERCC), who has faced threats of violence that led to increased security at the ERCC, and has been the focus of an activist and social media campaign opposed to her hiring because she is a trans woman. Keen-Minshull referred to Wadhwa as a "male CEO."
Rallies, speaker events, and protests
United Kingdom and United States
In March 2022, Keen led a group protesting the inclusion of Lia Thomas at the NCAA Division I Women's Swimming Championship in Atlanta, also appearing on Tucker Carlson Tonight. On 19 June, Keen-Minshull and approximately 60 supporters held a rally in Bristol, which was met by approximately 100 counter-protestors organised by Bristol Against Hate. On 18 September, a rally in Brighton organised by Keen-Minshull as part of a speakers tour was met by hundreds of counter-protesters. Sussex police reported three arrests.
On 16 October, Keen-Minshull began a series of public speaking events organised by Standing for Women in the United States that were intended to tour eleven cities, starting in Los Angeles. In Los Angeles and the second stop in San Francisco, few supporters attended, and there were no counter-protesters nor police at the events. Keen-Minshull said threats from Antifa led her to cancel the speakers for an event in Portland, Oregon. In a video published on Twitter, an attendee at the Portland event was hit in the face with a pie. On 5 February 2023, Keen-Minshull organised a "Let Women Speak" protest in Glasgow's George Square in response to the passage of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill and the Isla Bryson case; hundreds of protesters and counterprotestors attended, and the counterprotestors were organised by the Cabaret Against The Hate Speech.
Australia
In January 2023, Keen-Minshull announced plans to tour Australia and New Zealand in March. Stephen Bates, the Australian Greens' spokesperson for LGBTQIA+ communities, wrote to Immigration Minister Andrew Giles asking him to revoke Keen-Minshull's visa and posted the letter online with her name redacted. Keen-Minshull later said she was the subject of the letter. A petition also launched on Change.org to oppose the visa. By 18 February, the petition was removed to comply with Australia's defamation law. According to LGBTQIA+ rights activist Chris Johnson, who started the petition, there had been more than 11,167 signatures.
Keen-Minshull's Melbourne event on 18 March 2023 was attended by a group of at least 30 neo-Nazis, organised by the National Socialist Network and its leader Thomas Sewell, who were seen performing the Nazi salute on the steps of Parliament House and displaying a banner that read "Destroy Paedo Freaks". Overall attendance at the event was estimated to be between 300 and 400 supporters at the anti-transgender protest led by Keen-Minshull, and about twice as many counterprotesters. Following the event Keen-Minshull said "They're absolutely not associated with me whatsoever. I absolutely abhor anything to do with Nazis."
On 23 March 2023, Keen-Minshull held a rally outside of the Australia Parliament House in Canberra, attended by about 30 supporters, including One Nation Party senators Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts and United Australia Party senator Ralph Babet. The rally was also attended by a group of about 100 counterprotesters, including senator Lidia Thorpe, who on video footage of the rally appeared to be pulled to the ground by police after she approached Keen-Minshull while shouting "you're not welcome here."
In March 2024, Keen-Minshull commenced a legal claim for defamation against John Pesutto, the leader of the opposition in the Australian State of Victoria. In May 2024, Keen-Minshull's claim against Pesutto was settled. He issued an apology in which he said that he had never intended to assert that Keen-Minshull was a Neo-Nazi. He said that he would pay a part of the legal costs, but not compensation. Keen-Minshull said she was delighted with the apology.
New Zealand
Following her Melbourne event, Keen-Minshull's permission to enter New Zealand was put under review by Immigration New Zealand on 20 March. In response, the centre-right National Party's deputy leader Nicola Willis argued that Keen-Minshull should be allowed into the country on free speech grounds. By contrast, the left-wing Green Party's immigration spokesperson Ricardo Menéndez March opposed Keen-Minshull's entry on the grounds that her presence would endanger the LGBT and Muslim communities. The review decided to allow her to enter New Zealand. On 23 March, a coalition of LGBT support groups filed for a judicial review of the decision to allow Keen-Minshull to enter New Zealand. The following day, the High Court at Wellington ruled the decision was lawful. Before Keen-Minshull held events in New Zealand, Labour Immigration Minister Michael Wood described her views as "inflammatory, vile and incorrect."
On 25 March, a rally organised by Keen-Minshull in central Auckland was also attended by counter-protesters, estimated to number in the thousands, who made noise and chanted loudly before her appearance; tomato juice was poured on Keen-Minshull by intersex activist Eliana Rubashkyn, and Keen-Minshull left the area with a police escort before she could speak. The rally was also attended by a small group wearing Azov Battalion and Boogaloo Boys insignia, as well as a member of the white nationalist Action Zealandia group and members of right-wing groups including the New Conservative Party, Voices for Freedom, and Counterspin Media.
The Wellington event was subsequently cancelled. On 26 March, Keen-Minshull left New Zealand, saying it was the "worst place for women she has ever visited" and describing the media as corrupt and dishonest. National Party police spokesperson Mark Mitchell called for "a serious review" into policing failures at the protest.
According to Radio New Zealand, reporting of the event included descriptions of confrontations between supporters and protestors, as well as Keen-Minshull being drowned out by noise from protestors, while far-right media outlet Counterspin Media promoted "claims of rampant and unchecked violence." On 12 September 2023, the New Zealand Media Council and Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) dismissed 16 complaints against local media coverage of Keen-Minshull's Auckland visit and the ensuing counter-protests. These complaints had alleged that media coverage against Parker and her supporters was negative, portrayed her as transphobic, and disproportionately focused on the pro-transgender counter-protesters. In early April 2023, Radio New Zealand reported that Keen-Minshull's New Zealand visit had led to a massive increase in online transphobia within the country, especially against public figures such as Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson and transgender activist Shaneel Lal, who participated in the counter-protest. Counter-extremism researcher Byron C. Clark observed that extremist groups in New Zealand had adopted transphobia as a "wedge issue" to exploit public fear and "get themselves closer to the mainstream."
On 16 September 2023, Keen-Minshull abandoned plans to travel for a second speaking engagement in New Zealand due to safety concerns. She had planned to speak at a protest outside Rubashkyn's hearing at the Auckland District Court on 20 September. In late October 2023, Judge Claire Ryan rejected Rubashkyn's application to have her two assault charges dismissed and ruled that she would face trial. In early September 2024, Rubashkyn was convicted of pouring tomato juice on Keen-Minshull and a second woman during the Auckland tour. She also pled guilty to two charges of assault and was discharged.
On 5 March 2024, a man who was filmed punching Judith Hobson, a 71-year old female supporter of Keen-Minshull, was granted a discharge without conviction and permanent name suppression by the Auckland District Court. The man, who had participated in the counter-protest against Keen-Minshull's Auckland talk, had punched Hobson three times in the face, causing concussion and bruising to her left eye and behind her left ear. He admitted a charge of common assault and was ordered by Judge Kevin Glubb to pay $1,000 in reparation to Hobson. Hobson criticised the court's decision to discharge the man without conviction, and ACT Party MP Laura Trask said it was a "tragedy for women". The man was subsequently doxed, with his name, occupation, photograph and town being shared on several social media platforms. Police confirmed that they investigating the doxing, which they described as a breach of the court suppression order.
In mid-May 2024, Keen-Minshull spoke via video link at the "Unsilenced Summit" in Wellington, which was organised by Inflection Point NZ to oppose what it regarded as the "gender indoctrination and medicalisation" of children. Despite protests Te Papa Museum, which owned the Wellington Convention Centre where the venue was held, allowed the conference to proceed. Other speakers at the conference including Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki and former National Party MP Simon O'Connor. 360 people attended the Unsilenced conference while a protest organised by Pōneke Anti-Fascist Coalition and Queer Endurance in Defiance attracted 500 people.
Political career
See also: Party of WomenIn September 2022, in response to Eddie Izzard's announcement of her plan to run for MP of Sheffield Central, Keen-Minshull announced her own plan to run, saying she would "campaign on the basis of repealing the Gender Recognition Act" and "erase the word 'gender'". During her livestreamed announcement, she also called the hijab "atrocious" and a "tool of oppression", and referred to Tucker Carlson as "an intelligent, really lovely, welcoming, warmly welcoming man".
Following her Auckland rally in March 2023, Keen-Minshull announced her intention to form her own party, the Party of Women, and take on Labour leader Keir Starmer in his Holborn and St Pancras constituency at the 2024 United Kingdom general election.
On 8 February 2024, the Party of Women was registered by the UK Electoral Commission, with Keen as the leader. She announced the registration of the party through a livestream on her YouTube channel on the same day. On 8 June 2024, Keen announced that she would run for the Bristol Central seat. She came in last place, with 196 votes, equating to 0.5% of the vote and lost her deposit.
Personal life
Keen-Minshull was raised in Somerset and has an older sister, a husband, and four children.
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