Pink News:
'Drag queen doxxed and threatened with crucifixion by Mumsnet users all because she wanted to read books to children'
JOSH MILTON JUNE 23, 2020
(extract)
A Drag Queen Story Hour UK event was cancelled Monday (June 22) after a coordinated campaign by Mumsnet users and various north England anti-trans networks that even received the apparent backing from a local councillor.
Following weeks of planning and talks with council administrators, Aida H Dee, the founder of Drag Queen Story Hour UK, was set to host an online reading workshop with Leeds Libraries on June 22.
But the event was dealt a devastating broadside by Mumsnet users who clogged Leeds City Council inboxes with emails demanding the Story Hour be shut down.
They won.
During the saga, Dee has been doxxed and had anti-trans individuals threaten her life, she claimed in an interview with PinkNews, which has left her emotionally rattled and with no choice but to seek safeguarding measures from the police.
All for wanting to read picture books to children.
Drag Queen Story Hour UK being cancelled is a ‘kick in the face’ for LGBT+ youth, says founder.
The event, scheduled for 2pm, entered the radar of councillor Sarah Field. The Garforth and Swillington representative has ties with anti-trans groups.
She chaired a June 2019 meeting at Leeds Civic Hall, organised by “gender critical” group Leeds Spinners. At the meeting, according to transcripts, she said: “There is no such thing as living as a woman.
“We are women. And it is our female biology which makes us women. It is our sex.” (continues)
archive.vn/1DoDU#selection-571.0-1107.81
thread
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/a3947689-Is-this-true
The event at Leeds Civic Hall was organised by Leeds Spinners (women who meet for "for crafting and sedition")
see screen shot is an example of their work
www.youtube.com/channel/UCZAlNriZnNSdU2TZfduxImg/feed
twitter.com/LeedsSpinners
It took place on 25th May 2019
This was the UK launch of the international human rights campaign:
Declaration on Women's Sex-based Rights
Summary:
The Declaration outlines current international laws and policies on women’s rights and how they are being threatened by organisations that are trying to change the definition of woman. It reaffirms existing women’s rights and suggests ways that states should promote and protect them. It was drafted with input from women internationally. Launching in March 2019, the Declaration is a clear call to law and policy makers to retain the sex-based biological definition of woman." (continues)
www.womensdeclaration.com/en/declaration-womens-sex-based-rights-summary/
Women's Human Rights Campaign (WHRC) is a group of volunteer women from across the globe dedicated to protecting women's sex-based rights. Our volunteers include academics, writers, organizers, activists, and health practitioners, and aim to represent the total breadth of the human female experience.
The Declaration on Women's Sex Based Rights was created by the founders of WHRC to lobby nations to maintain language protecting women and girls on the basis of sex rather than "gender" or "gender identity". (continues)
for further information and how to support the campaign:
www.womensdeclaration.com/en/about/
Cllr Sarah Fields excellent speech in full:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/a3595007-Leeds-Councillor-thanks-Mumsnet-FWR-in-gender-critical-speech
Video of the speech here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOxdD9LB4v0