Féile an Phobail cancels Women’s Rights Network event over anti-trans concerns

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Féile an Phobail has cancelled an event from a group described by the festival as “promoting campaigns against rights for the transgender community”.

The west Belfast festival’s organisers posted a public statement on social media earlier on Tuesday saying the event organised by the Women’s Rights Network group had been withdrawn from their upcoming programme.

A statement posted on Facebook said: “An event application was submitted to this year’s Féile programme by a group called the Women’s Rights Network.

“Féile an Phobail was unaware from the initial submission that this event would promote campaigns against rights for the transgender community.

“Féile an Phobail takes pride in standing up for those who are marginalised and attacked.

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And of course the WRN has no right of reply or to make their case as NOT being about harming and excluding a vulnerable group.

Silencing women.

“Féile an Phobail takes pride in standing up for those who are marginalised and attacked." - as long as they're not female, obviously.

Irish women didn't have the support of groups like Féile an Phobail for long, did we?
Women's rights were human rights, 'mná na hÉireann' and all that, briefly, now we're not human enough to deserve human rights, it seems.

Is cúis náire don Fhéile é - the Féile should be ashamed of themselves.

Disgusted at the decision.

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