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On 30 October, Keen held the sixth rally of the tour in [[Chicago]]. According to Ky Schevers, a self-described "ex-[[detransition]]er", "Jeannette Cooper of PEC [anti-trans group Partners for Ethical Care] hired private security for Chicago". Counter-protestors held signs such as "TERFs MACE KIDS". Twitter users identified a member of the white nationalist group the [[Proud Boys]] in attendance of the rally. Keen stated she was escorted through the crowds by Chicago police, but the police were unable to confirm or deny this.<ref name="Ennis" />
On 30 October, Keen held the sixth rally of the tour in [[Chicago]]. According to Ky Schevers, a self-described "ex-[[detransition]]er", "Jeannette Cooper of PEC [anti-trans group Partners for Ethical Care] hired private security for Chicago". Counter-protestors held signs such as "TERFs MACE KIDS". Twitter users identified a member of the white nationalist group the [[Proud Boys]] in attendance of the rally. Keen stated she was escorted through the crowds by Chicago police, but the police were unable to confirm or deny this.<ref name="Ennis" />

On 13 November, Keen held a rally in [[Philadelphia]]. 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 members of the Proud Boys providing security. Some counter-protestors splashed the crowd with water. The protesters with Keen were kicked out of the [[Khyber Pass Pub]] after employees learned about their views.<ref name="Feidt">{{Cite news |last=Feidt |first=Dan |date=21 November 2022 |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=25 November 2022}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=February 2023|certain=}}


On 14 November, Keen held a rally in [[New York City]], the last stop on her tour. Over 100 counter-protestors, including activists drawn together by WarmUp NYC, The Queens Club of the [[Communist Party USA|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" for a viral video in which she called [[Essex Market]] workers racial slurs, attended, but left after a few minutes as protesters shouted at her to leave. Amy Sousa hired five 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 protestor's body. Magee has previously had several complaints filed against him, and in 2015 he worked to cover up body camera footage of an officer beating an 18-year-old. Nine counter-protestors were arrested, all of whom were released by the end of the day. One counter-protestor said: "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=15 November 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=18 November 2022}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=February 2023|certain=}}<ref name="Parascandola">{{Cite news |last1=White |first1=Rebecca |last2=Parascandola |first2=Rocco |date=14 November 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=18 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="Kebreau">{{Cite news |last=Kebreau |first=Kei |date=23 November 2022 |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=25 November 2022}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=February 2023|certain=y}}
On 14 November, Keen held a rally in [[New York City]], the last stop on her tour. Over 100 counter-protestors, including activists drawn together by WarmUp NYC, The Queens Club of the [[Communist Party USA|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" for a viral video in which she called [[Essex Market]] workers racial slurs, attended, but left after a few minutes as protesters shouted at her to leave. Amy Sousa hired five 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 protestor's body. Magee has previously had several complaints filed against him, and in 2015 he worked to cover up body camera footage of an officer beating an 18-year-old. Nine counter-protestors were arrested, all of whom were released by the end of the day. One counter-protestor said: "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=15 November 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=18 November 2022}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=February 2023|certain=}}<ref name="Parascandola">{{Cite news |last1=White |first1=Rebecca |last2=Parascandola |first2=Rocco |date=14 November 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=18 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="Kebreau">{{Cite news |last=Kebreau |first=Kei |date=23 November 2022 |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=25 November 2022}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=February 2023|certain=y}}

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Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull
Keen in 2017
Born
Somerset, England
Other namesPosie Parker
EducationBachelor's Degree in Theology, Leeds University
OccupationFounder of Standing for Women
Known forAnti-transgender activism

Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known as Posie Parker, is a British anti-transgender rights activist, the founder of the group Standing for Women, a member of the Hands Across the Aisle Coalition, and a special advisor to the Women's Liberation Front (WoLF).[1][2][unreliable source?][3][4][5][unreliable source?][6][unreliable source?][7] Keen opposes civil rights protections for gender identity, particularly laws and policies that allow transgender people to be legally recognised as their gender, to use public facilities according to their gender, and to compete in sports, with an emphasis on opposing transgender women's inclusion in women's spaces.[1][8][9] She campaigns against the use of puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy for transgender children, which she describes as fuelled by "ideology".[10] Keen also opposes drag performances, particularly those which may be viewed by children.[11]

Keen has attended panels organized by The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.[9]

Personal life and education

Keen was raised in Somerset and has an older sister, a husband, and four children.[12][13][unreliable source?]

She received a bachelor's degree in Theology at Leeds University and went into sales.[13][unreliable source?]

On 30 September 2018, someone created a fake social media account impersonating Keen's husband and sharing her personal information, including her name and address.[14]

Keen created the podcast "Woman By Definition". Guests on the podcast have included Gad Saad, Graham Linehan, Claire Fox, Abigail Shrier and Jackie Doyle-Price.[13][unreliable source?]

Anti-trans activism

In December 2020, Keen became a special advisor to WoLF.[5] In 2021, Keen co-signed a submission by WoLF and United Families International to the United Nations' Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity. The submission was also cosigned by the Heritage Foundation, the American College of Pediatricians, which is designated an anti-LGBT hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Partners for Ethical Care, which maps trans healthcare clinics for harassment.[15]

Keen has written for the right-wing magazine The Spectator. Her first article attacked the department store John Lewis & Partners for an advert featuring a young boy playing with make-up and wearing heels. In the article, Keen said that "inclusion" is a "new euphemism for male entitlement" and that the advert was part of a campaign to "groom" people into "buying into an agenda that is ultimately harmful".[7]

On 15 March 2022, Keen attended an event hosted by the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network titled "How 'Gender Equality' Cheats Women and Girls." The event was held to coincide with a United Nations women's event. The event was protested by Equality New York, the Reclaim Pride Coalition, Rise and Resist, United Against Racism and Fascism, Fight Back Bay Ridge, and Gays Against Guns, who held signs saying "TERFs go home" and "Lesbians for trans women" among others.[16]

Harassment of transgender people

In February 2018, Keen was interviewed by police for allegedly harassing Susie Green, then CEO of transgender charity Mermaids. Keen had tweeted that Green had "castrated" her transgender daughter and shared details about the daughter's medical history, which included seeking treatment outside the UK and receiving gender-affirming surgery at 16. In total, Keen posted six Tweets and two YouTube videos in which she criticized Susie Green for supporting her daughter's transition, deadnaming and misgendering her. The case was eventually closed with no further action.[17][18][19][20]

In May, Keen and other audience members heckled Caitlyn Jenner and Munroe Bergdorf at a debate titled "Genderquake" hosted by Channel 4. Keen later claimed that Cathy Newman, hosting the show, had encouraged the behavior.[18]

On 30 January 2019, Sarah McBride, a transgender rights activist and press secretary for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), addressed Capitol Hill for a private meeting to advocate for the Equality Act. Keen and Julia Long, an author, 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 [Keen or Long] before or after our Jan. 28 event, and have zero connection to anything they did afterward."[1][3][4][21]

In 2021, Keen produced a YouTube video discussing Mridul Wadhwa's suitability to direct the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre (ERCC) that made a series of unfounded and un-evidenced accusations about her work.[clarification needed] Keen called her a "male CEO" and said "surely this role should have been explicitly [cisgender] women-only". The harassment Wadhwa received from Keen and others, which included racist and transphobic comments, unfounded accusations of sexual predation, and threats of vigilante violence against her, forced the ERCC to change its open door policy and strengthen its security.[22][23]

In March 2022, Keen attended the NCAA Division I Women's Swimming Championship in Atlanta to protest Lia Thomas's inclusion in the event.[24][25] At the event, Keen confronted a transgender reporter, Dawn Ennis, who was in attendance. Keen repeatedly told Ennis not to use women's facilities at all, calling her intimidating to other women. Ennis, whose raised 3 children alone, said she was a mother, to which Keen replied "how dare you. you are not a mother." Keen later deadnamed Ennis on Instagram.[26][27]

Posters, billboards, and stickers

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 Gender Recognition Act 2004 and Joe Anderson voicing support for the trans community. Adrian Harrop, who filed the complaint that led 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 Stonewall 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."[28] A billboard with the same slogan as the original was erected in Leeds on 19 October 2018. Kong Outdoor, which owns the billboard, removed it pending investigation.[29]

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 Equality Act 2010" and was placed over the original sign. Keen denied that the group had placed the sticker.[30]

On 27 July 2020, Keen paid for a poster reading "I ❤ JK Rowling" to be displayed at Waverly Station in Edinburgh for Rowling's 55th birthday. 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.[31][32]

"Let Women Speak" Rallies

United Kingdom

On 15 May 2022, Keen organized a "gender-critical" rally in St Peter's Square, Manchester. A woman entered, posing 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!" She then started chanting "trans women are women" and was booed by the audience and chased by the organizers to get the microphone back. Allie Crew, the artist who created the art the speakers stood in front of, later tweeted that "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.[33]

On 19 June, Keen and approximately 60 supporters held a rally in Bristol which was met by approximately 100 counter-protestors.[34] Police formed a line between the two groups, and Keen and her followers were drowned out with boos and chants of "trans rights are human rights". The protests were interrupted by naked cyclists who were participating in an annual naked bike ride. After the protest, counter-protestors followed Keen and her followers to the Slug and Lettuce, a local pub. Bristol Against Hate described Keen's rally as "right-wing agitators".[35]

On 18 September, Keen hosted a rally in Brighton with Maya Forstater and Helen Joyce in attendance. Joyce was photographed holding a Progress Pride Flag with the chevron representing trans, POC, and intersex communities cut off. The Reclaim Pride Coalition called the event a "transphobic hate tour". Reclaim Pride, LGBWithTheT (an organization set up to counter the LGB Alliance), and others 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." One attendee said he was surprised to see homophobic slurs and accusations of fetishism and pedophilia leveled against counter-protestors.[36] Hearts of Oak, a far-right group, livestreamed their attendance in support of the rally.[37] Members of the Independent Nationalist Network and Alpha Team Assemble, far-right groups which have protested drag story hour events alongside neo-nazis, also attended the rally.[38] A police spokesperson said a 19-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of assault and a 20-year-old man was arrested for obstructing a police officer; both were released pending further inquiries. A 50-year-old man, Craig Thomas, was charged with assault and two counts of possession of a knife; he was released on bail.[39][36] He had attended the event to support Keen. While there, he assaulted a counter-protestor, LGBT activist Oliver Waterhouse. Thomas was later ordered by the court to pay a fine and compensation to Waterhouse.[40][7]

On 15 January 2023, Standing For Women held a rally in Newcastle upon Tyne, which was met by counterprotestors. At the rally, a speaker, Lisa Morgan, a chair of the UK Guild of Hypnosis Practitioners, stated "do you know the big lie? The big lie was first described by Adolf Hitler in Mein Kampf" and "the big lie, well there is one big lie going on, and it was begun by men in the early part of the 20th century. It began when they had an erotic fantasy and they decided they were going to sell us the big lie – and what is the big lie? The big lie is that trans women are women." The "big lie" is a term coined by Hitler in order to claim that Jews worked to discredit Germany's efforts in World War I and place the blame for the defeat on Erich Ludendorff, with whom Hitler had instigated the 1923 Munich Putsch.[41][42][43] An unedited recording of the performance showed that the audience did not intervene to stop Morgan and laughed and applauded at her jokes polemicizing against transgender women. Queer.de reported that Keen was "visibly and audibly in a good mood" after the performance when inviting the next speaker.[42] A spokesperson for Cabaret Against The Hate Speech, a Scottish LGBT collective, stated "she was using Nazi theory, the big lie which was what they used against the Jews, to justify her transphobia. At no point did anybody on Keen’s team or Keen challenge that. No one in the group did anything afterwards, they didn’t apologise, they were actually trying to justify it."[43]

Keen announced plans to hold a rally in Glasgow in February 2023. Cabaret Against The Hate Speech announced plans for a counterprotest and stated Keen and her group were "spreading lies and misinformation against the trans community, painting them as deviants, predators, and a danger to women and children."[43] A spokesperson for the group stated that supporters online have been targeted and threatened by Keen's supporters.[44]

Australia and New Zealand

Keen announced plans to tour Australia and New Zealand in March. TransFolk of WA, a local transgender advocacy and support group, responded to the tour announcement by stating "in a time where trans and gender-diverse West Australians should be celebrating recent community wins on the abolishment of the Gender Reassignment Board and updates to the Equal Opportunity Act, events like this continue to cause real harm to our already vulnerable community."[11] Stephen Bates, the Australian Greens' spokesperson for LGBTQIA+ communities, wrote to Immigration Minister Andrew Giles asking him to revoke Keen's Visa. He raised concerns about the violent incidents at her events, her links to far-right groups known for racist and anti-semitic statements, and her harassment of transgender people and stated her presence could lead to the harassment and intimidation of transgender people and increase vilification of transgender people. Keen responded that she was simply "a women's rights campaigner" and questioned if the green party hated women. A community petition launched on Change.org states that Keen does not meet the character test for a visa and that "Keen-Minshull has in the past year been organising rallies attended by and including Proud Boys as speakers. Her tour of Australia will likewise incite action by Proud Boys and neo-Nazis who are already targeting LGBTQ+ and drag events in Australia, creating increased danger in the community." As of January 23, the petition had reached over 2,500 signatures.[45][46] Keen also appeared on Sky News Australia to discuss a claim that transgender people wanted to ban the Aretha Franklin song "A Natural Woman" based on a post by a Twitter account called TCMA: Trans Culture Awareness Alliance. OutInPerth reported that it was most likely a parody account since it had existed since 2009 but their first statement, which Keen referred to, was posted in January 2023, suggesting it was wiped and rebranded. Other statements from the account had called for studies into transgender pets.[46]

United States

On 16 October 2022, Keen began her eleven-city US tour "Let Women Speak" in Los Angeles. No counter-protestors or police were present at this first event, or her second event in San Francisco.[8]

On 25 October, Keen canceled her Portland, Oregon rally, claiming Antifa had made threats against her. A video of an attendee getting pied at the event went viral.[8]

On 26 October, Keen held a rally in Tacoma, Washington. Keen spoke to approximately 30 supporters, and over 200 counter-protesters attended, trying to drown out the rally with noise. Many counter-protestors were from the Tacoma School of the Arts. Amy Sousa and Jeanna Hoch were among Keen's supporters. Hoch pepper sprayed a counter-protestor, and a medic in attendance said at least five other protestors had to be treated for pepper spray, including a 14-year-old girl who stated that Hoch had attacked her and rally attendees had used racial slurs against her. Keen left early.[8][47]

On 29 October, Keen held a rally in Austin, Texas. Keen hired armed private security for the event. Kyle KD Sims, whose team provided the security for the event, has also provided security for Senator Don Huffines, Kelly Neidert, and the Young Conservatives of Texas.[8]

On 30 October, Keen held the sixth rally of the tour in Chicago. According to Ky Schevers, a self-described "ex-detransitioner", "Jeannette Cooper of PEC [anti-trans group Partners for Ethical Care] hired private security for Chicago". Counter-protestors held signs such as "TERFs MACE KIDS". Twitter users identified a member of the white nationalist group the Proud Boys in attendance of the rally. Keen stated she was escorted through the crowds by Chicago police, but the police were unable to confirm or deny this.[8]

On 14 November, Keen held a rally in New York City, the last stop on her tour. Over 100 counter-protestors, including 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" for a viral video in which she called Essex Market workers racial slurs, attended, but left after a few minutes as protesters shouted at her to leave. Amy Sousa hired five 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 protestor's body. Magee has previously had several complaints filed against him, and in 2015 he worked to cover up body camera footage of an officer beating an 18-year-old. Nine counter-protestors were arrested, all of whom were released by the end of the day. One counter-protestor said: "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."[48][unreliable source?][49][50][unreliable source]

Keen has announced plans to make a documentary using footage from the tour.[8]

Sheffield Central MP campaign

In September 2022, in response to Eddie Izzard's announcement of her plan to run for MP of Sheffield Central, 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 livestreamed announcement, she promoted her own merchandise, called the hijab "atrocious" and a "tool of oppression", said she wouldn't boycott PayPal over their removal of service for anti-LGBT group Free Speech Union, and called Tucker Carlson "an intelligent, really lovely, welcoming, warmly welcoming man".[51]

Views

In January 2019, Keen claimed in an interview with the Spectator that the US exported the concept of transgender rights to the UK.[1]

In January 2021, Keen was criticised for calling for armed men to enter women's public bathrooms to "protect" cis women from the entrance of trans women.[52]

In response to the 2020 United States presidential election, Keen argued that Donald Trump was a lesser evil than Joe Biden due to Biden's support for including transgender women in anti-discrimination laws. She has called on cisgender women to put aside divisions on issues like abortion rights and left-wing politics in favor of an alliance against transgender rights. She justified this alliance by saying that if made to choose, she would prefer women be subjected to a "conservative family unit" and made to wear "uniforms" and do housework.[15][unreliable source]

Keen has described herself as atheist, and says she sees free speech as a fundamental human right.[13][unreliable source?]

Relations with conservatives and the far-right

Keen has been accused of using a Barbie doll in a Nazi uniform as her profile image on the social media site Spinster.[7]

On 28 January 2019, Keen attended an event hosted by The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. opposed to the Equality Act, 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.[1]

In February 2019, Keen traveled to Norway to speak at a red-brown Mot Dag conference alongside Hans Jørgen Lysglimt Johansen, a far-right Norwegian politician and Holocaust denialist, who she took a selfie with. Keen later said she didn't know who Lysglimt was.[2][unreliable source?][15][unreliable source][53][unreliable source]

Keen has repeatedly expressed support for far-right English activist Tommy Robinson.[2] She praised him in a podcast for Feminist Current.[7] Hearts of Oak, a far-right group, livestreamed their attendance in support of her Brighton rally.[37] Members of the Independent Nationalist Network and Alpha Team Assemble, far-right groups which have protested drag story hour events alongside neo-nazis, also attended the rally.[38]

In October 2019, she appeared in an interview with Jean-François Gariépy, a far-right YouTuber who calls for a "white ethno-state" and has made videos with neo-Nazis Richard B. Spencer and Mark Collett as well as former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. Keen later stated she did not realise he was a white nationalist. She also gave an interview to Soldiers of Christ Online, later stating she wasn't aware it was linked to the far-right.[5][unreliable source?][54][6][unreliable source?]

In January 2020, Keen spoke at a panel organized by The Heritage Foundation and WoLF.[55]

On 24 March 2022, Keen appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight, a conservative American talk show, to discuss her protest of the NCAA Division I Women's Swimming Championship.[56]

Criticism from gender-critical feminists

Julie Bindel, a self-described "gender-critical" feminist, criticised Keen's 2019 Heritage Foundation appearance in a now-deleted tweet: "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... 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 in response that she supports LGB rights and is pro-choice, and denied that she was funded "by the right".[55]

Jean Hatchet, another gender-critical feminist, planned to attend a conference with Keen and Venice Allen in the US, but decided not to and raised objections to their alliances with right-wing Christian figures such as the Heritage Foundation and Tommy Robinson. Other gender-critical activists dismissed Hatchet and accused her of sowing division and engaging in "purity politics" and sabotage.[15][unreliable source][7]

In May 2018, Woman's Place UK, an organization founded to oppose proposed reforms to the Gender Recognition Act, cancelled a planned event with Keen, saying in a public statement that they "object to her stated views on race and religion." They later stated that they stood by this decision, and that it was made in relation to tweets by Keen that "made pejorative comments about Muslim communities." These included complaints that "you can offend everyone except Muslims and trans women", that "we seem to be able to blame rape culture but not Pakistani/Muslim rape culture", that it was "disgusting" that in a class of young children only "2/15 weren't wearing a hijab", and that "Islamophobia" is a "bullshit meaningless word to silence critics of Islam".[7][57][58]

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