Speakers' Corner Philadelphia
August 8, 2022
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As I wrote here yesterday, Speakers’ Corner is an area of Hyde Park, in London, famous for public speaking, debate, and discussion. I had the honor of speaking there in early 2020. This is me speaking there under the pouring rain, which women are graciously trying to shield me from.
U.K. women’s rights activist Kellie-Jay Keen has been hosting monthly speaking events at Speakers’ Corner for several years now. These are amazing opportunities for women (and men who support them) to come together and speak out about women’s lives, experiences, and rights. Here is the most recent one. I watch them live whenever I can.
Speakers’ Corner in Philadelphia yesterday was intense. We stood and talked about the importance of women’s freedom of opinion, expression, and assembly. We talked about women’s lives and experiences. We talked about mothers and their children.
For those sins, we were subjected to a barrage of abuse. People banged on drums, blared music, and chanted into megaphones in an attempt to drown us out.
Our opponents’ arguments? “TERFs GO HOME!” That’s it. That’s all they had. Ad hominem attacks.
Legitimate civil rights movements don’t need to attack their opponents by trying to drown them out. They present clear, cogent arguments in support of their positions.
If you’d like, you can watch all of it here. See if you can find fault with anything any of us had to say. If you do, feel free to let me know. I’m all ears. If we’re wrong, I want to hear why.
UPDATE:
If you haven’t, please consider signing the Declaration on Women’s Sex-Based Rights. You can find the U.S. chapter of Women’s Declaration International here.
Check out my book The Abolition of Sex: How the ‘Transgender’ Agenda Harms Women and Girls, also available on Audible.