A speaker at a women’s rights event stunned her listeners into silence after revealing that her conversion to the cause came after being raped and beaten at the hands of a transgender woman.
The woman, who identified herself as ‘Kay’, spoke about her experience for the first time in public at a Let Women Speak event in Oklahoma, which has found itself on the front line of the battle for trans rights.
‘Until that moment I was like everyone else, live and let live,’ he said with a trembling voice.
‘Ten is the number of years that have passed since I was brutally beaten and raped by a trans-identified man. Once it was necessary to change my mind. Open your eyes and see how our rights and protections are being eroded.’
The woman, who identified herself as ‘Kay’, raised eyebrows among the audience as she recounted her experience of being raped by a trans woman at a Let Women Speak event in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt banned transgender girls and women from competing on women’s sports teams in his state in 2022, and more than a dozen states have followed suit.
Dozens of women lined up to speak at the event in Tulsa on Friday, with many criticizing Joe Biden’s overhaul of Title IX protections to advance children’s LGBTQ rights.
The rewrite bans discrimination based on gender identity and leaves schools vulnerable to lawsuits if they bar trans students from locker rooms, bathrooms or girls’ dormitories.
Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters has ordered the state’s schools to “completely ignore” the new rules, denouncing them as “the most devastating attack on women’s rights in the history of our country.”
But Kay, who goes by the name X @FemalesUniteUSA, criticized the state’s record on women’s rights.
“Forty-nine percent of women in our state have been in a domestic violence situation,” she said.
“That’s what makes Oklahoma the number one state for male violence against women.”
The state passed a law in May 2022 requiring public school students to use bathrooms based on the sex listed on their birth certificate.
Nonbinary teenager Nex Benedict, 16, died a day after being beaten by girls in an Oklahoma school bathroom in February of last year.
Hundreds of people attended a candlelight vigil in memory of Nex, but a medical examiner ultimately concluded that the teenager had taken her own life with a drug overdose.
The case sparked widespread backlash, with state Sen. Tom Woods (left) referring to trans people as “filth” when questioned about the death, and state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters (right) blaming trans people. “radical leftists” for the reaction.
But she was sued by Oklahoma mother Theresa Gooden, who claims she still didn’t apply herself months later, when her 15-year-old daughter was “severely beaten” by a transgender schoolmate in the girls’ bathroom at Edmond Memorial High School.
Hundreds of trans activists occupied the state Capitol last year to protest a bill banning gender confirmation surgery for those under 21.
And many returned for vigils in support of nonbinary teenager Nex Benedict, whose beating by girls in an Oklahoma school bathroom in February landed them in the hospital just a day before his death.
The state medical examiner ultimately concluded that the 16-year-old intentionally committed suicide with a drug overdose, and investigators decided that no crime had been committed.
Dozens of states have joined the backlash against Title IX reforms that aim to “ensure that no person experiences sex discrimination in federally funded education” when they take effect on August 1.
“The bottom line is this,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tweeted last month.
‘Injecting men in women’s bathrooms and changing rooms is not good for women. Introducing boys to girls’ sports is not good for girls. This is bad policy, but it is not constitutional either.
“They are bending the law to try to impose an ideological agenda on the rest of the country.”
The latest Title IX language describes “misgendering” trans students as “bullying,” and Walters warned that it leaves a school at risk if it doesn’t use a student’s preferred pronouns.
“It is time for all state leaders to stand up and say enough of this ridiculous charade that erases women and endangers their safety,” she said.
The British organization Let Women Speak has organized events across Europe and the United States to “foster a community where all women feel empowered to speak.”
But the events have been repeatedly picketed by trans activists, and leader Kellie-Jay Keen has received repeated threats of violence for her activism.
Layla Le Fey, a trans woman from Brighton, southern England, received a suspended prison sentence last month for threatening to “physically kick you, gouge out your eyes and break your spine.”
Dozens of women lined up to share their experiences at the event in Tulsa on Friday.
Activist Kellie-Jay Keen, also known as Posie Parker, has organized Let Women Speak events in Europe and the United States.
The event in Tulsa passed without incident and supporters praised Kay for her bravery in revealing the assault.
“I fear that we may have hundreds, thousands of women and girls who have been assaulted or raped by men like this and who do not dare to talk about it,” one wrote.
“Their courage, strength and words are so inspiring,” added local organizer Allie Snyder.
“She was a vital part of ensuring the success of our event and we are going to make it happen here locally along with the other amazing Okie women here.”