Lydia Thorpe tries to storm the stage as Kellie-Jay Keen aka Posie Parker speaking in Canberra
Wild moment Lidia Thorpe tries to storm the stage where trans critic Kellie-Jay Keen speaks during a protest outside Parliament House before the police force her to the ground.
Lidia Thorpe has been forced to the ground by police and protesters after she tried to disrupt British trans critic Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull’s speech at the Let Women Speak rally outside Parliament House.
Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known as Posie Parker, joined One Nation Senators Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts to address a rally in Canberra on Thursday attended by trans critics and more than 100 pro-pro-protestors. trans. .
Former Green senator turned independent senator from the ‘black sovereignty’ movement Thorpe attempted to storm the stage where Keen-Minshull was speaking before police intercepted her and forced her to the ground.
Lidia Thorpe (pictured) has attempted to storm the podium during British trans critic Posie Parker’s speech for the Let Women Speak rally outside Parliament House on Thursday.
The former Greens turned independent senator from the ‘black sovereignty’ movement was stopped by police and forced to lie on the ground.
Some 80 ‘pro-women’ attendees were heckled by hundreds of angry counter-protesters, chanting slogans and being detained by police.
The protesters clashed with pro-trans protesters who had gathered dancing on the field and holding signs reading “tomboys are not children,” “protest the innocence of children,” and “libraries are for books, not books.” for perversion.”
Slogans include ‘freaks in the bin’, ‘fuck Posie fuck you’ and ‘you’ve got the Nazis on your side’
Hanson told the assembled crowd that he fights day in and day out for his rights, but there is little he can do without the balance of power.
More to come.