Today’s protestors were gender-critical and called on politicians to defend single-sex space and services.
The new movement was launched by around 100 people who wore the purple, green and white suffragettes colors.
Sex Matters was leading the demonstration, as well as Women’s Rights Network (Women Uniting) and Women’s Rights Network (Women Rights Network).
Transgender activists claim that single-sex spaces should be excluded from sports competitions, toilets, and certain hospital wards.
Pictured (L-R): Caroline Ffiske of Women Uniting, Maya Forstater Sex Matters and Heather Binning from the Women’s Rights Network in Victoria Tower Gardens, Westminster at today’s protest
Caroline Ffiske from Women Uniting, Heather Binning (Women’s Rights Network) and Maya Forstater Sex Matters are the speakers today at Parliament Square
Campaigners claimed that the movement is expanding exponentially, but it has been largely underground and offline until now.
Protesters marched to the statue Emmeline Pankhurst, Victoria Tower Gardens, and then on to the sculpture Milicent Fawcett, Parliament Square.
They sang the campaign slogan “Respect My Sex If You Want My X”, which was a reference to drawing an “X” in the polling booth.
Maya Forstater (tax expert) was the representative of Sex Matters. She lost her job after tweeting about transgender people.
She said: ‘So many politicians, when they’re asked what a woman is, they’re not able to answer that simple question. Because they put the needs of women who identify themselves as men first, they are tying their hands.
Campaigners stated that the movement was growing exponentially but it has remained underground and online for most of its existence. Pictured: People gather in Victoria Gardens, Westminster for today’s protest
“When it is single-sex services or sports, when sex really does matter, they can’t bring policies that will protect women and children and protect trans persons because they have muddled sex and the idea of gender identification.
Heather Binning spoke also in Parliament Square. She stated that she would like to see sex recognized.
She explained that she would love to have sex recognized as an art form and be able speak openly about it, rather than being called “cervix-havers”, “womb-havers” and other terms used by some parts of society to describe sex.
“We aren’t afraid to be women. We’re also not afraid to call ourselves women. And that’s the thing we want back to.”
Pictured today at the protest: Caroline Fiske, Maya Forstater Sex Matters from Women Uniting and Heather Binning of Women’s Rights Network Victoria Tower Gardens.
The Woman’s Rights Network is the organization Ms Binning represents. It has 60 branches across the UK with approximately 1,000 members online.
According to her, “Currently we are a Twitter-based networking. It’s just about to expand into other real-life areas, which I believe will be exponential.
“Most women today are not anonymous, with the exception of a few.
“They are afraid for their jobs and they cannot talk publicly about it. They fear that their families might abandon them.
“They are being silenced completely, it is miserable feeling that way.
“Maya” lost her job. This is not a joke. Sex is real.
The women are brave and many still hesitate to speak up, but when they see others like me, who have this show of solidarity, it’s clear that we can all take the next step together. There’s more people than you might think.
Pictured: Caroline Ffiske of Women Uniting, Heather Binning from the Women’s Rights Network and Maya Forstater Sex Matters in Victoria Tower Gardens, Westminster today
Caroline Fiske, former Conservative councillor, is now the Head of Women Uniting. It’s a cross-party group of women.
She declared that she thinks it’s time to address this issue everywhere.
Ms Ffiske explained that Women Uniting is the cross-party party group – Lib Dem Women and Labour Women, Conservative Women Women, Green, SNP — which we believe are at the core of the attack on our society.
“Sex is real and matters. It affects the foundations and orientation of society.
“Science matters and is real”
“Truth is true, free speech is possible.”
“We have put aside all political differences in order to support this cause.”
She also raised concerns about children transitioning, adding: ‘I just want to be absolutely clear that all of us are aware that we live in a free society, and that we all can identify how we like and express how we like.
“But when vulnerable children are put on a pathway for cross-sexhormones they can be made sterilised. Their breasts can be removed. The sex organs can also altered. And there is a growing number of de-transitioners, who say: “I was too small to do this. Now I have altered my life.”