One doctor who has launched tirades at women in his practice said that he was suspended because of tweets he had posted. He stated that despite being humiliated, he is determined to improve the lives of transgender people.
Adrian Harrop from Liverpool (31 years old) stated that he had accepted the fair outcome of the tribunal, which prohibited him from practising medicine in the next month.
Although he claimed he was “privileged” and that he had a “supportive network” around him, despite not being able to apologize to his victims.
He posted sick tweets to JK Rowling, in which he made a comparison between her and Jimmy Savile.
Harrop said Harrop is unsafe around children due to her views about gender.
Yesterday he admitted to using his Twitter to pursue a series of social media rivals opposed to his views.
He called one transphobic bigot a’venomous, transphobic bigot’ who’s central goal was to demonise and exclusion trans people from public life.
The tribunal accepted the GP at Brownlow Surgery in Liverpool – where doctors earn on average £81,955 – had been joking but found the comments were inappropriate.
Adrian Harrop, 31, claimed that the children’s writer she loves ‘isn’t safe around children because of her gender views in a series rambling tweets
The tribunal accepted the GP at Brownlow Surgery in Liverpool (pictured) – where doctors earn on average £81,955 – had been joking but found the comments were inappropriate
Yesterday, Harrop broke his silence following the Tribunal and gave Vice a compassionate interview.
He said: ‘Having my personal life, actions, professionalism, and personality debated on a public stage has been horrendous.
“It has been embarrassing and humiliating but I’m coming out stronger and determined.”
He said, “I feel relatively lucky in the sense that my finances are secure and I have support networks around me.”
Harrop stated that he was pleased with the decision of the tribunal, and that he is ‘grateful” to be able to resume work after a month.
He stated that he will suggest to other doctors, who may be tempted to make comments on LGBT rights through social media, to be’very cautious.
Harrop posted his attack on Rowling last May, in which he made the absurd comparison to sick Paedophile Savile.
He said, “Notice how transphobic trollings are so outraged whenever someone suggests that JKRowling doesn’t make it safe for children to be around.”
They’re basically looking for trans women’s blood, but they then show complete inconsistency/apathy by calling Glinner people “groomers ”.’.”
He replied to a question by saying: “Jimmy Savile, the UK’s most beloved children’s entertainer during the peak of his career, was also one of the most prominent men in the country.”
“Working from how you are framing JKR. I suppose that you’d be happy to give him unsupervised contact your children. Or have I misunderstood?”
Later, he added that he thought it was an acceptable statement and could be supported.
“Personally I would not want vulnerable children unsupervised and with people who hold hateful or discriminatory views about transgenders.
Harrop received a storm of criticism for his inflamatory comments. He was later removed from the site for being too sensitive.
He stated that he did not intend to make JK Rowling’s beliefs or actions akin to Jimmy Savile, and that he would be sincerely sorry for any misinterpretation.
“I retract this statement. It is insensitive and poorly written. Rowling could not be reached for comment.
Before deleting his remarks and calling them insensitive, he said that they were reasonable and could well be proven. JK Rowling
Harrop was comparing the children’s writer to Savile (pictured),
He then attacked another writer two months later. His mumblings about a post in Edinburgh, four hours from home, were followed by his declaration that he loved JK Rowling.
The digitised slogan in Waverley was launched at the railway station to celebrate her 55th birthday.
After Harrop’s complaint to Primesight chief executive and top directors, the billboard was taken down.
He had blasted them on social media, accusing them of being complicit ‘in the spread of transphobic hate speech’ and they gave way.
In March 2013, the GP inflamed tensions between women and men by lobbying for flags to be taken from local town halls.
He kicked up a fuss when banners were hoisted above two venues in Bootle and Southport in Merseyside to mark International Women’s Day.
He claimed their message, which read ‘woman, noun, adult female’, was a ‘hostile transphobic dog whistle’ and said they had to be ripped down.
Merseyside Council agreed to the demands despite strong opposition from the feminist community.
Harrop was a student of medicine at Manchester University between 2006 and 2012, before he joined the profession.
From 2015 to 2019, he completed his general practitioner training at the Royal College of General Practitioners.
Following his qualification, he was employed in Liverpool’s gender-affirmative health care and served as the representative for LGBTQ+ communities at the RCGP.
He has been part-time at Brownlow Health Care, Merseyside since October 2019.
LinkedIn reads: ‘MBChB. MRCGP. General Practitioner, Liverpool, UK. Special Interest in Gender-affirmative Healthcare for Transgender, Non-binary and Gender Diverse People.
It also states: “Community advocate, campaigner for human rights, equality, social justice and community.”
Two months later, he launched another attack against the writer when he groaned about an Edinburgh poster – just four hours away from his house – and said: “I love JK Rowling.”
He complained about the billboard that claimed women in Liverpool were “adult female human” and was posted in Toxteth.
Yesterday Harrop was suspended after admitting he used his Twitter to pursue a series of social media rivals opposed to his views.
He called one transphobic person “a venomous bigot transphobic” whose main goal was to demonise them and keep them out of public life.
Another tweet said: “Cis persons, on average, are just terrible and there should be a massive, state-sponsored programme for reeducation.”
Harrop expressed disappointment that this idea had not gained ‘more traction at the Labour Party conference’.
According to the doctor, he stated that although he wasn’t transgender himself, he supported transgender rights and made a statement.
While Harrop admitted that Harrop was joking, the Tribunal ruled it unprofessional for a GP or GP to make a post in a forum.
The report said that he had referred to his female counterpart as a “venomous transphobic racist bigot” and there wasn’t any evidence that he was committing an offence.
The tweet did not meet the criteria for being ‘objectively offensive.
In another tweet Harrop said: ‘Reality is that TERFS aren’t interested in anything of the sort – they dress up their hatred and bigotry towards trans people in a veil of ‘genuine concerns re ”safety” and ”civil, intellectual debate”, but in truth it’s complete nonsense. TERFS hate Trans. It’s as simple as that.
Harrop, a Cheshire and Merseyside Gender Identity Collaborative GP who is interested in Gender Affirmative Healthcare has been working for the Collaborative since March.
A tribunal ruled that a doctor gave clues to Person B in a January 29, 2019 tweet. It included information about his job, where he was from, and what he looked like.
The clues contained details about a bed-and-breakfast located a few minutes from Harrop’s house, as well as the suggestion that campaigners might visit it. Harrop said, “The more the better.”
The tribunal ruled against the GMC’s claim that he intended to disclose the location to his followers. Person B had already disclosed the information and Harrop’s supporters could have easily accessed the information anywhere on the internet.
Person B had also tweeted that he wasn’t intimidated by Harrop’s tweets at the time. Harrop had intended to ‘annoy’ or frustrate his opponent.
The GP charged Person D with engaging in a sustained, targeted campaign against many people, including his friends, on September 29, 2020. This was apparently done under the guise of the gender critical’ cause.
He stated, “It was time this was put to an end by any means necessary.”
Although the tribunal found that the tweet was inappropriate and ill-advised, Harrop explained to them that he meant legal and legitimate means.
There was no additional evidence to support the conclusion that the GP tried to incite or encourage violence.
Harrop urged Person E not to ‘get your knickers in a twist’, before going on to suggest the ‘fabulous’ idea of a trans activists’ trip taking in Westminster Cathedral and Waterloo Station before ending up at the iconic Wentworth golf club in Virginia Water, Surrey – close to the woman’s home.
It was embellished with Emojis depicting a golf course and a church as well as a train. One tweet also mentioned Person E’s school.
At another point he said of her: ‘Ultimately it’s all about personal notoriety and exposure… the children are clearly of secondary importance, and are likely to be written off as collateral damage should any of her actions lead them to sustaining psychological trauma’.
Harrop was not allowed to speak about the psychological condition of someone he did not know or any potential ‘damage’ that could have been done to his children, according to the tribunal.
It condemned the GP’s retweeting of ‘highly offensive,’ and misogynistic statements about Person E.
One of these said: ‘We are supposed to believe that the LGBT baiting, bigoted, vile catholic c*** @(Person E) is some kind of victim: After she purposefully and intentionally antagonises the lgbt community, she completely deserves all the vitriol she receives.
Another read: ‘Someone…suggested cross-referencing these behaviour patterns with the cycle of the moon…unsure if there’s any direct correlation per se, but it’s a fun theory nevertheless’.
Harrop also sent out inappropriate communication via Twitter, including the retweeting and tweeting highly offensive language.
Person E complained that Harrop continued his twitter campaign against her. However, it denied that. It argued that Person E had also done so.
“The Tribunal deemed Person E’s request to cease tweeting paradoxical and contradictory,” it ruled.
‘Both sides appeared to be intent on provoking each other… the tribunal was not satisfied on the balance of probabilities that Dr Harrop’s subjective intent was to intimidate Person E.’
It was rejected as well the claim that Harrop’s twitter campaign against E was cyber-bullying.
Many of his tweets were in response to E’s messages. Therefore, the GMC could not prove that E was involved in a cyber-bullying campaign.
Harrop, who was identified by a “biog” that clearly identified himself as him during the two-week hearing, sent hundreds of tweets. Harrop accepted some allegations, though he denied any claims of intimidation.
Ryan Donoghue stated to the tribunal that he was driven by a differing view of transgender rights. Because he felt strongly that he was right, he considered it his duty to silence the opponents of the debate.
His behavior was sometimes described as “sinister” at times, he claimed.
The tribunal concluded that his conduct had affected his ability to practice. He was temporarily barred from practicing for a month.
Today’s decision stated: “The tribunal found that Dr Harrop violated the fundamental principles of the profession by posting inappropriate tweets for a prolonged period, contrary to his advice.”
“His actions caused disrepute in the profession, undermining public trust in it and the conduct standards expected of members of that profession.”
“Dr Harrop is entitled to voice his opinions and has the right to do so, but the tribunal expressed concern about his understanding and inability to see the larger context of his duties as a physician.
Harrop made a written apology to the tribunal, saying he felt ‘deeply sorry for not living up to my expectations’. This was not only because of his own shortcomings but also for any wider consequences for public confidence in Harrop’s profession.
“I took meaningful and significant steps to resolve the issues highlighted. I would like to assure both the Tribunal and the GMC that my future efforts will not be hampered by similar or identical errors of judgement.”
Commenting after the tribunal, Malcolm Clark of the LGB Alliance said: ‘Harrop was only one of a legion of obsessive activists who seem to think they have a right to abuse women who raise concerns.
“The public should expect that doctors using social media will uphold the facts and not promote unscientific notions such as a claim that a man can be a lesbian.
“We appreciate the fact that MPTS has sanctioned Harrop because he made threats against women and lesbians who stood up to them.”