Tag: Trans-rights

MP Threatens Legal Action Over Cancelled Show

MP Joanna Cherry has threatened to sue a comedy club after it cancelled the Edinburgh Festival Fringe show she was set to appear in because of her views on trans rights. Lawyers acting for the Scottish National Party (SNP) politician wrote to The Stand Comedy Club demanding the venue issue a statement acknowledging it “has…


University Cancels Film After Trans-Rights Protesters Blockade Venue

A Scottish university has been accused of siding with a “censorious minority” after it cancelled the screening of a film following trans-rights protests. Tess White, MSP for Scotland’s north-east region, said Edinburgh University had censored free speech by pulling the plug on showing “Adult Human Female”—a documentary asserting that women are defined solely by their…