Sydney Trans Rights Activists Protest UK TERF Kellie-Jay Keen: In Pictures
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Sydney trans rights activists and antifascists gathered in Victoria Park on Saturday to rally against an event put on by prominent UK transphobe and far-right figure Kellie-Jay Keen, who’s currently on the Australian Let Women Speak Tour, which involves a series of public outdoor speakouts.
Known as Posie Parker online, Keen is known for her divisive comments about trans people, which encourage hate and attempt to erase trans identities, while she also adheres to a checklist of other ultraconservative concerns, such as removing the right to abortion and contraception for youths.
With her local tour sponsored by Binary Australia, Posie Parker is known as an outspoken TERF (trans-exclusionary radical feminist) and SWERF (sex worker-exclusionary radical feminist).
The pro-trans, antifascist demonstrators gathered in the park argued that Keen and her supporters are so steeped in far-right racist, classist and misogynistic ideology that they’re obviously misapplying feminist thought to progress their own agenda.
Sydney Criminal Lawyers was in attendance at the counteraction staged by Pride in Protest, National Union of Students Queer/LGBTI, University of Sydney’s Women’s Collective, LGBTI Rights Australia and USYD Queer Action Collective.
![The Protest Kellie-Jay Keen and the Far-Right rally descended upon Sydney’s Victoria Park on 11 March The Protest Kellie-Jay Keen and the Far-Right rally descended upon Sydney’s Victoria Park on 11 March](https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/app/uploads/2023/03/protest-kellie-jay-keen-and-the-far-right-rally-descended-upon-sydneys-victoria-park-on-11-march.png)
![Speakers outlined the hypocrisy of the far-right using feminism to progress its agenda Speakers outlined the hypocrisy of the far-right using feminism to progress its agenda](https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/app/uploads/2023/03/speakers-outlined-the-hypocrisy-of-the-far-right-using-feminism-to-progress-its-agenda.png)
![Posie Parker also targets sex workers in her diatribes Posie Parker also targets sex workers in her diatribes](https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/app/uploads/2023/03/posie-parker-also-targets-sex-workers-diatribes.png)
![Dykes on Bikes were in support Dykes on Bikes were in support](https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/app/uploads/2023/03/dykes-bikes-were-in-support.png)
![And the rally was solid And the rally was solid](https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/app/uploads/2023/03/rally-solid.png)
![However, so was the NSW police presence However, so was the NSW police presence](https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/app/uploads/2023/03/nsw-police-presence.png)
![Indeed, the police presence was fortified Indeed, the police presence was fortified](https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/app/uploads/2023/03/police-presence-fortified.png)
![But over at Keen’s event, the difference in police presence was stark, even though it basically resembled that of the counterprotest But over at Keen’s event, the difference in police presence was stark, even though it basically resembled that of the counterprotest](https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/app/uploads/2023/03/keens-event-police-presence-stark-counterprotest.png)
![Having travelled from the UK, Keen addressed her attendees in the park Having travelled from the UK, Keen addressed her attendees in the park](https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/app/uploads/2023/03/uk-keen-addressed-her-attendees-park.png)
![And she was accompanied by a few friends in suits And she was accompanied by a few friends in suits](https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/app/uploads/2023/03/accompanied-by-a-few-friends-suits.png)
![One of Keen’s supporters expressing his opinion about “private areas” on a hat placard One of Keen’s supporters expressing his opinion about “private areas” on a hat placard](https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/app/uploads/2023/03/one-of-keens-supporters-expressing-his-opinion-about-private-areas-on-hat-placard.png)