Posie Parker attacked by trans activists in New Zealand

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JK Rowling has slated an ex-SNP councillor for “having a right old laugh” after tomato sauce was thrown at a women’s rights campaigner. The incident happened during a confrontation between Posie Parker and pro-trans activists before she was due to speak at a rally.

Then after the attack, the Harry Potter author picked up on the fact that former Glasgow City councillor Austin Sheridan had tweeted a picture of a bowl of tomato soup.

She accused him of not taking “male violence against women” seriously.

In response, he said: “I have never ever condoned violence against women”, and Ms Rowling responded that it was “entirely about your desire for tomato soup”.

Ms Parker, real name Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, was covered in the red sauce at a rally in Auckland, New Zealand, on Saturday.

She was led away from the event by police before she had the chance to speak.

Yesterday Mr Sheridan tweeted a picture of tomato soup, with the caption “Seems that you can’t have a nice wee bit of tomato soup without transphobes getting all worked up about it”, accompanied by the thinking face and crying with laughter emojis.

This sparked a response from Ms Rowling, who campaigns against male on women violence and has previously spoken out about being a victim of domestic violence.

Referencing Mr Sheridan’s support for Humza Yousaf in the SNP leadership campaign, she wrote: “We’ve all met ‘progressive’ men who think male violence against women they don’t agree with is a right old laugh.

“What’s new is seeing them being this open about it. Maybe Humza will let you write his gags if you manage to get him elected.”

In response, Mr Sheridan wrote: “I have never ever condoned violence against women or anyone for that matter.

“No matter what views people hold I expect everyone to observe the law and anyone who doesn’t observe the law should be punished in the appropriate manner.

“I was saying it’s ridiculous that people can no longer post what they are having for dinner or tea without transphobes jumping on it saying some of the most awful things.

“Not only is some of the stuff being said by GC people abhorrent, but it’s also just downright peculiar. Anyway. Happy Sunday JKR.”

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Ms Rowling responded, by saying: “The laughing emoji, the sly smirk emoji and the mention of ‘transphobes’, a mere forty-eight hours after a highly publicised mass attack on women, at which at least one was punched, absolutely confirm that this was entirely about your desire for tomato soup, Austin.”

She added: “However, you could always tweet again, denouncing the trans activists who punched and assaulted the women speaking up for their rights and point out that their violence is one of the reasons women fear their presence in our single-sex spaces.”

Mail Online reports that mother-of-four Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, who goes by the name Posie Parker, was in Auckland as part of her Let Women Speak tour.

Ms Keen, from Wiltshire, who says she is a “women’s rights activist but not a feminist”, believes it is impossible to change gender and campaigns to exclude trans women from female-only spaces.

Her talks have seen demonstrations from trans activists in both Australia and New Zealand.

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