'The companies just follow along because they are cowards, or because they are in the grip of ideological capture, and believe truly in this stuff. For some time, people have been attempting to reframe feminist statement as hate crimes as attacks on transgender people.' Mr Linehan, a long-time critic of gender ideology who is scheduled to speak at the event, told The Telegraph: 'This is the latest attempt to make feminism a hate crime. The book launch is still set to go ahead on December 2, with Ms Phillimore pledging to sell tickets on the door. 'I would be very grateful for any support you can give, either by donating money to this fund, sharing it online or just signing the petition and talking about it with other people.' 'I believe my claim raises interesting and important issues that go beyond just the Equality Act.
'In particular it cannot ignore the will of Parliament which has made it clear via the Equality Act and the EAT decision in Forstater, that "gender critical" belief is worthy of respect in a democratic society If Eventbrite wish to operate in the UK, it must obey UK laws. It was removed because people complained – falsely – that it was "transphobic".'
'I think there is a clear breach of the Equality Act here, in that my event was removed from the platform because it was decided it promoted ‘violent’ or ‘hateful’ content. She said: 'I want the court to confirm that what Eventbrite have done is unlawful. The first step will be her solicitors sending a letter before action. Ms Phillimore sent several emails asking for urgent clarification about how exactly my event had violated either the Community Guidelines or Terms of Service.Įventbrite's legal counsel eventually reached and the barrister was assured she would be given ‘timescales’ for a ‘second review’ of her event.īut after the deadline for the timescales past, Ms Phillimore decided to proceed with legal action. Ms Phillimore and the event's organiser described its programme as 'extremely mild', The Telegraph reported. The decision has been labelled an attempt to 'silence women' and 'make feminism a hate crime'. Her fundraiser to sue Eventbrite for breaching the Equality Act has now passed £5,000
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