Lesbian speed-dating event demands only 'adult human females' attend
Lesbian speed-dating event sparks transphobia row after its organisers insist only ‘adult human females’ can attend the popular weekly event
- Organiser Jenny Watson posted: ‘If you are male, please refrain from coming’
- She said this was for ‘protection of sex-segregated spaces for lesbian women’
- Stonegate Group, owners of pub where the event is held, is now investigating
A lesbian speed-dating event is at the centre of a transphobia row after the organiser insisted that only ‘adult human females’ can attend.
It follows outrage from attendees at the popular weekly £15-a-head event, held in Bloomsbury in London, after trans women tried to join.
Last week, Jenny Watson, a town planner who runs the nights, posted on her website: ‘If you are male, please refrain from coming to the events, you are not a lesbian.’
Ms Watson told The Mail on Sunday: ‘Last year, a person turned up sporting a purple latex outfit… and an erection.
‘Another time, a trans woman came into the female toilet and pushed their body at a woman who was upset and told me after. It got me thinking that this isn’t fair on women.’
Organiser Jenny Watson, 31, is at the centre of a transphobia row after she insisted that only ‘adult human females’ can attend a lesbian speed dating event
Ms Watson, 31, added: ‘Transgender individuals deserve respect. But there is a need for protection of sex-segregated spaces for lesbian women.’
Members of an activists’ group reported Jenny to her London council employers as transphobic for insisting on social media that only ‘adult human females’ should attend and ‘lesbians don’t have penises’.
An inquiry into the get-togethers was last night under way by Stonegate Group, the owners of the College Arms, the pub where the event is held.
Stonegate Group, the owners of the College Arms in Bloomsbury, is now looking into claims that the event is not trans-inclusive
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