Keen-Minshull's activism includes opposition to legal protections and policies that allow
transgender people to be
legally recognised as their gender. She has opposed the UK
Gender Recognition Act, and
drag performances, especially in locations that may be viewed by children. According to
PinkNews, Keen-Minshull has referred to the trans community as a "pernicious cult" and "previously compared trans people to sex offenders and serial killers". Keen-Minshull is also a special advisor to the
Women's Liberation Front.
Billboards, posters and stickers Keen-Minshull is credited for popularising the term "
adult human female" to define a woman, which she began to promote in 2018 on billboards. The term is associated with
gender-critical feminism. In September 2018, under the pseudonym "Posie Parker", Keen-Minshull paid the advertising company
Primesight to place a billboard poster in
Liverpool with the text "woman, wʊmən, noun, adult human female", telling the
BBC it was in response to support expressed by Liverpool mayor
Joe Anderson for the trans community. In May 2019, a sticker stating "Women only. This is a single sex service under the
Equality Act 2010" that was produced by Standing for Women and designed to appear official was removed from a
Dundee Railway Station bathroom door after station staff were alerted. Keen-Minshull denied that the group had placed the sticker in the station and said "We are fed up that the protected category of sex in the
Equality Act is routinely ignored and are standing up and saying we matter too." Rowling had recently elicited controversy for
her views on trans people. The poster was taken down by the Scotland wing of
Network Rail on 30 July, who stated that the poster was removed for violating its advertising guidelines due to its political nature. In July 2021, Speak Up for Women in New Zealand used the phrase "adult human female" in billboards, which were removed following complaints about
transphobia. HelloPrint, the company that had produced stickers, t-shirts, and other merchandise for Keen-Minshull over five years announced in February 2023 that it would no longer fill orders for Keen-Minshull, and "If we had been fully aware of her beliefs earlier, we would earlier have refused to print for her."
Social media In 2018, after a complaint from
Susie Green, then CEO of transgender charity
Mermaids, Keen-Minshull was interviewed by
West Yorkshire Police for suspicion of malicious communication in relation to
tweets she had made. In 2019, Keen-Minshull said she was interviewed by
Wiltshire Police for suspicion of harassment due to two YouTube videos she had produced that directed criticism at Green for supporting her daughter's
transition. In 2022, Woman's Place UK published screenshots they said were from Keen's Twitter account and since deleted, to "clarify our own political ground", In January 2019, Keen-Minshull praised far-right activist
Tommy Robinson in a podcast for
Feminist Current. Afterwards, Keen-Minshull and Julia Long entered the room in the
Cannon House Office Building where McBride was working, and recorded themselves on Facebook Live shouting at and
misgendering her. In response to the 30 January incident, an HRC spokesperson stated: "It is disturbing but not at all surprising that anti-transgender extremists brought to the United States at the behest of
The Heritage Foundation would stoop to harassing a transgender woman and parents of transgender youth." She has also given an interview to Soldiers of Christ Online, a far-right network. Wadhwa had faced threats of violence that led to increased security at the ERCC, as well as an activist and social media campaign that opposed her hiring on the grounds that she was a trans woman.
Rallies, speaker events, and protests United Kingdom and United States In March 2022, Keen led a group protesting the inclusion of
Lia Thomas at the
NCAA Division I Women's Swimming Championship in Atlanta, also appearing on
Tucker Carlson Tonight. On 19 June, Keen-Minshull and approximately 60 supporters held a rally in Bristol, which was met by approximately 100 counter-protestors organised by Bristol Against Hate. On 18 September, a rally in
Brighton organised by Keen-Minshull as part of a speakers tour was met by hundreds of counter-protesters. Sussex police reported three arrests. In Los Angeles and the second stop in
San Francisco, few supporters attended, and there were no counter-protesters nor police at the events.
Australia In January 2023, Keen-Minshull announced plans to tour Australia and New Zealand in March. Keen-Minshull later said she was the subject of the letter. By 18 February, the petition was removed to comply with Australia's defamation law. According to LGBTQIA+ rights activist Chris Johnson, who started the petition, there had been more than 11,167 signatures. who were seen performing the
Nazi salute on the steps of
Parliament House and displaying a banner that read "Destroy Paedo Freaks". Overall attendance at the event was estimated to be between 300 and 400 supporters at the anti-transgender protest led by Keen-Minshull, and about twice as many counterprotesters. On 23 March 2023, Keen-Minshull held a rally outside of the
Australia Parliament House in
Canberra, attended by about 30 supporters, including
One Nation Party senators
Pauline Hanson and
Malcolm Roberts and
United Australia Party senator
Ralph Babet. The rally was also attended by a group of about 100 counterprotesters, including senator
Lidia Thorpe, who on video footage of the rally appeared to be pulled to the ground by police after she approached Keen-Minshull while shouting "you're not welcome here." In May 2024, Keen-Minshull's claim against Pesutto was settled. He issued an apology in which he said that he had never intended to assert that Keen-Minshull was a Neo-Nazi. He said that he would pay a part of the legal costs, although he in fact secretly paid them in full, but not compensation. Keen-Minshull said she was delighted with the apology.
New Zealand Following her Melbourne event, Keen-Minshull's permission to enter New Zealand was put under review by
Immigration New Zealand on 20 March. The review decided to allow her to enter New Zealand. On 23 March, a coalition of LGBT support groups filed for a
judicial review of the decision to allow Keen-Minshull to enter New Zealand. The following day, the
High Court at Wellington ruled the decision was lawful. Before Keen-Minshull held events in New Zealand,
Labour Immigration Minister
Michael Wood described her views as "inflammatory, vile and incorrect." On 25 March, a rally organised by Keen-Minshull in central
Auckland was also attended by counter-protesters, estimated to number in the thousands, who made noise and chanted loudly before her appearance;
tomato juice was poured on Keen-Minshull by intersex activist
Eliana Rubashkyn, and Keen-Minshull left the area with a police escort before she could speak. The rally was also attended by a small group wearing
Azov Battalion and
Boogaloo Boys insignia, as well as a member of the white nationalist
Action Zealandia group and members of right-wing groups including the
New Conservative Party,
Voices for Freedom, and
Counterspin Media. The Wellington event was subsequently cancelled.
National Party police spokesperson
Mark Mitchell called for "a serious review" into policing failures at the protest. According to
Radio New Zealand, reporting of the event included descriptions of confrontations between supporters and protestors, as well as Keen-Minshull being drowned out by noise from protestors, while far-right media outlet
Counterspin Media promoted "claims of rampant and unchecked violence." In early April 2023, Radio New Zealand reported that Keen-Minshull's New Zealand visit had led to a massive increase in online transphobia within the country, especially against public figures such as
Green Party co-leader
Marama Davidson and transgender activist
Shaneel Lal, who participated in the counter-protest. Counter-extremism researcher
Byron C. Clark observed that extremist groups in New Zealand had adopted transphobia as a "wedge issue" to exploit public fear and "get themselves closer to the mainstream." On 16 September 2023, Keen-Minshull abandoned plans to travel for a second speaking engagement in New Zealand due to safety concerns. She had planned to speak at a protest outside Rubashkyn's hearing at the Auckland District Court on 20 September. In late October 2023, Judge Claire Ryan rejected Rubashkyn's application to have her two assault charges dismissed and ruled that she would face trial. In early September 2024, Rubashkyn was convicted of pouring tomato juice on Keen-Minshull and a second woman during the Auckland tour. She also pled guilty to two charges of assault and was discharged. On 5 March 2024, a man who was filmed punching Judith Hobson, a 71-year old female supporter of Keen-Minshull, was granted a discharge without conviction and permanent name suppression by the Auckland District Court. The man, who had participated in the counter-protest against Keen-Minshull's Auckland talk, had punched Hobson three times in the face, causing concussion and bruising to her left eye and behind her left ear. He admitted a charge of common assault and was ordered by Judge Kevin Glubb to pay $1,000 in reparation to Hobson. Hobson criticised the court's decision to discharge the man without conviction, and
ACT Party MP
Laura Trask said it was a "tragedy for women". The man was subsequently
doxed, with his name, occupation, photograph and town being shared on several social media platforms. Police confirmed that they investigating the doxing, which they described as a breach of the court suppression order. In mid-May 2024, Keen-Minshull spoke via video link at the "Unsilenced Summit" in
Wellington, which was organised by Inflection Point NZ to oppose what it regarded as the "gender indoctrination and medicalisation" of children. Despite protests
Te Papa Museum, which owned the Wellington Convention Centre where the venue was held, allowed the conference to proceed. Other speakers at the conference including
Destiny Church leader
Brian Tamaki and former National Party MP
Simon O'Connor. 360 people attended the Unsilenced conference while a protest organised by Pōneke Anti-Fascist Coalition and Queer Endurance in Defiance attracted 500 people.
Political career In September 2022, in response to
Eddie Izzard's announcement of her plan to run for
MP of
Sheffield Central, Keen-Minshull announced her own plan to run, saying she would "campaign on the basis of repealing the Gender Recognition Act" and "erase the word 'gender. During her livestreamed announcement, she also called the
hijab "atrocious" and a "tool of oppression", and referred to
Tucker Carlson as "an intelligent, really lovely, welcoming, warmly welcoming man". Following her Auckland rally in March 2023, Keen-Minshull announced her intention to form her own party, the Party of Women, and take on
Labour leader
Keir Starmer in his
Holborn and St Pancras constituency at the
2024 United Kingdom general election. On 8 February 2024, the
Party of Women was registered by the UK Electoral Commission, with Keen as the leader. She announced the registration of the party through a livestream on her YouTube channel on the same day. On 8 June 2024, Keen announced that she would run for the
Bristol Central seat. She came in last place, with 196 votes, equating to 0.5% of the vote and lost her deposit. == Personal life ==