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'''FiLiA''' is a British ]<ref name="heraldscot">{{cite news |title=Platform backs down after bid to cancel gender critical conference |work=] |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23852282.platform-backs-bid-cancel-gender-critical-conference/ |access-date=12 October 2023}}</ref> organization established in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About FiLiA Women's Rights Conference |url=https://www.filia.org.uk/about-filia |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=FiLiA |language=en-GB}}</ref> It hosts an annual women's conference, which claims to be the largest of its kind.<ref>{{cite news |title=Police investigate threat to burn venue hosting FiLiA in Cardiff |publisher=] |url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2022-10-04/police-investigate-online-threat-to-burn-filia-womens-rights-conference-venue |access-date=24 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Watson |first=Lucy Bannerman and Jeremy |date=2023-10-16 |title=JK Rowling makes surprise appearance at feminist conference in Glasgow |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jk-rowling-surprise-appearance-feminist-conference-2ws0wg0hr |access-date=2023-10-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> One of its key figures is Heather Brunskell-Evans, the founder of ] (WDI).<ref name=Thurlow>{{cite journal |last1=Thurlow |first1=Claire |title=From TERF to gender critical: A telling genealogy? |journal=] |date=2022 |doi=10.1177/13634607221107827}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Trans Activism vs Feminism (and the Wider World): Heather Brunskell-Evans in Conversation with Julian Vigo |url=https://www.cultureontheoffensive.com/trans-activism-vs-feminism/ |access-date=24 October 2022}}</ref> It is known for its opposition to ]<ref name=Thurlow />. '''FiLiA''' is a British ]<ref name="heraldscot">{{cite news |title=Platform backs down after bid to cancel gender critical conference |work=] |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23852282.platform-backs-bid-cancel-gender-critical-conference/ |access-date=12 October 2023}}</ref> organization established in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About FiLiA Women's Rights Conference |url=https://www.filia.org.uk/about-filia |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=FiLiA |language=en-GB}}</ref> It hosts an annual women's conference, which claims to be the largest of its kind.<ref>{{cite news |title=Police investigate threat to burn venue hosting FiLiA in Cardiff |publisher=] |url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2022-10-04/police-investigate-online-threat-to-burn-filia-womens-rights-conference-venue |access-date=24 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Watson |first=Lucy Bannerman and Jeremy |date=2023-10-16 |title=JK Rowling makes surprise appearance at feminist conference in Glasgow |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jk-rowling-surprise-appearance-feminist-conference-2ws0wg0hr |access-date=2023-10-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> One of its key figures is Heather Brunskell-Evans, the founder of ] (WDI).<ref name=Thurlow>{{cite journal |last1=Thurlow |first1=Claire |title=From TERF to gender critical: A telling genealogy? |journal=] |date=2022 |doi=10.1177/13634607221107827}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Trans Activism vs Feminism (and the Wider World): Heather Brunskell-Evans in Conversation with Julian Vigo |url=https://www.cultureontheoffensive.com/trans-activism-vs-feminism/ |access-date=24 October 2022}}</ref>


FiLiA has faced accusations of ] and protests against its events, including from local authorities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Portsmouth council flies trans and other inclusive flags outside offices |url=https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/portsmouth-council-flies-trans-and-other-inclusive-flags-outside-offices-3421367 |access-date=24 October 2022}}</ref> The Trans Safety Network described the FiLiA conference as characterised by "a disturbing trend of anti-trans extremism, conspiracy theory and harassment of trans and GNC people" and said that "much of the content on their website indicates a hostility to trans women conspiratorial beliefs."<ref name="Network">{{cite web |title=FiLiA conference 2022: Transphobia, harassment and arrests at conference in Cardiff |url=https://transsafety.network/posts/filia-2022-transphobia-harassment/ |access-date=25 October 2022 |publisher=Trans Safety Network}}</ref> FiLiA has claimed that the organisation was banned from Labour Party and Liberal Democrat conferences. FiLiA has published a document that states that "we support ] in saying no to self ID" and "the word woman is taken."<ref>{{cite web |title=Women uniting |url=https://www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/2020/6/21/women-uniting |publisher=FiLiA |access-date=12 October 2023}}</ref> FiLiA has faced accusations of ] and protests against its events, including from local authorities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Portsmouth council flies trans and other inclusive flags outside offices |url=https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/portsmouth-council-flies-trans-and-other-inclusive-flags-outside-offices-3421367 |access-date=24 October 2022}}</ref> The Trans Safety Network described the FiLiA conference as characterised by "a disturbing trend of anti-trans extremism, conspiracy theory and harassment of trans and GNC people" and said that "much of the content on their website indicates a hostility to trans women conspiratorial beliefs."<ref name="Network">{{cite web |title=FiLiA conference 2022: Transphobia, harassment and arrests at conference in Cardiff |url=https://transsafety.network/posts/filia-2022-transphobia-harassment/ |access-date=25 October 2022 |publisher=Trans Safety Network}}</ref> FiLiA has claimed that the organisation was banned from Labour Party and Liberal Democrat conferences. FiLiA has published a document that states that "we support ] in saying no to self ID" and "the word woman is taken."<ref>{{cite web |title=Women uniting |url=https://www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/2020/6/21/women-uniting |publisher=FiLiA |access-date=12 October 2023}}</ref>

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FiLiA is a British gender-critical organization established in 2013. It hosts an annual women's conference, which claims to be the largest of its kind. One of its key figures is Heather Brunskell-Evans, the founder of Women's Declaration International (WDI).

FiLiA has faced accusations of transphobia and protests against its events, including from local authorities. The Trans Safety Network described the FiLiA conference as characterised by "a disturbing trend of anti-trans extremism, conspiracy theory and harassment of trans and GNC people" and said that "much of the content on their website indicates a hostility to trans women conspiratorial beliefs." FiLiA has claimed that the organisation was banned from Labour Party and Liberal Democrat conferences. FiLiA has published a document that states that "we support Liz Truss in saying no to self ID" and "the word woman is taken."

In 2022, the National Education Union executive passed a motion that described FiLiA as a transphobic organisation. In 2022, FiLiA also organised a conference in Cardiff where, among other things, the alleged threat of "trans ideology" was discussed. The conference featured several speakers known for anti-trans views, including Maya Forstater, Helen Joyce, Julie Bindel, Rosie Duffield and Sheila Jeffreys. Ahead of the conference, organisations across Cardiff signed a statement of support for all women and girls, both transgender and cisgender. Many businesses in Cardiff responded by flying the trans flag to condemn the FiLiA event. Labour Students described FiLiA as "an anti-trans lobbying group" and said Rosie Duffield's behaviour "has gone beyond the pale and we echo LGBT+ Labour's calls that she should lose the Labour whip" after she attended the FiLiA conference, calling upon the party to "adopt a definition of transphobia deal with instances of transphobia more efficiently".

In 2023 Platform, the venue in Glasgow where the event was scheduled to be held, gave FiLiA 12 hours' notice that their conference would not be allowed to be held at the venue, under pressure from anonymous activists. This decision was reversed after legal intervention, with FiLiA's solicitors highlighting belief discrimination protections under the Equality Act. Glasgow LGBT rights activists, intersectional feminists and Scottish Greens politicians staged a public protest against FiLiA on 13 October 2023.

References

  1. "Platform backs down after bid to cancel gender critical conference". The Herald. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  2. "About FiLiA Women's Rights Conference". FiLiA. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  3. "Police investigate threat to burn venue hosting FiLiA in Cardiff". ITV. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  4. Watson, Lucy Bannerman and Jeremy (2023-10-16). "JK Rowling makes surprise appearance at feminist conference in Glasgow". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  5. Thurlow, Claire (2022). "From TERF to gender critical: A telling genealogy?". Sexualities. doi:10.1177/13634607221107827.
  6. "Trans Activism vs Feminism (and the Wider World): Heather Brunskell-Evans in Conversation with Julian Vigo". Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  7. "Portsmouth council flies trans and other inclusive flags outside offices". Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  8. ^ "FiLiA conference 2022: Transphobia, harassment and arrests at conference in Cardiff". Trans Safety Network. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  9. "Women uniting". FiLiA. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  10. "FiLiA Responds to NEU Transphobia Accusations". Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  11. "The trans movement has a problem with women". Spiked. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  12. "Labour Students stands in full solidarity with the LGBT+ community". Labour Students. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  13. Watson, Lucy Bannerman and Jeremy (2023-10-16). "JK Rowling makes surprise appearance at feminist conference in Glasgow". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  14. "Media Statement on behalf of FiLiA". FiLiA. 2023-10-12. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  15. "Conference to go ahead as lawyers overturn decision to cancel: The FiLiA conference, with speaker Joanna Cherry MP, had been criticised for lobbying against gender recognition reform". Stv.tv. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  16. "FiLiA Glasgow: Activists protest against 'transphobic' event". The Herald. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  17. "FiLiA activist led away by police amid rally at 'transphobic' event". The National. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
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