Author Julie Bindel says the move to cancel her talk was 'deeply unethical, immoral and unjust'
A city council has apologised to an author after cancelling a talk due to what it said were her views on transgender rights.
In June, Julie Bindel was due to give a talk, organised by the Nottingham Women for Change group, at Aspley Library. The event was cancelled by Nottingham City Council who said her views "fly in the face" of its position on transgender rights.Ms Bindel said she would sue the council after she held the talk outside the library, one of threeNottingham Women for Change, which describes itself as a "women only activism, education and empowerment" group, said the event had been booked to "discuss feminism and domestic violence due to pressure from men's rights activists".
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