Julie Bindel raises nearly £40,000 in bid to sue Nottingham City Council
A feminist campaigner, journalist and author is raising funds to sue Nottingham City Council after they cancelled her talk at a Nottinghamshire library. Julie Bindel was due to speak at Aspley Library on Saturday, June 25, but this talk was cancelled by the council after the "speaker's views on transgender rights was brought to the Library Service's attention."
Due to the talk being sold out, Miss Bindel decided to keep hold the talk in the car park instead and said she would not be "intimidated" into cancelling it. A group opposing the talk from Nottingham Against Transphobia were also in attendance, and reportedly played loud music throughout the talk. Following the council's decision to cancel the talk, Julie is taking action under the Equality Act 2010 and Human Rights Act 1998. So far, Miss Bindel has raised more than £37,500 from over 1.560 donors towards her legal fees.
She says it is important that women in deprived communities have the opportunity to come together and the public spaces which allow women to do so are essential. Miss Bindel feels that if a voice can be silenced because views are not shared, than this can have implications for all feminists.
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