Absolute Scenes: 1000s Of Pro-Trans Activists Showed Up To Protest Posie Parker In Auckland

After heeding Australia’s warning, thousands of Aucklanders showed up to protest anti-trans activist Posie Parker whose real name is Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull.

Parker rocked up to Albert Park in the centre of the city expecting to speak with her supporters. Instead, she was met by a bunch of LGBT+ community members and allies who wouldn’t tolerate a bar of her hatred spewing.

After realising the speech wouldn’t go ahead as planned (and having a jar of tomato sauce emptied onto her head), Parker was led to the Auckland Central Police Station.

According to local publication Stuff NZ, Parker is now considering cancelling her public appearance in Wellington, the nation’s capital.

“I’ve never seen anything like this,” Parker told the site, clearly desperate to paint herself as the victim and not the instigator.

“What a shameful day for New Zealand.”

“Maybe it’s time say “we can’t do it” [go to Wellington],” she said in a YouTube video while leaving the scene.

Per the NZ Herald, 500 members of the Destiny Church had gathered in support of Parker.

Some members were holding anti-trans signs which read “let our kids be kids” and “we represent fed-up families” which felt very déjà vu after witnessing the scenes at Melbourne’s protest last week.

Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau encouraged her electorate to follow Auckland’s lead and show up in protest.

The mayor predicted the Brit would likely “receive the same response from a community who are very protective of the trans community”.

“It would be great if the community really show visibly that they are allies, and that they care about our trans and rainbow whānau.”

According to NZ Herald columnist and pro-trans activist Shaneel Lal, Parker has decided to return to the UK and forgo her Wellington appearance.

Parker is yet to comment on whether she will be prematurely leaving New Zealand.

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