SNP MP Joanna Cherry has spoken out after she had been cancelled for “being a lesbian with gender critical views”.
The Edinburgh South MP has been highly critical of Scotland’s Gender Recognition Reform plan which would make it easier for people to change their legally recognised sex.
Ms Cherry was due to appear at The Stand in August. The venue called off the event after staff said they were uncomfortable with her views on transgender issues. She told the BBC that the staff at the venue shouldn’t be framing editorial and artistic policy.
“I’m being cancelled and no-platformed because I’m a lesbian who holds gender-critical views that somebody’s sex is immutable.”
In a statement The Stand said: “Following extensive discussions with our staff it has become clear that a number of key operational staff, including venue management and box office personnel, are unwilling to work on this event.
One Conservative MSP said in defence of Cherry that The Stand had received substantial amounts of public money during Covid and many people would be “dismayed” by the stance it had taken.
The Homeland Party are all for freedom of speech, and we also believe that businesses should have the right to deny someone a service if they see fit.
Cherry and her SNP colleges would no doubt agree; however, we would suspect that the party of “hate speech” laws would have cheered along as the likes of Twitter ban people with opposing views, saying “they’re a private company so they can ban who they like”.
Cherry was all for de-platforming – she just never expected to be on the receiving end!
