Pride in Labour to protest women’s conference cancellation

Pride in Labour will hold a rally titled ‘Conference Cancelled, Democracy Denied’ outside the Wheel of Liverpool on Saturday 27 September. The group will be there to protest at the Labour Party’s disgraceful decision to cancel the women’s conference.

Labour Party women’s conference cancellation: a move to push trans women to the margins

This cancellation is not just a scheduling issue, it is a deliberate attempt by the party leadership to silence women and shut down democratic debate, particularly on trans inclusion. Labour’s leadership has shown contempt for women members, denying them the right to meet, organise, and hold the party to account.

Avery Greatorex, Co-Chair of Pride in Labour, said:

Let’s be clear: cancelling the Women’s Conference is an attack on women, and especially on trans women, who are constantly scapegoated and pushed to the margins. It’s cowardly and authoritarian. Labour’s leadership is terrified of its own members, so it has decided to shut them out altogether. This is not the behaviour of a democratic party, it’s the behaviour of a leadership more interested in control than liberation. We will not be silenced, and we will not let them divide cis and trans women from one another.

The group is holding the protest outside the Wheel of Liverpool at 3.30pm on Saturday 27 September. Pride in Labour is calling on Labour members, trade unionists, community organisations, and allies to join them to demand democracy, inclusion, and accountability from Labour’s leadership.

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