Hide your perverts, the TERFs are coming (to Vancouver Island!)

Hey Nanaimo! Let's talk about gender identity ideology!

I am SO excited to announce that I will be in Nanaimo on October 1st, alongside fearless women, Bryony Dixon, Janayh Wright, and Gwen O’Mahony, to open up the conversation about gender identity, women’s spaces, and parental rights.

The gender identity debate was slow moving to begin with, but really fell silent once Justin Trudeau locked us all down in 2020, and is in desperate need of revival. Prior to the Covid lockdowns, we had managed to make some headway in terms of forcing the debate into the media and public sphere, by hosting events in Vancouver and Toronto. Prior, the media had roundly refused to acknowledge there was a debate at all, and mainstream political parties forged ahead with gender identity policies and legislation, regardless of what women and parents thought about it.

I’ve learned the only way to force this conversation is by having it. In person.

So we’re doing it!

If you are on Vancouver Island, please join us on Sunday, October 1st in Nanaimo, BC, for Vancouver Island’s first panel discussion on gender identity, women’s spaces, and parental rights. The exact location is currently secret, in order to avoid harassment and threats to the venue from trans activists, an unfortunate but consistent occurrence, terrifying staff and often forcing cancellation due to “security concerns,” as happened in 2019, days before I was scheduled to speak at Simon Fraser University. As such, the precise location of the event will be revealed to ticket holders a few days before the event.

The panel discussion will start at 7PM sharp, so please be sure to arrive by 6:30PM at the latest to ensure everyone is seated and the event can begin on time. The panel will be followed by a Q&A, where you can make your voice, concerns, and questions heard.

Tickets are on a sliding scale in order to make the event accessible, meaning there is a low income option at $15 and a regular, general admission option at $25. If you are unable to attend, but wish to support the event (and offset our costs), please consider a donation! We are funding this all on our own and via ticket sales, and are hoping very much to cover our costs. We are all independent women who simply want to have this conversation in places where it has been silenced; and to enable, empower, and galvanize others to start talking and to take action in defense of women, kids, families, and reality.

On account of Eventbrite’s censorship of previous women’s events, we have had to set up our own private ticketing site — yet another hurdle women are forced to overcome simply to speak about their rights, safety, and concerns. Not only do we not wish for our event to be cancelled, but we don’t wish to support a platform that silences women.

Our panelists, as you will see, are brave and incredible:

Bryony Dixon is a British born single mother of two young boys, as well as a multimedia artist, administrator, and researcher whose work stems from a performance-based practice. She holds a B.A. in Drama from Queen Mary University of London and a Master’s in Film Aesthetics from The University of Oxford. In 2023, Bryony’s role as the Artistic Managing Producer of Pacific Coast Stage Co. (the presenters of the Nanaimo Fringe Festival), was subject to a cancellation campaign after local activists took umbrage at her personal views on sex and gender. Despite being placed on an "advisory leave" and having her movement restricted at Nanaimo’s flagship performance venue without due-process or investigation, Bryony remains committed to championing free expression, particularly addressing taboo subjects having a fundamental impact on our social fabric.

Janayh Wright is Vancouver island business owner and mother of three who spoke out after a man in a wig and face mask accessed the women’s changing room at at the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre, where her nine-year-old daughter was present. Janayh confronted the man, who was peering under the stalls, and escorting him out of the change room. The Aquatic Centre warned Janayh she could be arrested and charged for her actions, confirming it was the man's human right to be in the female changing room. She spoke out publicly and organized a protest shortly thereafter.

The third panelist is, of course, me, who I presume you already know.

We are very lucky to have Gwen O’Mahony as our moderator, an ex-NDPer (shock gasp) who represented Chilliwack-Hope in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from April 2012 until April 2013 as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (NDP). Gwen was the first NDP candidate and the first woman to win the riding of Chilliwack-Hope and is enthusiastic about opening up this conversation on Vancouver Island! I can’t think of any other NDPer who has spoken up about this issue and we are very excited to have her on board.

If you have questions about the event, please contact: vancouverislandspeaks@proton.me

We hope to see you on Vancouver Island on October 1st!