Never give up, never surrender!

We have secured a new venue for our September 14 event in Victoria, B.C.

As many of you know, trans activists are psychotic terrorists who will stop at nothing to shut down the speech of women in particular who speak out in defense of kids, women’s rights, and reality. The past decade+ has been a relentless, ever-intensifying torrent of mindfuckery, libel, threats, violence, cancellations, and censorship. Each and every time we attempt to hold an event discussing our concerns about gender identity ideology, trans activists do everything in their power to scare the crap out of the venues hosting us, inevitably leading to cancellation, either to protect their business, staff, or peace of mind.

While our group, Vancouver Island Speaks! were promised we had security in our most recent venue, Ambrosia Banquet Hall, they were not prepared for what was to come. After extreme harassment and threats from trans activists who bombarded the venue with emails and phone calls, before showing up in person to harass staff and vandalize the building, Ambrosia not only caved, but turned on us in the hope they could appease their bullies. Everyone learns their lesson about that one the hard way — these people are only empowered by those who grovel. They learn that they own you and that their tactics work. It makes things worse for the appeasers, who now must live in fear of angering their new masters, and it definitely makes things worse for anyone trying to speak in public about these issues as well as any venue is who dares let them.

But we aren’t the type to give up. If we were, we would have packed it in long ago. We know how this goes, and we know that the only way to save free speech is by fighting for it tooth and nail. When we lose our rights, they aren’t handed back to us peacefully. The government isn’t going to hand the mic over to us because we ask politely — we tried that. We do things ourselves because it’s the only way to get things done, and while exhausting, these cancellations are expected.

This time was no different, and our response has been no different. We hustled, yet again, to find a venue to host our event, so we can speak about the way in which gender identity ideology harms kids, women, families, and our ability to speak the truth. We have said it before, and we will say it for as long as we have to: we will not be cancelled.

Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us in our fight and continues to support us. We have an incredible group of community members, supporters, and volunteers who continue to fight for and with us.

We have secured a new venue in Victoria, B.C. for our event, rebranded: “Surgeries, sports, and speech in Tranada,” in order to reflect our expanded panel and message. We will not be revealing the venue until the day of the event in order to protect them from harassment, abuse, and vandalism, and in the hope that we can actually have this important conversation with you.

The people who show up and speak out at these events are making a difference! They ensure we cannot be marginalized, and make it possible for others to join us in showing up and speaking out. Showing up galvanizes others to do so, connects us to one another, and shows the bullies we are not afraid and we will not surrender.

So please join us in Victoria, B.C. on Saturday, September 14 — we need to use our voices now before it's too late!

If you are unable to attend but wish to support this and future events, please consider a donation.