Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull

Kellie-Jay Nyishie Keen-Minshull (née Keen; born June 1974), also known as Posie Parker, is a British anti-transgender[2] and gender-critical activist.

She launched a failed bid to become the MP for the constituency of Bristol Central in the 2024 United Kingdom general election, coming in last place with only 0.5% of the vote.

[22] Keen-Minshull denied that the group had placed the sticker in the station and said "We are fed up that the protected category of sex in the Equality Act is routinely ignored and are standing up and saying we matter too.

[29][30] In 2019, Keen-Minshull said she was interviewed by Wiltshire Police for suspicion of harassment due to two YouTube videos she had produced that directed criticism at Green for supporting her daughter's transition.

[23] In May 2018, Woman's Place UK, an organisation that opposes gender self-identification for trans people, announced that it had disinvited Keen-Minshull from a meeting, based on objections to "her stated views on race and religion.

"[9][31] In 2022, Woman's Place UK published screenshots they said were from Keen's Twitter account and since deleted, to "clarify our own political ground",[9] stating they had invited Keen-Minshull to discuss the 2018 police investigation related to her tweets, and since then, "many of her subsequent connections, statements and actions have only strengthened our decision not to work with her.

[9] On 30 January 2019, Sarah McBride, a transgender rights activist and press secretary for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), participated in a panel discussion between members of the Parents for Transgender Equality National Council and members of the United States Congress, during a visit to Capitol Hill to advocate for the Equality Act.

[10][33] Afterwards, Keen-Minshull and Julia Long entered the room in the Cannon House Office Building where McBride was working, and recorded themselves on Facebook Live shouting at and misgendering her.

[9][35] In 2019, Jean Hatchet, a gender-critical activist, expressed concerns about what she described as "right-wing links" developed by Keen-Minshull in the US, as well as her connections to The Heritage Foundation, writing on her blog: "I don't care what these people think about trans ideology.

"[37] In March 2022, Keen led a group protesting the inclusion of Lia Thomas at the NCAA Division I Women's Swimming Championship in Atlanta,[38] also appearing on Tucker Carlson Tonight.

[40] On 16 October, Keen-Minshull began a series of public speaking events organised by Standing for Women in the United States that were intended to tour eleven cities, starting in Los Angeles.

[13] Stephen Bates, the Australian Greens' spokesperson for LGBTQIA+ communities, wrote to Immigration Minister Andrew Giles asking him to revoke Keen-Minshull's visa and posted the letter online with her name redacted.

[48] Keen-Minshull's Melbourne event on 18 March 2023 was attended by a group of at least 30 neo-Nazis, organised by the National Socialist Network and its leader Thomas Sewell,[49] who were seen performing the Nazi salute on the steps of Parliament House[50] and displaying a banner that read "Destroy Paedo Freaks".

"[54][53][4] In March 2024, Keen-Minshull commenced a legal claim for defamation against John Pesutto, the leader of the opposition in the Australian State of Victoria.

[57][52] In response, the centre-right National Party's deputy leader Nicola Willis argued that Keen-Minshull should be allowed into the country on free speech grounds.

By contrast, the left-wing Green Party's immigration spokesperson Ricardo Menéndez March opposed Keen-Minshull's entry on the grounds that her presence would endanger the LGBT and Muslim communities.

[60] Before Keen-Minshull held events in New Zealand, Labour Immigration Minister Michael Wood described her views as "inflammatory, vile and incorrect.

Counter-extremism researcher Byron C. Clark observed that extremist groups in New Zealand had adopted transphobia as a "wedge issue" to exploit public fear and "get themselves closer to the mainstream.

[71] In late October 2023, Judge Claire Ryan rejected Rubashkyn's application to have her two assault charges dismissed and ruled that she would face trial.

[73] On 5 March 2024, a man who was filmed punching Judith Hobson, a 71-year old female supporter of Keen-Minshull, was granted a discharge without conviction and permanent name suppression by the Auckland District Court.

[74] Hobson criticised the court's decision to discharge the man without conviction, and ACT Party MP Laura Trask said it was a "tragedy for women".

[76] In mid-May 2024, Keen-Minshull spoke via video link at the "Unsilenced Summit" in Wellington, which was organised by Inflection Point NZ to oppose what it regarded as the "gender indoctrination and medicalisation" of children.

An attendee of Keen-Minshull's rally in Australia, 2023
Keen-Minshull being escorted from her Auckland event by police in March 2023