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Title: Chaos at Queer Question Time
Post by: Shana A on February 02, 2010, 08:04:15 AM
Chaos at Queer Question Time

By Jane Fae • February 1, 2010 - 17:10

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/02/01/chaos-at-queer-question-time/ (http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/02/01/chaos-at-queer-question-time/)

A drink is hurled – or was it an id badge? A speaker quits the stage in tears (but returns in time for the final round-up). Recriminations follow Julie Bindel's appearance at Queer Question Time.

Friday at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern was a night of hissy fits and tantrums, high emotions, and over-loud heckling and it was all the fault of a bunch of uppity transwomen/Julie Bindel: delete as applicable. The excitement continued into Sunday's press, with Bea Campbell entering the lists on the Guardian comment pages to condemn the no-platforming of Julie Bindel, and blogger CL Minou hitting back on Monday to argue the opposite.