A heated rally outside City Hall on Monday led to multiple arrests. Police say more than 100 people were involved in a protest and counter protest, debating the rights of transgender women. LisaRoznerTV reports.
Police say more than 100 people were involved in a protest and counter protest, debating the rights ofMore than two dozen women set up at Broadway near Murray Street at around noon for the last stop of a nationwide rally called"Let Women Speak."set up barricades around the group, which said it is comprised of feminists but doesn't accept transgender women as women. Members are also known as"TERFs," which stands for trans-exclusionary radical feminist.
"We were counter protesting a group of TERFs who are trying to persuade people that trans people are sexual abusers and that trans kids are being forcibly mutilated," said Atlas Lee-Reid of Brooklyn. The chaos lasted a few hours and police from special units at one point seemed to outnumber the crowd.
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