Jenny and Cooper (he refuses to identify as a lesbian, but Jenny does)

Jenny Watson runs weekly lesbian speed dating evenings in a London pub. Or at least she did, until trans activists complained to the management about – you guessed it – men being excluded, lipstick not withstanding.

Following a number of incidents involving trans-identified males claiming to be lesbians attending her events, Jenny was compelled to remind would-be participants that ‘lesbians don’t have penises’. She even stated, ‘If you are male, please refrain from coming’ on the basis that the evening was for the ‘protection of sex-segregated spaces for lesbian women’. According to Jenny, one trans identified man pushed himself against a lesbian in the toilets, and another, clad in purple lycra, was sporting a visible erection.

The pub in Bloomsbury received a number of complaints about her comments, and as per usual, the venue chose to launch an ‘inquiry’, rather than support one of the city’s few lesbian social events.

Jenny’s forthcoming event (if the venue doesn’t cancel - I will keep you posted)

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