Manchester United are back in Premier League action this weekend when they travel to Brentford on Saturday night.
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A south Manchester councillor was heckled by anti-trans protesters at an International Women’s Day march over the weekend.
On Saturday (March 9), hundreds of women marched through Manchester City Centre to raise awareness of the fight for gender equality as part of the Walk for Women event. As the march reached its end point at Manchester Cathedral, a number of people took the opportunity to speak in front of the gathered crowd.
Councillor Becky Chambers, who represents Withington for Labour, was amongst one of those to take the microphone following the march, where she mentioned the difficulties all women face. During the speech, the councillor, who is also Manchester Council's lead member for women, added support for ‘women of colour, disabled women, non-binary people and trans women’.
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Her comments were met with cheers from the audience as she added: “We all fight together today, and always, to say it’s not good enough and we demand better for ourselves.”
But following the speech, the councillor was heckled by a group of women as she took part in an interview with Victoria Maddock, a first year student for English and Multimedia Journalism at Manchester Metropolitan University. During the interview, the women shouted ‘traitor, liar’ towards the councillor as they started to share their fury over her previous comments.
In response, Cllr Chambers said: “Trans women are women and please stop trying to ruin the day for everyone.” She could also be heard saying: "I think we can have a nice conversation without having 'traitor' shouted in my face as well." One woman responded: “Trans women are men.” The woman later added:
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