UK Parliament member Claire Fox, the founder of a free speech think tank, was canceled from a speaking event for retweeting a Ricky Gervais transgender joke.
Claire Fox, a member of the House of Lords, explains that she has enough material to write 10 editions of her book, "I Find That Offensive!"was reportedly disinvited from a university debating society for retweeting a transgender joke made by comedian Ricky Gervais.
In the 60-second clip of a Gervais stand-up routine, the comedian joked about"the old fashioned women, you know, the ones with wombs" and"the new ones we’ve been seeing lately with beards and c--ks." Fox applauded Gervais for having"skewered ... trans-identity ideology.
Fox noted the"irony" of being asked to discuss the importance of debate, adding that gender ideology"was not a topic" she was going to focus on. Claire Fox, a member of the House of Lords, previously wrote a book addressed to"Generation Snowflake." "We can confirm an event due to be hosted by the Debating Society on 23 February featuring Claire Fox, Baroness Fox of Buckley, was cancelled by the society following concerns from six of our ratified societies," the spokesperson told Fox News Digital."As with all events hosted by our societies, due diligence of visiting speakers is always conducted. In this instance, a tweet shared by Baroness Fox deemed discriminatory towards transgender people emerged.
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