JK Rowling

Greater Manchester Police has come under fire for the incident that saw Aleks Kovacevic, 44, 'manhandled' by a gang next to the city's statue of Emmeline ...

Manchester Trans Rise Up claimed the day as a victory on Twitter. The group said: 'They didn't get hold of the statue at any point. We claimed the space for for the entire time. Manchester Trans Rise Up claimed the day as a victory on Twitter, with supporters claiming they would be on the 'right side of history', and declaring: 'They didn't get hold of the statue at any point. One feminist confronted the masked group and asked them to 'blink once for yes, twice for no' if they thought they were helping the trans cause. They have listened to the cries of these nasty, entitled men and gone, 'I feel sorry, I think you should come into our spaces. We claimed the space for for the entire time. She later added: 'I never expected the right side of history to include so many people in masks intimidating and assaulting women, did you? MTRU members denied the group in masks were part of their planned protest. Today footage of her being punched in St Ann's Square, Manchester, in March also emerged, although trans activists accused Aleks of kicking a trans woman and insisting on calling her a man. The group's barrister and cofounder Sarah Phillimore said: 'It is sadly not remarkable that the police chose to lecture a woman rather than protect her. That whole scuffle lasted a full minute, my friends and another guy had to separate it. 'We are literally a group of five middle-aged women.