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In February 2017, the newly opened Vancouver Women's Library was met with a small group of vandals, including a very obviously male person who claimed to be a female sex worker. They ripped off a poster, poured wine on a book, and harassed those trying to partake in the opening celebration. Their stated reason was that the library included books which they deemed to support so-called "TERF" and "SWERF" ideology.<ref name=vwl/> | In February 2017, the newly opened Vancouver Women's Library was met with a small group of vandals, including a very obviously male person who claimed to be a female sex worker. They ripped off a poster, poured wine on a book, and harassed those trying to partake in the opening celebration. Their stated reason was that the library included books which they deemed to support so-called "TERF" and "SWERF" ideology.<ref name=vwl/> | ||
<gallery caption="Images of the vandalism" widths=210px heights=175px> | |||
File:VWL-Vandalized-1.jpg | Crude graffiti sprayed at the entrance | |||
File:VWL-Vandalized-2.jpg | Close-up of some of the sprayed text | |||
File:VWL-Vandalized-3.jpg | Wine poured on one of the books | |||
File:VWL-Defamation.jpg | The supposed reason for the vandalism | |||
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=== Physical assault at Speakers' Corner, London === | === Physical assault at Speakers' Corner, London === | ||
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In August 16, 2019, the Facebook account of [[Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter]] reported that a dead rat had been nailed to their door frame.<ref name=vrr-fb/> On August 26, their Twitter account followed up by reporting their door and windows were vandalized with phrases such as "FUCK TERFS" and "KILL TERFS" as well as "TRANS POWER".<ref name=vrr-twitter/> The repeated harassment and vandalism garnered attention in local and national news.<ref name=vrr-vancouverisawesome/><ref name=vrr-nationalreview/><ref name=vrr-citynews/> | In August 16, 2019, the Facebook account of [[Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter]] reported that a dead rat had been nailed to their door frame.<ref name=vrr-fb/> On August 26, their Twitter account followed up by reporting their door and windows were vandalized with phrases such as "FUCK TERFS" and "KILL TERFS" as well as "TRANS POWER".<ref name=vrr-twitter/> The repeated harassment and vandalism garnered attention in local and national news.<ref name=vrr-vancouverisawesome/><ref name=vrr-nationalreview/><ref name=vrr-citynews/> | ||
<gallery caption="Images of the vandalism" widths=300px heights= | <gallery caption="Images of the vandalism" widths=300px heights=175px> | ||
File:Vrr-vandalism1.jpg | A dead rat nailed to the door frame of VRR | File:Vrr-vandalism1.jpg | A dead rat nailed to the door frame of VRR | ||
File:Vrr-vandalism2.jpg | The text "KILL TERFS ... TRANS POWER" written on the window | File:Vrr-vandalism2.jpg | The text "KILL TERFS ... TRANS POWER" written on the window | ||