SNP MP Joanna Cherry threatens legal action against The Stand comedy club over cancellation row
dailyrecord.co.ukAn SNP MP is threatening to sue a leading Scottish comedy club for cancelling an event over her views on trans rights.Joanna Cherry is demanding an apology after revealing she has legal advice claiming the Stand’s actions are “unlawful”.Management at the Edinburgh venue cancelled the “In Conversation” show earlier this month after staff said they did not want to work at an event featuring Cherry.The MP is a leading critic of the Scottish Government's gender recognition legislation, which allows trans people to change their gender without medical oversight.The cancellation sparked an angry backlash and the venue was accused of censorship.In a statement, Cherry said she could now go to court to defend her rights."I have received the opinion of the eminent and leading human rights advocate, Aidan O’Neill KC who considers that The Stand have acted unlawfully," she said.“The actions of the Stand and all that has followed thereon are symptomatic of a wider problem in our society.
I am very concerned that those who hold perfectly legitimate views on a variety of issues, including women like me are regularly being misrepresented, de-platformed and, in some cases, facing damage to or the loss of our livelihoods. “This is often accompanied by online abuse and threats.
The debate on gender self-identification is a very important one which must be allowed to take place, but I am a woman of many parts who was engaged to talk about my political life in general and I see the cancelling of my one-hour event as the thin end of the wedge.
She added: "I am prepared to take whatever legal action is necessary to vindicate my right not to be misrepresented and not to be discriminated against.
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