A private school in Lyon, France, was sabotaged with an explosion Thursday as trans activists tried to cancel a conference criticizing gender ideology.

The event was later attacked by 300 trans activists who gathered outside the Institute of Social, Economic and Political Sciences (ISSEP) Marguerite Stern , co-author of the book "Transmania".

The purpose of the conference was to discuss the harms of both self-mutilating gender reassignment and the aggression of trans activism. But before the event had officially begun, the venue - a private school founded by right-wing MP Marion Maréchal-Le Pen - was targeted for sabotage.

On the day of the conference, an explosion occurred around 4:00 a.m. and a fire broke out in the room containing the electric meter adjacent to the venue.

As firefighters worked to extinguish the flames, 200 police officers were dispatched to the scene. The police were present throughout the evening to ensure the safety of the participants.

Although the police are still investigating the cause of the fire, security camera footage recorded that an unknown person set off an explosive device. The explosion ignited an electric clock in a neighboring building, causing power outages for some local residents. This happened when

trans activists damaged the facade of the institution with threatening signs.

The vandal's sign on the facade of the ISSEP building reads "Dirty TERF", an acronym that stands for "trans-exclusionary radical feminist" and is often used as a pejorative to harass or threaten women who oppose gender identity ideology. "No transphobes" and "TERFs out of our struggle" signs were also painted on the entrance of the building next to a symbol synonymous with trans activism.

Stern, a former campaigner against femicide, chose to speak at ISSEP on Thursday night despite vandalism and credible threats to its safety shared on social media. While the event was going on,

several trans activists gathered outside the venue and complained to local media about "transphobia".

“At the conference, I talked about how puberty blockers harm children, (…) especially teenagers, and [detransmitters] who find that the 'transition' has ruined their lives. But I also talked about the 'TERFs,' the women who are resisting because I think the transgender ideology is ruining their lives, too," Stern told Reduxx.

“When we started the conference, there was no power because the workers were still trying to restore the power. And this is not the first time that a venue where I planned to hold a performance has been vandalized. So what I was talking about happened right in front of our eyes,” Stern continued.

“I am very upset about the fire and the impact on the people who live there. The people who started the fire simply did not care about human lives," he added.

“They knew there were children sleeping in this building and the fire could have been much worse if the firemen had not come to stop it. Can you imagine? Some children could have died.”

Ahead of the conference, Stern was taunted and threatened with violence by trans activists on social media.

The second demonstration organized by the Jeune Garde, or the French branch of Antifa, which was supposed to take place at the entrance of ISSEP, was canceled at the behest of the police. Stern explained that police were aware that Jeune Garde demonstrations were "always violent."

Le Collectif Droit des Femmes 69 coordinated the protest with more than a dozen different trans activist and so-called feminist organizations.

"As members of the Collectif Droits des Femmes 69, we cannot remain silent in the face of this conference," the organization's leaders announced in a press release. “Indeed, this event illustrates in every way what we are fighting against: the gross transphobia of some of the political and media classes, which is becoming increasingly unbridled in France and elsewhere. Transphobes publicly spread their venom, legitimizing physical, psychological, institutional violence against our trans or non-binary brothers and sisters. The feminism we demand is inclusive, we stand together and for everyone!"

Violent attacks, which are occurring more and more often, are certainly part of this acceptance. Can we slowly get used to LGBTQP terrorism?

Source: Piros7es

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