British Columbia venue cancels feminist event opposing gender ideology after pressure from LGBT activists

by Clare Marie Merkowsky

On August 9, Meghan Murphy, a feminist speaker who opposes gender ideology, announced that the Ambrosia Banquet in Victoria, B.C., canceled her panel discussion scheduled for September 14 after the venue received intense backlash from LGBT activists.

British Columbia (LifeSiteNews) — A British Columbia venue has canceled an event organized by a feminist speaker who exposes the dangers posed by gender ideology, including the “transitioning” of children, following pressure from LGBT activists.

On August 9, Meghan Murphy, a feminist speaker who opposes gender ideology, announced that the Ambrosia Banquet in Victoria, B.C., canceled her panel discussion scheduled for September 14 after the venue received intense backlash from LGBT activists.

“The harassment started immediately,” Murphy posted on X. “Trans activists called and emailed Ambrosia incessantly, showed up at the venue, harassed staff, causing one young female to have what she described as a ‘mental breakdown.’”

Well now, this is a strange mystery: Our group of volunteers booked the Ambrosia Banquet for an event called “Vancouver Island Speaks: Women’s spaces, parental rights, and protecting kids” in May.

We decided to keep the venue secret to protect them from the inevitable… pic.twitter.com/OxJjKRgPPv

— Meghan Murphy (@MeghanEMurphy) August 9, 2024

“The owner told us he had been ‘abused’ by these people,” she continued. “They vandalized the building, which, alongside the mental breakdown, appears to have been the last straw.”

“Tormented, stressed, and afraid, the owner cancelled our event,” Murphy said. “He told us the stress of this ongoing abuse was too much.”

The event, scheduled for September 14 and titled “Vancouver Island Speaks! Detransing Canada,” would have been the second hosted at the Victoria venue.

The first, titled, “Vancouver Island Speaks: Women’s spaces, parental rights, and protecting kids,” took place in May. At the time, Murphy decided to keep the location of the event secret to avoid the “inevitable harassment, threats, vandalism, and bullying venues hosting women advocating for kids, parents, and their sex-based rights receive.”

However, Murphy revealed that the Ambrosia pushed for the group to reveal their venue location, “as they were proud to host the event and wanted to advertise it to their communities.”