Left-wing activists silence another controversial speaker
In Davis, California, angry librarygoers prevented college athlete Sophia Lorey from sharing her story—by interrupting and screaming over her—because it contradicts their preferred narrative. The library then forced Lorey to leave. Sound familiar, Stanford and SFSU? A Washington Times excerpt below.
A former college soccer player and conservative activist was kicked out of a California public library after she was accused of “misgendering” biological males who identify as female during a presentation on fairness in women’s sports.
Sophia Lorey, outreach coordinator for the California Family Council, was told Sunday to leave by a librarian after she criticized allowing “men” and “biological men” in female athletics at the start of her remarks at the Mary L. Stephens branch library in Davis.
“I’m asking you to leave or we’ll shut the entire program down,” said Scott Love, regional manager for the Yolo County Library, as shown on video posted online.
Asked why, he replied: “Because you were talking about – you were misgendering. You were talking about men in female sports.”
Ms. Lorey began her presentation by describing how she was able to live out her dream of playing college soccer at the “Forum on Fair and Safe Sport for Girls” hosted by Moms for Liberty.
“But current 10-year-old girls cannot live out this same dream as long as men are allowed to compete in women’s sports,” she said.
A member of the audience shouted, “No, you can’t do that,” at which point Ms. Lorey clarified by saying “biological men.”
Mr. Love gave her a warning, citing California state law and library policy, then told her to leave after she continued to make reference to “biological men.”
“California state law recognizes trans women as women. They are protected under state law,” Mr. Love said. “Our policy talks about treating people with respect, and if you are misgendering somebody, that is not respectful.”
This article originally appeared in the Washington Times. Read the whole thing here.
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