Toronto's top librarian, Vickery Bowles, says she won't back down on her decision to allow feminist Meghan Murphy to speak at an event organized by a local group, Radical Feminists Unite.

"I'm not going to reconsider not supporting free speech" declared Bowles in an interview with CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Radio. "No, I'm standing up for free speech."

Bowles' bold statement in defense of free speech came amid a firestorm of criticism from authors who say they will no longer participate in Toronto Public Library (TPL) events, from the city's mayor, John Tory, and from other politicos who view Murphy's stated views as "hate speech."

"I don't agree with the decision," Mayor Tory said in a press release. "I'm disappointed in the Toronto Public Library's decision to allow this talk to go ahead on its property."

Murphy has been a leading voice against aspects of the advancement of transgender rights, which she and others view as infringing on the rights of women and girls.

In the past, Murphy has argued that "allowing men to identify as women undermines women's rights and that transgender women should not be allowed in women's spaces," according to the CBC.

Murphy explained, "Women and girls around the world have concerns about the 'impact of gender legislation' and deserve to be heard," according to a CBC report.

Yet it is precisely those voices that are being told to button up and keep quiet.

In Canada as in the United States, those who oppose the advancement of transgenderism, especially with regard to the dangers of biological men being given access to once sacrosanct private spaces for women and girls, have been silenced by the forces of transgenderism and its many media and political allies... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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