Gaming Ladies, a women only gaming event hosted by mobile company King Barcelona in Spain, has been cancelled due to harassment.

The harassment started when Spanish internet forum Forocoches reacted to the plans for the event, threatening to infiltrate the event as “female transsexuals”.

King later cancelled the event, the full statement (in Spanish) can be viewed here, an English translation for the statement can be found on Mic:

Comunicado importante: se cancela el evento. Os avisaremos cuando tengamos nuevo espacio y nueva fecha. pic.twitter.com/Big6TqGZf3 — Gaming Ladies (@Gaming_Ladies_) June 27, 2017

Sources: NeoGAF via PCGamesN