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She said she’s been threatened with death and rape and libelled over and over again simply for asking questions about the impact of gender identify legislation on women (She was referring to Bill 16 which protects gender identity in the Human Rights Code).

So what are her views?

Murphy says she’s never said that trans people should not have rights or that they’re dangerous or should be excluded from spaces.

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She added that she’s never wished violence on anyone or engaged in hate speech, contrary to the contentions of those who tried to have her event cancelled.

What she has said, she told the crowd, is that trans-identified males are males — what she calls a biological reality.

“Just because a man says he’s a woman doesn’t make him a woman,” Murphy said.

They’re free to wear women’s clothing, make-up, grow their hair or get cosmetic surgery, she said.

But what she does feel is that female athletes should not be forced to compete against male athletes — because female bodies are different than male bodies.

She insists that women should not be forced either to share a washroom or room in a shelter with a transgendered male.

“I will not stand by and allow people to claim that protecting women’s rights is bigotry,” she said.

“None of this is about transphobia … it’s about women’s rights to say no to (transgendered) men.”

Thanking the crowd for not “caving” to the “angry mob,” she contended that many in the mob have been “brainwashed” and don’t even know what they’re angry about.

That, to me, was exactly what I saw Tuesday night.

It is a sad statement on free speech and where we as society are at the moment.

SLevy@postmedia.com