FiLiA

FiLiA is a British anti-trans hate group known for organizing a conference. It is led by Heather Brunskell-Evans; she was sacked from the Women’s Equality Party for her transphobic views in 2018 and is one of the two main founders of the “Women's Declaration International” (WDI; formerly the Women’s Human Rights Campaign; WHRC), considered “an extreme anti-trans group” and “a key point of convergence” between transphobic feminism and the far right. FiLiA presents itself as “a Women-led Volunteer organisation and part of the Women’s Liberation Movement,” but the group and their conference are rife with transphobia. Like the closely related WHRC/WDI group, the group promotes the transphobic fiction of “sex-based rights.” As a result of their transphobic stance their conference has often attracted peaceful protests by LGBTIQ+ rights advocates. Echoing Donald Trump, FiLiA has accused “Antifa” of being behind the protests against them.