Thread by @JenKteach

"The police were nowhere to be seen"
"We were told the police would be there"
"We were set up"
"I was kicked & punched"
'We had one microphone, some women went just to read a poem, and we were beaten up"
"It was horrific, it was so frightening"

"I'm still scared now"
"The police took metal bars off protesters"
"There was no love there..."
"I'm so distressed, because the government endorsed this...why?"
"It was just carnage"
"A lady was punched in the breast"
"We had to link arms and push to get out"
"I'm terrified"

"If they had got to Kellie-Jay, they would have killed her, I've no doubt"
"It makes a mockery of women's rights"
"It's made our rights void"
"Do they really hate us...."
"He said the police have to be careful about the optics of how they deal with rainbow people"

"They hung Posie out to dry"
"It was the scariest thing I've ever been through"
"Destiny's Church was the only place we felt safe, and I've never supported them, but it was the only safe place for women to go"
"We were easy targets"
"How incredibly sick our country has become"

"I'm a lesbian, LGBTQplus doesn't represent me, it's controlled by the T"
"The 111 police line was stalling and obstructing us"
"This is a very dangerous lobby group"
"There are major social repercussions for women, as a mother I have to protect my kids"

"I had a sign 'Keep men out of women's sports' taken from me and ripped into tiny pieces"
"It was scary as f♤ck"
"I've been an activist, and protested since the 80s as a lesbian, I've never felt the need to wear safety equipment before"
"The global implications for our country."

"There needs to be an inquiry"
"It was whipped up into a frenzy"
"They were chanting die Posie, die"
"I'm still reeling"
"I felt powerless"
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