The leader of the BC Ecosocialist Party was forced to resign on Tuesday, after a trans activist launched a cancel campaign against him. His cancellation was allegedly due to the fact that he supports JK Rowling, who is seen to some as transphobic, including this very trans rights activist.
Stuart Parker announced his resignation on Tuesday, alleging that the trans rights activist, Nicola Spurling, has spread false information against him.
"A slew of false allegations of transphobia are being circulated against me and being used to tarnish the party and derail the important work of the coming campaign," stated Parker in his letter.
This all began when Parker defended JK Rowling on social media, specifically in response to a "I [heart] JK Rowling" billboard put up in Vancouver. He defended someone else from attacks by Spurling.
His comment read "Labeling everyone who questions any detail of the orthodoxy as a transphobe and hate-monger is a major tactical error trans rights advocates are committing right now. People like Rowling were your supporters a decade ago and remain advocates for trans equality despite the blizzard of rape threats and efforts to remove them from their jobs."
In what way are the BC Ecosocialists a left-wing party when they have a transphobe as their leader? Looks like a...
Posted by Nicola E Spurling on Monday, September 21, 2020
Spurling used Parker's words against him, and put up her own post going after Parker. According to Tricitynews, she then contacted Meryam Haddad, who was recently disqualified from the Federal Green Leadership for endorsing the BC Ecosocialist Party. Haddad then tweeted a denouncement of Parker.
I have been made aware of transphobic comments from @stuartlosaltos, director of @BCEcosocialists. I have been in contact with both parties.
— Meryam Haddad ? (@MeryamHd2020) September 22, 2020
I demanded Stuart apologize and resign. He refused. If BC Ecosocialists does not expell him, I will disavow them as well.
Prior to his resignation, Parker attempted to defend himself against the cancellation on social media. He wrote that he was being targeted for defending elderly women from getting fired for their standing with JK Rowling, saying that he thinks "we all deserve secure employment and a life free of rape threats."

He said that cancel culture is at risk of being cancelled because the cancelled are no longer within the ideological control of those who are doing the cancelling.
This #CancelCulture moment will end for this simple reason: everyone you cancel is someone you can no longer control.
— Stuart Parker (@stuartlosaltos) September 23, 2020
He thanked his supporters, and clarified that his statements were in opposition not to trans individuals but to the ideology of identitarianism.
Thanks everyone for your support. I see a lot of people proof-texting from my writing over the past six years. Let me be clear: trans people have existed at all places and times that gender has existed. My contention is that adopting Identitarianism is not serving trans people.
— Stuart Parker (@stuartlosaltos) September 23, 2020
Following Parker's Resignation and successful cancel campaign, Nicola Spurling made an announcement that she is seeking the nomination to be a Green candidate in the upcoming BC Provincial Election.
I have some big news to share. I'm seeking the @BCGreens nomination in the riding of Coquitlam-Maillardville.
— Nicola Spurling ? ???? ????? (@NicESpurling) September 23, 2020
I believe in what @BCGreens stand for, I'm proud of what we've accomplished and I'm hopeful that we can continue to help guide BC through this difficult time.#bcpoli pic.twitter.com/h07m9hyMnc
As an activist, this is not the first time Spurling has been part of cancel campaigns. She is famous for suggesting that JK Rowling should not be around young children, which lead to the author replying with threat of a defamation claim.

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