Overview

• The three-day gathering at the Brighton Centre began Friday with more than 2,400 delegates and around 250 speakers.
• A masked group calling itself Bash Back released video of smashed glass and graffiti at the venue and accused the conference of promoting transphobia.
• Protesters assembled outside the centre on opening day with chanting and heckling reported as attendees entered.
• FiLiA chief executive Lisa-Marie Taylor condemned intimidation and said the charity backs single-sex services within the Equality Act while disputing that this amounts to transphobia.
• The Brighton Centre said it seeks to provide a neutral space for lawful events and acknowledged the anxiety reported by trans, non-binary and intersex residents.