Anti-Trans Dinner Hosted at a Restaurant in Cambridge’s Kendall Square Sparks Boycott | Eater Boston

"A private-event dinner on May 18 titled “Born in the Right Body,” hosted by two anti-trans groups and sold at $200 a plate, prompted an organized response from a university trans-rights group that first tried to pressure the venue to cancel and then staged a protest of about 150 people when it did not. Protesters held signs (e.g., “Trans Rights Are Human Rights,” “HRT Saves Lives”), chanted, and were joined by the Cambridge vice mayor; organizers criticized scheduled speakers (including Simon Amaya Price, Jaime Reed, and Vernadette Broyles) for harming trans people and framed the action as solidarity and a demand for safety. The venue’s parent company issued a statement distancing the restaurant from the views of private-event clients and asserting neutrality, while activists cited research on elevated suicide ideation and attempts among transgender people and called for a boycott of the owner’s restaurant portfolio; the restaurant group declined further comment when contacted." - Tanya Edwards