An #antimonarchy #activist confronted with crude questions about their gender live on #GBNews tells PinkNews the incident has only spurred them on. #RizPossnett, a university student and anti-monarchy activist with #NoMoreRoyals, appeared on GB News’ “The Clash” segment opposite #aristocrat #LadyVictoriaHervey on Wednesday (11 May). The pair were invited on to debate the arresting of protesters during #KingCharles’ #coronation. A total of 64 arrests were made by the #MetPolice on the day of the coronation, including six from the UK’s leading anti-monarchy group #Republic. #TheMet has since expressed its “regret” and cancelled bail for all six. Possnett told Hervey that the protesters were causing no distribution, before Hervey responded: “No one cares about you guys”. Hervey then accused Possnett of being part of the “#woke generation”, and in a dire attempt to derail the conversation asked: “Are you a boy or a girl, because I’m confused right now.” Possnett responded: “That’s absurd.” Clips of the exchange have fuelled outrage on Twitter, with Hervey coming in for heavy criticism. Speaking to PinkNews, Possnett said Hervey’s attempt to belittle them on live TV was “so extremely deluded”. “Obviously, it’s a bit of a slap in the face, but I totally expected it, and honestly when someone says something like that to you it’s almost reassuring as they have got nothing better than that,” they said. “It reminds me, oh yeah, I’m right.” Possnett told PinkNews they rationalised Hervey’s comments by coming to the conclusion that “she’s an idiot”. They said it’s important to them to take “any media opportunity” to talk about opposing the monarchy, which they said goes against the principles of democracy, and to “be brave” on behalf of the #trans community. “It’s just objectively true that the monarchy doesn’t have a place in modern Britain.” #GrahamSmith, the CEO of Republic who was among those arrested, previously told PinkNews having a royal family goes against every democratic principle in the book. #transrightsarehumanrights #translivesmatter🏳️⚧️ #kingcharlescoronation #lgbtq #queernews #queertok