Militant trans activists publish guide urging members to arm themselves as well as protest to MPs and organisations
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A militant transgender activist group has published a 'direct action guide' on how members can arm themselves as well as repeatedly targeting MPs with protests.
The group, which is named Bash Back, told activists to create 'independent local cells', 'identify a target' and 'ensure your target can be hit repeatedly until they desist' from what the group considers 'transphobic' activities.
Potential 'targets' included MPs, organisations and political party conferences.
Bash Back describes itself as a 'trans-led direct action project' which is 'focused on total transgender liberation', within what they call 'a new era of trans rage' - yet add it is 'nonviolent'.
The group laid out a step-by-step plan, warning members their actions would be 'rarely legal' - and could lead to being faced with charges including criminal damage, possession of an offensive weapon and aggravated trespass.
The pamphlet, labelled with the slogan 'smash transphobia', included advice on how an activist could escape justice after carrying out the attacks.
It also included a list of what the group deemed suitable equipment, including a hammer, and said members should remove traces of their identity through cleaning the tools with alcohol and chucking them away 'in unsurveilled residential bins'.
While activists were encouraged to steal the tools in order to avoid being caught.
Bash Back, a militant transgender activist group, has published a 'direct action guide', urging members to arm themselves and carry out violent attacks on MPs and organisations
The group laid out a step-by-step plan, warning members it would be 'rarely legal' - and could lead to being faced with charges including criminal damage, possession of an offensive weapon and aggravated trespass
The guide, revealed by The Times, included advice on using encrypted messaging services, such as Signal, and to use pink paint to link their attacks back to the Bash Back group.
Alongside the slogan, the front page of the guide was covered in a masked figure wearing a hoody and holding a hammer as he seemingly prepares to strike - while 'choose your weapon' is written beside pictures of a hammer, a balaclava and a fire extinguisher.
The group was created after a Supreme Court ruling last year that concluded on the definition of a woman in the Equality Act being based on biological sex. It said that its tactics focused on 'striking where it hurts'.
Bash Back's first public attack was on Wes Streeting's Ilford North constituency office in July last year, when it painted 'child killer' and smashed windows.
It followed puberty blockers being banned for children on the advice of medical experts and the Cass Review of gender identity services.
Sharing a photo on front of Mr Streeting's Office shortly after it had been damaged, Bash Back wrote: 'Don't want action? Don't kill kids.'
The group also targeted the offices of the Equality and Human Rights Commission and vandalised a feminist conference in Brighton last year.
A security briefing on the group, as reported by The Mail on Sunday, revealed the group has gone to extensive lengths to hide its identity, including removing internal metadata from public documents and using ultra-secure email systems.
The pamphlet, labelled with the slogan 'smash transphobia', included advice on how an activist could escape justice after carrying out the attacks
The security memo wrote: 'Given the first attack was on the office of a HM Gov minister, almost certainly the group responsible will be investigated by security services.'
Activists engaged in criminal activity could be among the near 3,000 profiles following Back Bash across social media platforms, the security document added.
The paper also uncovered the group's plans to form 'cells' and plot criminal damage offences against high-profile targets.
The gender warriors said: 'If you think we're done, you've got another thing coming. MP or PM, you've seen us once, we'll see you again.'
A list of other potential marks include the Free Speech Union (FSU) and feminist organisation Sex Matters.
This came before a judge unmasked a member of the group earlier this year.
Autumn Repath, 22, was named by Mr Justice Bright as a 'respondent' to an injunction imposed on the group after it hacked the website of the FSU and published lists of its donors online.
Within a manifesto included in its document, Bash Back said transgender people had been 'made the victim' by politics, healthcare and society.
Bash Back's first public attack was on Mr Streeting's Ilford North constituency office in July, smashing windows and daubing 'child killer' on the shop front - a reference to the Health Secretary's views on puberty blockers for children
It added: 'We are so tired and so angry - and while we take to the streets time and time again with our flags and our banners and our speeches, nothing seems to work.'
The author and women's rights campaigner referenced Bash Back's plans to focus on the offices of MPs.
Rowling wrote on X: 'Who knows, now that trans activists aren't only stalking, harassing, doxxing, threatening and physically assaulting women, our politicians might finally take the violence that's such a key feature of this totalitarian movement seriously.'
'Doxxing' refers to spitefully releasing private documents or personal details.
Bash Back previously said: 'We take action to stand up for ourselves in a country that is increasingly hostile to trans people, because the traditional modes of protest are not working due to the sheer amount of money from billionaires like Rowling funnelled into opposition to our rights and freedoms. We never go out of our way to cause harm to any human being and discourage and condemn actions that do so.'
The Daily Mail contacted Bash Back and the Government for comment.
