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A militant transgender activist group called Bash Back has released a guide instructing members to arm themselves and carry out repeated illegal attacks against "transphobic" groups, MPs and various organisations . Activists are told to establish "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 listed include MPs, organisations and political party conferences. The group says its tactics would be "rarely legal" and warns participants they risk facing charges such as criminal damage, possession of an offensive weapon and aggravated trespass. Bash Back describes itself as a "nonviolent direct action group" despite the guide. The pamphlet, unveiled by The Times, provides practical advice on executing attacks and evading detection afterwards. It also includes an equipment list which contains items like hammers, with instructions to clean tools using alcohol or discard them in "unsurveilled residential bins" after use. The document recommends stealing equipment to prevent tracing. Members are advised to communicate via encrypted platforms like Signal with disappearing messages switched on. Pink paint should be used to mark actions as the work of Bash Back, the guidebook says. A promotional image accompanying the document displays the slogan "smash transphobia" with a masked figure wielding a hammer and the words "choose your weapon". Bash Back has already claimed responsibility for attacks on several high-profile targets, including the constituency office of Wes Streeting , prison contractor Sodexo and the Free Speech Union , with the group stating these actions showed solidarity with "Prisoners for Palestine". TRANS ACTIVISTS - READ MORE: Trans activists left stuttering after being unable to answer basic questions at furious protest 'Women-only' block of flats now accepts men who 'identify as women' University threatened with legal action after gender-critical academic heckled by LGBT+ activists The Equality and Human Rights Commission's offices were also targeted last year. The group formed following the Supreme Court ruling which confirmed a woman was a biological female under the Equality Act. Women's rights campaigners welcomed the decision, though trans activist groups like Stonewall and TransActual called it "devastating" for transgender people. In a manifesto within the document, Bash Back said trans people "made the victim" by politics, healthcare and society, adding: "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." JK Rowling, the author and women's rights campaigner, warned last year that politicians urgently needed to take threats of violence from activists seriously. Referencing Bash Back's plans to target MPs' offices, Ms Rowling talked about "threats and harassment" and accused groups of "doxxing" opponents. 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." A Government spokesman, meanwhile, said: "The rhetoric from this group is dangerous and only seeks to distract from our work to improve the lives of trans people." Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter
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