By Amie Gordon For Mailonline
Published: 10:55 GMT, 21 January 2019 | Updated: 15:23 GMT, 21 January 2019
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The Women's March movement has sparked a furious backlash after referring to female members of parliament as 'menstruators'.
Thousands of demonstrators, including the transgender activist Munro Bergdorf, marched through London on Saturday ahead of the anniversary of Donald Trump's inauguration as President.
But after the event, organisers were met with anger for 'reducing women to "menstruators"' in a discussion about the tampon tax.
Women's March referred to female members of parliament as 'menstruators' in a discussion about the tampon tax
The tweet describing MPs as 'menstruators' sparked a furious backlash from followers
Activists came together and marched through the capital on Saturday to the theme 'bread and roses', in honour of American Rose Schneiderman who fronted a rally of the same name in 1912.
Thousands of demonstrators held aloft signs bearing slogans including 'austerity is misogyny', 'women's rights are human rights' and 'Brexit wrecks it' in the rally at the weekend.
Afterwards, Women's March posted a tweet regarding the UK joining the EU in 1973, when Margaret Thatcher and Barbara Castle were among the 23 sitting women MPs.
Women's March tweeted: 'Fun history lesson - when the UK joined the eu it had a limited time to
