By Claire Anderson For Mailonline
Published: 21:29 BST, 5 October 2018 | Updated: 13:51 BST, 12 April 2019
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A transgender taxi driver who won £4m on a scratchcard claims she has been banned from Facebook for shaming a man who posted a damning comment on trans women.
Melissa Ede, 57, said she was banned for 'standing up for the LGBT+ community' by slamming the man's use of negative language against homosexual and transgender women.
The millionaire from Hull, East Yorkshire, has hit out at the ban, which is set to last 30 days.
Melissa Ede, 57, who won £4m on a scratchcard claims she has been banned from Facebook for shaming a man who posted negative comments about trans women
Melissa said: 'It is absolutely ridiculous. All I did was share the screenshot of the post that he had put up, which was taking the mick out of the LGBT community.'
The original post showed a picture of three men posing with a person dressed in women's clothing sporting a full beard.
One rambling reply to the post said: 'Seen it all now women with a f****** beard. What they putting in Hull City water other than flouride be jesus!
The original post (pictured) showed a picture of three men posing with a person dressed in women's clothing sporting a full beard
'First of all 60% of women going lesbo cause of tap water now f****** beards!!! There is Bob hope and no f****** hope of me finding a normal women taxi to the moon fancy a busty Alien shaved.'
Melissa said: 'I shared the screenshot of that and just said something along the lines of 'it's not the water that needs changing,
