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Villagers campaigning against sex parties at their old local pub have been accused of hate crimes.
The men-only gatherings have been held twice a month for nearly three years at the former Old Hall Inn in Sea Palling, Norfolk.
Now a small group of local residents has started demanding the end of the ‘xxx club nites’ run by a male social club called Norfolk Lab, whose website states the parties ‘offer a safe and friendly environment where men can meet other men and have adult fun’ in five playrooms, including a mock dungeon.
But protesters set up a Facebook page called the Sea Palling Action Group (SPAG) to publicise complaints about the party nights.
Pride protesters near the home of transgender woman Mary Carberry who has been allowing a club to hold men-only sex parties at her house,
Matters boiled over when members allegedly used transphobic language on Facebook while talking about Mary Carberry, who describes herself as a transgender woman and bought the 18th Century property seven years ago.
Andrew Livingstone, vice-chair of Great Yarmouth and Waveney Pride, said: ‘Mary was misgendered on Facebook by members of the SPAG who referred to her as “he”, called her “a fake woman” and made comments such as, “That man needs to understand.”
‘I spent five hours online trying to tell