Troll GP is 'humiliated but determined' after being suspended for 'offensive' ...

Troll GP is 'humiliated but determined' after being suspended for 'offensive' ...
Troll GP is 'humiliated but determined' after being suspended for 'offensive' ...

A GP who launched tirades against women has said being suspended for his tweets had left him 'humiliated but determined' to 'improve things for trans people'.

Adrian Harrop, 31, from Liverpool, said he accepted the 'fair outcome' of the tribunal that banned him from practising medicine for a month.

He said he was 'privileged' and had a 'supportive network' around him to get through 'the most stressful period' of his life - but failed to apologise to his victims.

It comes after sick tweets he posted to JK Rowling reemerged, where he compared her to disgraced sexual predator Jimmy Savile.

Harrop claimed the beloved children's author 'isn't safe to be around children' due to her views on gender.

Yesterday he admitted to using his Twitter to pursue a series of social media rivals opposed to his views.

He had branded one person 'a venomous transphobic bigot' whose central aim was to 'demonise trans people and exclude them from public life'.

The tribunal accepted the GP at Brownlow Surgery in Liverpool - where doctors earn on average £81,955 - had been joking but found the comments were inappropriate.

In a series of bizarre rambling tweets, Adrian Harrop (pictured), 31, claimed the beloved children's author 'isn't safe to be around children' due to her views on gender

In a series of bizarre rambling tweets, Adrian Harrop (pictured), 31, claimed the beloved children's author 'isn't safe to be around children' due to her views on gender

The tribunal accepted the GP at Brownlow Surgery in Liverpool (pictured) - where doctors earn on average £81,955 - had been joking but found the comments were inappropriate

The tribunal accepted the GP at Brownlow Surgery in Liverpool (pictured) - where doctors earn on average £81,955 - had been joking but found the comments were inappropriate

Vicious comments the suspended GP flung at his victims:
Adrian Harrop called one person 'a venomous transphobic bigot' whose central aim was to 'demonise trans people and exclude them from public life'. He also said 'Cis people, on the whole, are just awful and there needs to be a massive state-sponsored programme of re-education'. In one, he posted: 'Reality is that TERFS aren't interested in anything of the sort – they dress up their hatred and bigotry towards trans people in a veil of 'genuine concerns re ''safety'' and ''civil, intellectual debate'', but in truth it's complete nonsense. TERFS hate Trans. Simple as that.' He targeted another saying: 'We are supposed to believe that the LGBT baiting, bigoted, vile catholic c*** @(Person E) is some kind of victim: After she purposefully and intentionally antagonises the lgbt community, she completely deserves all the vitriol she receives.' And one more ready: 'Someone…suggested cross-referencing these behaviour patterns with the cycle of the moon…unsure if there's any direct correlation per se, but it's a fun theory nevertheless.' 

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Harrop broke his silence yesterday following the tribunal, with a sympathetic interview for Vice.

He said: 'Having my personal life, actions, professionalism, and personality debated on a public stage has been horrendous.

'It's been humiliating and embarrassing, but I am coming out of this stronger and more determined.'

He went on: 'I am relatively privileged, in that I am financially secure, and I have a supportive network around me.'

Harrop also said he was happy with the outcome of the tribunal and was 'grateful' he will get to return to work after just one month off.

He added he would suggest other doctors looking to comment on LGBT rights on social media 'be very, very cautious'.

Harrop tweeted his attack on Rowling in May last year, where he made the ludicrous comparison with sick paedophile Savile.

He wrote: 'Notice how the transphobic trolls are so outraged when someone suggests JKRowling isn't safe to be around children.

'They're basically baying for a trans woman's blood over this - but then demonstrate complete inconsistency/apathy when Glinner starts calling people ''groomers''.'

In reply to a comment, he said: 'Jimmy Savile was the UK's most popular children's entertainer at the height of his career and one of the most famous men in the country.

'Working with how you're framing JKR, I suppose you'd have gladly given him unsupervised contact with your kids - or have I misunderstood you?'

He later added: 'I think it was a fairly reasonable statement to make, and could be well substantiated.

'Personally i wouldn't want any vulnerable and impressionable children to be alone and unsupervised with anyone who espouses hateful and discriminatory views towards trans people - it'd be unsafe.'

Harrop was met with a tidal wave of opposition for his inflammatory comments and later deleted the post for being 'insensitive'.

He added: 'It was not my intention to equate the actions or beliefs of JK Rowling with those of Jimmy Savile in any way, and I apologies unreservedly for any misinterpretation of what I did say.

'I hereby formally retract the statement, which is both poorly worded and insensitive.' Rowling was unavailable for comment.

He said his comments were 'fairly reasonable' and 'could well be substantiated' before finally deleting them and backing down for being 'insensitive'. Pictured: JK Rowling

He said his comments were 'fairly reasonable' and 'could well be substantiated' before finally deleting them and backing down for being 'insensitive'. Pictured: JK Rowling

Harrop made comparisons between the beloved children's author and sick paedophile Savile (pictured)

Harrop made comparisons between the beloved children's author and sick paedophile Savile (pictured)

'Highly offensive' and misogynistic messages: Key findings of Harrop's tribunal
The tribunal found his tweets inappropriate for a GP to post in a public forum. In relation him blasting a female rival as 'a venomous transphobic bigot', it said there was no evidence of any personal offence having been taken. It was therefore not satisfied the tweet was 'objectively offensive'. The tribunal agreed that in a tweet posted on January 29, 2019, the doctor had given clues about where a user known as Person B worked, the job he did, and where he lived. However, the tribunal found against the GMC's allegation he had intended to reveal the location to his followers. The tribunal said it had been inappropriate for Harrop to comment on the psychological state of someone he didn't know, and about any possible 'damage' to her children. It went on to condemn the GP for retweeting 'highly offensive' and misogynistic messages about Person E. The tribunal said the retweeting of highly offensive language and the tweeting of 'misogynistic references to women's menstrual cycles' were further examples of wholly inappropriate communications by Harrop.

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But he launched another attack on the writer two months later when he moaned about a poster in Edinburgh - four hours from his home - saying: 'I love JK Rowling.'

The digitised slogan in Waverley was launched at the railway station to celebrate her 55th birthday.

But it was torn down after Twitter troll Harrop complained to the chief executive and senior directors of the billboard company Primesight.

He had blasted them on social media, accusing them of being complicit 'in the spread of transphobic hate speech' and they gave way.

The GP also inflamed tensions with women in March last year by successfully lobbying to have flags he disagreed with stripped from town halls.

He kicked up a fuss when banners were hoisted above two venues in Bootle and Southport in Merseyside to mark International Women's Day.

He claimed their message, which read 'woman, noun, adult female', was a 'hostile transphobic dog whistle' and said they had to be ripped down.

Merseyside Council caved into the demand despite huge opposition from the feminist community.

Harrop studied medicine at Manchester University from 2006 to 2012 before joining the profession.

He did his general practitioner training with the Royal College of General Practitioners from 2015 to 2019.

After qualifying, he worked in gender-affirmative healthcare in Liverpool and was the LGBTQ+ community engagement representative at the RCGP.

Since October 2019 he has worked for Brownlow Health Care in the Merseyside city part time.

His LinkedIn says: 'MBChB, MRCGP. General Practitioner in Liverpool, UK. Special interest in gender-affirmative healthcare for transgender, non-binary,

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