Suella Braverman was heckled during her party conference speech by a London Tory member, who accused her of “vilifying” LGBT people.
London Assembly member Andrew Boff was escorted from the premises on Tuesday, after heckling the Home Secretary during her speech.
A member of the capital’s assembly since 2008, he was approached by officials and police when he heckled Ms Braverman after she said ministers must challenge the “poison” of talk of subjects such as white privilege and gender ideology.
He said: “There’s no such thing as gender ideology.”
Mr Boff, who has repeatedly vied to become a Conservative candidate for mayor in the capital, is known for his socially liberal views.
Speaking to PA news agency after he was removed from his party’s conference, he criticised Ms Braverman’s “ridiculous” language.
He said: “This Home Secretary was basically vilifying gay people and trans people by this attack on LGBT ideology, or gender ideology. It is fictitious, it is ridiculous.
“It is a signal to people who don’t like people who are LGBT+ people.”
He added: “Words like that in the forum of the party that I love need to be challenged.”
Asked if he had planned the protest in advance, he said he attended the speech to “hear from her own mouth what her views were”.
As he was removed, he complained about the “trash” language Ms Braverman had used in her address.
“It is making our Conservative Party look transphobic and homophobic,” he told reporters.
