Graham Linehan claims he has been 'disappeared as a person' because of his beliefs.
The comedy writer and creator of 'Father Ted' addressed TDs and Senators in Leinster House this week around concerns about Hate Speech legislation.
Mr Linehan has been outspoken in his views on transgender rights in the past, suggesting those involved in the transgender movement are now 'far more powerful than the Catholic Church'.
He told The Hard Shoulder his memoir has been blacklisted in bookshops.
"I brought a book out - you would think that a memoir by the person who wrote Father Ted might be on a show like The Late Late Show," he said.
"But of there's no question of getting me on that show because I've been kind of disappeared as a person because of my beliefs on women's rights."
Graham Linehan said any Hate Speech legislation should be protecting people.
"You try and find a copy of me memoir in any Irish bookshop," he said.
"You would think it would be on full display; but people go into the shops and they can't find it.
"Not only that but people have told me that they've brought home copies of the book from the bookshops where they found it and the pages have been glued together.
"If there is a bill to do with freedom of speech, it has to be about protecting people like me, people like J.K. Rowling and the thousands of ordinary women who've lost their livelihoods for standing up to gender ideology."
Graham Linehan at an Amnesty International event in Belfast on 19-10-15. Image: PA Images / AlamyGraham Linehan said former friends of his have not reached back out to him since.
"I heard a close friend say something like, 'He gave up his comedy career to be a pinup for the right'.
"I was astonished that after six years of explaining as carefully as I can the issues in this debate... I thought that was getting across.
"It's like I'm trapped under glass and shouting and no one can hear me.
"I wasn't surprised but I'm endlessly disappointed by my former friends - they never fail to meet my expectations."
Graham Linehan said he does see a way back for himself.
"The way back is that my friends understand this issue and help me articulate it," he said.
"There is nothing wrong with what I am saying, there is nothing offensive about what I am saying - it is basic women's rights."
He added that parents should think about their daughter's future "in a world that tells them they have nowhere to be safe from men".
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