University of Sussex's vice chancellor defends professor after protesters tried to have her sackedArchived Message
Posted by scrabb on October 8, 2021, 6:07 pm
The University of Sussex's vice chancellor has defended a professor after protesters tried to have her sacked for her views on gender identity. Staff "have an untrammelled right to say and believe what they think," Adam Tickell told BBC News. An anonymous campaign included posters accusing Professor Kathleen Stock of transphobia, a claim she rejects. Prof Stock tweeted that students shouldn't "just expect to hear their own thoughts reflected back at them". Posters put up near the University of Sussex campus and an accompanying social media campaign claimed the philosophy professor "makes trans students unsafe". Photos also show a masked protester standing on the university's sign with a banner that reads "Stock out". Professor Stock, who recently published a book questioning the idea that gender identity is more "socially significant" than biological sex, completely rejects the claim that she or her work is transphobic.
{Do you suppose they could give the University of Bristol some lessons?]