Kathleen Stock and the rejection of reality {How a woman speaking out against trannies is treated}

The Spectator ^ | 31st May 2023 | Debbie Hayton

[Cronos]

Stock is a reasonable voice in a political debate where many appear to be living in some sort of fantasy world. Her views are what many would consider to be mainstream. For example, that human beings are sexually dimorphic, and it is sometimes appropriate to provide separate services for each sex.

But by voicing those ideas, Stock has been subjected to opprobrium. In 2021, she was hounded from her job at Sussex University. The scenes surrounding Stock’s talk last night were depressingly familiar. Young people – who seem to think that disagreement is hate – made lots of noise to disrupt the event. In an astonishing fit of petulance, student activist Riz Possnet (pronouns they/them) glued themselves to the floor directly in front of Stock and Union president Matthew Dick. Emblazoned across Possnet’s t-shirt was the slogan, ‘NO MORE DEAD TRANS KIDS’.

...Let’s be clear, Stock was addressing students at one of the most prestigious universities in the world. A place where ideas should be debated to deepen understanding and advance knowledge. In a remarkable intervention, Rishi Sunak asserted, ‘Agree or disagree with her, Professor Stock is an important figure in this argument. Students should be allowed to hear and debate her views.’ The Prime Minister added,

...Until very recently, the cohort of young people distressed with their sex was vanishingly small. In 2011-12 only 210 children were referred to the now-controversial Tavistock Clinic. Ten years later, that number had ballooned to 3,585.

But that is only part of the story. In 2022, the Pew Research Center found that around 5 per cent of young American adults identify as transgender or non-binary – whatever that means. To me, it sounds less like transsexualism and more like an attempt to escape from a mundane ‘heteronormative and cisnormative’ existence.

[Cronos]

"Until very recently, the cohort of young people distressed with their sex was vanishingly small. In 2011-12 only 210 children were referred to the now-controversial Tavistock Clinic. Ten years later, that number had ballooned to 3,585."

[linMcHlp]

Kellie-Jay Keen interview by Tucker Carlson, originally broadcast on Fox News, May 23, 2022. Includes discussion re "transgenderism," and descriptions of the terrible surgery and results:

YouTube post by Kellie-Jay Keen on January 6, 2023:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT262_vpzjI

[Jamestown1630]

When I went to University in 1971 - despite that it was becoming very liberal then - the Universities were bastions of Free Speech.

How low they have fallen, now.

[joshua c]

when the tyrannical LEFT is not in power

free speech for all

when the tyrannical LEFT is in power

free speech is dangerous and divisive

criminal even

[Jeff Chandler]

> > > that number had ballooned to 3,585

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