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Hundreds of people gathered outside the Oxford Union to protest against a talk by the gender-critical academic, Kathleen Stock. Prof Stock had said she was "very determined" for the talk to go ahead, despite some students responding angrily to her invitation to the event. ome say her views on gender identity are transphobic. The protest came after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the talk by Prof Stock should be allowed to go ahead. "Agree or disagree with her, Professor Stock is an important figure in this argument. Students should be allowed to hear and debate her views," he said

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...

Wearing a shirt reading “no more dead trans kids,” a transgender activist glued themselves to the floor at Oxford University Tuesday during a speech that called for men to be prohibited from women’s bathrooms, according to the Guardian. Dr. Kathleen Stock, a British philosopher who speaks out against the transgender movement, spoke at Oxford University stating that it is not “fair” to women when biological men use their restrooms because it brings threats of violence, according to the Guardian. Nearly 100 trans activists protested ahead of the speech holding signs that read “our existence is not a debate”, “take stock...