2/9/2024 0 Comments Susan monica transgender![]() ![]() Some felt the protest had been misrepresented. “They’re the ones paying £9,250.”ĭavid Ruebain, pro-vice-chancellor for culture, equalities and inclusion at the University of Sussex, warned the issue could not be treated as a ‘zero-sum game’. ![]() “A university’s first priority should be the safety and wellbeing of their students,” said a second-year student. To pay nine grand a year, people deserve to feel safe and accepted.” For her it’s her line of work, it’s her career. “But surely they should be trying to protect students. “I know they are trying to protect her,” said another student. Stock told the Sunday Times she has been advised by police to install CCTV at her home and to stay away from Sussex’s campus. But there are obviously people who are going to be majorly affected.” I’m never going to be as angry as someone who is transgender. “I would rather the university explain why she should be here a lot better. “I know some people want her out,” said another. “People are annoyed because Stock’s being paid to research about that here, when it makes other people feel uncomfortable,” said a first-year student. Stock, who denies being transphobic, researches philosophical questions about sex, gender, and sexual orientation, and has said she believes gender identity is not more important than biological sex, “particularly when it comes to law and policy”, and that people cannot change their biological sex. “I just feel everyone has a right to feel safe whoever they are,” one said. Others were concerned that trans students will have chosen to come to Sussex because of its radical history and its location in Brighton, often described as the LGBTQ capital of the UK, only to arrive and feel unsafe. I keep saying to myself I’m going to learn more about it. It’s not as intense as you think it would be. ![]() I feel like everyone’s a bit angry, but I think it’s a group of people rather than the whole campus. “At first I didn’t know it was our university. “I’d seen people from home posting about it on Instagram,” one first year philosophy student said. Some admitted they did not know enough about the arguments involved. Of those who were willing to talk, all were supportive of the trans community at Sussex and were concerned about trans students feeling unsafe. Only one young woman, walking through the students’ union, asked: “Who’s Kathleen Stock?” On campus, some students said they did not want to talk, reluctant to enter the fray, those who did wanted to remain anonymous, but virtually everyone the Guardian approached was aware of the row. The local branch of the University and College Union, which represents staff, called for an investigation into institutional transphobia at Sussex, prompting Stock to accuse the UCU of “effectively ending” her career at Sussex. Prominent voices, including the universities minister Michelle Donelan and Sussex vice-chancellor Adam Tickell have spoken up in defence of Stock, stressing the importance of academic freedom and everyone’s right to be free of intimidation or harassment, while Labour too has become embroiled. It’s our safety on the line”.īy the time the Guardian visited on Wednesday morning, the posters had gone, scrubbed off before they could be widely seen, but they had already triggered a social media feeding frenzy far beyond the rolling hills of the South Downs, with statements, counter-statements and hundreds of column inches. Elsewhere posters were put up declaring “Academic freedom doesn’t include transphobia,” and “Students have the right to protest Stock. It featured an image of a masked campaigner on top of a University of Sussex sign, holding a banner saying “Stock Out” next to a blue flare. This latest eruption of a long-running dispute began when a post appeared on social media calling on the university to sack Kathleen Stock, a philosophy professor at Sussex, who has been targeted by some trans activists for her views on sex and gender. For the past week, however, the campus at Falmer, on the outskirts of Brighton, has found itself at the centre of the fraught debate between trans rights campaigners and gender critical feminists. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |