Scholars in UK Claim They're Being Harassed by Activists Simply for STUDYING Gender Dysphoria

James Risdon : Oct 19, 2018
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"Members of our group have experienced campus protests, calls for dismissal in the press, harassment, foiled plots to bring about dismissal, no-platforming, and attempts to censor academic research and publications." -Statement by UK scholars

(United Kingdom)— [Lifesitenews.com] Scholars who study transgenderism in the United Kingdom are being harassed by trans activists who try to squelch their research and sometimes even try to get them fired. (Photo: via LifeSiteNews)

In a letter published Tuesday in The Guardian newspaper, the 54 academics begged their government to "take the lead in protecting any such research from ideologically-driven attack."

"Members of our group have experienced campus protests, calls for dismissal in the press, harassment, foiled plots to bring about dismissal, no-platforming, and attempts to censor academic research and publications," the scholars stated. "Such attacks are out of line with the ordinary reception of critical ideas in the academy, where it is normally accepted that disagreement is reasonable and even productive."

Trans advocacy groups on many university campuses provide training to academics and management and often use completely unreasonable definitions of just what is to be considered "transphobic," the academics maintained... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here.

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