Students organise a protest over Kathleen Stock's invite, as the prime minister backs her appearance.
By Elaine Dunkley, Christina McSorley & Nathan StandleyA gender-critical academic says she is "determined" to speak at the Oxford Union after some students responded angrily to her invitation to a talk.
She said it was "important that people can hear what I have to say", adding that she is "standing up to authoritarians who want to silence debate". "Controversial and difficult ideas need to be tested in the public square, we need to think about them properly and we also need to enable discussion of ideas that seem attractive to people because if you try and shut it down there will be massive public resentment."in 2021 after protests against her from students following the publication of a book where she questioned the idea that gender identity is more socially significant than biological sex.
"We have received thousands of comments online. Some of them very homophobic, very transphobic, hateful, threatening," they said. Ms Guy said she supported Prof Stock's right to free speech, but said speaking at the Oxford Union was a "privilege not a right".
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