Thread by @rebelyarns

Does Kathleen Stock's presence on @SussexUni campus give trans and nonbinary students reason to feel unsafe? Let's look at the evidence:
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1/12

Back in 2018, @docstockk emailed her Philosophy students, to reassure them on this very point. She said:
"I make a practice of using preferred pronouns and names. I would never discriminate against any student for any aspect of their identity, including being trans."
2/12

From the same email:
"I am not transphobic. I stress in several places in my writing that all trans people share legal rights to be free of violence, discrimination, and harm."
You can see the whole thing here: medium.com/@kathleenstock…
3/12

Since then, she has repeated the same sentiment many times. Practically everything she writes on this topic includes some variant of this statement.
4/12

For example, in May 2019, she and other feminist philosophers said:
"We repeatedly stress that trans people are in deserving possession of full human rights, including freedom from harm, discrimination, and harassment."
Source: medium.com/@kathleenstock…
5/12

In July 2019, she wrote:
"personally I am more than happy to use preferred pronouns for colleagues and students and would consider it rude not to."
here: quillette.com/2019/07/06/sto…
6/12

In February 2020, she said:
"One thing I think critics of trans ideology are not good at addressing, is the genuinely dehumanizing and discriminatory talk about trans women, as a group, which I see regularly among some, and which I’m happy to ... say publicly that I reject."
7/12

You can see the full text of that speech here: medium.com/@kathleenstock…
8/12

In 2021, Kathleen Stock's book, Material Girls was published. This is the culmination of her thought and research into the question of sex and gender over the past few years. Despite a constant campaign of vilification and harassment, @Docstockk continues to assert that:
9/12

"Trans people are trans people. We should get over it. They deserve to be safe, to be visible throughout society without shame or stigma, and to have exactly the life opportunities non-trans people do." (p.240)
10/12

Kathleen Stock is not transphobic. The students calling for her to be fired are flat-out lying about that. Trans and nonbinary students are perfectly safe at @SussexUni, as they should be.
11/12

I hope the University management will issue a statement promptly, condemning the harassment Professor Stock has been subjected to, and assuring her of their full support in pursuing her work.
12/12
#KathleenStockIsNotTransphobic
#IStandWithKathleenStock