Louise Guinness

reviewer, editor, anthologist. Sex realist

[Nick Wallis @nickwallis]

"Children and families were not appropriately informed of the impact of medication on fertility and options for gamete preservation... only 4 children were referred to a specialist fertility and reproductive practitioner."

Sterilising children w/o informed consent is serious.

[Dennis Noel Kavanagh @Jebadoo2]

"Openly non binary"

Or as we used to say, a bloke.

[Professor Alice Sullivan @ProfAliceS]

Sir, We have written to Professor Irene Tracey, vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford, to express our grave concern regarding the disruption of Dr Michael Foran’s lectures on “Sex, Gender Identity and the Law” (“Protests cancel Oxford gender lectures”, Jun 9). After disruption of the first two lectures in the planned series, which included intimidation of students in the audience by the demonstrators, Dr Foran felt obliged to cancel the remaining lectures.

It appears that the university proctors authorised and facilitated protests inside the lecture theatre and did nothing to remove miscreants. Members of the Proctors’ Office, including senior figures, can be seen in videos of the disruption. The proctors have enabled the exercise of a heckler’s veto.

The failure of the proctors to uphold the essential functions of the university has created a hostile and degrading environment for Dr Foran and his students, and will inevitably contribute to a chilling effect, constraining the discussion of sex and gender at the university. The disruption of lectures violates the rights of students to listen, participate in discussion, and learn from their lecturers and from one another. The university must act to ensure that Dr Foran’s lectures can be rescheduled, and that no disruptive protest will be authorised. The proctors should receive training to ensure that they understand their duties.
https://t.co/ZtdjwsMuja

[Bev Jackson @BevJacksonAuth]

When will this homophobic industry be stopped?

[Dennis Noel Kavanagh @Jebadoo2]

What I learned from the Women and Equality Committee today it that it is apparently absolutely impossible for one human being to ever guess the sex of another accurately so we should never have any single sex spaces.

Frankly, it's a lucky miracle I've only ever kissed blokes

[Louise Guinness @LouiseGuinness]

@Richard56370536 @jb_andreas @BevJacksonAuth @michaelpforan Nope I welcome intelligent debate . I based my verdict on your ignorance on this subject . It’s an intelligence test and you’ve failed it

[Louise Guinness @LouiseGuinness]

@Richard56370536 @jb_andreas @BevJacksonAuth @michaelpforan Er..your bio says never argue with stupid people and I’m sorry - there’s no easy way of saying this - but you are quite obviously as thick as two short planks

[William Hague @WilliamJHague]

The rest of @michaelpforan's talks should go ahead.

Freedom of speech is a fundamental academic freedom and it must be upheld. Equally, legitimate and lawful protest has an important place in university life. The task is to maintain both.

Especially at events open to the public like this, it is an important Oxford tradition that any disagreement is expressed in a civil and respectful way.

[Alan Henness @zeno001]

Oxford to Reschedule Lectures Disrupted by Trans Activists

https://t.co/oVEc3gjyME

[Richard Dawkins @RichardDawkins]

This unqualified bore says his secondhand opinions are “not up for debate.” Yes they are. At a university all opinions are up for debate. If you cannot defend your opinions rationally, either they are indefensible or you are too stupid to defend them. In either case you have no right to force them on students who have expressed their wish to attend a lecture by doing so.
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[Maeve Halligan @MaeveHalligan]

Us at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, where we peacefully protested the promotion of the extremely harmful results of so-called 'gender affirming' care. Contrary to what this mural claims, you don't have to cut your breasts off to be loved.

@Shirleysvoice3 it was a pleasure 💜

[Louise Guinness @LouiseGuinness]

@Daniel_Sugarman When they come out with that baby killer stuff do they not realise they’ve fallen into the darkest of antisemtic tropes?

[Women's Rights Network - WRN @WomensRightsNet]

@MENnewsdesk What a thorough report. Good to see that the reality of what MPs like Hannah Spencer are advocating for is covered - men in women's prisons, sports, dv refuges, rape crisis centres, hospital wards. They are the so-called 'rights' they are referring to.

[Louise Guinness @LouiseGuinness]

@peteray21 @Gillian_Philip And they’ll graduate with first class honours in Stupidity

[Louise Guinness @LouiseGuinness]

@RoisinMichaux @aberamentho Maybe @AthenaForumEU could help you?

[Louise Guinness @LouiseGuinness]

@Glinner It’s actually fine. She’s a gender non-conforming woman

[Lucy Hunter Blackburn @LucyHunterB]

Interfering with the legitimate right of other members of the university to hear arguments you disagree with should disqualify you from being able to earn a degree.

[Louise Guinness @LouiseGuinness]

Shame on these idiots. They don’t deserve their place at university , they’ve mixed up learning with brainwashing

[Dennis Noel Kavanagh @Jebadoo2]

1/ When trans activists aren't harassing lesbians, one of their preferred tactics is to silence gay men

One such gay man, Associate Professor Dr. Foran of Keble College, Oxford has just had to cancel a lecture series because some people go to university to shout and not to learn

[The Free Speech Union @SpeechUnion]

There is a free speech crisis on university campuses across the country.

Students and academics should not face abuse or harassment for expressing lawful views or holding lawful beliefs.

The University of Oxford must act to ensure that these lectures can go ahead without disruption.