According to experts, criticizing transsexuality is connected to death.
According to a letter signed by Franklin &, Marshall College members, former William” Lia” Thomas friend Paula Scanlan promotes “dehumanizing and cruel” views.
The text, signed by more than 125 academics, officials, and workers, criticizes the discourse planned for Wednesday and hosted by the school Young Americans for Freedom and the federal Young America’s Foundation.
Scanlan ( pictured ) swam at the University of Pennsylvania with Thomas, a male who says he is a woman, and has been critical of gender ideology in sports.
We write to express our gratitude for these society people. The Pennsylvania University affiliates ‘ letter states in bold that” trans lives matter.”
The email states that the applicant faculty and staff at Franklin &, Marshall College “unwaveringly denounce the decision to invite misogynistic speech Paula Scanlan to our school on March 27, in close proximity to Transgender Day of Visibility.”
They oppose the administration’s cancellation of the discourse, but they do want it to be denounced.
” Scanlan is now on a college speaking tour and is working with a properly- funded, much- right’ culture war’ machine that seeks to cultivate division, provoke backlash, create publicity, and weaken people confidence in higher education”, the letter states.
Two associate supervisors, Nadia Mann and Jessica Haile, are among the petitioners, along with time associate director of Greek career, Kathy Babb.
Scanlan’s rhetoric may also lead to death, as other condemnation of transgenderism has when, the letter alleges.
The email states:
We believe, based on this evidence, that the goal of her school trip is not the legal, scientific discussion of ideas. We continue to defend the information as being cruel and degrading. Consequently, we are greatly concerned about this repeats effects on our society, and in particular on our transgender and non- linear students.
Our society has lost some cherished LGBTQ+ members over the years, and in recent weeks we have lost a favorite trans student, poet, and activist. We mourn alongside the family members, friends, and allies most affected during this painful time. We also acknowledge the extensive and expanding body of evidence that links directly between the anti-trans rhetoric promoted by Scanlan and others and the violence against trans people. Transphobia in casual and institutional settings is linked to trans death.
None of the cited examples of evidence support the notion of a” causal relationship.”
Rather, activist groups, such as the ACLU, are cited, giving their opinion. Another source discusses the death of Nex Benedict, an Oklahoma student who identifies as “nonbinary”, who started a fight in a high school bathroom, and later died of drug overdose.
The letter concludes with another condemnation of “dehumanization”.
” We believe that our role as a college community must include speaking out against such dehumanization”, the letter states. ” To the queer, trans, and nonbinary members of our community: you have allies on this campus who value and support you. We are determined to fight alongside you.
A post on the national organization’s website claimed that the university forbade YAF from streaming the speech.
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