LGBT+ activists protest against talk by feminist Kathleen Stock

Around 200 protesters gathered at Bonn Square holding banners which read "resisting by existing" and chanting "trans rights, human rights."

[robnealon]

"Free speech is important, but there's more to it than that". He's referring to a woman who simply acknowledges the existence of biological sex. There is nothing more to it than that.

[ireallymeanthis]

You aren't losing any human rights, you are losing some extra privileges that nobody should have.

[TheMrRatzz]

Women. This is your time to shine. Stand up and be counted and oppress this movement. Men dressing up as women are taking your voice from under you and undermining decades of work, and forgive me, but you are letting it happen.

[angelabagnall]

"Words have meaning", Yes they do; words like 'woman' have a meaning. Doesn't he hear the irony?

[tokejoker]

Look at how they smile its just a fun game to them. How do they expect for anyone to take this seriously when they dont even take it serious

[madraven]

Jingoistic chanting is the lowest form of debate.

[nh]

Trans people ‘losing rights around the world’. Could be that those right were impeding on the rights of woman and were blatantly unfair! Woman have the right to complete against other women in sport, not men self proclaiming to be women is just one such example.

[heatherchapman]

The person who stands up and says "Free Speech, BUT . . ." is not a supporter of free speech, but is revealing their true priorities, which ultimately becomes a preference for authoritarianism cloaked in sophistry.

[stormhawk]

No one is more hated than they who tell the truth - Plato
And I’m referring to Kathleen Stock not this intolerant self righteous bunch.

[sewfairyadhock]

Please remover the LGB from the T - the T's don't speak for most of us (thankfully).

[littletree]

Woman means adult human female !! I know this even though i left school at 15.
I do not know one woman that hasnt been flashed, hit, threatened, sexually abused or stalked by a man. Not all men are dangerous, but some are and you cannot tell by looking at them, whatever they are wearing.

[jessevanderhamm]

It’s easy to say “there’s more to it than the simplistic argument that free speech matters.”
Would have been nice if he would have elaborated a little more so we could have learned what makes the argument less simplistic and more nuanced.

[Jackjohnjay]

1984 in real life. The emperor is wearing no clothes.

[Nofurtherquestions]

I don't know what rights trans people dont have. Men who think theyre women dont have the right to enter a female only space but other than that...what rights dont they have.

[BN-hkwf]

Do they/them still believe in the tooth fairy too?

[ivandersiley]

He's attached to Kellogg College. Definitely flakey!

[XKenny]

Professor Billy Bunter is embarrassing.

[splinterbyrd]

Gender Dysphoria affects about 1/10, 000 people, so it's puzzling the amount of discourse some of it nearly hysterical that is generated about a very very rare medical condition.

In the Eastern Roman Empire in the 6th century AD it was remarked at the time how odd it was that people doing ordinary jobs - farmers, peasantry, slaves - would obsess about the theological debates around Christology (is Christ of the same substance as the Father, or merely similar substance and not the same?)

I guess it's a case of plus ça change...

Meanwhile, 360 children are dying of malnutrition across the world EVERY HOUR

[gruber]

These children have experienced no hardship in life

[treesart]

Well, aren't these privileged kids just having a jolly old time playing the activist?