> The first named members of the UATX founding faculty include philosopher and outspoken feminist Kathleen Stock, who as a professor at the University of Sussex sparked controversy for stating that transgender women are not biologically women and for her support of a ban on transgender women in women’s bathrooms and giving puberty blockers to minor children.<p>Bigots always can't help but give themselves away.<p>"Caution about giving medical treatment to children?" Seems reasonable by default.<p>"Transgender women are not biologically women?" Well people disagree on what the definition of what a biological woman is but I understand what you're trying to say and sure there are of course relevant biological differences. Trans women can get prostate cancer. Some biology is relevant.<p>"Ban transgender women in women's bathroom?" Errr. You've given yourself away. This makes absolutely no sense. I don't go look at people's genitals when I go to the bathroom. Are you? Are butch lesbians supposed to go to men's bathrooms? We should do away with gender segregated bathrooms entirely and make inclusive privacy-focused spaces where you do your private business behind closed doors and interact at communal sinks and mirrors that do not require gender separation. But including this in your agenda reveals yourself as an illogical bigot, and the motivation for the rest of your arguments becomes invalid.<p>Deep breath.<p>Which is exactly the situation with the University of Austin.<p>"We are committed to these long-held ideals of the pursuit of truth, academic freedom, open inquiry, and spirited debate." That sounds fantastic! I agree with these concepts too! But...the people you now hire are going to speak volumes about what these words ACTUALLY mean to you.<p>If your pursuit of truth and open inquiry means exploring various justifications for restricting the lives of trans people, exploring only evidence that doubts climate change, and twisting data to try to establish risks of vaccinations, well...