The University of Rhode Island is ranking from a professor equipped with Gender studios and women who recently wrote about what she calls "trans-sex fantasy".
"The movement 'Gender Identity' is to cancel freedom of free expression of people and academic freedom for anyone who does not fall online, speaks in opposition, or even requires the right to debate, "The professor, Donna Hughes, wrote in a recent essay by 4W, a" Fourth-Wave "feminist website. "People are losing social networking accounts or who are being fired by" miseries "to someone or not" affirming "a person's" affirmed "Gender identity." "
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that responds to the trial criticism, URI this week published a statement that says" does not support statements and publications by Professor Donna Hughes who defend the anti-torroscivious perspectives and recognize that this discourse can cause pain and discomfort by many transGender individuals. The University is committed to the rights of transGender and the need to eliminate all forms of discrimination and violence aimed at transGender persons and the LGBTQIA + community ".
At the same time, said URI, members of The Faculty has the "same rights, obligations and responsibilities as other US citizens. The University honors and respects the right to freedom of expression under freedom of expression under the first amendment for all citizens, including our faculty, without censorship or retaliation. "
uri said he also recognizes that his teachers "have the general right that 'academic freedom' in your teaching and scholarship." However, these rights are not "unlimited," the university said, "and should be exercised responsibly with due attention to the other obligations of the faculty member, including his obligations with university students and the university community. "
Hughes said by email that the university statement is an" Afrive Egregia to my freedom of skill and academic rights "." It is clearly established that a public employee has the right to speak as a private citizen on matters of public interest, which is precisely what I have done. ""
Samantha Harris, the lawyer of Hughes said that "as the faculty around the country expressing points of view that are out of step with the prevailing orthodoxy on campus, Professor Hughes has become the goal of an online pressure campaign." This implies an effort so that students present complaints about it with college and "the demolish him," Harris explained, citing a Twitter user.
URI said its administration, college of arts and science and department of Gender studies and women now are now "working to support our students and the community as we move forward, and we learn from: this situation ".
Hughes, Eleanor M. and Oscar M. Carlson endowed Gender chair
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