UK Professor Quits Her University Position Amid Transphobic Comments Row

Philosophy professor Kathleen Stock's belief that people can change their gender but not their biological sex sparked a backlash and calls for her dismissal.

A British academic at the centre of a row over transgender rights and free speech has quit her university teaching post after she was accused of transphobia.

Philosophy professor Kathleen Stock's belief that people can change their gender but not their biological sex sparked a backlash and calls for her dismissal.

It is the latest in a series of similar rows at university campuses across the UK.

Government ministers, some of whom have given support to the academic, are currently pushing through legislation that will require universities in England to protect free speech.