What’s Current: 20 UK academics sign letter opposing censorship of gender identity debate

Rachel Ara
  • After artist Rachel Ara was no-platformed at Oxford Brookes University, more than 20 professors, researchers, and lecturers signed a letter criticizing LGBT organization Stonewall’s censorship of debate on gender identity policies.
  • Turkish police broke up a crowd of hundreds who gathered to protest violence against women,  performing a chant and dance created by Chilean activists titled, “A Rapist in Your Path,” to show support for survivors of sexual abuse.
  • On Tuesday, a Spanish judge sentenced a man to prison for creating a website mapping the route of the “Wolf Pack,” a group of five men who gang raped an 18-year-old woman in 2016.
  • A Florida man claimed to run a non-profit to rescue victims of sex trafficking in order to operate a sex trafficking ring. Federal investigators say William Foster targeted vulnerable teenagers in foster care, who he sold into prostitution and forced to undergo strict diets and cosmetic surgery.
Genevieve Gluck

Genevieve Gluck is a writer and advocate for women's sex-based rights and creator of Women's Voices, an audio library dedicated to bringing awareness to feminist texts and speeches.