Academics condemn ‘threats’ against Oxford Union in Kathleen Stock row

Kathleen Stock has been invited to speak at the Oxford Union later this month. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer

A group of Oxford academics claim “coercion and financial threats” are being used to force the Oxford Union debating club to cancel an appearance by Kathleen Stock.

Stock, a former university professor who argues that transgender people cannot expect all the rights afforded by biological sex, is due to speak at the Oxford Union later this month. Her appearance is opposed by several LGBTQ+ groups and student organisations in the city.