..in the wake of her resignation from the University of Sussex. The full statement is here (in German, of course). As the statement notes, "Transphobia is like homophobia, racism, Islamophobia and antisemitism a form of group-based hostility that is, correctly, morally proscribed. Public accusations of any one of these is a sharp weapon, which should not be used lightly." It goes on to observe that within the Society, "people also will take different positions on this dispute between Stock and her opponents. One need not resolve this dispute, however, in order to be be clearly opposed to unacceptable ways of grappling with it," such as calls for institutional sanctions (instead of substantive critique) and cancellations of lectures.
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