Now on bbc news its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Of all the front lines in the so called culture wars, none has stirred up more vitriol and bad blood than the argument over sex, gender and identity. How should society regard people who transition away from the biological sexual category theyre born into . And what represents the truth of who we are biology, or Self Identity . Well, my guest is kathleen stock, a british academic, whose work has generated a storm of controversy and led to her resignation from her university post. Why has this issue become a battleground . Kathleen stock, welcome to hardtalk. Hello. I want to begin, if i may, by asking you about what happened to you last year. After 18 years at the university of sussex, you walked away from your academic post. Now, ijust wonder, having had a few months to reflect on it, whether you are still sure you did the right thing. Yes, im still sure i did the right thing, because the situati
Earlier this summer he sued the districts over the policies claiming they were illegal and harmful to transgender students. Now, trumps former Education Secretary betsy is blasting the infestation. It is really rather Mind Boggling that were even in a place leak this today where parents have to sue and or push School Boards to know and learn about things that they should be informed of as a matter of course with their children. There is no wonder why participants have begun to speak up across the Country Whether At School Board Meet Lings or voting with their feet and going somewhere else with their children. Parents need to know whats going on in their childrens lives and schools but parents in georgia are putting one up in the win column for the fight against woke Ideology Cobb Kpght School Board Just fired a Fifth Grade Teacher for reading a book on gender it called my shadow is purple. The Controversial Book challenges the concept that there are only two Jengders Genders so strange
Districts over the policies claiming they were illegal and harmful to transgender students. Now, trumps former Education Secretary betsy is blasting the infestation. It is really rather Mind Boggling that were even in a place leak this today where parents have to sue and or push School Boards to know and learn about things that they should be informed of as a matter of course with their children. There is no wonder why participants have begun to speak up across the Country Whether At School Board Meet Lings or voting with their feet and going somewhere else with their children. Parents need to know whats going on in their childrens lives and schools but parents in georgia are putting one up in the win column for the fight against woke Ideology Cobb Kpght School Board Just fired a Fifth Grade Teacher for reading a book on gender it called my shadow is purple. The Controversial Book challenges the concept that there are only two Jengders Genders so strange thing about this fight in parti
Districts over the policies claiming they were illegal and harmful to transgender students. Now, trumps former Education Secretary betsy is blasting the infestation. It is really rather Mind Boggling that were even in a place leak this today where parents have to sue and or push School Boards to know and learn about things that they should be informed of as a matter of course with their children. There is no wonder why participants have begun to speak up across the Country Whether At School Board Meet Lings or voting with their feet and going somewhere else with their children. Parents need to know whats going on in their childrens lives and schools but parents in georgia are putting one up in the win column for the fight against woke Ideology Cobb Kpght School Board Just fired a Fifth Grade Teacher for reading a book on gender it called my shadow is purple. The Controversial Book challenges the concept that there are only two Jengders Genders so strange thing about this fight in parti
State of massachusetts rejected their application over religious beliefs and now they are suing the commonwealth over it. Im john roberts, welcome to wednesday. Gillian nice to be here on a beautiful blue sky day. John what a picture. Gillian im Gillian Turner in for sandra smith. Kitty and mike burke say they were turned down because of adherence to catholic teachings, a letter says they would not be affirming to a child who identified as lgbtqia plus. Comes as they struggle to accommodate 1500 children in the foster care system. Chief religion correspondent lauren green has been looking into all of this and joins us from new york. The issue is, can a secular government prevent someone from participating fully in a community because of their religious beliefs. Now, the Supreme Court has actually ruled in favor of religion in a similar case about two years ago. But the burkes say this has been devastating for them, saying massachusetts would rather children sleep in the hallways of hos