Michael Knowles and Brad Polumbo debated the question “should transgenderism be regulated by law?” as chants from protestors outside the building echoed throughout the O’Hara Ballroom Tuesday evening.
About 100 students gathered at the Cathedral of Learning to host a “die-in” following Pitt’s delay in sending emergency alerts during a recent hoax shooter incident on campus.
Two conservative student groups hosting controversial events at Pitt acquired funding for the events through outside organizations instead of seeking assistance from the University.
Protestors shut down an intersection in Oakland yesterday [Monday] ahead of an event they called transphobic. A University of Pittsburgh student club hosted a former collegiate athlete who advocates for people to compete based on their assigned gender at birth. A few protestors challenged the speaker’s views. Students plan to protest another student-sponsored event next month advertised as a debate about gender identity.
About 200 students protested at the intersection of Forbes Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard Monday afternoon, chanting “hate speech isn’t free, it costs lives” and carrying signs with phrases such as “save trans lives.”