at an anthropology conference. Their presentation was cancelled, and conference organizers asserted the reason for this action was the “harm” it could allegedly cause the trans and LGBTQI community . . . by presenting information on chromosome-based differences between men and women.
The event will be open to the public for registration via Zoom webinar late next week, but seats are limited. The HxA mailing list will have first access to registration next week. looks like it is going to be a fascinating discussion. The panel has a blend of intriguing opinions that don’t tout the current narratives floating around academia. A review of the cancelled program bysignificant insights into why it was likely nixed by the woke organizations.
Also appearing would have been Elizabeth Weiss, the departing San José State University professor who drew criticism for opposing reburying Native American bones and posing with a skull. Agustin Fuentes, a Princeton University anthropology professor, said platforming her could have offended Indigenous scholars.
Though she seems to be complaining about giving the right fodder for attacks on woke academia, Alice Dreger, the author of, notes that AAA and CASCA were so worried about trans voices they silenced the one of women.