Student activists threaten to derail Canberra medical conference over detransitioning talk that promotes 'anti-trans rhetoric'
The petition, which has been signed more than 600 times, directs people to the group’s social media posts, which claim the speakers Dr Alison Clayton, Dr Robert D’Angelo and Dr Patrick Clarke, have “known links to transphobic organisations and publish fearmongering academic articles”. A student activist group has been accused of using"intimidation tactics" and trying to silence medical debate after pressuring Australia's peak psychiatric college to cancel a talk on gender detransitioning, Sky News can reveal. Picture: Drew Angerer/Getty Images
“The pressure is not just a petition. The pressure is ultimately making it very uncomfortable for these speakers to come to the meeting and we’ve heard that they may not come because they’re frightened about their safety and that would be crazy. “We are concerned about the handling of discourse related to transgender healthcare, and we believe that the RANZCP Congress program is not set up to fairly represent both sides of the debate,” the spokesperson said.