the impact of suppressing puberty on neuropsychological function, saying: “I have never encountered the kinds of concerns that some of the reviewers expressed in response to my review of puberty blockers. It wasn’t the methods they objected to, it was the actual findings.”
The report is here. Note, this is the second part of the Sullivan Review.
And here's commentary from Sullivan herself:
In the past decade, British academics have been attacked, vilified and ostracised simply for asserting that sex is real, binary and important. They include Kathleen Stock, compelled to resign from the University of Sussex after a sustained campaign of intimidation, and Michele Moore, abandoned by London South Bank University and forced to use a kitchen annexe for an office after shining a light on abuses at the Tavistock Clinic.
In a climate where people are frightened to express their views or even to ask questions, universities have a responsibility to act as bastions of critical analysis, where reasoned debate and the pursuit of knowledge thrive. This is not only about protecting individuals but also the integrity of scientific research and scholarship.
Instead, universities have, perhaps unwittingly, institutionalised behaviours which undermine free speech and inquiry. Equality, diversity and inclusion policies and networks have been turned against groups they are supposed to protect, including women and particularly lesbians….
Sex is a fundamental category in all research concerning humans, from biology to sociology. When certain facts become unspeakable, it doesn’t just hurt individuals, it compromises the integrity of scholarship. This weakens public trust in universities, science and scholarship, and ultimately undermines our democracy. At a time when higher education faces grave financial difficulties, my recommendations provide an opportunity for vice-chancellors to cut bureaucratic bloat and promote research integrity — a win-win for the sector.
Added:
Part II of the Sullivan report is out today. It contains details of what I and many others were put through in UK Universities to make pedestrian points about human biology and its medical and social impacts on well-being and interests. The point is not the harms to us,… https://t.co/Xgaq592Nyp
— Kathleen Stock (@Docstockk) July 2, 2025
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The point is not the harms to us, personally – I for one am very glad I ended up on the right side of history, when the wrong side was sterilising minors and chopping sexual organs out, putting sex-offending men in women's prisons, and pushing women athletes out of competition. The point is the effect of this intensely hostile environment – the research dropped, the talks not given, the lips bitten and the things not said. With Office for Student's new guidance in place, let's hope these poisonous tactics get rooted out of our research institutions, along with (eventually) the senior academics who instigated and facilitated them.
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