The gender-critical feminist Dr Kathleen Stock was forced to temporarily halt her contested appearance at the Oxford Union after a trans activist glued themself to the debating chamber close to the speaker’s chair.
Stock, who argues that transgender people cannot expect all the rights afforded by biological sex, had been speaking over the sound of up to 200 people protesting outside about her invitation when a group of activists stormed the debating chamber on Tuesday.
The trans rights protesters, who waved flags and shouted slogans, were booed by members of the audience and some were escorted out by security. Another protester, wearing a T-shirt saying “no more dead trans kids”, glued themself to the floor less than 2 metres from Stock’s chair.
Stock was urged by the audience to continue but she said she could not go on until given approval by security.
The arrival of police officers in the chamber was greeted by cheers. They initially struggled to remove the activist but after about 20 minutes they were led away by four officers.
