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Mary Leng vs. transgender people

Mary Leng is a British philosopher and anti-transgender activist.

Leng’s anti-trans writings were permanently removed from Medium for being “in violation of the Medium Rules.”

Background

Leng earned an undergraduate degree at Balliol College, University of Oxford. Leng earned a doctorate at University of Toronto in 2002.

Leng taught at University of Cambridge from 2002 to 2006, then University of Liverpool from 2006 to 2011.

In 2007, Leng co-edited Mathematical Knowledge with Alexander Paseau and Michael Potter. In 2010, Leng published Mathematics and Reality, a defense of mathematical fictionalism. Leng joined the University of York in 2012.

Anti-transgender activism

Leng co-authored an anti-trans piece on Medium with Sophie AllenJane Clare JonesHolly Lawford-SmithRebecca Reilly-Cooper, and Kathleen Stock. The piece was removed by Medium for violations of their anti-transgender policies.

References

Mary Leng, Sophie AllenJane Clare JonesHolly Lawford-SmithRebecca Reilly-Cooper, and Kathleen Stock (May 23, 2019). Doing better in arguments about sex, gender, and trans rights. Medium https://medium.com/@kathleenstock/doing-better-in-arguments-about-sex-and-gender-3bec3fc4bdb6 [archive]

  • https://medium.com/@s.r.allen
  • https://janeclarejones.com/
  • https://hollylawford-smith.org/media/
  • https://philarchive.org/archive/ALLOAA-3
  • https://rebeccarc.com/
  • https://medium.com/@kathleenstock

Resources

Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

University of York (york.ac.uk)

  • Mary Leng
  • york.ac.uk/philosophy/staff/mary-leng