University Bans Research Into Transgender Surgery Regrets
By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post:
A public university in the United Kingdom has refused to allow a researcher to look into cases of people who regretted having gender reassignment surgery and transitioned back to living as their birth sex. The university says such a study “may be detrimental to the reputation of the institution,” according to a report.
James Caspian, a psychotherapist, proposed to do the study for a master’s degree in counselling and psychotherapy at Bath Spa University, but was refused permission, according to The Sunday Times.
The university explained that the potentially “politically incorrect” research could be criticized on the internet and thereby harm the reputation of the institution.
Bath Spa is violating “the most basic tenets of academic and intellectual freedom of enquiry,” Caspian, who specializes in therapy for transgender people, tells the Times.
Caspian’s proposal was initially approved by the university, but he couldn’t find people willing to take part in it. He then asked if he could change the proposal to include women who had transitioned to men and reverted to living as women without reversing their surgery. The university told Caspian that he would need to write a new proposal to its ethics sub-committee, which rejected the request.
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