Students at the University of Bristol have voted to ban from campus speakers who argue that identifying as a woman is not the same as being born a woman.

The university’s students’ union passed a motion to “no-platform” so-called trans-exclusionary radical feminists (Terfs). Feminists including Germaine Greer and Linda Bellos have been barred from speaking at universities in the past for holding views which trans activists see as transphobic. Bristol, however, appears to be the first university to plan on banning such speakers outright.

The motion, which was passed on Tuesday after being put forward by the university’s feminist society, prevents any events involving collaboration with groups holding what are deemed to be “trans-exclusionary radical feminist views” from taking place on university grounds.

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