Edinburgh University’s Staff Pride Network had objected to some speakers at the event

A research conference on how transgender issues are handled in schools has been cancelled amid fears that speakers and guests would be at risk from trans activists.

The event, due to take place at Edinburgh University next week, was to discuss plans for new guidance on supporting trans pupils in Scottish schools.

However, campaigners took umbrage at the inclusion of Michele Moore, from London South Bank University, and other speakers. Professor Moore, co-author of the book Transgender Children and Young People: Born in Your Own Body, has voiced her concern that children with autism and other social learning problems are being “caught up” in transgenderism.

The event was dubbed “transphobic” by Edinburgh University’s Staff Pride Network, which wrote to management demanding that it be