Brown University and PLoS ONE: Defend academic freedom and scientific inquiry

Stop the insanity!

Me parece magnífico que muchos científicos no se dejen presionar y comiencen a hacer estudios serios que desmienten los argumentos de los lobbys LGTBI

Only research can help us with evidence based interventions for individuals with ROD rather than hormones and "cosmetic surgery" currently being encouraged and accepted as care. As thinking, rational beings, we need to support, not create barriers when presented with data that enhances our knowledge. Brown's mission statement reads: "The mission of Brown University is to serve the community, the nation, and the world by discovering, communicating, and preserving knowledge and understanding in a spirit of free inquiry......" . Defend your statement of action by promoting rather than suppressing this important research by Dr. Lisa Littman.

Thank you for listening to the voices of reason, not pro-trans hysteria.

Dr. Littman deserves the support of an institution that should respect and encourage thought that travels outside the box of marxist ideology.

Men may be macho, camp, nerdy. Women may be feminine, girly, tomboyish. Diversity of the sexes should be acknowledged but claiming one is the other (male born is female and vice versa) should be outlawed.

Scientific debate, discovery of this must continue, for children, do not allow this to become a one sided medical experiment on kids.

Truth and honesty should be the keystones to the scientific method.

Mob think will destroy academia if you allow it to.

As a professor of English, I'm shocked (well, not really, it is Brown after all) at Brown's violation of academic honesty, integrity, and freedom. I am totally in support of Dr. Littman's right to academic freedom. As she says, this topic needs much more study. Brown and those against Dr. Littman are against such studies and are anti-science, anti-academic freedom, and anti-free inquiry.

It is important to allow independent research and discussion into this complicated issue. I really worry about P.C attitudes being allowed to stop and stifle the discussion.

Everyone who's not socially influenced and biased knew that this was much of the lefts goal in the first place regarding the addition of T in to LGB.

Important and well-intentioned research such as Dr. Littman’s is needed sunlight. Cowardly PC conformity like Brown University’s is poison.

Academic freedom should not be silenced.

So sad that this petition is necessary.

I am outraged that you would give in to political pressure from a loud minority.

I strongly agree with this petition!

Think of the damage you do to proper academic and scientific inquiry when you decide certain topics are simply 'off limits'. That is dangerous to science itself. Please do not cave to political pressure - the Left are supposed to be the ones who 'f8ing love science' so show it.

Academic research should never be subordinate to political pressure or the howling mob. Hey, howling mobsters, how about challenging preconceived notions?

Censuring Lisa Littman is a travesty, a direct attack on academic freedom. Brown University should be ashamed of itself.