ISBI [3] University of Cambridge- Alumni Encouragement
1. Background
On 27th Jun 2024 we emailed the University asking them to provide a position on whether or not it is possible for a human to change sex.
We have had no response so we are asking alumni to write to the VC to encourage her to provide one.
2. Cambridge University Has an Institutional Position on the Matter
It is clear from the University’s policy1 that the University has taken an institutional position that it is possible for a human to change sex/gender. (Before the GRA 2004 the terms sex and gender were used interchangeably. Since then sex/gender/gender identity have been conflated, making it nigh impossible as to what term is meant. We take the position that references to gender means a reference to sex (male or female)
(a) Page 17
(b) Page 14
( c) From Guidance on Gender Reassignment for Staff2
This shows that the University recognizes that a male can change sex and access women’s toilets and changing rooms.
(d) As does this:
(e) In Section 15 Definition and Terms, Gender equates to Sex (male or female)
3. Please write to Professor Prentice
Below is a suggested email to send to Professor Prentice:
To: v-c@admin.cam.ac.uk
cc: ISBIMAN@outlook.com
Subject: [3] Is it Possible for a Human to Change Sex?
To Professor Deborah Prentice,
Vice Chancellor,
University of Cambridge
Dear Professor Prentice,
The Substack Post
https://mneill.substack.com/p/isbi-3-university-of-cambridge-alumni
shows that the University of Cambridge has taken the position that it is possible to change sex.
Please can you:
Provide evidence that a male observed at birth can become a female
or, like Sussex University, state that it is not the University's position that a male observed at birth can become a female. You could add a statement along the lines that the University recognizes that some people claim a Gender Identity that does not match their birth sex and, in the interests of diversity and inclusion, the University makes accommodations for such beliefs?
If the University’s position is not provided by 25th Aug 2024, the University’s position will default to: “The university declines to state its position on whether a human can change sex”
As my alma mater I feel this will be an abandonment of the University’s responsibility to provide scientific knowledge to the academic community and to the public at large.
Please can you copy in ISBIMAN@outlook.com in your response to me?
Yours sincerely,
<Name>
<Address>
<Degree Subject and year of graduation>
4. The process
The alumni encouragement process is defined here:
https://mneill.substack.com/p/isbi-alumni-encouragement-phase-v3
5. We are
Martin Neill
Louise Moody
Alessandra Asteriti3
Version History
Version 1: 17 Jul 2024
https://www.hughes.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/TRANS-INCLUSION-GUIDE.pdf
(Accessed 17 Jul 2024)
https://www.equality.admin.cam.ac.uk/files/guidance_on_reassignment.pdf
(Accessed 17 Jul 2024)
Click on the link for the background to this initiative
https://mneill.substack.com/p/isbi-is-human-sex-binary-and-immutable