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The Manhattan Statement on Higher Education is a 2025 group letter signed by many key figures in anti-trans activism.
Among the grievances they list is gender-affirming care for minors:
“The universities have contributed to a new kind of tyranny, with publicly funded initiatives designed to advance the cause of digital censorship, public health lockdowns, child sex-trait modification, race-based redistribution, and other infringements on America’s long-standing rights and liberties.”
Signatories
- Christopher Rufo, Manhattan Institute
- Jordan Peterson, University of Toronto
- Bishop Robert Barron, Diocese of Winona-Rochester
- Virginia Foxx, United States Congress
- Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution
- Niall Ferguson, Hoover Institution
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali, HHoover Institution
- Sergiu Klainerman, Princeton University
- Omar Sultan Haque, Harvard University
- Joshua Rauh, Stanford University
- John Cochrane, Stanford University
- Iván Marinovic, Stanford University
- Dorian Abbot, University of Chicago
- Joshua Mitchell, Georgetown University
- Carol Swain, Vanderbilt University
- Bradley Thompson, Clemson University
- Gad Saad, Concordia University
- Lee Jussim, Rutgers University
- Eric Kaufmann, University of Buckingham
- J.D. Haltigan, University of Buckingham
- Alex Priou, University of Austin
- Peter Boghossian, University of Austin
- Pavlos Papadopoulos, Wyoming Catholic College
- Pedro Domingos, University of Washington
- Dan Bonevac, University of Texas
- Luciano de Castro, University of Iowa
- Brandon Warmke, University of Florida
- Bryan Caplan, George Mason University
- Adam Kolasinski, Texas A&M University
- Joshua Katz, American Enterprise Institute
- Christina Hoff-Sommers, American Enterprise Institute
- Solveig Gold, American Council of Trustees and Alumni
- Jay Greene, Heritage Foundation
- Scott Yenor, Claremont Institute
- Jim Piereson, Manhattan Institute
- Peter Wood, National Association of Scholars
- Yoram Hazony, Edmund Burke Foundation
- Ben Shapiro, Daily Wire
- Rich Lowry, National Review
- Roger Kimball, The New Criterion
- Daniel McCarthy, Modern Age
- Mark Bauerlein, First Things
- David Rieff, Author
References
Rufo, Christopher F. (July 14, 2025). https://www.thefp.com/p/the-president-wants-to-fix-higher-education-policy-reform-campus-university