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Academic Freedom Alliance and transgender people

Academic Freedom Alliance is an American nonprofit founded in 2021. It provides legal support for educators involved in free speech controversies.

Members

Membership is by invitation only. The membership list includes a disproportionate number of anti-transgender activists.

Members include:

  • Jeffrey Eugenides
  • Anna Krylov
  • William O’Donohue
  • Eugene Volokh
  • Amy Wax

References

Staff report (December 6, 2022). ‘In pursuit of an atmosphere in which ideas can be followed without fear that you’ll be punished’: Professors Halley and Gersen help lead Academic Freedom Alliance. Harvard Law Today https://hls.harvard.edu/today/in-pursuit-of-an-atmosphere-in-which-ideas-can-be-followed-without-fear-that-youll-be-punished/

Flaherty, Colleen (March 24, 2021). At Odds With Her University Over Gender Identity. Inside Higher Ed https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/03/25/professor-odds-her-university-over-gender-identity

Flaherty, Colleen (March 9, 2021). New Nonpartisan Faculty Group Will Promote and Defend Free Speech, Academic Freedom. Inside Higher Ed https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2021/03/09/new-nonpartisan-faculty-group-will-promote-and-defend-free-speech-academic

Italie, Hillel (March 8, 2021). College educators form alliance to defend free expression. AP News https://apnews.com/article/us-news-entertainment-e1ef82436852d77fd59b841d8a6b2c9a

Selected writing by AFA

Press release (Jun 7, 2023). AFA Denounces Mayo Clinic After It Disciplines Doctor for Transgender Comments. https://academicfreedom.org/afa-denounces-mayo-clinic-after-it-disciplines-doctor-for-transgender-comments/

Resources

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