University blocked transgender sports research after proposal mentioned term 'male:' Term is 'misgendering'

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The professor said, 'Activist interference in what can be researched
erodes the integrity of science'

An ethics board at an university in the United Kingdom rejected
research on transgenderism in sports because the proposal mentioned
the world "male," according to the researcher.

John Armstrong, a senior lecturer of mathematics at Kings College
London, said he was asked to survey elite athletes on their views on
transgender participation in sports.

"I submitted a proposal for ethical review… which stated that the
aim of the research was ‘to find the views of athletes and
volunteers on the question of when males should be allowed to
compete in the female category,’ he said. "The ethics committee
rejected the proposal, on the grounds that using the terms ‘male’
and 'female' in this sentence constituted 'misgendering.'"

The professor said that the proposal was separate from the survey,
and the questions itself didn't cause any concerns.

"Nevertheless, I was told that I must seek input from the Equality
Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) team on the ‘wording used in the
survey’ and the ‘presentation of the research,'" he said.

The professor blasted the ethics board for refusing to allow him to
address biological sex, which he believed would undermine the
credibility of science.

"By preventing me from using the word ‘male,’ the ethics review was
in effect preventing me from using the concept of sex at all," he
said. "Activist interference in what can be researched erodes the
integrity of science… Political policing of research introduces a
new ethical-review bias. If the ethics team at my university limits
what questions can be asked about gender-identity, this introduces a
bias into all the work conducted on gender at the university."

Armstrong added that there have been other instances of ethics
committees preventing the collection of data based on sex and called
it a "horrifying" practice.

"It would be horrifying for ethics committees to bias such vital
work," he wrote.

Kings College London released a statement to Fox News, which said,
"While we can’t comment on individual research applications, we are
strongly committed to ensuring that the research carried out by our
staff and students is consistently of the highest quality and to the
most rigorous standards."

The statement continued, "This is important to instil confidence in
academic communities, funding bodies, and crucially the public that
the data, findings, and results produced by our researchers are
sound and trustworthy."

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