The Kent State University (KSU) College Republicans (CRs) recently became the center of controversy and criticism due to an event they hosted in March screening the film “What is a Woman?”
In the documentary, Matt Walsh, conservative commentator at the Daily Wire, “fearlessly questions the logic behind a gender ideology movement that has taken aim at women and children,” according to the film website.
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In an Instagram post, the CRs advertised the event by painting a rock yellow with the question written in black, “What is a woman?”
The message on the rock was subsequently spray-painted over with teal, pink, and white paint with the words “trans rights” written below.
In response to the screening of the film, Marina DiFranco created a petition calling for the CRs to be “held accountable for their actions” and for the university to “ensure that all student organizations are respectful and inclusive toward all students.”
[T]his student organization has been using its platform to encourage discrimination and hate crimes against LGBTQ+ students and women,” DiFranco asserted. “The group has posted flyers promoting the documentary around campus, specifically targeting the LGBTQ+ center.”
The petition ended up garnering over 2,500 signatures.
Despite the petition and other pushback, however, the event still occurred successfully.
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Republished with permission from Campus Reform
