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Australian university cancels speech by major critic of transgenderismCRAWLEY, Western Australia, August 17, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – The University of Western Australia (UWA) has canceled a speech by a prominent critic of transgenderism just days after admitting that canceling the speech would set a negative precedent for academic debate.Dr. Quentin Van Meter is a pediatric endocrinologist and president of the American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds), a socially-conservative group of children’s health providers and experts. He was slated to speak at the university today as part of a nationwide tour sponsored by the Australian Family Association (AFA).As LifeSiteNews reported Thursday, the event came under fire by pro-LGBT activists due to Van Meter’s contentions that transgenderism is a “delusional disorder†for which “no biological basis†can be found, that giving gender-confused children puberty blockers is akin to child abuse, and other views that defy the secular consensus on gender identity.Read more at: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/australian-university-cancels-speech-by-us-prof-critical-of-transgenderism-