Sussex professor resigns after transgender rights row

Kathleen Stock announces resignation as university says no substantive allegations of wrongdoing' were made against her

Kathleen Stock, the philosophy professor at the centre of a row over her views on gender identification and transgender rights, has announced her resignation from the University of Sussex.

Stock's resignation comes three weeks after a protest by some students at the university's Brighton campus, which included posters and graffiti calling for her dismissal.