The trans debate no one dared to have… until now

The trans debate no one dared to have… until now

Author: The Telegraph May 29, 2026 Duration: 43:49

Student Maeve Halligan tells Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley about the reaction to her speech at the Cambridge Union which challenged trans ideology after having also founded the Cambridge University Society of Women – the only one at the institution specifically for females only.


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Producer: Emma Williams

Executive Producer: Charlotte Seligman

Video Producer: James England

Studio Operator: Meghan Searle

Editor: Camilla Tominey


Highlights

  • Maeve Halligan on her Cambridge Union speech which took apart trans ideology
  • How she founded the university's only society specifically for females

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