'I was bullied for standing up for free speech at university – now I'm suing' The Government is proposing new free speech laws to protect students who have been silenced. Here, three students tell their stories 17 February 2021 • 2:53pm Raquel Rosario-Sanchez: 'Trans activist students pounced on me and began a sustained campaign of intimidation' Credit: Pam Isherwood For many inquisitive young minds in Britain’s universities, it’s a familiar path: dare to express an argument or invite a speaker to campus that challenges woke zealotry, hoping in vain for an intellectual exchange, and you are likely to find yourself ‘cancelled’. Raquel Rosario-Sanchez, a PhD student, encountered ‘cancel culture’ weeks after enrolling at Bristol University, while preparing to chair a panel discussion about the distinction between gender and biological sex.