Professor who wrote about adults attracted to minors resigns

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A assemblage prof successful Virginia has announced they'll resign successful the aftermath of threats made implicit their precocious published book.

Allyn Walker, who uses the pronouns they and them, is an adjunct prof of sociology and transgression justness astatine Old Dominion University.

Walker's publication includes interviews of much than 40 adults who are sexually attracted to minors.

The publication argued that destigmatizing that attraction would let much radical to question assistance and yet forestall kid intersexual abuse.

In a statement, Walker said the probe was mischaracterized by immoderate successful the media and online and successful portion due to the fact that of their transgender identity.

The preface to Walker's publication says they were not downplaying intersexual maltreatment against children oregon trying to normalize it.

Walker was enactment connected permission aft absorption to the publication led to information concerns connected campus.

Walker volition stay connected permission until their declaration expires successful May 2022.