The students of the Languages and Cultures and Languages and Mediation courses at the University of Cagliari have said enough and they sent a letter to the Faculty of Languages council to denounce the use of the volume as a textbook Emilio Biagini ""Environment, Conflict, and Development: The British Isles in the Context of Globalization"" (Genoa, ECIG), “so as not to be forced to study a book that is discriminatory towards various categories, so summary and at the same time dogmatic in its judgments, a volume that makes such a massive use of overly typical and stereotypical adjectives”.
In his text, Biagini launches harsh attacks on Protestants, Enlightenment thinkers, Muslims, but above all, gay people, arguing, among other things, that AIDS only affects homosexuals and drug addicts, demolishing Darwin's theory of evolution, and calling Newton a poor wretch who tried to "keep himself young in a homosexual relationship with a Swiss mathematician.".
“"Thanks to the work of our Carbonia Committee, we contacted and supported the students who promoted the protest," said Arcigay's School Director. Marco Coppola – “We thank the course council for the Degree in Languages and Mediation, which has already taken a position, defining this text as inadequate for teaching purposes. We believe that Each University has the duty to ensure compliance with the principle of equal opportunities and non-discrimination and to guarantee the principle of secularism.”
“We have just sent a letter to the Rector and the Faculty to support this complaint and to report the Professor Biagini's blatantly homophobic behavior, who during his lessons expresses contempt towards homosexual people, who in an interview are defined with the epithet "faggots" and considered deviant with respect to a presumption of normality dictated by Catholic morality" – adds the national president of Arcigay Aurelio Mancuso.
“"Arcigay is aware of the fundamental role that university education plays in building a new cultural climate that can make our society more inclusive of all identities and stimulate reflection on the importance of gender and sexual orientation differences," said Arcigay's Culture Director. Federico Cerminara – “This is why Arcigay has stipulated An agreement with the Milly Villa Women's Studies Center, Department of Sociology and Political Science, University of Calabria, for the establishment of a Thematic Network on homosexuality and LGBT issues., thus creating a space for discussion, information and comparison for the promotion and dissemination of studies on homosexuality, both within the academic world and within homosexual communities and civil society.""
""The network aims to to promote the process of social change that culture, reflection and gender studies are able to trigger in order to provide a secular and prejudice-free education to the new generations.""