New York University cited safety concerns in canceling an upcoming appearance by Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos, claiming his presence on campus may trigger violence against members of minority communities including the LGBT community.

"On other campuses his events have been accompanied by physical altercations, the need for drastically enlarged security presence, harassment of community members both at the event and beyond and credible threats involving the presence of firearms or explosives," Marc Wais, Senior Vice President of Student Affairs, said in an email to prospective attendees.

Milo had been invited by the NYU College Republicans to deliver a speech as part of his "Dangerous Faggot Tour" currently touring American college campuses.

According to Milo himself, the speaking tour's intent is to establish resistance to political correctness, the social justice movement, and dispel liberal interests like the wage gap and rape culture as "myths."

NYU is only the most recent campus to ban Milo due to his controversial talking points, which include the belief that "feminism is cancer," that being gay is a choice, and that America has a "Muslim problem."

Before his event at George Washington University in September, a student op-ed referred to Milo as the "poster child for alt-right intolerance," and condemned his "racist, sexist, Islamophobic and transphobic rhetoric."

Wais said Milo's own words demonstrate "concerns … about the safety and well-being of our community," and claimed the NYU venue's proximity to "the Islamic Center, the LGBTQ Student Center and the Center for Multicultural Education and Programs" could inspire attacks against students of those groups.

The College Republicans called NYU's decision "unfair and deeply troubling" in a statement to Washington Square News.

“You have chosen to willfully ignore that the overwhelming majority of physical altercations and violence at Mr. Yiannopoulos’ past events have been directed at him and the audience, not carried out by them,” the statement read in part.

“It is deeply offensive to use this pretext to justify using the power of the NYU establishment to allow one group of students to silence another at will.”

Drew Weber, Vice President of the College Democrats, said NYU should welcome debate across party lines, but insisted that Milo is not the right person to have that debate.

“It is important we have room for perspectives from both sides of the aisle at NYU,” Weber said.

“However, Mr. Yiannopoulos’ rhetoric extends well past the bounds of constructive dialogue into violence inciting hate speech. It is impossible to have an environment of free speech when students’ safety is threatened due to their religious, racial or gender identity.”