1/ FAO @ucl and @ucl_ucu colleagues. There is an EGM Thursday 12 August 2021, 13:00-14:00 to discuss USS. A motion calling for UCL to rejoin the Stonewall Diversity Champions scheme has been added to the agenda at the last minute. 
2/ This is a clear attempt to pass a divisive motion with inadequate notice while many members are away during August. I hope some members will be able to attend to challenge these underhand tactics.
3/ In the wake of the Reindorf review, universities and UCU need to reflect on the legal and ethical implications of Stonewall membership. There are consequences for both academic freedom and equitable treatment of women staff and students. sex-matters.org/posts/the-work…
4/ Stonewall’s demand for unquestioning acceptance of the beliefs of the gender identity lobby has wide-ranging implications across the human and social sciences and humanities. The conflict with academic freedom is fundamental onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
5/ Colleagues at Cardiff who wrote a measured letter sites.google.com/view/cardiffop… requesting a review of Stonewall membership faced violent threats as a result. Stonewall have not condemned these threats. Neither have UCU.
6/ Nancy Kelley, CEO of Stonewall likens "gender critical" beliefs to anti-Semitism. The core tenets of the beliefs that she objects to are that sex is real and that it matters. The only motivation for this crass comparison is to justify #nodebate thejc.com/news/uk/anger-…
7/ Nancy Kelley, CEO of Stonewall, no-platformed me from a research methods seminar for arguing that sex should be measured accurately in the 2021 Census. doi.org/10.1111/1467-9…
8/ UCL UCU has existing policy on academic freedom. Stonewall membership clashes fundamentally with this. For our union to thrive, it must be a pluralist space, where harassment and bullying are never tolerated, even when the targets are people you disagree with.
9/ Why force a motion on Stonewall through as a confected “emergency”, during August, which makes the movers appear unprincipled and opportunistic? Instead, UCU could organise a meeting to discuss the issues raised collegially and with adequate time. I would be happy to help.
Trade unionists should think twice before supporting an org that tries to get workers fired. Stonewall lobbied to have barrister Allison Bailey disciplined by her chambers because of her advocacy for lesbians. @UCL_UCU @ucuatioe filia.org.uk/latest-news/20…
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