1. Here we see the instant dismissal of Dr Kelly’s views because he works with gender incongruent children. The repulsion of expertise is repulsive.
Some yrs ago @EHRC reviewed the evidence on Trans Equality
Much of that came from research undertaken by myself & colleagues …
Some yrs ago @EHRC reviewed the evidence on Trans Equality
Much of that came from research undertaken by myself & colleagues …
https://twitter.com/zoesqwilliams/status/1814584475948286115
2. We were all academic socio-legal & social scientists. We were also all trans men
@EHRC then dismissed it with the sentence
“The research was done by those with vested interests & so cannot be regarded as objective”
I complained & said ‘are you saying research into black…
@EHRC then dismissed it with the sentence
“The research was done by those with vested interests & so cannot be regarded as objective”
I complained & said ‘are you saying research into black…
3. … lives cannot be objective if done by Black academics, research into people with disabilities is not objective if done by academics with disabilities
The reason this research & similar ‘in group’ research is done by academics who have lived experience is because we..,
The reason this research & similar ‘in group’ research is done by academics who have lived experience is because we..,
4. … see the vacuum. We see what isn’t being done & what could be researched
The EHRC came out of the Equal Opportunities Commission which was largely populated by women looking at Sex Discrimination, & the Commission for Racial Equality was full of black & ethnic …
The EHRC came out of the Equal Opportunities Commission which was largely populated by women looking at Sex Discrimination, & the Commission for Racial Equality was full of black & ethnic …
5. … minorities looking at race discrimination.
As academics we are professional researchers who undertake ethnographic & legal research of such standing that the @EHRC has funded some, as has the European Commission & the Council of Europe.
One of us has ‘been made …
As academics we are professional researchers who undertake ethnographic & legal research of such standing that the @EHRC has funded some, as has the European Commission & the Council of Europe.
One of us has ‘been made …
6. …a Professor & awarded an OBE for that research.
The EHRC has even used us to write specialist guidance.
That dismissive sentence is defamatory of our professionalism & we request it is removed before we commence legal action”
& they did remove it
Even now students who…
The EHRC has even used us to write specialist guidance.
That dismissive sentence is defamatory of our professionalism & we request it is removed before we commence legal action”
& they did remove it
Even now students who…
7. … are vewed to have ‘vested interests’ can struggle to get a postgraduate place or funding, or even to have their PHD thesis & knowledge ‘pass’ so they can progress their careers.
Yet it is only by having lived experience of the … circumstances that academics even think …
Yet it is only by having lived experience of the … circumstances that academics even think …
8. … of the questions.
Imagine feminism without women academics
In the 1950s-90s, Trans people were still seen as sex perverts with no right to be g ordinary society
1990 I applied for a PhD position
I was told by an interviewer (who had taught me regularly over the …
Imagine feminism without women academics
In the 1950s-90s, Trans people were still seen as sex perverts with no right to be g ordinary society
1990 I applied for a PhD position
I was told by an interviewer (who had taught me regularly over the …
9. .., preceding 5 yrs) that the research I proposed was impossible because “you cannot find these people”
I replied “I know a few”
He replied “a few , a few what do you mean by a few?”
Me: “8 or 9 … hundred, maybe 1000”
He almost shouted “How?”
I plucked up my courage …
I replied “I know a few”
He replied “a few , a few what do you mean by a few?”
Me: “8 or 9 … hundred, maybe 1000”
He almost shouted “How?”
I plucked up my courage …
10. … as my stomach plummeted to the floor & said
“Because I am one”
He did the classic response. His mouth dropped open then he managed:
“What - what - what? What do you do with the beard when you dress up”
Me: “I think we need to wind back & I will explain a few facts”..,
“Because I am one”
He did the classic response. His mouth dropped open then he managed:
“What - what - what? What do you do with the beard when you dress up”
Me: “I think we need to wind back & I will explain a few facts”..,
11. Experts are experts because we/they spend yrs researching & working within a field
Dismissing us out of hand then dismissed all experts - something the alt-right & Tories do
But we exist & have worked for our right to a fair hearing
@threadreaderapp unroll
Dismissing us out of hand then dismissed all experts - something the alt-right & Tories do
But we exist & have worked for our right to a fair hearing
@threadreaderapp unroll
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