Edinburgh University’s LGBT+ Committee Resigns Over Anti-Trans Feminist

The entire LGBT Network Committee at Edinburgh University has resigned after the university forbade the network from contacting its members about an anti-trans feminist speaker that was giving a talk on campus.

Julie Bindel gave a talk at Edinburgh University titled “Women’s Sex-Based Rights” on Wednesday June 7.

The university told the LGBT Committee that they would lose their mailing privileges if they spoke out against the event.

“In short, we were told that the Network Committee must support the University or be quiet,” the Committee said in their resignation letter.

“We were also told that, in future, should the Committee wish to take a stance on anything for our Members, that we must first ask permission of the University. Finally, we were told that our mailing list privileges were just that and could be removed if we were not willing to comply.

“We cannot, and will not do that. We must be able to advocate for our membership, especially when one Group appears to be targeted. The University have failed to engage with us.”

Bindel has long been criticised for her anti-trans views, she once said that “sex-change surgery is the modern equivalent of aversion therapy for homosexuals.”

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