Oxford University biggest funder of 'anti-trans' group
OXFORD University has paid a £20,000 consultancy fee to a women's rights group accused of being 'anti-transgender', making the university the biggest single financial supporter of the group.
The money was paid to Woman's Place UK earlier this year for its 'support research into women’s sex based rights' as part of a new research programme announced in September.
The group has been the subject of much controversy over its views on transgender rights and was recently branded as a 'trans-exclusionary hate group' by the Labour Campaign for Trans Rights.
A statement on Woman's Place UK website read: "We received a consultancy fee of £20,000 from Oxford University to support research into women’s sex based rights as part of the Women and Equalities Law: Historical Perspectives project which was funded by Strategic Priority QR funding allocated to Oxford University.