Student wins payout and apology over ‘transphobic’ tweets
Student wins payout and apology over ‘transphobic’ tweets
13 Apr 2021
Richard North
Huddersfield University has been forced to apologise and pay compensation to one of its students after subjecting him to a prolonged disciplinary process for tweets critical of radical gender ideology.
The University launched a formal investigation into PhD student Jonathan Best, 50, after an anonymous complaint from another student.
The case comes after the Government announced a range of tough new measures to ensure that free speech is not restricted at universities.
‘Transphobic’
The complainant accused Best of engaging in “repeated transphobic behaviour” and “discrimination”.
Censorship fears over trans stifling academic debate
Censorship fears over trans stifling academic debate
11 Mar 2021
Academics and students have voiced concern about a cancel culture, which they say is silencing gender-critical views.
They have used a new anonymous online forum, known as GC Academia Network, to post their experiences of the toxic effect radical gender ideology is having on academic freedom.
Founders of the site argue that an “inability to talk about sex-based rights” in universities is preventing an “open and critical engagement with theories of sex and gender”.
Cancelled
Among the stories shared on the website by university staff and students are fears of reprisals, incidents of no-platforming and accusations of transphobia suffered by those who have spoken out against the radical claims of transgender ideology.