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.