Academics' letter in Guardian

2 out of the 3 unis I have studied in have signatories in the letter. I've sent a quick note to both, although I wondered if the goldsmith member might need something stronger than a note, maybe a case of gin.
I was disappointed the only social work signatory was a bloke, this is a big issue for girls who have experienced abuse in a range of ways but being open about that is very hard.

Huge thanks to all who signed. I've heard from some signatories who said that they've had nothing but supportive emails and they are appreciated. I know academics across the UK who are with us but who can't publicly 'come out' for all sorts of reasons.They know that the more people who do take a public stand, the more others are emboldened. I'm so proud of my colleagues.
GC: can we offer any support?

Thank you GS and Diane Sad there wasn't anyone there from Sheffield uni. So important to have an open debate about this.

Great piece and thanks to GC and all the academics concerned for sticking their heads above the parapet on this.

Waves to @GCAcademic - also a signatory & I think this is going to continue to grow - you don't have to be in this area of research to be part of the network. Though, having said that, the knock on effects are felt everywhere - I'm a computer scientist. How can you write a piece of software code to pull out the records of women / men in a certain age range for a specific set of tests if you can't identify who the female / male bodied people are?

There are people on the network who didn't feel able to sign this time, but the more of us speak out the easier it will get. I'm retired so they can't touch me, job wise. It's certainly going to sort out the VCs who are genuine academics from the ones who play to the crowd.

we need Sandy to do a cartoon

"Look, when we said IMPACT we didn't exactly mean...."

I emailed the signatory from Goldmsiths, it's one of my old institutions and I thought she was particulary brave.
I suppose I should do the other although I remember that institution as allowing a lot more individual thought.

I emailed my old tutor to say thank you and that we do not underestimate the courage required to write and sign that letter. Got a nice email back. Just wish there were more from my old university. They must all be bloody terrified.

Thank you GC.

I've emailed the signatory from my institution to say thanks. She said she's only had supportive messages so far.

I've just had a really nice reply back from one of the signatories I emailed :)

What can we do to support you all, GC?

Well done GC and all other signatories. I'm amazed to see this and the other GC report in the guardian. The level of no platforming and #nodebate in Universities seems truly Orwellian.

Good.

How can non academics support these academics?

Well done GC and please pass that on to your fellow academics.

One thing I found interesting was not just the spread of disciplines but the spread of universities, some new, some old, some of the oldest in Europe.

Brilliant letter. Thank you to everyone who signed it. I bet many more wanted to but were scared to.

Thank you GC for this letter you are very brave. I've emailed both the lecturers from my Alma mater.

It's good to see this in the Guardian. But I don't think it necessarily indicates a change of heart. A letters editor would find it very hard to ignore a letter with a long list of signatories, particularly if many of them are high-ranking academics. As with the letter to the Observer on Sunday, this seems to be part of a deliberate strategy by gender-critical feminists to get their cause mentioned in the two newspapers that have barely covered it. And it's working.

Particular respect for Dr Rosalind Barber, English & Comparative Literature from Goldsmiths.

For obvious reasons

Has there been a coup at the Guardian?!

Inspiring work, GCAcademic. Well done to all the people on the list.

Thank you to those that have put their name to this letter!

Does anyone know if articles like this are ever shared on LinkedIn? I couldn’t post it but would be brave enough to ‘like’ it (hate that I have to even worry about this).

Thank you GC and to anyone else reading who has signed.

None of the students I know believe trans ideology. The problem is, they just think it's a big joke.

Wonderful to see. But as a Scottish academic I'm disappointed that there doesn't appear to be a single signatory from Scotland. I'd love to get engaged with the network -although I don't have any academic expertise in the area.

Thanks for the prod to email lecturers from our alma maters! I’ll definitely do mine

I also wondered if this is still open to other signatories? This issue affects so many academics- not just those who directly research trans issues. Anyone who deal with what men or women are- in their work, research, teaching, university policies on equality or on facilities etc which at some point will be most academics.
Is there a way of keeping this up somewhere or keeping it open with an academic who is willing to host it? The word is very likely to spread and others may be emboldened by this.