Battle of Ideas, London, October

https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/should-we-scrap-the-equality-act/
'Should we scrap The Equality Act?
Sunday 18 October, 13:45—15:15, Hoare Memorial Hall, Church HouseFree Society
The fights for equality and freedom have long been assumed to advance together. Yet as equality has become increasingly codified through laws such as the Equality Act 2010, some argue these two ideals now collide. With issues of identity, harassment and harms now centre-stage in political life, difficult tensions have emerged around equality claims, justice demands centred on protected characteristics, and rights such as free speech. Some – including the party that has been leading the opinion polls for much of the past two years, Reform UK – argue the Equality Act must be repealed to rid us of the ‘pernicious, divisive notion of protected characteristics’.'

https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/lgb-tqi-the-history-and-future-of-a-forced-marriage/

'LGB & TQI+: the history and future of a forced marriage'

https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/the-rise-of-the-femosphere/

'Angry young women? The rise of the femosphere'

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https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/sex-and-the-war-on-women-independent-publishing-for-those-who-refuse-to-be-cancelled/

War on women: ‘independent publishing for those who refuse to be cancelled’
Sunday 18 October, 10:00—10:45, Convocation Hall, Church HouseBreakfast Banters
Having experienced losing her job because of her gender-critical views, Professor Jo Phoenix has launched a new publishing company, Phoenix Publications Ltd. With the tagline ‘Independent publishing for those who refuse to be cancelled’, the aim is to publish ‘rigorous gender-critical non-fiction in long and short form, from those at the sharp end of contemporary social and political struggles’. It promises books, booklets, reports, memoirs, testimonies – from those at the sharp end of contemporary social and political struggles – and its scope will broaden into adjacent categories – fiction, for instance – as the press develops and submissions warrant.