Julia Long for a webchat?

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

Hi MNHQ,

Just watched Julia Long on C4 about transgender issues and how they impact on women. There has been a lot of discussion of these issues on MN recently, and Ms Long seems to have a different view to mainstream/government etc. I thought she could be an interesting MN guest?

[AskBasil]

So what's happening on this?

[Oscarandelliesmum]

Any news on Julia?

[AGnu]

Does it really take months to organise these things?

[LancashirePudding]

I'm another person who'd be really interested in a web chat with Dr Julia Long. Dont suppose there's any update on this MNHQ?

[KateMumsnet]

Hello all

Thanks for flagging this again. We've dropped Julia a line asking her if she'd like to participate - we'll let you know as soon as we have more news.

[BigDeskBob]

Has Julia responded?

[BertieBotts]

Also interested :) I've met her and she was very nice. She apologised for accidentally stealing DS's chair and complimented his drawing

[avocadosweet]

Any news?

[AskBasil]

Mumsnet is there any news on this?

[Lemonsarenottheonly]

Did this get binned?

[AskBasil]

Mumsnet what is happening on this?

[thedogstinks]

I'd love to have her on MN.

[TheCountessofFitzdotterel]

Please could we have an update?

[avocadosweet]

Any news please?

[FlissMumsnet]

I'll flag this and make sure you all get an update asap

Apologies for the long wait

[VincentVL]

Are you going to ask Julia Long to do this?

[Orangepear]

Anything happening?

[KateMumsnet]

Hi all

Sorry you've had to wait on this. We've had a chat here and the feeling is that, if we were to ask Julia to do a webchat or a guest post or similar, we'd probably have to represent a spread of perspectives on the issue at the same time. We don't think now is quite the right time to do that - things have been a bit fraught on the boards - but we'll certainly revisit it in the New Year and we'll keep you apprised of developments.

Thanks

MNHQ

[Orangepear]

I think it would be a missed opportunity to have an academic's viewpoint and now would be a great time, especially because of recent discussions on the boards. I hope you'll reconsider. We can't just ignore issues and hope they go away.

[MadreTranquillitatis]

I'll bump this because this issue is not going to go away. By all means represent different perspectives too - hopefully you'll be more successful than the women trying to open a real life discussion.