UCU being taken to tribunal over discrimination for 'gc' views

[ArabellaScott]

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/gender-critical-documentary-makers-take-ucu-tribunal

The filmmakers of 'Adult Human Female' are taking UCU to tribunal.

I'll try to find an archive copy.

My PIN was fine. If you've been logging in with audio and video (and obviously then turning them off) maybe try entering as an observer instead? Or vice versa? I've had to play around with it on a couple of occasions to get it to work.

@Appalonia it is madness - this morning when he was asking if the film was saying transwomen who are sex offenders are a threat to women and children. I genuinely thought I was hearing things

Counsel for UCU is suggesting that the threats on social media against women from trans activists actually come from bots or at least from people who aren't trans activists.

Is DR O’Neil the woman being questioned now? This PM is the first session I’ve been able to attend and so I’m still getting to know whose who

Yes, that's Dr O'Neill.

'Pan fried sexual' - that's a new one

Pan fried sexual!😂

Jokes are illegal now?

I was at that panel discussion!😁

I'm really not sure where they are going with this? All I've got so far is jokes = bad. Only getting uppity women to speak and no other viewpoints = bad. TRA abuse = bots. If it's not bots = relatively minor. Pointing out some TRA behaviour = generalising, bad.

I assume he's trying to show how offensive it was.

Really, UCU's barrister is criticising someone making a silly joke? Is that all he's got?

(Am back in now)

Can anyone watching live confirm if the last comments about Shakespeare were made by the barrister or Dr o Neill.

It was the barrister, I just checked TT.

This is the thread by TT
twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1907072736632930402?s=19

My pin also not working now, though it was fine this morning. Sigh. Any ideas?

They are on a break so it was locked. Try again now?

Same happening to me. This also happened in the SP ET when they decided to boot everyone out...

I've emailed, but with a sinking heart.

My heart is also sinking...

Have pp tried again now that the tribunal has restarted?

Got an autoreply containing a link to the Presidential Directions, which just for added laughs is a broken link.

Yes, I tried again, but that was never going to work and didn't :-(

Thanks. I'd wondered if TT had made a mistake. It seemed like It could be a response from ON rather than part of the barristers question

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