Anyone else work at a Uni?

[Phunkychicken]

Just having a uni wide 'meeting' - much pressure from the LGBTQ+ group about what they are going to do re the SC ruling to ensure trans staff/students are safe - management saying they're seeking guidance on what to do practically going forward. Tentatively posted that some of us welcome the ruling and have had 6 thumbs up - so they're at least 6 of us.

It's so hard not giving myself away but the push back has been insane

Ahem: https://x.com/JoPhoenix1/status/1933458079661867275

Even more proud to work where I do!

Go Reading! That’s an impressive statement. Clear on the law and well-balanced. Hopefully other institutions will follow suit. My place never likes to do anything until a critical mass of its peers has done the same and then it rapidly joins in.

<drums fingers impatiently>

Yay Reading! I might take that to our Exec Board and compare and contrast with our incoherent, illiterate and illegal statement.

Oh well done uni of Reading! Excellent, clear and unequivocal statement.

That's amazing.
The adults are returning...

Wow Reading, practically perfect in every way! That is an excellent letter and I hope every other VC is currently photocopying it. Our VC told us to carry on dividing toilets by gender. I asked whether our insurers knew we were breaking the law and whether they had cleared it.

I wonder if the management at Reading danced a little secret jig of joy? And have been waiting for this moment, to breathe a sigh of relief?

I came across this article earlier. It is a little dated, having been written in 2021, but it perfectly describes how totalitarianism has been enabled on university campuses ( and elsewhere):

https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/march-2021/the-spectre-of-totalitarianism/

Ours is very much like this too. No mention of women of course. I wonder what they are going to do about the mixed sex staff toilets. They’re trying to be very cautious in their wording of statements but the allegiances are crystal clear. Offering support to ‘trans siblings’, recognising what a huge impact this must have, granting sick leave to come to terms with the ruling etc etc. The recent ‘gender equality conference’ was hijacked by this too, spurred on by the EDI department whose only concern seems to be trans people. Whilst the university seem to know they have to be careful how they word things legally, the message of what’s important to them is loud and clear and staff/students are being reassured in conversation that they will continue to do all they can to fight this ‘bigotry’

The sexism and homophobia and intersectionality ( see what I did there) of lesbian exclusion at my place is so embedded that it’s impossible to explain or explore.

Sorry to read that @Unluckyjim The current situation almost makes me want to turn into a lesbian just to make a point about the lesbophobia and to counter effing “lived experience”