Pro-trans charity forced to change university charter mark
from Coalition for Marriage:
A charity that advises universities is being forced to amend its gender equality charter after being accused of “thought-control” over its adoption of radical gender ideology.
The principles of Advance HE’s Athena Swan Charter were amended last year to include a commitment on “fostering collective understanding that individuals have the right to determine their own gender identity”.
At least 13 universities, including Warwick, Exeter, York, Imperial and The Open University, had said they were adopting the revised scheme, according to an investigation by the Times.
However, Cambridge academics refused to commit to the charter on these terms, arguing that the issue should be a matter for debate.
One of those who objected to the scheme, Arif Ahmed, a reader in philosophy, said: “It’s welcome that Athena Swan is reconsidering what could have been a charter for thought-control, as many of us had been warning. A university should absolutely not be ‘fostering collective understanding’ on controversial issues but encouraging open debate.”
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