Stonewall tells Oxford to ‘expand the definition of mother’
from The Christian Institute:
Stonewall has told Oxford University to “expand the definition of ‘mother’” and avoid using ‘she’ in order to “drive forward LGBT inclusion”.
In response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, documents revealed the controversial lobby group’s feedback on how the University could improve its ranking in Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index, which rates an organisation’s ‘inclusivity’.
In 2020 the University ranked 76th overall and 11th in the education sector. Stonewall praised the University’s “gender neutral” family policies except for the use of the word ‘she’ in its maternity policy.
Influencing policy
Stonewall also recommended “reviewing the glossary to expand the definition of ‘mother’ to ensure it is fully inclusive”.
Under ‘community engagement’ the report praised the University for utilising its “position and influence in the community” but said it should use social media to promote LGBT issues more frequently.
Professor of Sociology at Oxford, Michael Biggs, said the University “is supposed to be governed democratically by its academics, and yet here is an outside lobby group ordering the administration to change its policies without the normal scrutiny”.
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