The Telegraph on the worked-up “controversy” over Simon Fanshawe.
In 2019, Mr Fanshawe signed an open letter accusing Stonewall of undermining “women’s sex-based rights and protections” and “demonising” anyone who dissented from its gender policies as transphobic.
Transgender rights campaigners at the university are attempting to drum up support for an open letter calling on the university to axe the appointment and find “a true advocate of equality, accessibility, diversity and inclusion” instead.
They claim Mr Fanshawe’s appointment “creates a hostile environment for the many trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming students studying at the university”.
No it doesn’t. The presence of people who have thoughts that are different from yours does not create a hostile environment for you. If that … Read the rest