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Motion

Motion title
Tackling transphobia
Meeting date
31 May 2024
Motion
48
Motion text

Congress notes:
1. hateful responses to the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act which came into force 1st April 2024.
Congress believes:
a. the rhetoric of ‘academic freedom’ is being utilized narrowly to delegitimize and create a hostile climate for vulnerable groups
b. we must move beyond being reactive to events and turn existing policy into strategy.
Congress resolves:
i. to call on UCU Equality Committee, particularly the LGBT+ and Women Members Standing Committees, to develop a time-sensitive strategic plan for countering 'anti-wokeness' (especially its expression through transphobia and the weaponization of 'academic freedom')
ii. this plan should recommend concrete actions that can be taken at all levels of UCU
iii. to commit to working with trans-led organisations in developing this plan and any actions.

Proposing body
University of Edinburgh
Amended
No
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Listing reference
2024/C/05-31/064/48