UCU: UCU is for They/Them, not Trump

Motion

Motion text: Congress notes:
1. Following its explicitly transphobic electoral campaign, the 2nd Trump
presidency’s concerted attacks upon trans people, including youth access to
healthcare, participation in sports, applications for ‘X’ gender marker
passports, military service and incarceration in appropriately gendered
facilities
2. The Trump presidency’s attempts to suspend Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
initiatives, including LGBT+ programmes
3. The Starmer government’s decision to ignore the damning critiques of the
Cass Review, and in December 2024 to indefinitely ban the supply of puberty
blockers for trans young people
4. The £585k fine imposed by OfS on Sussex University for its trans supportive
policies.
5. The recent UK Supreme Court judgment that trans women are not women.
Congress believes solidarity with trans and non-binary staff and students is
paramount and instructs the NEC:
a. To support LGBT+ migrant members and their families, particularly US
citizens, in navigating bureaucratic challenges Trump’s policies might pose
b. To write to Wes Streeting condemning the findings and methods of the Cass
Report and advocating an approach to trans healthcare that affirms and
values trans people
c. To advocate for the maintenance of strong policies against transphobia in
universities and colleges.