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Kath Murray Lucy Hunter Blackburn and Shereen Benjamin

About Kath Murray Lucy Hunter Blackburn and Shereen Benjamin

Dr Kath Murray is research fellow in criminology, University of Edinburgh, Lucy Hunter Blackburn is finishing a PhD at the University of Edinburgh and is on the editorial board of sceptical.scot, Dr Shereen Benjamin is senior lecturer in primary education, Moray House, University of Edinburgh

Sex, gender identity and academic freedom

December 21, 2019 by Kath Murray Lucy Hunter Blackburn and Shereen Benjamin 1 Comment

BackgroundOver the last two years an intense debate has broken out about how sex and gender identity should be defined in law and policy, or what it means to be a man or a woman.This has been playing out in the courts, which have recently heard two high-profile cases (Harry Miller v College of Policing and Forstater v Centre for Global Development in which … [Read more...] about Sex, gender identity and academic freedom

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