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Academics who sued union after being called transphobic lose tribunal case

UCU had claimed film called Adult Human Female by Deirdre O’Neill and Michael Wayne attacked trans identity

Protesters twice blocked screenings of Adult Human Female at the University of Edinburgh and “hurled insults at those trying to attend”, documents presented to the tribunal said. The UCU Edinburgh branch president, Grant Buttars, later published an article describing the “victory” of having blocked the screening, the tribunal was told. Mary Senior, Scotland official UCU, said: “This is a sensible and common sense decision, and we thank Judge Laidler and the tribunal for their careful deliberations.”

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