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Student newspaper reports concerns about LUCAF ‘academic freedom’ council
The following is a repost of the original article in LSE student newspaper The Beaver (archived version here). Teach-out staged in response to recent LSE guest speaker Iraz Akkus and Hannah Gillott On Monday 20 November, LSE students and[...]
LSE Vigil and Teach-Out for Transgender Day of Remembrance
On 20 November 2023 LSE faculty, staff, and students joined with invited speakers to commemorate the Transgender Day of Remembrance, through a vigil and a teach-out organised by Rejoin Stonewall. Participants gathered outside of the Marshall Building on LSE[...]
Trans-critical LSE professors launch right wing ‘academic freedom’ council
Trans-critical members of an LSE 'Academic Freedom' (LSE AF) group have organised a public lecture with UK barrister Akua Reindorf. The lecture launches a new London-wide council called the London Universities' Council for Academic Freedom (LUCAF). The council is led[...]
LSE quietly expands exceptions to discrimination policy
The LSE has quietly revised its Discrimination, Harassment and Bullying policy this month. The new policy was posted on their website sometime in early October 2023. We have received reports from UCU and Unison union members that both unions were[...]
LSE launches ‘Academic Freedom’ Group with strong anti-trans ties
Today the LSE launched the "LSE Academic Freedom" group (LSEAF). Their homepage includes links identifying Nigel Farage and Elon Musk as "heroes", and the entire leadership committee has strong ties to gender critical views that are critical of trans[...]
Rejoin Stonewall banner dropped from LSE Centre Building during London Pride
During a 2023 Pride Party in the LSE Center Building, a group of activists dropped a banner that read "LSE Rejoin Stonewall". The LSE publicly announced its disaffiliation from Stonewall in January 2023.We have obtained video footage of the banner[...]
Mass student walkout from Hannah Barnes gender critical event at LSE
On 23 May 2023, a mass student walkout occurred in one of the LSE's largest amphitheatres, the Old Theatre in the LSE's iconic Old Building. The lecture, which was organised by two professors at the LSE who helped to lobby[...]
Rejoin Stonewall wins LSE Campaign of the Year award
Student campaigners from Rejoin Stonewall were awarded the "Campaign of the Year Award" today, by their peers in the Student Union at the London School of Economics. The Student Union awards were created to celebrate the breadth, talent, and[...]
Twitter mob attacks LSE LGBTQ+ network and students after drag event
On 4 May 2023, the LSE LGBTQ+ staff network Spectrum was forced to make its twitter account private, after a non-academic LSE staff member (update: now a leadership committee member of the LSE Academic Freedom Group) posted a tweet that[...]
Protesting students storm Q&A with LSE Senior Managers
The second Rejoin Stonewall protest was scheduled on the day of the 2023 Student Q&A - an annual event for LSE students to ask questions of the LSE School Management Committee (SMC). The SMC had originally decided to leave[...]