British Students Ban Feminist Writer Julie Bindel From Panel on Feminism’s Free Speech Problem
7th October 2015
The University of Manchester has banned feminist activist Julie Bindel from speaking at a panel on feminism’s free-speech problem.
The Manchester Students’ Union (SU) flagged Bindel’s appearance at the event—titled “From Liberation to Censorship: Does Modern Feminism Have a Problem with Free Speech?”—as a potential breach of the school’s “safe space” policy. “After reviewing the request in more detail, the Students’ Union has decided to deny this request based on Bindel’s views and comments towards trans people, which we believe could incite hatred towards and exclusion of our trans students,” SU said in a statement.