prejudice’: e Students’ Union condemns LSE’s historic Stonewall exit

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Opinion

Jack Beeching Beaver Editor

Illustrated by Francesca Corno

On 17 January the LSE Students’ Union (LSESU) and Spectrum issued a statement condemning LSE’s decision to end its a liation with

Stonewall, the largest LGBTQ+ rights organisation in Europe. In 2019, Stonewall had ranked LSE as the 92nd most inclusive employer in the UK, based on its Workplace Equality Index.

LSE has also been a Stonewall ‘diversity champion’, meaning that the School received consultations from the charity on ‘building an inclusive workplace’. In their statement, the LSESU and Spectrum argued that withdrawing from these schemes ‘has the potential to create an environment where gender prejudice and transphobic language is justi ed under the guise of academic freedom.’ In response the LSESU has scheduled an ‘emergency town hall’ to take place on Tuesday 24 January. Continued on page 3

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