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Ringleader Dr Leigh Downes (pictured) who identifies as non-binary, led the harassment drive against Prof Jo Phoenix - publishing an open letter with 368 staff signatures 'to create a pile-on'.
In the summer of 2021, Prof Jo Phoenix was at her lowest point in her life – lower, even, than when she was raped at age 15. Her mother had recently died, she had just had surgery for a fused spine, and her “stunning” career as an academic was imploding over accusations of transphobia.
After being ostracised and isolated, the academic speaks out after winning a landmark tribunal case over gender-critical network
Prof Jo Phoenix who was compared with ‘racist uncle at the Christmas table’ wins unfair dismissal claim A professor of criminology, who was compared with “a racist uncle at the Christmas table” because of her gender critical beliefs, has won an unfair dismissal claim against the Open University.
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