Corin Ashwell 🌍 🌿 🍄<p>Disappointed to learn the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UniversityOfSussex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfSussex</span></a> has been fined by the government’s Office for Students for apparently failing to uphold so-called freedom of speech. Seems like a crock to me. A ‘chilling effect’ on the freedom of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GenderCrits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenderCrits</span></a> to espouse theoretical transphobic views is now replaced by the chilling effect on the reality of trans people’s rights to exist &amp; assert their validity</p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d39f0db7-877a-4cf3-8c12-dd5581eecd0b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/d39f0db7-877a-4</span><span class="invisible">cf3-8c12-dd5581eecd0b</span></a></p>