Edinburgh University tries to defuse row after trans rights protests over film

Edinburgh University said its campus should be ‘a safe space for difficult conversation [where] different viewpoints are listened to with tolerance.’ Photograph: Iain Sharp/Alamy

Edinburgh University hopes to defuse a crisis involving gender critical and pro-trans academics after clashes over the screening of the film Adult Human Female.

University executives are holding talks with both sides after pro-trans activists prevented the gender critical documentary from being screened on campus for the second time late last month, by blockading a theatre where it was due to be shown.