UK academics accuse their union of discrimination over gender-critical film

The University and College Union says its conduct ‘was proportionate and in line with its current support for its trans, non-binary and LGBT+ members’ Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

Two academics behind a gender-critical film have taken legal action against their union, accusing it of discrimination and harassment after it campaigned on social media to stop the documentary being screened.

Deirdre O’Neill, a senior lecturer in film studies at the University of Hertfordshire, and Michael Wayne, a professor of media and film studies at Brunel University, describe Adult Human Female as the first UK documentary to look at the “clash between women’s rights and gender ideology/trans rights”.