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Kate Davison

@queerstorian.bsky.social

Lecturer in the History of Sexuality @ University of Edinburgh | book (soon): ‘Aversion Therapy: A Transnational History of Sex, Psychiatry & the Cold War’ | PhD @ UniMelb, MA @ FU-Berlin | antifascist, anti-colonial, pro- 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐾 | 🗣️🇩🇪🇦🇺 | member @ucu.org.uk

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Kate Davison@queerstorian.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🎯🎯🎯 “only two paths remain: either a Jewish, messianic, genocidal state, or a truly democratic state for all its citizens. …Zionism, in all its forms, cannot be cleansed of the stain of this crime. It must be brought to an end.”

+972 Magazine@972mag.com · 11mo ago

Israel is waging a holocaust in Gaza. Denazification is our only remedy The deadly ethno-supremacy inherent to Israeli society runs deeper than Netanyahu, Ben Gvir, and Smotrich. It must be confronted at its root. By Orly Noy. www.972mag.com/israel-holoc...

Kate Davison@queerstorian.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Eye-watering figures here. The UK Higher Education sector is a wild west for business profits, job losses and skyrocketing fees.

Becca Harrison@beccaeharrison.bsky.social · last yr.

There's lots more to say about @davidharvie.bsky.social and my findings. Please read the report to support union action & honour those who shared experiences. I'll finish with an eyeopening stat: the hidden, 'backdoor' redundancies affecting *11,500* people. 11,500 HIDDEN job cuts. This must end.

Kate Davison@queerstorian.bsky.social · 11mo ago

If you or anyone you know works/studies at University of Edinburgh, please ensure they have signed this petition to Court (governing body) calling on UoE to divest from genocide. So far 670+ staff and 800+ student/alumni signatures - not bad, but we can do better! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Emergency Court Session Now: Divest From Israel’s Genocide

Since the beginning of Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza in October 2023, students and staff at the University of Edinburgh have mobilised an unprecedented multiethnic and multireligious divestment mov...

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Kate Davison@queerstorian.bsky.social · 12mo ago

🙌 22 months late but huge: @johnswinney.bsky.social calls for UK govt. to SANCTION and END ARMS SALES to Israel = the 2 key demands of the Palestine solidarity movt. in the UK (incl. the “terrorists”). Hoping it also pressures Scottish universities eg. @edinburghuni.bsky.social to finally divest.

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 12mo ago

NEW: John Swinney has urged the Prime Minister to recall the UK Parliament immediately in the wake of Israel’s 'outrageous and unacceptable' planned assault on Gaza 🗣️ 'The international community cannot look away from this'

Kate Davison@queerstorian.bsky.social · last yr.

Why collective refusal is the only option. Reading this, I recalled the time a white, cis-het man (ostensibly my equal; I later learned he was being paid at 4 grade steps above me for no reason) said “y’know all these sexist micro-aggressions in the workplace you talk about? I just don’t see them!”)

The Limits of Refusal

Words in Space is the work of Shannon Mattern.

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Shannon Mattern@shannonmattern.bsky.social · last yr.

In this post I compiled a literature review of research about such gendered service disparities. These dynamics contributed to my resignation from a tenured full professorship last week.

Kate Davison@queerstorian.bsky.social · last yr.

MUST WATCH/LISTEN! Thank you @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social for battling this in court so that it’s all on the public record—you speak for those (likely hundreds, if not thousands) of us who have had similar/adjacent experiences but are gagged by NDAs & confidentiality clauses. 🙏

Antoinette Lattouf@antoinettelattouf.bsky.social · last yr.

OUT NOW I unpack the legal showdown in Lattouf v ABC that not only exposed breathtaking incompetence at the broadcaster but also the hidden power and influence of lobby groups. Full podcast out now: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/w... On YouTube to watch in full: youtu.be/qDn2m-RFCy4?...

Natacha@natacha.bsky.social · last yr.

Streeting banned puberty-blockers despite there being no evidence whatsoever that they are dangerous, and now plenty of evidence (including my own peer-reviewed research) that banning them is harmful. However… He enthusiastically promoted weight loss drugs however, and now people are being harmed

Harming children: the effects of the UK puberty blocker ban

This paper presents an analysis of data from trans children and young people and their parents following the imposition of a UK-wide ban on puberty blockers for this group. The consequences of this...

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Edwin Hayward@edwinhayward.com · last yr.

This is very unfortunate timing*, given that a wider rollout has just begun of rapid weight loss drugs on the NHS. Worth finding out more before going on them, perhaps? (*Or perhaps not. Would have been even worse to only find out years down the line I suppose.) www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Guardian headline: Hundreds of weight loss and diabetes jab users report pancreas problems UK health officials launch study into side-effects of weight loss drugs after increased reports of acute pancreatitis
Kate Davison@queerstorian.bsky.social · last yr.

*RIDDLE FOR MEETING PROCEDURE NERDS* Without giving you the context, give me a *democratic* solution to this👇 A motion + 4 amendments are tabled at a union meeting. Instead of voting in the meeting they will be sent out to 3k members for electronic ballot. A decision must be reached within 3 days.

Kate Davison@queerstorian.bsky.social · last yr.

‘Kitchen said he wanted other Australians to be aware that “cleaning” their phones wouldn’t necessarily mean they would be able to get their Esta approved upon arrival in the US. “They had already prepared a file on me and already knew everything about me”.’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Australian deported from US says he was ‘targeted’ due to writing on pro-Palestine student protests

Alistair Kitchen says he was detained and questioned about views on Israel and Palestine before being deported from LA to Melbourne

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Alistair Kitchen@alistairkitchen.bsky.social · last yr.

They just came out and said it: “We both know why you’ve been detained…it’s because of what you wrote about the protests at Columbia”

Kate Davison@queerstorian.bsky.social · last yr.

Proud as punch to be quoted in this judgement describing AHF as ‘propaganda promoting hatred of trans women’ with ‘no academic merit’, full of statements that ‘are false, untrue, based on hearsay or anecdotal evidence, or use shoddy methodology that would fail a first year assignment’,

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Katy Montgomerie 🦗@katymontgomerie.com · last yr.

Some "Gender Critical" activists tried to sue people protesting against them screening an anti trans hate film. They LOST The judgement is crazy to read as they talk about me a lot in it! The GCs tried to argue that me giving a talk about all the hate I received from GCs made them feel...

UCU Edinburgh@ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · last yr.

Our branch stands firmly for trans inclusion and trans equality, and will not cease in protesting against discriminatory and inflammatory claims about trans people! www.ucu.org.uk/article/1404...

Employment Tribunal rejects claims University and College Union discriminated against members on grounds of their gender critical beliefs

The University and College Union has successfully defended claims against it in an Employment Tribunal from two UCU members who claim they had been discriminated against and harassed by the union beca...

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UCU Scotland@ucuscotland.bsky.social · last yr.

Employment Tribunal rejects claims UCU discriminated against members on grounds of their gender critical beliefs. Includes comment from UCU. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1404...

Employment Tribunal rejects claims University and College Union discriminated against members on grounds of their gender critical beliefs

The University and College Union has successfully defended claims against it in an Employment Tribunal from two UCU members who claim they had been discriminated against and harassed by the union beca...

ucu.org.uk

Gina Gwenffrewi@ginagwenffrewi.bsky.social · last yr.

This is a major victory for freedom of speech - against dehumanizing and degrading transphobic output. A key reason for the success appears to be the focus on protesting the materials rather than those that produced it. This verdict will require careful analysis over the coming weeks.

Kate Davison@queerstorian.bsky.social · last yr.

This is a massively symbolic victory, vindicating @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social’s 2022 & 2023 protests against the anti-trans propaganda film ‘Adult Human Female’ and exposing the film makers’ bad faith arguments that such protests amount to discrimination and harassment. #tradeunions4transrights 🏳️‍⚧️🚩

Gina Gwenffrewi@ginagwenffrewi.bsky.social · last yr.

Good news! UCU have won an employment tribunal against the directors of the film 'Adult Human Female,' who claimed UCU's protest against the screening of the film represented discrimination and harassment due to their GC beliefs. UCU press release here for details: www.ucu.org.uk/article/1404...

Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · last yr.

If they aren't transphobic, her fans wouldn't use them. Had someone put them up where I live. I guess she was just a mega fan of JK and not trying to intimidate me at all. These are the people who produced 'Adult Human Female'

Stickers saying ‘I love JK Rowling’ not transphobic, tribunal told The Daily Telegraph3 Apr 2025By Telegraph Reporter The stickers were spotted on the University of Edinburgh’s campus STICKERS saying “I love JK Rowling” were not a “dog whistle” for transphobia, a university professor has told an employment tribunal. Deirdre O’neill and Michael Wayne are suing the University and College Union (UCU) after its Edinburgh branch said their film Adult Human Female was an attack on transgender identity. The film challenges trans rights claims and provoked protests when they tried to show it at the University of Edinburgh, the tribunal heard. The academics said this was unlawful discrimination by the UCU against their belief that there are only two sexes. Yesterday, the tribunal heard that the film screening took place amid online reports about the discovery of “transphobic” stickers on the campus, including some saying, “I love JK Rowling”. Rowling, 59, has outspoken views on gender issues that have seen her called transphobic by activists, which she has denied. Although it was accepted that Mr Wayne, a professor at Brunel University, may not have been aware of the stickers, he was asked if he believed they could be a “dog whistle”. He replied: “So you’re saying that the author JK Rowling is what?” Tom Brown, for the UCU, said: “Professor Wayne, are you saying that you don’t appreciate that JK Rowling is a very well-known proponent of gender critical views?”