Students at Leeds University demand staff include their gender pronouns when introducing themselves at meetings

Students and staff at Leeds University have demanded senior staff introduce themselves with gender pronouns in meetings.

They signed a letter insisting the university's vice-chancellor Simone Buitendijk also includes her pronouns in email signatures to show solidarity with the transgender community.

LGBT staff and student groups accused the university of having 'a deeply entrenched culture of transphobia' in the letter sent in August — a month before Ms Buitendijk took up the job. It called on her to 'rapidly address and effectively rectify the current discriminatory situation'.

And it accused the university of being 'a hostile environment for trans staff and students', according to The Times, a claim the university denies.

The letter accused the university of storing transgender people's 'dead names' — their pre-transition names — in computer systems.

They called for 'a culture which encourages the sharing of pronouns when, for example, in meetings and seminars'.

The university said: 'We strongly deny the assertion that we have created a "hostile environment" for transgender staff and students, but recognise that we need to do more to alleviate concerns that have been put to us and are working with our community to do so.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10147331/Leeds-University-students-demand-gender-pronouns-meetings.html

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Native American groups blast Braves' name and 'racist' tomahawk chop chant as World Series goes to Atlanta

Indigenous peoples advocacy groups are ramping up accusations of racism over the Braves' name and 'tomahawk chop' chant as the World Series moves to Atlanta this weekend after Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred defended both by citing support from southeastern Native American communities.

'The name ''Braves,'' the tomahawk adorning the team's uniform, and the ''tomahawk chop'' that the team exhorts its fans to perform at home games are meant to depict and caricature not just one tribal community but all Native people, and that is certainly how baseball fans and Native people everywhere interpret them,' National Congress of American Indians President Fawn Sharp said in a statement on Wednesday.

'In our discussions with the Atlanta Braves, we have repeatedly and unequivocally made our position clear -- Native people are not mascots, and degrading rituals like the 'tomahawk chop' that dehumanize and harm us have no place in American society,' Scott added.

The Braves are among the last holdouts using Native American branding in professional sports after both the Washington Football Team (nee: Redskins) and the Cleveland Guardians (nee: Indians) agreed to change their names in 2020.

Previously, in July of 2020, Braves Chairman Terry McGuirk and team president Derek Schiller said they spoke with various leaders from the Eastern Band of Cherokees, based in North Carolina, who remained in favor the name and chant.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10145273/Native-American-groups-blast-Braves-racist-tomahawk-chop-chant-World-Series-goes-Atlanta.html

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