In a Crowd Justice fundraiser for legal fees, Gadow said that a "core theme" of "liberating the curriculum" was formed in order to push these political ideologies into the law degree program.
She said, "Criminal law tutors were told that to ‘liberate the curriculum’, our classes now had to introduce diverse gender identities and teach students to use offenders’ preferred pronouns."
Gadow said she at one point "questioned if incorporating gender identity theory might be an unnecessary distraction or even unwise." She added that she "described gender theory as hotly contested, and as recently developed in wealthy Western countries. I pointed out that (not) believing in gender identity is a protected religious or philosophical belief under the Equality Act 2010, and said law tutorials are no place to promote one's beliefs."
She noted to the school: "A criminal lawyer’s role is to present facts, that sex is a relevant fact for offenses involving perpetrators’ and/or victims’ bodies, and that no offender should be allowed to dictate the language of his case in a way which masks relevant facts."
For raising these questions to clarify how she was going to be expected to teach her class, Gadow says she was given no answers until they were cited as reasons for why she was being fired months later. She noted that the managers alleged her "‘unreasonable questions’ had created an environment which ‘isn’t inclusive, trans-friendly or respectful’, thus violating the transgender staff policy and codes of conduct."
Gadow noted that she went on to realize that some treated pedophilia "as part of the ‘diverse sexualities and gender identities’ Open University law teaching now seeks to ‘centre’" when an assignment had students "discuss a relationship between an adult and a minor."
"Students would gain marks by describing child and adult as each other’s ‘boyfriends’, but lose marks if they considered whether the adult was grooming the child or committing a sexual offense," she explained.
She concluded by saying that those who sought to change the curriculum said her questions made them " feel undermined, harassed, bullied, and reputationally damaged."
Gadow is attempting to raise a total of £250,000 total for legal fees, as she launches a legal claim with the Employment Tribunal for "being unfairly dismissed, harassed, and discriminated against" because she "reject[s] gender ideology" and believes "in academic freedom."
Researcher Dr. Kathleen Stock said about the case, "This is a very important case, with potentially far-reaching repercussions for the University sector." She added, "It demonstrates the link between highly ideological, terminologically vague Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion policies - which are rife across the sector - and acts of discrimination against University members for their lawful beliefs."
Stock added that it also "shows how University pedagogy is being unreasonably constrained by a narrow set of shallow ideas, high on emotion and low on evidence, at the behest of activist groups."
