The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance london
The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance
An elite music college has been forced to issue an apology after telling students to 'report' women who oppose transgender ideology.

The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP) put up a sign claiming female students who wanted single-sex spaces were 'transphobic'.

It said there was a 'zero-tolerance' approach to 'Terfs' - a derogatory term which stands for 'trans-exclusionary radical feminists'. And it included a QR code so that students could use their smartphones to report such women to an official university complaints website.

Maya Forstater
Maya Forstater
The ICMP offers degrees in the music business and alumni have gone on to work with artists including Stormzy, One Direction and Radiohead. The sign appeared on a television screen at the college's north London campus this term and was shared yesterday on social media, prompting a backlash.

Maya Forstater, of campaign group Sex Matters, said: 'Staff or students at ICMP who face harassment because of your gender-critical views: Put this on page one of your tribunal bundle.' Simon Fanshawe, a Stonewall co-founder who is now critical of some in the trans lobby, called it 'an affront to academic freedom and the exchange of ideas'.


The ICMP has now removed the sign and yesterday issued an apology from chief executive Paul Kirkham on its website, admitting 'we got it wrong'.