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| Posted by: | Michael Ixer | |
| Date/Time: | 30/04/26 16:17:00 |
Mr Hawkes I agree he does seem to fall at an interesting point on the LGBT+... spectrum. Your questions are probably best addressed to Oxford University? Perhaps he's a world leader in biochemistry? In that case his students and colleagues might accept his foibles? (I doubt he's there because he's a world class rower.) Are you suggesting he'd break the law by acting inappropriately with students, who in most cases are over 18 and adults rather than children, and I'm sure Oxford has strong safeguarding policies and processes? Wouldn't some people be watching for even the smallest transgressions like hawks? Back in the early 70s my mathematical analysis lecturer stood in front of a blackboard, facing it, mumbled inaudibly and wrote illegibly - although somehow we managed to pass! Someone with a quirky personality might have kept us awake, more enthused, and been more acceptable! :) Interesting that you mention the Jolly Farmer; around four (five?) decades ago I used to meet friends in the Jolly Gardner, Lacy Road, when it was a Fullers pub. There was another small group of men who met there, one who wore a women's dress and shoes. No one in the pub seemed bothered. (I think he looked quite feminine so possibly in an early stage of transitioning sex?) Wasn't our business, he wasn't harming anyone. Not like one occasion years ago in the Spotted Horse when some very drunk macho bloke in the got into an argument, broke a beer mug and was about to smash it into another guy's face until a woman with him talked him out of it ... he was far more scary than a man in a dress. Back to Oxford; I understood from my wife and female friends who were there, that there used to be an elderly doctor who had a dubious habit of saying "take your clothes off" even when they said "I've a pain in my hand"! It takes all sorts - and appearances can be deceptive ... |