Who are we?

SEEN in the Arts

We are a network committed to promoting sex equality and equity in the Arts Sector.

SEEN in the Arts members believe in the material reality of sex.

We believe that biological sex should not be conflated with or replaced by concepts of gender or gender identity. This is a protected belief (covered by the protected characteristic of religion and belief in the Equality Act 2010).

We believe in diversity of thought and freedom of expression. A robust culture of debate, discussion and constructive critique is central to the health and vitality of the arts.

We believe that everyone in the arts should be able to express legally-held views on sex and gender free from fear, harassment, discrimination and negative consequences.

We believe that programming should take account of audience diversity and ideological balance.

Members of SEEN in the Arts work in the arts, across the UK.

We welcome all arts practitioners whether you work freelance or in an organisation. Including artists and creative producers, students, arts journalists and people who work in galleries, museums, heritage organisations, theatre, music.

There may be overlap with other SEENs - Listed in SEEN Elsewhere

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We’re delighted to become part of a national SEEN network, which is inspiring like-minded associations across a range of sectors, public and private. We very much hope the trend will continue until all sectors and workplaces offer ways for gender critical and sex realist staff to convene, discuss concerns and share best practice.

A list of all current Sex Equality and Equity Networks (or similar) that we are aware of is listed here https://seen-network.uk/other-seens/ . We should be clear that the other networks and groups are fully independent and autonomous initiatives, though broadly equivalent to SEEN in Arts in terms of their goals.