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Comedian refused to sign 'safe space contract'
"A comedian has turned down a gig at a university after being asked to sign a "behavioural agreement" first.
Konstantin Kisin was warned about a "no tolerance policy" on topics including racism, sexism and transphobia.
He was asked to perform at a gig at the School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS) in London, organised by university society Unicef on Campus.
The group has since apologised and the Students' Union says it "believes fully in freedom of speech".
Konstantin told Radio 1 Newsbeat the experience reflects a growing trend of free speech becoming stifled on university campuses across the UK."
For those who can't see the image, the full list of things he had to have a no tolerance stand up routine about was racism, sexism, classism, ageism, ableism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, xenophobia, islamophobia or anti-religion or anti-atheism.
"Still, he's certain that offence can be found in almost any comedian's set.
"If you choose to find offence then there's plenty of room to do so," he says.
"I didn't turn down this gig because I'm some racist, homophobic, xenophobic, ableist comedian. I turned down this gig because if you sign a contract like that, you're exposing yourself to someone's bad interpretation."
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