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Image credit: AnonMoos [Note: this article contains mentions of ableism, sexual trauma, possible physical abuse and fractious family relationships. Due to the sensitive nature of issues discussed, the writer has chosen to remain anonymous.] My ‘discovery’ that I am asexual was oddly complicated. It is a surprisingly difficult matter for me to acknowledge because so much […]
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Image Credit: Ted Eytan [Note: contains detailed descriptions of transphobia] My parents buy The Times at home, which I will often flick through during the holidays. What I did not expect was what I shall term transphobia disguised as ‘legitimised bigotry’, which has become increasingly common in what I had previously regarded as a fine […]
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Image Credit: Lottie Hayton Here is a quick guide to some of the key LGBTQ+ groups in Oxford and how to get involved with their work. LGBTQ+ Society One of the biggest student societies in Oxford, being primarily a welfare and social society that supports and connects LGBTQ+ students across the University. The Society hosts […]
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Image Credit: MegaPixelStock Last week, on the 2nd of October, at the Conservative Party Conference, Prime Minister Theresa May announced that civil partnerships would no longer be limited to only same-sex couples. All couples, including mixed-sex ones, can now opt for a civil partnership instead of a marriage. The decision follows a high-profile case this […]
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Image Credit: Wikipedia The 11th of October was National Coming Out Day. It’s not ‘Coming Out Day,’ it’s ‘National Coming Out Day.’ That added word represents the way straight culture has stolen the day from the LGBTQ+ community. The well-intentioned epithet ‘National’ reflects the challenges queer people face because their sexual identity has become a […]
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Homophobia and transphobia are certainly not concepts known only to Britain. Whilst it is easy to see areas in which our Government does not act sufficiently in promoting the rights of LGBT+ people, one thing we can at least say with confidence is that they do not actively work against them. We are lucky as […]
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Are labels a useful way to identify, or an archaic way of preventing people to really explore their sexuality and gender identity? Having discomfort in your sexuality or experiencing gender dysphoria can be significantly damaging to an individual’s mental health. Labels can potentially provoke this if they force someone to try and find an identity […]
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Photocredit: Joe Mabel Janelle Monáe’s most recent album, ‘Dirty Computer’, released in late April, is a 48 minute extravaganza of queerness. Her album works as an ode to queerness and fluidity in terms of both gender and sexuality. Whilst Monáe isn’t the first singer to write and perform about being LGBT+ or LGBT+ experience, her […]
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The 10th International Transgender Day of Visibility took place on 31st March 2018. Established in 2009 by transgender activist Rachel Crandall, it is a celebration of the lives of those living in the transgender community, while also recognising that there is still work to be done to make transphobia and cissexism things of the past. […]
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There is a sense in Oxford that sexuality is no longer an issue – a kind of lull of apathy. Whilst people would be reluctant to say as such, and many LGBT+ people’s experiences prior to Oxford are ones of clear disadvantage, no one can deny that we have it better here where people are […]
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Until recently in the UK it was expected that one would meet a member of the opposite sex, fall in love, and get married before then starting a family. In a progressive 21st Century society, however, this stance is changing as social identities are rapidly evolving. Not only is it now social acceptable and legal […]
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