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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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120 BPM opens with a weekly meeting of the AIDS activist group ACT UP-Paris on which the film centres. Sophie (Adèle Haenel), one of the lead organisers, introduces the group: ‘On est ACT UP-Paris’ (‘We’re ACT UP-Paris’). It’s strange to hear the name of the famous AIDS activist group in a French accent, a strangeness […]
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My college, Somerville, was recently in the national press for our initial failure, and then (to use a favourite phrase!) U-turn on the matter of gender neutral toilets. So when I saw Gavin Grimm was speaking at the Union, I knew I had to go. Grimm made headlines in the US and beyond when he […]
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When I saw that Jared O’Mara had been suspended from the Labour party I felt a rush of relief. My only wish was that it had happened even sooner. If we have learnt anything in the last few weeks, it is that women do not feel always safe; we do not feel safe in the workplace, we do not […]
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John is a second year English student at Wadham. He is involved with the Oxford drama scene; this term, he is directing random by debbie tucker green. “I think the drama scene at Oxford is quite queer. It feels like a comfortable space. I think the relevance of the arts to the queer community is […]
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There are a small proportion of students at Oxford who don’t like gay people, and an even smaller proportion who will admit it. Their views are straight-forward wrong, and they often end up being social outcasts because of them. But the vast majority of cis straight people also contribute to homophobia, only they do so […]
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The Oxstu investigates the lives of LGBT people in Oxford, one story at a time. Isabella is a second year at St Peter’s College. She first realised she was bisexual when she was young, and started coming out around two years ago. Being at Catholic school was probably one of the reasons I didn’t […]
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At its worst, liberation culture in Oxford revolves largely around social one-upmanship, and the LGBTQ+ community is particularly guilty of this. From Facebook shaming to real world side-eye, ‘calling out’ has been appropriated as a way to gain social capital and is now becoming a threat to mental health. It is undeniable that in […]
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Two Oxford councillors have come under heavy fire this week for comments insulting the LGBTQ community and the homeless. John Tanner, Labour Councillor for Littlemore, branded Oxford’s homeless “a disgrace”, while Julia Gasper, a parish councillor currently affiliated with the English Democrats and previously UKIP, posted a picture of Jimmy Savile to commemorate LGBTQ History […]
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A vigil was held last night outside the Radcliffe Camera to honour the victims of the Orlando attack, in which 49 people were killed. Hundreds of people gathered on the north side of Radcliffe Square for the event which began at 8.30pm. OUSU’s LGBTQ Campaign, who organised the event, handed out candles, whilst poems and […]
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Amidst news of Scarlett Johansson’s casting as Major Motoko in Ghost in the Shell, many news outlets took an opportunity to begin a productive discussion about the problem of whitewashing in Hollywood. Less discussed, however, is Hollywood’s similar problem with ‘straightwashing’. The old adage holds that to make it in Hollywood, one has to ‘play […]
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For our 6th week screening, here at Another Gaze we’re proud to present What Happened, Miss Simone. Liz Garbus’ acclaimed documentary details the life and times of one of the most iconic American singers and civil rights activists of our time. Exploring her life through archival footage, alongside interviews of her family, the documentary provides […]
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On 23 February, Dr Julia Gasper, a Somerville College alumna and noted anti-LGBTQ activist, engaged in a Twitter dispute with the Oxford University Social Sciences Division. In the online exchange, Gasper attacked the Bodleian Social Science Library (SSL) for tweeting a photo of various LGBTQ-related texts intended to demonstrate the department’s support for LGBT History Month, which is […]
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Oxford University’s LGBTQ Society has rejected a proposal to approach British Petroleum for sponsorship, following concerns from members over “unethical” elements of the corporation.
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A post on the online zine No HeterOx has opened up mass debate over issues within Oxford’s LGTBQ community. OUSU VP for Welfare and Equal Opportunities Chris Pike and OUSU LGTBQ Officer Jenny Walker were among those active in the discussion.
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