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A new zine has been launched for Oxford’s queer and trans* community. The Facebook manifesto for NoHeterOx** claims to “suspect the kind of quietist gay politics that instructs us to slip into the status quo with as little fuss as possible”. It also promises to “affirm the polymorphous perversity of our a/sexualities and seek to […]
Continue ReadingThe contrast between the university’s gilded youth and the homeless population of Oxford is perhaps at its most galling when clothes are involved. The romance of scholars in sub-fusc and well-heeled girls in ball gowns sits uncomfortably with the city’s ranking as the fourth worst place in the country for homelessness. Presented by Sarah Fan […]
Continue ReadingJane Cahill’s OUSU presidential campaign received a peculiar endorsement this week after a group of topless students launched a photoshoot in support of her bid. The male students, who describe themselves as members of Oxford’s “Gaytriarchy”, claim to be “abtivists” for the Jane4Change campaign. The shoot, taken in Christ Church, shows the group dressed in […]
Continue ReadingUniv has become the latest college to pass a motion supporting the flying of LGBT flags during LGBTQ History Month. Univ JCR noted: “It is LGBTQ History Month and this JCR wants to help our LGBTQ members celebrate and commemorate their history, to show our support for them.” The motion was one of many JCR […]
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