Following months of protests, legal challenges and more than 100 amendments, the Scottish Parliament voted on Thursday (December 22nd) in favour of the Gender Recognition Act. The Act, which passed by a margin of 86 to 39, removes the requirement for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria for a trans person to acquire a gender […]
Jaime Prada (they/them) is the current Trans and Non-Binary Liberation Officer at Edinburgh University Students’ Association. They are running to be the next LGBT+ Officer. The Student interviewed Jaime about their campaign. Why are you running to be the next LGBT+ Officer? I am running to be the LGBT+ Liberation Officer because I believe our community […]
CW: trans and non-binary discrimination, murder, suicide Friday the 19th of November marked Transgender Day of Remembrance when the lives of those lost to transphobic discrimination and violence were honoured. The University of Edinburgh’s Trans and Non-Binary Campaign along with other University-based queer groups joined together to host a vigil in Bristo Square to remember […]
The fourth and final of a series of discussions held by the University of Edinburgh’s Rector Debora Kayembe took place on Thursday 14 October in New College. Under the watchful eye of alumni paintings adorning the walls of Rainy Hall, discussions have taken place throughout the past four weeks regarding freedom of expression, diversity, decolonisation […]