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“A slap in the face to trans students”: Peter Tatchell pulls out of Union pride debate in protest

Peter Tatchell, well-known political activist and LGBTQ+ rights campaigner, has pulled out of tonight’s Oxford Union debate in protest against the Union’s decision to...

OURFC condemns Rugby Football Union’s ‘trans ban’

The Oxford University Rugby Football club has released a statement condemning the decision of the Rugby Football Union Council to imposed a on ban...

THE NAME GAME: A personal reflection on the ‘transtrenderism’ trend

"It’s taken a while, but I’m slowly coming to terms with the idea that even if I do change my mind in the end, there is nothing inherently wrong with taking the time to explore one’s identity."

On the right to privacy

When I was asked to write this piece I initially refused. I refused because now, five years since my first Gender Identity Clinic (GIC)...

Matt Hancock challenged by Oxford student over trans healthcare

Mr Hancock was at Mansfield College for the G7 health summit, when a student challenged him over the long delays experienced by trans people trying to access support.

Union speaker described as denying “autistic trans people – and autistic people as a whole – agency over their lives”

LGBTQ+ Campaign says "her positions are unequivocally transphobic" and "the point in inviting her is for the Union to excite controversy" .

Oxford SU LGBTQ+ Campaign publish open letter in response to University’s Woman’s Place UK payment

"We believe that the University’s involvement with WPUK demonstrates that it neither cares for nor respects its trans students."

Oxford SU LGBTQ Campaign responds to Graham Linehan’s Union invitation and cancellation

“These events are an inevitable result of the Union's commitment to causing controversy rather than encouraging debate. The society has acted with poor judgement both in inviting Mr Linehan and in choosing to revoke that invitation, thereby opening themselves to the same accusations of 'cancel culture' they had originally sought to discuss."

“Trans-exclusionary” group Woman’s Place UK received £20,000 “consultancy fee” from University

The project's first report, Sex and the Census, concludes that "the demands of groups which claim to represent the interests of the trans community have been privileged to the detriment of women"

Bodyguards for TERF professor

An Oxford professor has been provided security by the University over fears she may face physical violence and intimidation from trans rights activists. Selina...

Merton College to host “homophobic” RZIM conference for third time

Merton College will once again host the Ravi Zacharias International Ministries’ Summer School this year, it has been announced. The conference is hosted by...

Uni has ‘systematically failed to listen’ to trans students

The report found that 65% of transgender students believed the University had a “negative” or “very negative” effect on their mental health

Liberation groups condemn HistorySoc’s invite of Jenni Murray

They called on the society to publicly condemn her views and cancel the event

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