COMMENT | My worst day of school was always the “first day back”
First days always fill me with dread.
Students singing ‘fagg*t’ from Fairytale Of New York is disturbing
A video of students at a Birmingham university singing along to ‘Fairytale of New York’, but only knowing the lines including the homophobic slur “faggot” has gone viral.
This university asked a comedian to sign a “behavioural agreement” contract
The full list of banned topics listed by the organisers were “racism, sexism, classism, ageism, ableism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, xenophobia, Islamophobia or anti-religion or anti-atheism”.
Southampton student union president resigns after 21,000 people sign petition for her to go
A student union president who threatened to remove or destroy a world war one memorial which depicts only white men has resigned from her position. Over 21,000 people signed a […]
A whopping number of students will get an STI in their first year
A quarter of all students in the UK will contract an STI in their first year.
Here’s Why Wales’ LGBT Sexual Education is Important
Having lived and grown up in Wales my whole life, sexual education during secondary school was a massive let down, not only for me and my LGBT peers past and present, but also the straight community…
Tory MPs blasts questionnaire asking pupils if they’re happy with their gender
Asking a child what they feel about their gender described as “deeply destabilising” by straight, cis Conservative MPs. Two Conservative MPs have blasted a move by the NHS in Lancashire, […]
Got into University? Here’s 17 things you need to know for FRESHERS WEEK
With the new Uni year just a little over a month away, we asked our readers what they wished they had known before embarking on the emotional roller coaster FRESHERS […]
Five things you should keep in mind after you get your A Level results
Now the hard work is over, here are five things to remember to do once you’ve finished your A-Levels. 1. Don’t be pressured into anything. When I was doing […]
University bans the word Homosexual
Cardiff Metropolitan university has issued its staff and students with guidance banning the word “homosexual”. The Cardiff Metropolitan University has told its 1,200 staff and over 11,000 students that the […]
Absence of gay sex ed by Government continues to cement “stigma, self-doubt, confusion and bullying”
The government has announced plans to make sex education compulsory in all schools in England, however, they’ve failed to mention LGBT+ issues which critics say is letting LGBT+ children down […]