LGBT

It can be hard to believe that it was only 50 years ago that homosexual acts were decriminalised in England and Wales: this July marked the anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act. On this anniversary, Impact looks back at the lives of four men who altered the way gay...

Since YouTube’s emergence in 2006, the dynamic between YouTube and the LGBT+ community has always been an interesting one. On the one hand, the site proclaims to support and endorse LGBT+ content, yet, just this year, YouTube enabled censorship of some LGBT+ videos through a “restricted” filter. The new...

On Holocaust Memorial Day 2017, Dr. Max Biddulph launched the University of Nottingham’s LGBT+ History Month with a public lecture. This lecture explored the persecution of gay and bisexual men under the Nazi regime of the Third Reich, specifically focusing on their imprisonment in the camp at Sachsenhausen. In...

Coinciding with the positive results for the University’s campaign for gender neutral toilets, the high street brand have released a unisex denim collection this week, entitled Denim United. The look is relaxed and edgy, with a merging of typically masculine and feminine styles. The collection features shirts, dungarees, jeans...

The University of Nottingham’s Students’ Union (UoNSU) has today (20th March) passed a motion to provide at least one gender neutral toilet on all floors, with more than two gendered toilets on the same floor. A referendum opened on the 9th March, and closed with the SU elections on...

Chris Smith has been announced as the new LGBT+ Officer.  The total number of people that voted for this position was 836. “I’m glad RON didn’t win” This position was uncontested, meaning Chris secured the position after one round of voting with 777 votes. Talking to Impact, Chris said that...

Recently, the Students’ Union Council held a vote for the creation of gender neutral toilets on campus, but the notion failed to achieve a sufficient majority, marginalising students who do not identify as either male or female. A referendum is now going out to all UoN students, and votes...