Transgender

Caitlin Kelly   On March 4th 2023, right-wing political commentator Michael Knowles spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington DC. He said that ‘transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely. The whole preposterous ideology’ adding that this would be ‘for the good of society.’ Whilst the...

It is difficult to make progressive social change under a Conservative government, where their whole ethos is about preserving the status quo. Under Theresa May’s government, this was set to change; plans had been made to allow transgender people to change their gender on their birth certificate without having...

After the incriminating death of George Floyd, Black Lives Matter protesters across the world have been continuing their calls to end racial inequality. Police brutality and white-sponsored violence are the areas gaining the most attention from the movement. But there’s a minority within the black community who are not...

Nottingham New Theatre’s production of Jon Britton’s Rotterdam is a bold, well-executed exploration of some of the rarely-seen difficulties faced by those in the gender transitioning process, as well as their loved ones. Backed by the Nottingham LGBTQ+ society, this play deals with sensitive and highly relevant social issues in...