11th October 2023
The Glasgow Guardian stands with UofG’s trans community amongst increasingly vitriolic public discourse In the past week, headlines have been dominated by successive government representatives making increasingly provocative and aggressive overtures about trans people. From Rishi Sunak declaring base level transphobia as “common sense” at Conservative party conference, to Steve B...
10th April 2023
A University of Glasgow student seeking asylum is currently involved in a legal battle against the Home Office. Lorelai Patanik (25) was denied her right to work and, later, her asylum claim in late 2022. The Home Office sent a statement of refusal against Lorelai’s asylum application on 16 December 2022, which it based on ...
27th March 2023
The Glasgow Guardian chats to two young independent film professionals about representation, accessibility and content creation. Based in Glasgow, but originally from Brazil and the Basque country respectively, Indigo Korres and Leo Torre have just launched Changing the Frame, a podcast highlighting the experiences of trans and non-binary people within the film industry. Indigo specialises ...
11th March 2023
Lee Grant’s documentary, including footage with Christine Jorgensen – the first person to undergo gender reassignment surgery – is shamefully important over thirty years after its release. Were it not for their gender, most of the people interviewed in What Sex Am I? would make pretty boring subjects. A former PE teacher and a computer ...
13th March 2022
In conversation with trampoline club captain Hollie Fullerton, the student driving a campaign for LGBTQ+ and unisex representation in sport. For several years, transgender and non-binary athletes have been at the heart of sporting debates and have become political lightning rods in a sex-segregated sporting world. Amid all this controversy and unrest, Glasgow University Sports ...
