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...
1st February 2023
When will J.K. Rowling’s publishers let her go? From Amnesty International researcher, to struggling writer, to multi-millionaire best-seller, to anti-trans activist, J.K. Rowling has written some pretty influential pieces in her time. After The Philosopher’s Stone was originally rejected by a number of publishers, the large independent indie press Bloomsbury took a chance on Rowling ...
20th September 2022
The University needs to reach out to its LGBTQ+ community to ensure they feel safe on campus. In May 2021 The Glasgow Guardian urged the University to do more to eliminate gender-based violence through improving student safety on campus. Since then, a mandatory gender based violence course has been established on Moodle, but there is ...
2nd March 2021
One writer discusses some of the institutional barriers faced by trans people in the UK. Transphobia exists in many forms. It can be deliberate, demonstrated through bullying, abuse, and violence, or it can be indirect, ingrained in institutions such as the NHS, universities, schools, and the police. Stonewall, a UK LGBTQ+ charity, report that 42% ...
