In response to the government’s decision to ban the prescription of puberty blockers to under-18s with gender dysphoria indefinitely, NUS UK Vice President for Liberation and Equality, Saranya Thambirajah, said:

NUS has been campaigning against the use of NDAs in cases of sexual violence in universities for 7 years. 

A message to trans and non-binary students from NUS UK Vice President, Nehaal Bajwa, and NUS Scotland President, Ellie Gomersall.

Celebrating Our Sisters

For me, Black History Month is a time to reflect, a time to educate myself further, but also (and maybe even most importantly in my eyes) celebrate Black culture. I have often found that when it comes to BHM a lot of people and/or organisations focus heavily on the reflection and education aspects and not so much on the celebratory aspect. For many years BHM was reduced to slavery, Jim Crow and Segregation with imagery centring around chains and resistance fists with dark and dreary colour palettes. While it would be amiss for me to say that these things are not of importance, these things do not comprise the sum of Black history. There is truly so much more to Black history that should be celebrated: historical events, contributions to art, life and culture and just generally expressing Black joy.