Juliette Rowsell, The Gryphon’s Digital Associate, gives herself a break from website headaches, reviewing Kate O’Donnell’s bare-all performance in her play, You’ve Changed. In 2003, Coronation Street featured its first gay kiss. It is also the […]
Louis Vuitton Model Teddy Quinlivan comes out as transgender at New York Fashion Week
In an exclusive CNN interview, 23-year-old model Teddy Quinlivan has announced her transgender identity at the finale of New York Fashion Week. Quinlivan’s modelling career rocketed after appearing in a Louis Vuitton show two years […]
The fight for equality (literally)
Whilst the LGBTQ community have overcome many challenges in the fight for equality it is clear that the struggle is far from over. After the recent news of a transgender teen being forced to compete […]
Campus Watch: Trump administration attacks students’ transgender rights on campuses across the nation
The Trump administration has withdrawn federal guidance which gives transgender students access to bathrooms which match their gender identity. The move could give many schools an excuse to restrict trans rights. The Obama administration issued […]
The politics of peeing
In an unsurprising turn of events last week, Donald Trump rescinded truly basic federal guidance which protected the most rudimentary needs of transgender youth. This guidance was issued only last year by Obama, and required […]
Vigil for lives lost to trans hate
Students gather to commemorate those killed as a result of transphobic violence and hate. On Monday evening, a group of people (many drenched, some holding lanterns) filled the foyer of the University’s Union to take […]
Transgender Day of Remembrance in LUU
November the 21st marks Trans Day of Remembrance. 2016 has been the deadliest year on record for trans people, and in particular trans women of colour, as many have been unlawfully killed. At 5.30pm, the […]
Transforming the Media…
The Gryphon explores transgender representation in the media and the work that still needs to be done. Before the sixties, few, if any, films had been made about transgender people. However, with the recent release […]
Fighting For Change: Charlie Craggs
In the last year, the fashion industry has seen great improvements when it comes to representing diversity – or should we say reality. The presence of transgender models such as Hari Nef, Geena Rocero and […]
The Transgender Revolution: The Industry’s Duty to Challenge Tradition
For anyone who has ever shopped on the high street, online or in a catalogue (if they still exist), you will know that ‘menswear’ and ‘womenswear’ are neatly divided and noticeably disparate. As shoppers, we […]
For a trans* student, even going to the toilet is a tricky chore
By Sarah Noble Quick question: do you know where the gender neutral toilet in the union is? It wouldn’t surprise me if you said you didn’t. It’s further along the corridor from the ground floor […]
Transgender student shoved out of Union toilets
A transgender student has been verbally abused and pushed out of the Union’s female toilets. The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning, during Fruity. Alexis, a Microbiology student who is currently […]