'Let's dance! Put on your red shoes and dance the blues.'
David Bowie - Let's Dance
So, welcome to my officer blog. On my old blog I always started each post with a vaguely appropriate song lyric or quote. Don't get confused, that's meant to be there.
Oh, yeah, did I mention there was a bar crawl? Did I also mention it was the biggest event in recent uni memory for both the LGBTQ and Liberal Democrats? Did I mention all the proceeds go towards a campaign to combat Homophobia is halls; a campaign both developed and voted on by LGBTQ students? Did I mention that the woman who kicked this off isn’t even LGBTQ? Isn’t that just a little bit extraordinary? Guild Councillors, Executive committee, all students at Birmingham, I invite you to tip your hats to Elaine Bagshaw. I invite you to doff your cap to Emma O’Dwyer. I have no more hat based compliments.
What happened on the night of the 29th November 2007 was an amazing blend of social activity, liberation intentions and student inclusion. I said on that bloody awful poster of me that all students should want to care about liberation, and there’s proof in these images. That makes me so happy as a student officer you have no idea.
Still, the event was not without incident, one participant was spat at on the bus, just because the word ‘gay’ was on her T-Shirt. There is a reason we have liberation officers, a reason we lend time and importance to these campaigns. Hate crime still happens, bullying still happens, discrimination still happens. I won’t be satisfied until it stops and neither should you be.
What happened on the night of the 29th November 2007 was an amazing blend of social activity, liberation intentions and student inclusion. I said on that bloody awful poster of me that all students should want to care about liberation, and there’s proof in these images. That makes me so happy as a student officer you have no idea.
Still, the event was not without incident, one participant was spat at on the bus, just because the word ‘gay’ was on her T-Shirt. There is a reason we have liberation officers, a reason we lend time and importance to these campaigns. Hate crime still happens, bullying still happens, discrimination still happens. I won’t be satisfied until it stops and neither should you be.
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