Oxford University Caves to LGBTQI
Oxford University students will no longer have to wear gender-specific academic clothing after concerns it was unfair to the transgender community.
It will mean men can attend formal occasions in skirts and stockings and women in suits and bow ties.
The new rules come after a motion by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer society (LGBTQ Soc) was passed by the students’ union earlier this year.
The changes, to start from 4 August, have now been agreed by the university.
Jess Pumphrey, LGBTQ officer, said the change would make a number of students’ exam experience significantly less stressful.
Under the old laws on academic clothing - known as subfusc - male students were required to wear a dark suit and socks, black shoes, a white bow tie and a plain white shirt and collar under their black gowns.
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Argh. Liberalism at it’s very best (worst).
[1] Posted by B. Hunter on 7-30-2012 at 12:20 PM · [top]
All this for an activist group that claims to represent a demographic which we know to be 2% of the population. No wonder foreign terrorists think the West is gutless and weak.
[2] Posted by All-Is-True on 7-30-2012 at 12:37 PM · [top]
They need another category for nudists. Not everyone enjoys wearing clothing to exams, after all.
So, Oxford has an LGBTQ officer. I’ll bet his/her/its office looks rather interesting.
[3] Posted by Ralph on 7-30-2012 at 02:14 PM · [top]
Please tell me this is a story from The Onion.
[4] Posted by flaanglican on 7-30-2012 at 02:41 PM · [top]
It was possible to take this august institution seriously, once.
[5] Posted by MichaelA on 7-31-2012 at 12:08 AM · [top]
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