We are proud of the diversity of our membership, and the inclusive, supportive attitude that the vast majority of students approach one another with when they join UEA – it’s truly one of best things about this University. Unfortunately it’s come to our attention that stickers have been distributed around our campus that carry transphobic messages – we want to be clear that this sort of behaviour is contrary to our beliefs as a Students’ Union. Over the past three years our Never OK work has promoted our zero tolerance approach to any kind of transphobic language or behaviours; we are very clear about this - we’d encourage any students that witness or experience transphobia to report it via the Never OK reporting tool: https://portal.uea.ac.uk/neverok
At this point in time it’s unclear who is distributing this material but we have alerted security – please don’t attempt to remove the stickers yourself, simply take a picture of its location and make security aware via [email protected].
If you feel affected by the issues raised please do contact the Student Support Service to arrange an appointment, you can find more details here: https://portal.uea.ac.uk/student-support-service
uea(su) is an organisation that wants everyone to feel welcome, respected and a part of our community – we will not stand by as members of our community are targeted in such an aggressive way.
Written by Liam Deary (LGBT+ Officer - Open Place), Jim Read (LGBT+ Officer - Trans & Non-Binary), Amy Atkinson (Women+ Officer)