Personal life

<p>Congratulations to Avery on winning 3 awards! The first one is the Opportunities for All Award for helping to break down barriers and make the Students’ Union a more inclusive place. Nominations specifically mentioned how she played an instrumental role in implementing a preferred name policy at UCLan, and her campaign to ban conversion therapy. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Happy International Women&#8217;s Day to ALL women out there. As a transwoman, this day often comes with personal conflict and a feeling of guilt, but it shouldn&#8217;t. Throughout my adult life and my discovery of my own gender identity, I have always loved to look into the history of the Suffrage movement and the strength [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Everyone has done their yearly roundup so here are my most important developments of 2023: • Started the second year of my course &#8211; transitioning from your first year at university to your second is never an easy feat with the rapid increase in workload and most importantly, the fact that this year counts to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Conversion therapy comprises practices aimed at changing an individual&#8217;s sexual orientation (gay conversion therapy) or gender identity (trans conversion therapy) and is widely condemned for its harm, relying on discredited methods that cause emotional trauma and mental health issues. Conversion therapy in the UK is cruel because it inflicts severe emotional and psychological harm on [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This year, your Trans* rep, Avery is campaigning to the University on their “preferred name policy&#8221;. Currently, UCLan systems such as class lists, e-mails, ID cards and university equipment use a student&#8217;s legal name, as opposed to their preferred name. Preferred names, or chosen names, are those commonly used by individuals as a way to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Conversion therapy, a harmful and discredited practice aimed at changing an individual&#8217;s sexual orientation or gender identity, continues to cast a dark shadow over the lives of LGBTQ+ individuals. In the United Kingdom, there is growing momentum to ban trans conversion therapy due to its devastating effects on transgender and gender-diverse people. This article explores [&hellip;]</p>