10/05/22

minutes (10/05/22) 

LGBT+ Association Meeting

Date: 10/05/22

Time: 7pm

Location: Online

ATTENDEES

Members

  1. Mal

  2. Keir

  3. Caity

  4. Ainsleigh 

  5. Amanda 

Apologies

  1. Ash

  2. Nicol

  3. Peter 

  4. Kirsty 

  5. Ellie

  6. Alicia  

  7. Grace


ORDERS OF BUSINESS

CAMPAIGNS UPDATE

  • Caitlin had meeting with Ellie to discuss plans for the last term or things that can be carried forward to next year

  • they want to compile a leaflet to give to college to give to freshers week for resources for things like those who have not been accepted at home and signpost for support in the college 

  • we have resources from past year freshers and frep resource packs that can be forwarded on to Caitlin and Ellie 

  • want to do a lgbt+ acceptance training similar to the anti-racism training that happened recently

  • to put together something that can be rolled out in colleges, the content ideas are things like how to manage religious beliefs while still being accepting, the plans now are still vague but this is the general idea 

END OF TERM EVENT UPDATE

  • tabled to next meeting

SIGNING STATEMENT

  • seems pretty unanimous in support of signing it

  • highlighting the fact that the uni hasn’t done more to protect students and the point is not to call out lecturers, supportive of the strikes but not supportive of 

  • the people heading this might put together something about how minorities are more severely affected

  • Mal may put tgt something for how it affects queer students

  • any issues drop Mal a message