WAMGO Update #2

It's been a while since my last update, so here's a quick run through of what I've been up to over the past month...

1.

This is the poster for Love Your Body week which was last week. Bar the Let's Talk About Porn which was organized by our Sabb officer Sidonie Bertrand-Shelton, these were all events I put together to try and get us talking about and thinking about body image a bit more. You can read about what we talked about in the Let's Talk About Body Image here, and pick up one of the zines we made from upstairs in the SU!

2. Gym Introductions and Self Defense. No I haven't forgotten these are on my manifesto, I've got a sign up sheet for women-only gym inductions here, which we'll be organising once we've got enough sign-ups. I've also been starting to talk to RHUL sports clubs about organising self defense classes for womena and marginalised genders. Hopefully we'll be getting lots of these next term, and set them up so they carry on after my year is over! Pretty soon I should be able to give you a list of gym classes with female instructors too.

3.

Campus connect currently only has 2 gender options. As of next year a third option will be added! I'm sorry it couldn't happen this year but it's a lot to change the system half way through.


4.

So the LGBT+ Officers have been getting the college to get some more gender neutral toilets. I thought it would be great if we a) help people understand why we need them and b) make sure people aren't judgemental of others in the meantime. This brilliant poster from University of Bristol LGBT+ Society is something we're hoping to replicate. As well as this we've been designing posters for outside the Gender Neutral Toilet in the SU.

 5.

 Liberation Station has been going well! I've been helping out with shows and this week we're discussing topics to do with SHAG week, specifically Virginity and LGBT+ issues.


6. Sub-Committee! This last GM I had a Sub Committee elected! You'll be hearing lots more about them over the coming months and hopefully meet them at the next few event. We've already got a lot of stuff planned for the future and set up this page to tackle Sexism on campus.

Upcoming Events

Transgender Awareness Week
This week may be SHAG week but it's also Transgender awareness week. We have stickers available from either me or the LGBT+ Committee.

SHAG Week
As I mentioned it's also SHAG week. I was busy on Friday helping to pack bags which you can pick up from the SU reception.

Everything going on can be found on this poster:

Reclaim the Night

This Saturday is Reclaim the Night in London and RHUL are travelling up together from Egham. For more details join this event page: and for information on the event as a whole see this.

16 Days of Activism #ReclaimYourCampus
This will run from 25th November to 10th December, watch this space for more details!