Visitors are reminded throughout of the deeply oppressed people who live among us: a group apparently known as “the queers”.

Not me, thanks. Let's drop the Q, please. And add back the real Q, for those who need it: "questioning".

A plaque informs the curious that a 2018 report by the Student Union LGBTQ+ campaign found that “98 per cent of University of Oxford trans students have mental health problems”. Looking at the unhinged scribbles covering a sizeable portion of the exhibition, this does not come as a surprise.

Lul.

“My cuddly gosling comes with me when I feel vulnerable, and keeps me safe from my own criticism. When I came to Oxford as a queer working-class person, I experienced a chasm of identity separating me from others.”

I like to think that my differences from the people around me are a source of interesting conversation and provide a chance for me to consider new perspectives.

edit: I love this article so much, lol:

The presumed white-cis-heteronormative scum visiting are then treated to some nuggets of wisdom about the experience of trans people of colour who “come under closer scrutiny than their white siblings” and therefore “may not receive social validation of their gender or transness”. Mystifyingly, the exhibit accompanying this text is a Beastie Boys band t-shirt with a “Happy Birthday” badge. The uneducated are further informed that for the queer-identified “the greatest freedom of expression” can come from “non-gendered items” like “hair dye or tattoos” — doing little to assuage the suspicion that identifying as queer might be a fashion for the over-privileged and under-occupied.

Oh, I just realized Jo Bartosch wrote this article. No wonder it's so good. :)