Newcastle University 'Rocks the Cist-em'

‘Rock the Cis-tem’ is a week long campaign running between the 11th – 17th November to challenge systematic oppression faced by trans and non-binary people. LGBT+ Liberation Officer, Tobias Cameron, the founder of the campaign wishes to 'highlight issues members in this community face and tackle them head-on to create a more accepting campus.' The […]

8th November 2019

‘Rock the Cis-tem’ is a week long campaign running between the 11th – 17th November to challenge systematic oppression faced by trans and non-binary people. LGBT+ Liberation Officer, Tobias Cameron, the founder of the campaign wishes to 'highlight issues members in this community face and tackle them head-on to create a more accepting campus.'

The campaign ‘Rock the Cis-tem’ refers to the notion of change and stepping outside the cis-normative narratives commonly portrayed in wider society such as gender-binary spaces and identities of 'male' and 'female'. Cameron commented 'the main aim of the campaign is to increase awareness, and push back societal pressure of what trans and non-binary people face. Whether from issues they face or stigma associated with their identities'.

This campaign week has scheduled events for people from both the community and campus-wide students yo attend, to 'increase awareness, educate, and gain an understanding of the issues faced by people within our student body.'

Let's support Tobias in creating a more inclusive and accepting campus by supporting this campaign and becoming more educated and respecting the pronouns people use as well as accepting their gender or non-gender conforming identities.