Identities

Over the course of our graduating students' time at the College issues of identity have been at the foreground of public discussion. The murders of George Floyd and Sarah Everard brought about protests which instigated international support for the Black Lives Matter movement and highlighted the continued violence women face at the hands of men. Scrapped reforms to the UK’s Gender Recognition Act kept the decision on trans individuals identity in the hands of cis-gendered individuals. Social isolation throughout the pandemic has worked against the needs of the working class who cannot simply 'work from home'.