‘No Straights Allowed’ – Students Lobby for LGBT-Only Accommodation
By Virginia Hale, Breitbart:
Students across the UK are campaigning for “LGBT-only” accommodation in order to escape “victimisation” at the hands of their heterosexual peers.
The National Union of Students’ (NUS) lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) campaign is set to highlight discrimination against LGBT students in halls of residence and issue guidance that will recommend segregated housing be made available.
At Birmingham University first year students already have the option of being housed away from straight classmates, which proponents of the idea say helps LGBT people avoid “homophobia, biphobia and transphobia” from their flatmates.
Students at the University of York and at the Preston-based University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) are among those calling for flats in halls of residence to be allocated on an LGBT-only basis.
UCLan student James Hofmann said moving to university is a difficult time for any student but is “especially difficult for LGBT students who could be potentially moving into a dangerous environment”.
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