Ashley Reed
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Ashley Reed is a student at the University of York (UoY), transgender activist and blogger. She received some media attention after raising a petition on the parliament.uk website to allow people to self-define their gender.[1] She campaigns for legal recognition of non-binary gender identities, and spoke on them to a Select Committee in parliament.[2] In 2015, she made the 'ones to watch' section of the The Independent's "Rainbow List".[3]
University[edit]
As a first year student, Reed was elected to be a trans* convenor for the University of York Students Union (YUSU) LGBTQ Network at the UoY. In this role, she supported self-defining transgender students and helped run awareness campaigns. She ran for LGBTQ part-time officer but did not succeed in the election. She raised a petition asking the UK government to allow transgender people to self-define their gender.[1] At the beginning of her second year, Ashley organised a sex worker solidarity campaign at UoY which raised awareness of issues affecting sex workers, and conducted a survey which showed 1 in 16 student respondents had engaged in sex work.[4]
Over the spring vacation of her second year, Reed stood for election to the NUS LGBT+ Committee Women's Place. She was the most successful candidate, gaining the highest number of votes in the first round.[5]
Also over this break, Reed chose to step down from all elected positions within YUSU due to rising levels of harassment.[6]
Parliament[edit]
Reed was invited to speak on the inclusivity of non-binary identities and to argue for allowing self-definition, in front of the Women and Equalities Committee[2] at the House of Commons. In her evidence she advocated allowing 'x' markers on UK passports and pointed out flaws with the current gender recognition process.[2][7]
Media coverage[edit]
Reed has been featured in several media outlets, including university and national newspapers. She was included in the 'ones to watch' section of the 2015 Rainbow List.[8]
Several news sources mentioned her in articles following her evidence given to the Women and Equalities Committee.[1][7][9]
The news website Breitbart implied that Reed is a post-Marxist gender theorist, in relation to her being invited to speak to the Women and Equalities Select Committee.[10]
Reed was featured in a BBC Two clip regarding the release of the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee Transgender Equality Report, where she discussed her experiences growing up.[11]
Reed was heavily quoted in a York Vision article which discussed the rising levels of on-campus transphobia - written as a response to very open incidents following her election to the role of LGBTQ Officer.[12]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Vision, York. "Thousands back York student's transgender campaign | York Vision". York Vision. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Parliamentlive.tv". parliamentlive.tv. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
- ↑ "Rainbow List: 2015: Ones to watch". The Independent. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
- ↑ "Sex-Work-Infographic.pdf". DocDroid. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
- ↑ "Find out who was elected during LGBT+ conference 2016 @ NUS connect". www.nusconnect.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
- ↑ Vision, York. "Ashley Reed resigns as YUSU LGBTQ officer | York Vision". York Vision. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "6 reasons why the UK's gender laws are failing transgender people". PinkNews. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
- ↑ "Rainbow List: 2015: Ones to watch". The Independent. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
- ↑ "UK Parliament to hear case for introducing a legal 'third gender'". PinkNews. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
- ↑ "'Third Gender': Parliament Considers Enshrining Post-Marxist Gender Theory Into Law". Breitbart. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
- ↑ "Victoria Derbyshire on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
- ↑ Vision, York. "York Vision | The UK's most awarded student newspaper". York Vision. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
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