Bee Hughes LGBT+

UCU NEC elections: 
Vote Bee Hughes for LGBT+ Members

Elect Bee Hughes for LGBT+ Rep HE

I’m a Senior Lecturer in media and cultural studies at LJMU. I work daily with the importance and politics of representation – and how these can be used as tools of oppression. I specialise in gender and queer studies, and take this through my teaching, research, and extra-curricular activities, e.g. through a paid internship for queerstudents to develop a sense of community within our School. I help organise and steward Liverpool Trans Pride and other city-wide events.

I’m standing for election as your representative for LGBT+ members in HE because I want to fight for liberation for all. 

That means fighting for the climate and ending austerity, for freedom from racism, and to fight to end genocide and war.

That means supporting our trans and gender non-conforming siblings,
fighting for the climate and ending austerity, for freedom from racism, and
to fight to end genocide and war. UCU must oppose all forms of oppression
and discrimination. We need to defend bodily autonomy and reproductive
rights. As a queer trans/non-binary person I understand the difficulties and
joys that come with being LGBT+.

As a white person with a relatively well-paid and secure job, I have a
responsibility to fight for those who face multiple and different forms of
oppression – often with added layers of precarity in their lives from
employment to housing and visa status. I will always approach my work
through an intersectional lens – nobody is liberated until we all are.

UCU need to defend education and conditions of the education workforce. All
UCU members need secure employment, manageable workloads and better
pay levels, and secure pensions in retirement.

Branch:

  • organiser (2019-20)
  • chair (2020-24)
  • co-lead negotiator (2020 -)
  • secretary (2024 -)
  • caseworker (2022-) consulting on new trans and non-binary policy to support and protect our staff and students, winning development of Organisational Stress Risk
    Assessment, getting employer to divest from Barclays.

Region:

  • Delegate to NW Regional Committee
  • member of the Regional Executive & LGBT+ Officer.
  • UK-wide:
  • LGBT+ HE Rep to NEC (2021-23)
  • LGBT+ members’ committee (2021-present) serving as Chair and Vice Chair.
  • Chair of LGBT+ Members Conferences and LGBT+ Research Conference.
  • Conduct of Members Committee (2024-)
  • Appeals Panel (2023-2024)
  • Contributed to delivery of UCU CPD including LGBT+ Language in Use
  • Chair / speaker at multiple member and public facing webinars.
  • UC LGBT+ conference delegate and delegation lead.

I’m a member of UCU Left and I’m committed to opening spaces for
discussion and debate, and ensuring our union structures enact the
decisions our members make. We can’t make decisions on policy and
strategy in silos. We need to meet as branches, regions, sectors, and across
these structures to develop solidarity and collective work.
Please vote for me so I can bring my experience and commitment to the role
and work with you to support LGBT+ members across UCU.

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