Amendment to Governing Document AGD1201 

Motion to change the name of UCLU LGBT Forum & 
Officer to LGBT+ 


 



 

Proposer: 

Candice Ashmore-Harris 

Seconder: 

Laura Terry 

Passed: 

Union Council, 13 November 2012 



 

This Union Notes: 

 

1. That UCLU LGBT Forum held a Forum meeting on 18/5/12 at which members formally 
decided to change the name of the Forum to LGBT+ Forum. 
2. That since the 18/5/12 UCLU LGBT Forum have referred to themselves as UCLU LGBT+ 
Forum, including in all of their welcome publicity and events. 
3. That the UCLU LGBT Forum Guidance document ratified at a council meeting on 23/10/12 
makes numerous references to LGBT+ and contains a committee position for an Asexual 
Students’ Representative. 
4. That discussions have taken place at the most recent LGBT+ Forum meeting about further 
representation for other gender/sexual minority representation and it has been agreed that 
when the forum feels that this representation is needed amongst its members it will add 
positions accordingly. 
5. That numerous other University LGBT Societies/Associations/Forums across the UK are 
named LGBT+ including: Aberystwyth, Bristol1, Cardiff2, Edge Hill, Edinburgh, 
Hertfordshire, Liverpool, Roehampton, Southampton Solent, Surrey, Swansea, 
Wolverhampton. 


1 http://www.ubu.org.uk/activities/societies/LGBTplus/ 

2 www.cardifflgbtplus.co.uk/ 

 

This Union Believes: 

 

1. That UCLU Liberation Campaigns have the right to make their own decisions about what 
they are called. 
2. Explicitly including a + in the LGBT Forum and Officer title and job description makes the 
LGBT Forum more welcoming and inclusive to those who potentially need the most support 
and representation whilst still being searchable and easily identifiable. 


 

This Union Resolves: 

 

1. To change under Section 3 of the UCL Union Byelaws, under Forums 10 g. “LGBT Forum” 
to “LGBT+ Forum” 
2. To also change under Section 3 of the UCL Union Byelaws, under Forums 10 g. i. “Chaired 
by LGBT Officer, who shall define as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transexual.” to “Chaired by 
the LGBT+ Officer, who shall define as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans* and/or any other 
gender/sexual minority including but not limited to Asexual spectrum, Queer, Intersex” 
3. To further change under Section 3 of the UCL Union Byelaws, under Forums 10 g.iii. “Shall 
be a Forum for UCLU members to discuss issues affecting the LGBT community at UCL, 
as well as the Union’s policy and priorities that affect LGBT students.” to “Shall be a Forum 



for UCLU members to discuss issues affecting the LGBT+ community at UCL, as well as 
the Union’s policy and priorities that affect LGBT+ students.” 
4. To change Section 4 (Union Council), subsection "Composition", point q of the UCL Union 
byelaws from "LGBT" to "LGBT+" 
5. To change Section 8 (Union Officers), subsection C (Non-Sabbatical Officers), point 57 of 
the UCL Union byelaws from "LGBT Officer" to "LGBT+ Officer" and 57. a. from "Shall 
define as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Trans." to "Shall define as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, 
Trans* and/or any other gender/sexual minority including but not limited to Asexual 
spectrum, Queer, Intersex", 
6. To further change Section 8 (Union Officers), subsection C (Non-Sabbatical Officers), point 
57.b. through f. of the UCL Union byelaws from "LGBT" to "LGBT+" 
7. To amend under Section 9 (Elections), subsection 10, point b., of the UCL Union byelaws 
from "LGBT Officer" to "LGBT+ Officer" and section 10. b. i. from "Elected by students who 
self-define as LGBT" to "Elected by students who self-define as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, 
Trans* and/or any other gender/sexual minority including but not limited to Asexual 
spectrum, Queer, Intersex", 
8. To change the self-definition category in voting election for students' UCLU accounts from 
"Self-define: LGBT" to "Self-define: LGBT+". 
9. To amend the UCLU Website and all other UCLU documentation which concern the LGBT 
Forum or Officer to LGBT+ Forum within a reasonable time frame of this motion passing. 
10. To henceforth refer to the LGBT Forum and the LGBT Officer as the LGBT+ Forum and the 
LGBT+ Officer respectively. 


This Union Mandates: 

 

1. The Democracy and Communications Officer to ensure that resolves 1-9 are carried out. 
2. All Officers to carry out resolves 10.