Gender & Sexuality Archives - Uncomfortable Oxford https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/category/gender-sexuality Join an uncomfortable walking tour of Oxford Thu, 26 Feb 2026 21:05:51 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/06/UnOx-logo-FINAL_Icon-Only_feb.svg Gender & Sexuality Archives - Uncomfortable Oxford https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/category/gender-sexuality 32 32 Women’s History Month: An Uncomfortable Oxford tour in aid of Homeless Oxfordshire https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/womens-history-month Thu, 26 Feb 2026 21:03:09 +0000 https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/?p=11542 Donate to join a tour run in aid of the Her Way Home appeal

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]]> Teaching Silence https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/teaching-silence Sun, 17 Apr 2022 13:59:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=6968 What if time ground down the people of the past to such fine dust that ...

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]]> Remembering Ann Crotchley, a Victim of Oxford’s Unsafe Streets https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/remembering-ann-crotchley-a-victim-of-oxfords-unsafe-streets Sun, 13 Feb 2022 12:29:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=6932 Content warning: sexual assault, violence against women On the night of Thursday 6 December 1827, ...

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]]> Proctors and Prostitutes: Policing Women at the University of Oxford https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/policing-women-at-the-university-of-oxford Wed, 28 Apr 2021 14:34:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=5659 Until the late 1870s, the University of Oxford was an all-male institution, frequented by young ...

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]]> One Woman Against the Crown: Elizabeth Lilburne Rides to the Rescue https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/one-woman-against-the-crown-elizabeth-lilburne-rides-to-the-rescue Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:57:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=5637 One of the most famous and seemingly unique episodes in Oxford’s history is Queen Matilda’s ...

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]]> ‘Of Oxford … chiefly North’: Women in Oxford https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/of-oxford-chiefly-north-women-in-oxford Tue, 04 Feb 2020 01:47:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=3633 A brief history of women in Oxford and their experiences studying. Oxford is a place ...

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