The introduction and disappearance of Queer

It is in front of my face, the inclusion of queer is teasing me, a few months ago and the LGB standing conference where LGBTQ students from across Ireland come together and discussion the next years campaigns through motions and amendments to the constitution. They said it couldn’t be done not to even bother but after 45 mins of debate to got both Trans and Queer added to the name of the national rights officer and the working group. There were smiles, shouts, hugs and perhaps a few tears. A few months later at the national standing conference of student unions I found that I was forced to argue my position one more time, apparently our autonomous campaign was not so autonomous after all, it was dependent on the mainly straight conservative student across Ireland to decide if we could have our democratic decision. They said loudly NO and I sat there in dismay—how did this happen where was the support. A few weeks later an the annual meeting of the LGB society it was passed 17-12 that we would change that name to LGBTQ, again hugs, screams and tons of smiles from all the trans and queer kids. But less then a week later it was contested since apparently we didn’t need just a majority for constitutional changes, we needed 2/3rds. So once again majority does not rule and queer disappears. I have written constitutional changes for the UCD rights officer to add both the T and Q. That is going through in the next few weeks, I can’t imagine any problems this time, I have talked to everyone in the union and they are all in support of it, they all voted for it at national congress so unless something unforeseen happens Queer will have a home is the UCDSU.