Trans student gets ‘torrent of abuse’ after announcing run for NUS women’s offic

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Trans student gets 'torrent of abuse' after announcing run for NUS women's officer

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/02/26/trans-student-gets-torrent-of-abuse-after-announcing-run-for-nus-womens-officer/

Pink News/By Nick Duffy   02/26/2016

"A transgender woman has received a barrage of transphobic comments after declaring she will run to be the Women's Officer for the National Union of Students.

23-year-old Lancaster University Maths student Anna Lee announced her campaign this week – pledging to stand to the role, which is open to anyone who self-identifies as female.

The student, who previously helped run her university's feminist society and has sat on the NUS Women's Committee, says she wants to break a "glass ceiling" by running for the women-only role."