Lets get this clear! (Updated 2)
As I've already mentioned previously, you were allowed to ask for help from ANY member of staff. It clearly stated in the department's BA Philosophy handbook 2009-10 (and all subsequent years), under 'Personal Issues', section 5.2 (5.2.1-5.2.2) that students can go to "any members of the...academic staff...in professional confidence". And it's not surprising that as a gay woman I would prefer an empathic woman lecturer! And one I got on with, who isn't prejudiced, and who I was naturally drawn to and 'clicked' with from our very first meeting (the interview) when I wasn't yet a student at BBK, and one I feel at ease with! It's not something you can force or artificially produce, it either happens or it doesn't. We are very similar to one other. We understand each other. Like me, she's gender expansive and my kind of feminist. And no we weren't having a personal relationship, we didn't meet each other in private, and