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# Scottish LGBTQ+ activist Leeze Lawrence dead at 39
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/scottish-lgbtq-activist-leeze-lawrence-dead-at-39/
- Published: 2021-06-16T10:30:47.000Z
- Updated: 2021-06-16T10:30:47.000Z
- Description: Leeze Lawrence, a prominent LGBTQ+ advocacy campaigner in Scotland, has died suddenly at 39.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, LGBTQ, Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland, SNP, Trans, UK

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**Leeze Lawrence**, a prominent LGBTQ+ advocacy campaigner in **Scotland**, has died suddenly at 39, with her body being found by police on **June 11** after friends and family were unable to contact her. A vocal trans activist, Lawrence was a member of the SNP’s official LGBTQ+ wing, **Out for Independence**. She had also created several LGBTQ+ documentaries and was a producer Pinksixty, a queer news outlet.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/leeze-l-600-400.jpg)

Following her death, Out for Independence [said](https://twitter.com/OutForIndy/status/1404348495474135042?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1404348495474135042%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1%5F&ref%5Furl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinknews.co.uk%2F2021%2F06%2F15%2Fleeze-lawrence-death-tributes-out-for-independence-nicola-sturgeon-snp-lgbt%2F&ref=scenemag.co.uk) group members were *“heartbroken”,* and described Lawrence as a *“force of nature”*. It continued: *“She was dedicated to learning, becoming a better ally, and a better activist. In the last few months of her life, she was learning from GRT communities and we were planning with them the best way we could support LGBTQ+ Travellers. We hope to be able to continue that work in her memory.”*

SNP leader **Nicola Sturgeon** also paid tribute to Lawrence, [tweeting](https://twitter.com/NicolaSturgeon/status/1404367614105767939?ref=scenemag.co.uk): *“So terribly sorry to hear this dreadful news. Leeze Lawrence was indeed a force of nature – and a force for good. My deepest condolences to her family and to all her many friends in Out for Independence, the SNP and beyond.”* The cause of her death has not yet been made public knowledge, but Out for Independence described it as a *“shock”.*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/scotland-lgbt-flag-600-400.jpg)