Pride Twenty-three Prides across Scotland call on politicians to stop using LGBTQ+ community as “political pawns” Twenty-three Prides across Scotland – including Shetland, Orkney, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Stirling – have issued a joint statement calling on politicians to stop using the LGBTQ+ community as “political pawns”. In the statement, published to coincide with International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobi By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Scottish LGBTQ+ charity marks Valentine’s Day by highlighting harm caused by conversion practices LGBTQ+ charity Equality Network has taken to the streets, and the bus stops, this Valentine’s Day using an unconventional Valentine’s Day message highlighting the harm caused by conversion practices in Scotland. Across Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, the public will see digital billboards in prime By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts Dylan Mulvaney to bring ‘FAGHAG’ to Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August TikTok superstar and musical theatre actor Dylan Mulvaney plays with all the labels that land at her door – navigating dating, delusion, and her relationship with God in this new one-woman musical. Known for joyous TikTok series Days of Girlhood, which channels her transition, Dylan is back at her d By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Features & Longread Jordan Gray, the first trans woman to headline the London Palladium with solo show, shares words of comfort to those entering into the second half of Edinburgh Fringe “Revel in your failures, roll around in them a bit, really get that stink on you so you know what it feels like.” By Graham Robson • 3 min read
General News Two gay men attacked in Edinburgh Three people have been arrested after two gay men, who are thought to be a couple, were violently attacked on Edinburgh’s Leith Street. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
A past Pride festival in Edinburgh General News Edinburgh Pride 2021 cancelled Edinburgh’s annual LGBTQ+ Pride festival has been cancelled for the second year in a row due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read