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The Cut Up: Louise Welsh

The Cut Up: Louise Welsh

The Cut Up works perfectly. Welsh delivers a thriller that honors character over contrivance, that understands queerness as texture rather than plot device, that knows chosen family means presence during precisely the moments things fall spectacularly apart.

Twenty-three Prides across Scotland call on politicians to stop using LGBTQ+ community as “political pawns”

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

Trans equality charity calls Scottish Parliament decision to implement trans toilet ban “rushed, unworkable and exclusionary”

Trans equality charity calls Scottish Parliament decision to implement trans toilet ban “rushed, unworkable and exclusionary”

Scottish Trans and Equality Network have written to the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body (SPCB) following the announcement that they plan to restrict access to female and male toilets across the parliamentary estate on the basis of “biological sex”. They described the decision as being “rushed, un

Nicola Sturgeon says lives of trans people are at risk of being made “almost unliveable” following Supreme Court’s anti-trans judgement

Nicola Sturgeon says lives of trans people are at risk of being made “almost unliveable” following Supreme Court’s anti-trans judgement

Former First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon has said the lives of trans people are at risk of being made “almost unliveable” following the Supreme Court‘s anti-trans judgement on the definition of a woman. The ex-SNP leader also raised concerns about interim guidance issued by the Equality and

Hundreds gather outside Glasgow office of Equalities and Human Rights Commission to protest anti-trans Supreme Court ruling

Hundreds gather outside Glasgow office of Equalities and Human Rights Commission to protest anti-trans Supreme Court ruling

Hundreds of trans rights campaigners gathered outside the Glasgow office of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on 2 May to protest against the recent anti-trans Supreme Court ruling. Backed financially by JK Rowling, who’s now known for spouting controversial posts on social media abo

Row erupts after Scottish parish church votes to ban gays from applying for minister vacancy

Row erupts after Scottish parish church votes to ban gays from applying for minister vacancy

A row has erupted within the Church of Scotland after gay candidates were banned from applying for a minister vacancy. Kinross-shire Parish Church, which is formed of Kinross, Orwell and Fossoway churches, will shortly be advertising for the position, however the majority of ‘elders’ voted against a

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Before We Hit the Ground’ by Selali Fiamanya

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Before We Hit the Ground’ by Selali Fiamanya

A Luminous Exploration of Identity and Belongin

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