11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (641+ words) A SCOTTISH woman is leading Scotland’s first LGBTQ+ leadership event 20 years after being sacked for coming out. Lou Beardsmore, 46, worked for an Edinburgh-based finance firm in her twenties. She had told a handful of selected colleagues about her sexuality, but…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (484+ words) HE left his home city of Glasgow after the trauma of a sexual assault to become one of Spain’s best-known drag performers. Bargeddie-born performer Jon Gerrard McFaulds is now returning home with his powerful show which is already a runaway…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (662+ words) JUST a decade ago, Scotland felt like a country that celebrated the LGBT+ community. A country that had multiple openly queer politicians leading political parties. We were consistently topping the league tables for queer rights across Europe. Today, we have…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1261+ words) FOR Catriona Innes, it’s very important for people to understand she has a joyful relationship with her father Jo Clifford, who transitioned to a woman in 2003. “Dad is an inspiration and we’re very happy,” she told the Sunday National. It’s…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (261+ words) “It’s also my first major solo show in the UK so it is quite a big deal,” she told the Sunday National. “It is an honour to have it in Scotland and I am looking forward to it and to…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (689+ words) THE Highland’s first transgender councillor has announced she is resigning due to “personal reasons”. SNP councillor Sarah Fanet, representing Fort William and Ardamurchan ward on Highland council, announced that she would be stepping down at the end of October and…...

10+ mon, 6+ day ago   (594+ words) THE Scottish Government is set to defend its policy on transgender prisoners in court, it has been reported. For Women Scotland (FWS) is suing Scottish ministers over the rules in place in Scotland’s jails. Currently, transgender prisoners with a history…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (316+ words) A NEW documentary spotlighting what it is like for LGBT+ refugees to be forced to flee their homes because of who they love and how they’ve been welcomed in Scotland can be watched on The National for the first time....

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (497+ words) TRANS rights activists have called a counter-protest in Edinburgh in response to a gender-critical campaign which will demonstrate outside the Scottish Parliament. On Saturday, activists from Women Won’t Wheesht, as well as other supportive groups, are due to hold a…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1179+ words) A POWERFUL new documentary by queer refugee filmmakers that explores what it's like to be forced to flee for your life because of who you love and how they’ve been welcomed in Scotland has premiered. Telling the stories of more…...