4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (945+ words) THE Scottish Government’s failure to introduce its long‑promised bill to end conversion practices is more than a legislative delay – it is a moral failure and dereliction of duty. That should trouble every MSP who claims to care about human…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (633+ words) THE Scottish Government delaying plans for a ban on LGBT conversion practices has been branded “unacceptable”. First Minister John Swinney pledged at the end of the last parliamentary term to introduce a bill after the Holyrood 2026 election if the SNP…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (288+ words) A WOMAN has been ordered to pay compensation after she admitted making "horrific" transphobic comments in a series of social media messages. Lyndsey Peebles pleaded guilty to a charge of sending messages of a grossly offensive or indecent, obscene or…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (409+ words) OFCOM has launched investigations into anti-LGBT+ hate speech on GB News following 15,000 complaints. A total of 12,000 people alongside The Good Law Project have complained about a broadcast of Alex Armstrong Tonight at 9pm on July 5 which featured a segment entitled “Is…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (454+ words) NATIONAL flags representing the 28 Commonwealth member states that criminalise consensual same-sex intimacy will fly in central Glasgow during the 2026 games, each marked with a black mourning ribbon. The exhibition, titled "Zero Flags", will involve flying the flags of the Commonwealth…...

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…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (458+ words) THE Scottish Government has been warned there “can be no more delays” to banning anti-LGBT conversion therapy after Westminster unveiled plans to outlaw the “form of torture”. The Scottish Greens have said that Holyrood must act after the UK Government…...

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…...

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....

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…...