making Scotland the best place for
LGBTQ+young people to FLOURISH AND THRIVE

making Scotland
the best place for
LGBTQ+ young people
to FLOURISH
AND THRIVE

We are Scotland’s national charity for LGBTQ+ young people, aged 13-25. We support young people in all aspects of their lives through the provision of amazing youth work, and we support them to use their voice to create change in equality and human rights.

community feed

Our Dundee group recently had a visit from Laura from Youth Scotland who led a tote bag tie dye session! We can’t wait to see the results.

Allsorts of Spectrum

Our youth group in Perth recently had a fun session playing ‘Budgeting & Finance’ a game their youth worker came up with after the young people asked for a session on ‘how to save up for big purchases’ but also said ‘make it like D&D’. Young people had a great time designing characters and rolling dice to determine their financial fates!

GLOW group

On Saturday staff and vols joined a group of Edinburgh and Lothian LGBTQ+ peeps to engage in a fantastic workshop at the Seabird Centre in North Berwick with Charlotte. We then went on a fantastic boat trip around the Bass Rock. Dolphins, seals, a LOT of seabirds and gugas. Thank you to the Sea-Changers fund for helping this happen.

Visit Tramway to see the AIDS Memorial Quilt!

TYG (Trans Youth Glasgow) and StandOut youth groups spent some time this morning with their youth workers Alix & Maria visiting Tramway’s exhibition and reflecting on the history of the AIDS pandemic.

Maria

StandOut & TYG young people stepped out of our regular evening groups for a Friday morning adventure.
We started the morning with a workshop with the Butterfly Conservation at the Hidden Gardens. We saw moths up close, smelled different kinds of mint; drew on logs; and wrapped the morning with having a emotional sneak peek to the AIDS Memorial Quilt Exhibition at Tramway.

Huge thank you to Hidden Gardens; Butterfly Conservation and Tramway for the wonderful day.

West Team

LGBTQ+ young people in Glasgow loved visiting the science centre today! We learned the science behind building the tallest towers possible (see evidence of one tower which collapsed). We also loved learning a great many facts about dinosaurs!!

Paula LGBTYS

West Lothian Pride was great fun.

Socks and Nari had a creative stall at the youth space and chatted to around 97 young people whilst they were there.

Lots of people got involved in in creating a Happy Pride Banner which the archive in West Lothian would like for their collection.

Looking forward to next year already.

East Team

Free creative workshops for LGBTQ+ young people aged 16-24

Join Fruitmarket and LGBT Youth Scotland for a welcoming series of artist-led workshops where you can try new materials, build creative skills, meet other LGBTQ+ young people, and help create a final group exhibition.

10 free workshops led by a professional artist
Explore painting, textiles, clay and more
Fridays, 2–4pm, at The Fruitmarket starting in early October
Open to LGBTQ+ young people from Edinburgh and Lothians
Sign up here Fill | Fruitmarket x LGBTYS: Youth ART Connects