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The Allsorts of Spectrum group had a visit from Comic Youth! During this session they crated these cool quick comics where they had a limited amount of time to draw in their square and then had to pass it on to the person next to them to do the next square! There were lots of twists and turns to the stories! Here’s some of the Comics created by the group.

Last month, (Un)Seen, (Un)Heard were honoured to be invited to Edinburgh City Chambers to meet the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, and represent the ‘City of Diversity’. We invited along a group of young people and alongside Lavender Menace were delighted to share with Their Royal Highnesses the successes of our project so far, our plans for the amazing Edinburgh 900 project, and why it is so important for our city to protect and celebrate the diversity of Scotland’s young LGBTQ+ young people.

Eden Court’s Queer Youth Arts Collective is an online creative space for Highland-based LGBTI+ young people aged 13 to 18. We meet once a week on Zoom to come together as community, create, and connect. We aim to build a welcoming and inclusive space that queer and questioning young people and allies can make their own. Each week we try different art forms with the support of guest artists from all over Scotland.

More information about QYAC can be found here: https://eden-court.co.uk/event/qyac

Sessions will be on Thursdays from 7pm-8.45pm on Zoom and we start next week on Thursday 25th April.

For more information and to sign up please direct people to qyac@eden-court.co.uk

I am the volunteer manager at LGBTYS and I had the pleasure of visiting some of our Youth Groups in March.

My travels took me across the country to 7 different groups and a YC, and here is what I learned:

At GLOW, I saw a great exhibit and listened to the Young People answer questions from the Q&A.
At All Sorts of Spectrum, Dinosaurs and Biscuits are appropriate topics.
At Triangle, There is an amazing amount of history in Scotland, some funny (to my American ears) words, and I feel bad for anyone who was on my team.
At Standout, I learned about D&D and Consent from a Young Person led session and also a new word… GLIMMER for positive triggers.
At Vada, I started a debate on where the top of a street is (seems there is no right answer) and learned the fairy godmother from Shrek has some persuasive arguments for how the UK could be better. I am still not sure who would have won the election.. Princess Leia gave her a run for her money.
At Phoenix, I learned there is still no BOBA (apparently, what they have at the college is rubbish) and that Yu-Gi-Oh is not really a game, I understand, but a starter pack might help.
At Involved, I watched a flag for Trans Pride come together and had some great chats.
Lastly, I attended meetings at Parliament with our Trans Rights Youth Commission, and I was impressed with this group’s confidence and how they presented their collective thoughts to our elected officials.

These visits were really helpful for me to see that our groups run pretty much the same way they did when I was a volunteer and continue to provide a Safe Space for Young People to be themselves.

THANK YOU to our teams for doing what you do to make Young People feel safe, supported and making me feel so welcome!