He/Him Daniel B-A –

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 […]

Lou Carberry –

On the 7th and the 28th of March, Forth Valley young people attended a Ceramics taster session at Creative Stirling venue. Hannah (MacKintosh), who was the artist leading the workshops, taught the young people about Pottery Throwing, alongside her trusty sidekick Diaz (the dog). One of the young people fed back “I quite liked the […]

they/them Forth Valley Youth Group –

🏳️‍⚧️ We are celebrating Trans Day of Visibility! 🎨 We’re excited to showcase the incredible creativity of our Forth Valley youth group! During a recent visit to the Glasgow Print Studio, our amazing young people crafted powerful campaign posters advocating for trans rights and spreading messages of trans joy. Their art calls for equality and […]

she/her Doro – Glasgow

✨ Last night at Kelvin Hall was nothing short of magical! We were thrilled to host an exclusive event showcasing our acclaimed Social History project, (Un)Seen, (Un)Heard, in partnership with the National Library of Scotland. 🎬 Guests were treated to a screening of the our film “Past, Present & Proud” – reminding us all of […]

they/them Lou –

On the 10th and the 17th of March, Forth Valley young people attended a full day screen printing workshop at Glasgow Print Studio. Ros, who was the artist leading the workshops, taught the young people about the screen printing process. The young people created hand crafted stencils out of news print to creative colourful and […]

they/them Keith Farnish – Selkirk

The Borders Involved group loves to mix things up in our sessions, one week we might be discussing healthy relationships or intersectionality, another week we might be making blanket forts or banners for Pride. In February we really did mix it up, by having a baking session – based on the young people’s dietary or […]

Isabelle Huggan GLOW group (Perth) – AK Bell library – Perth

The young people from GLOW had a fantastic time at the launch event for their new exhibition. (Un)Seen (Un)heard: Celebrating Young LGBTQ+ Voices in Perth is now open in the AK Bell library and will run until 27th March. At the launch event young people welcomed guests from partner organisations to be the first to […]

– AK Bell library – Perth

Kenneth arrives in Perth! Kenneth the unicorn (our Dundee groups mascot) has made it safely to Perth and has received a very warm welcome in the AK Bell library where he is stopping off on his way to Perth Museum! He has got up to lots of mischief already!

Isabelle Huggan Kenneth – Allsorts of Spectrum group – Dundee

A tale of two unicorns….. Our Dundee Allsorts of Spectrum group’s mascot Kenneth is going to be taking a break from attending group to spend some time on display in the new Perth Museum. This has been a tough decision for the group who will miss him lots but were really keen that Kenneth get […]

She/Her LGBTYS at The Junction – Leith

Today is Purple Friday! I spent the afternoon at The Junction (a young people’s service based in Leith) chilling, chatting and crafting! The young people and I ended up creating some zines; cutting out queer magazines and collaging to make something new. Whilst crafting, we chatted about LGBTYS services, youth groups, and of course Purple […]