June is here and it’s time to celebrate! Here’s a roundup of Pride 2026 events in and around Edinburgh, including Glasgow’s main Pride and other Scottish prides. Please let us know if we’ve missed anything that you’d like us to share with the network! PrideSoc have also compiled some fab events happening this month, check… Continue Reading 🏳️🌈 Pride Month Events 2026 🏳️🌈
The University of Edinburgh’s Staff Pride Network is a trans-inclusionary network and it advocates for trans people’s rights and for their dignity and ability to navigate the workplace and campus. The Staff Pride Network recognises the devastating impact of ongoing campaigns to disempower trans people in the UK over the past ten years, from blocking… Continue Reading Statement on EHRC Code of Practice
Please share this attached poster with any students or staff – the Staff Pride Network has teamed up with the local LGBTQI+ academic network Queer.ed and UCU Edinburgh to launch a Trans-inclusion poster campaign, deadline for submissions 20 February 2026. 3 winners to be announced before the end of LGBT+ History Month (i.e. end of… Continue Reading Poster Competition 2026 – Trans Inclusion
June is here and it’s time to celebrate! We’ve been hearing about lots of fantastic Pride events and activities happening throughout the month in and around Edinburgh. Whether you’re into sports, community engagement, or cultural events, there’s something for everyone. Here’s what we know about so far – please let us know if we’ve missed… Continue Reading 🏳️🌈 Pride Month Events 2025 🏳️🌈
Welcome colleagues to our round-up of events happening throughout LGBTQ+ History month in 2025. This year the theme is Activism! Events have been arranged by colleagues and groups across the University, some in collaboration with SPN, some independently. Note: Additional events will be added as details become available. Check back regularly for updates. Water… Continue Reading LGBTQ+ History Month 2025
Since the Universities mlist system isn’t the easiest to navigate it requires a page: To access the list page for SPN members please click below but note the likely error and how to get around before clicking: https://mlist.is.ed.ac.uk/lists/info/staffpridenetworkmembers You will need to first log in via ease which should be straightforward the issue comes if… Continue Reading Join/subscribe/unsubscribe the SPN mailing List (mlist – staffpridenetworkmembers)
This week we celebrate Genderfluid Awareness Week. This began on Twitter in 2021 with a post by @LGBTQcontent and is now celebrated annually between 17th and 24th October. Genderfluidity is a gender identity that is not fixed and can shift or fluctuate. Genderfluid people may shift between masculine and feminine, be a combination of both,… Continue Reading Genderfluid Awareness Week
This Friday is National Coming Out Day. First celebrated in 1988, this day originally marked the one-year anniversary of the 1987 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. It’s founders, Robert Eichberg and Jean O’Leary, believed that once people are aware that they have loved ones that are LGBTQIA+, they are far less… Continue Reading October 11th is National Coming Out Day
The leaves are turning orange, the nights are drawing in and we begin the cozy Autumn season as we begin October! That means it’s Black History month and throughout October there’s also a number of varied Pride awareness days to keep an eye out for. This month we have: Lesbian Day – 8th October National… Continue Reading October Awareness Days, Social Events and the AGM!
Through September and October a series of events will be held at St Cecilia’s Hall organised by the Heritage Collections department centered around unique artists whose work relates to LGBTQ+ narratives and themes. “Queer Voices in Music” begins with an after-hours social at the museum, followed by a series of concerts listed below: 7th Sept… Continue Reading Queer Voices in Music at St Cecilia’s Hall
