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 out the full list here.

Staff Pride Network Events

All SPN events are listed on our Eventbrite page.

• Thursday 4 June, 5:30–7:30pm – Trans & Non-binary Meet-up at Paradise Palms, 41 Lothian Street
• Friday 5 June, 5:30pm – SPN Evening Social at Union Social @ Teviot, Central Campus: Map
• Wednesday 10 June, 1pm – Central Coffee & Cake at Canopy Cafe, Edinburgh Futures Institute
• Wednesday 17 June, 1pm – King’s Buildings Coffee & Cake at Room 2.06 Rowan, The Nucleus
• Thursday 18 June, 5pm – King’s Buildings Pride Short Film Screening at The Nucleus
• Saturday 20 June – SPN at Edinburgh Pride – exact timings and location TBC
• Wednesday 24 June, 3pm – Western General Hospital Coffee & Cake at Room 2.06 Rowan, The Nucleus
• Thursday 25 June, 5:30–7:30pm – Trans & Non-binary Meet-up at Paradise Palms, 41 Lothian Street

Other local events

• 13 – 28 June: LEAP Sports Scotland’s Annual Festival of Sport – 2 weeks of sporting, recreational and cultural events and activities across Scotland, aimed at increasing the visibility and participation of LGBTIQ+ people in Scottish sport.
  • ‘Come and try’ sessions available in Archery, OutFit, Self-defence, Disco Line Dance, Open Bounce, Baseball, Trail Running, Tango, Rugby Union, Swordfighting, European Martial Arts, Pickleball, Paddleboarding, Fencing, Quadball, Capoeira, Football, Park Run, Tennis, Rowing, Padel, Squash and Climbing
  • Lots of hikes, runs, family fun days and tournaments to choose from as well.
• 20 and 27 June, 4pm and 6pm: Pride History Tours at The Real Mary King’s Close

Major Pride Marches

• Saturday 20 June – Pride Edinburgh – Scotland’s longest-running celebration of diversity. March assembles at Scottish Parliament 12:15pm, sets off 1pm. Main Stage at Bristo Square with Cher Lloyd headlining.
• Saturday 18 July – Glasgow’s Pride – Scotland’s largest Pride. Parade gathers at Glasgow Green at noon, heads to George Square for 1pm. Two-day Pride Hub at Strathclyde Student Union.

Other Scottish Prides

Full list and contact details on the EIS Pride Events page:

• Saturday 13 June – Dumfries Pride, Stranraer
• Sunday 28 June – Lochaber Pride, Fort William
• Saturday 4 July – Fife Pride, Kirkcaldy
• Saturday 25 July – West Lothian Pride, Livingston
• Saturday 1 August – Lanarkshire Pride, Hamilton

Porty Pride (Portobello)

Porty Pride runs 4–7 June 2026 with a packed programme of community events. Full schedule at portypride.com/events-2026, including:

• Saturday 6 June – Porty Pride Ball at Portobello Town Hall, £5–£25
• Saturday 6 June, 10:30am – Porty Pride Story Time with Ashley Douglas at The Portobello Bookshop

Lighthouse Bookshop – Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop

43-45 West Nicolson Street. Full events list at lighthousebookshop.com/events.

• Wednesday 10 June – How Queer Bookshops Changed the World with AJ West, June Thomas & Lavender Menace’s Bob & Sigrid
• Saturday 14 June – Tales at the Lighthouse: June, hosted by Niall Moorjani
• Monday 15 June – Bright Futures Sci-Fi Book Club: Sea of Tranquility
• Thursday 18 June – Rainbow Verses: queer poetry from Indie presses with Zain Rishi, Nathan Evans, Kym Deyn
• Tuesday 23 June – Arcana graphic novel launch with Sam Prentice-Jones
• Tuesday 30 June – At Sea with Y.M. Abdel-Magied

Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive

Room G25c, Edinburgh Palette, 151 London Road, EH7 6AE. Regular book clubs and queer literary events at lavendermenace.org.uk.

⚠️ Lavender Menace is currently fundraising £5,000 by end of June 2026 to stay open. Please consider donating via their Crowdfunder.

LGBT Health and Wellbeing – Edinburgh Groups

Free regular meet-ups across Edinburgh and Scotland. Full calendar at lgbthealth.org.uk/whats-on. Edinburgh groups include:

• LGBTQ+ Basketball – Tuesdays 6:45pm
• LGBTQ AA – Tuesdays 7:45pm
• LGBTQ+ NA – Mondays 6:30pm
• Edinburgh Trans Choir – Bi-weekly Thursdays
• Edinburgh Trans Women – Monthly Saturdays
• Trans Masculine Scotland – Monthly Saturdays
• T Time Edinburgh – Monthly trans/non-binary social
• Coffee Posse Edinburgh – Monthly 50+ meetup
• Queer Boardgames – Monthly Mondays
• LGBTQ+ Book Tribe – Monthly book club
• QTIPOC Writers Group – Tuesdays
• Non-Binary Edinburgh – Monthly online
• Queer by Nature – Monthly
• Open Book Creative Writing – Monthly
• Trans and Non-binary Reading Group – Monthly online
• Trans Drop-in Sexual Health Clinic – Regular drop-in

Other Edinburgh

• Paradise Palms, 41 Lothian Street – queer-friendly bar and vegan kitchen
• The Bike Station Free LGBT+ Bike Maintenance Classes
• Zine Club at Calton View Cafe (formerly at Kafe Kweer – sadly they closed on 1 September 2025 after five wonderful years.)
• My Queer Diary – weekly digest of LGBT+ events in Edinburgh

WorkPride 2026 – Global Virtual Conference

8 – 12 June – Online

Theme: “Inclusive Futures”

The seventh annual WorkPride is the world’s largest virtual global conference dedicated to workplace LGBTQ+ inclusion!
This 5-day event features 200+ global speakers and 40+ sessions designed for LGBTQ+ professionals, allies, HR leaders, DEI advocates, and anyone committed to workplace equality.

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