Marking the milestone event This year saw the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots – the events following a police raid on the Stonewall bar in New York City in 1969 which are today seen as a turning point in LGBT+ history. The University of Edinburgh and the Staff Pride Network at the University marked… Continue Reading 50 Years After Stonewall

The SPN Book Group meets once a month after work (usually on the third Thursday) to discuss a book over a drink or cup of tea. We select books based on member suggestions and have read books from all genres, from sci-fi to self-help and from philosophy to high fantasy, with and without LGBTQ+ content. Our… Continue Reading SPN Book Group

Staff and students from across all four campuses of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine celebrated LGBT STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) day on 5 July 2019. Inspired by Pride in STEM, a charitable trust run by an independent group of LGBT+ scientists & engineers from around the world, staff and students were invited to… Continue Reading College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine celebrates LGBT STEM day

Edinburgh Festival Fringe is soon upon us, and with a vast array of shows scheduled, it will be hard to choose what you might see… That is where we can help! Join Loud & Proud, Scotland’s LGBT choir, for a fantastic night of a cappella music.  Loud & Proud’s repertoire is as diverse as their… Continue Reading Loud & Proud at the Fringe

Emily Ford-Halliday, ECA Fashion Lecturer & SPN Design Volunteer, has had two of her ‘Fashion in the Dark’ films selected to be part of this incredible exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland. The opening on 24 May was a great success and the exhibition is now open to the public until 20 October. Go… Continue Reading Body Beautiful: Diversity on the Catwalk

This article is written by EUSA. The Staff Pride Network are in support of this Rally for Trans Solidarity which is organised by EUSA. “Following a request by the University to edit the contents of this post we have chosen instead to remove it as we are unwilling to edit the words of others.”  

Join us for the launch of ‘Evidence Base: Growing the Big Grant Club’ on the 21 of June 2019 in the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Evidence Base formed in 2018 with funding from the EPSRC to promote and execute a systems based approach to understanding issues of equality, diversity and inclusion in STEM. “Growing the… Continue Reading Growing the Big Grant Club

The School of Informatics held its annual Jamboree on Friday 26th April. The day is a social gathering for staff and their families to come along and take part in activities such as a silent disco, a tango class, a pub quiz, arts and crafts, board games.  This all followed with a ceilidh in the… Continue Reading Informatics Jamboree

The Everyday Cyborgs and Humanimals event on April 14th at the Filmhouse was the first public screening of four short films exploring fears, hopes and anxieties, as well as the everyday reality, of being not-fully-human. The films were made by local artists, creatives, and a group of young people, as part of the Animal, Mechanical and… Continue Reading Filmhouse event

Pride Edinburgh is on Saturday 16th June 2018 and we have LOTS of plans! All are welcome to join us for the march, wear a Rainbow Lanyard and a University Staff Pride Network t-shirt and stay for the Queer AF cabaret. We’ll meet at Levels Cafe, Holyrood Road from 11am in advance of the march… Continue Reading Pride Edinburgh