The University’s Mackenzie Medical Centre has been awarded a gold accreditation by the LGBT Foundation’s Pride in Practice. Pride in Practice, a quality assurance support service, is endorsed by the Royal College of GPs and aims to strengthen and develop the Primary Care Services relationship with LGBT patients. The Mackenzie Medical Centre have been working… Continue Reading University medical centre achieves LGBT Pride in Practice gold award

Staff Pride Network Newsletter – Issue 7 View this email in your browser Welcome to the May 2019 edition of the Staff Pride Network newsletter Dear Members We have been busy since our last newsletter and hopefully you’ve kept an eye on our emails, come to our events and enjoyed wearing our SPN-designed rainbow lanyards. Our… Continue Reading Staff Pride Network Newsletter – Issue 7

Staff Pride Network Newsletter – Issue 5 View this email in your browser Welcome to the February 2018 edition of the Staff Pride Network newsletter! Happy LGBT+ History Month! As part of a diverse calendar of events (see the events section below for details), on Thursday 8 February we will launch our new official University of Edinburgh Rainbow Lanyards. This is a big… Continue Reading Staff Pride Network Newsletter – Issue 5

November Newsletter View this email in your browser Welcome to the November 2017 edition of the Staff Pride Network newsletter! Dear LGBT+ Colleagues and Allies, My name is Judith Rauhofer and I am delighted to take over the reins from Sharon as the new Co-Chair. I am a lecturer in IT Law at the School of Law,… Continue Reading November Newsletter

August Newsletter View this email in your browser Welcome to our special Members’ Stories Edition of the Staff Pride Network Newsletter Dear LGBT+ Colleagues and Allies, We hope you enjoy this newsletter focussed on YOU, our members. Our Communications & Media Team have been involved in all manner of developments over the last year and they have… Continue Reading August Newsletter – Members’ Stories Edition

Festival Digest – 16th August View this email in your browser Welcome to our weekly Festival Digest ! During the month of August, we will be showcasing the work of SPN members as well as other LGBT+ content from around the Edinburgh Festival.  As part of this effort, we will be publishing this weekly digest during the… Continue Reading Festival Digest – 16th August

Festival Digest – 9th August View this email in your browser Welcome to our weekly Festival Digest ! During the month of August, we will be showcasing the work of SPN members as well as other LGBT+ content from around the Edinburgh Festival.  As part of this effort, we will be publishing a weekly digest during the… Continue Reading Festival Digest – 9th August

Festival Newsletter View this email in your browser Welcome to our special Festival Edition of the Staff Pride Network Newsletter In an effort to showcase LGBT+ content from around the Edinburgh Festival, we are bringing you this supplementary edition of the Staff Pride Network Newsletter, featuring shows and performances from SPN members, as well as their friends… Continue Reading Festival Newsletter

June Newsletter View this email in your browser Welcome to the new Staff Pride Network Newsletter Over the past year the Staff Pride Network has been growing and evolving, and as such we felt it was time for a makeover to match! As well as a new image, we’ll be sending out a regular newsletter… Continue Reading June Newsletter

By Gina Maya Introduction I came out as a male-to-female transsexual this year, meaning I identify less with the gender I was born and raised with, and more with its opposite. It’s a transition of many processes—administrative, cosmetic, hormonal, and social, to name a few—and it will take years; in some respects, a lifetime. Although… Continue Reading The Dilemma of Having Your Face Tortured