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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
In August I attended the Stonewall Scotland training day for allies which was fantastic (and funded by the University). I wasn’t really sure what to expect but it was very empowering and uplifting; the trainers were lovely people with enthusiasm and commitment to their jobs. The day focused on how we, as allies, can support… Continue Reading Meet the Volunteers: Carol Dow; Community Ally
As Bi Rep on the Staff Pride Network Committee I was very pleased to be asked to contribute a piece to this newsletter to mark Bi Visibility Day, which took place in September. Growing up, I was grateful for bisexual erasure – for the way it protected me from the most vicious and violent forms… Continue Reading Meet the Committee: Sarah Moffat; Bi Rep