EQUALITY NETWORK - LGBT News

10/01/2012
News Sent - 10th January 2012
In this week's e-mail newsletter: Equality Network News: Information Officers at Equality Organisations; Ayrshire: National LGBT Forum: Improving Relationships; Including Intersectional Identities; Creative Intersections Residential; LGBT News Fortnightly; Quote of the week; Forums News: Ban on blood donors for gay sex still continues; Crowdsourced research reveals strong opposition to disability benefit reform; Speak Out for LGB people in school; Short Survey – Rural Women; 2012: Alan Turing Year; Talk Scotland Events: Edinburgh: Word: Women's Book Group; Glasgow: Crosslynx Transgender Group Meeting; Edinburgh/Glasgow: Trans Men Scotland; Forres: LGBT Moray Group Meeting; Borders Gay Film Night; Edinburgh Gay Men's Book Group; Highland LGBt Forum AGM; Dumfries: Gaylie Ceilidh; Glasgow: 'There's More to Me': Improving mental health services for LGBT people; Old Queens' Day; UK News: Tesco's sponsorship of Pride London and World Pride; New Years Honours for LGBT rights; Peter Tatchell Day: 25th January; Independent Scotland may win Sandi Toksvig; International: Hungary: Anti-gay/anti-abortion Constitution becomes law; Jewish Orthodox 'Commitment Ceremony' Offers Welcome to Same-Sex Couples; Working for All: Highland Rainbow Folk: LGBT History Month volunteers; Ayrshire & Arran NHS Board: Member Appointments; Greater Glasgow & Clyde NHS Board: Member Appointments; LGBT Families: Equal Marriage: Happy New Year; Sperm donors: offering hope to families and life to children; more

20/12/2011
News Sent - 20th December 2011
In this week's e-mail newsletter: Equality Network News: Information Officers at Equality Organisations; Including Intersectional Identities; Creative Intersections Residential; LGBT News Winter Break; Quote of the week; Forums News: PCC announce changes to Editors' Code of Practice; Researching families and relationships; NHS 24 Service Redesign; An Open Letter to Homophobic Christian Parents This Christmas; Talk Scotland Events: Tree of Knowledge sell-out success; Local film festival funding; Bi Edinburgh; Edinburgh: Prime Time; Inverness: Pink Castle Runners / MacNab's Midweek Meet-up; Findhorn: 5Rhythms Dance workout; Inverness: LGBT brunch/coffee morning; Borders Pub Night; Edinburgh: The Big LGBT Music Jam; Glasgow: Brian Taylor's Big Debate; Inverness: GirlZone lunch; Inverness: Walk 'n' Talk; Inverness: Pink Castle Philosophy Club; Edinburgh: Social Circle; Glasgow: Criminal Injuries Compensation; Glasgow: Burlesque for Beginners; Outskirts Social; Dundee Women's Book Group; Glasgow: Diversity Fair; UK News: Civil partnerships in religious premises; Prison staff refuse to display Stonewall posters; Northern Ireland: equal adoption; Laced Bananas: May Contain NUTS; International: Kenya: Identity Magazine; South Africa: Beyond corrective rape; Sexism and transphobia meet in "Work It"; US: Don't Ask Don't Tell has Wikileaks legacy; Working for All: Scotland Commissioner to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills; Social Enterprise Freelance Consultancy Opportunity; Oxford: Masters in International Human Rights Law; London: Gay Times Senior Account Manager; LGBT Families: Equal Marriage: the consultation followup; US: Senator who voted for DOMA changes his mind; Family Values: A Call to Advocate Same-sex Marriage on Christmas Cards; more

13/12/2011
News Sent - 13th December 2011
In this week's e-mail newsletter: Equality Network News: Equal Marriage; Information Officers at Equality Organisations; Creative Intersections Residential; LGBT News Winter Break; Forums News: Influential LGBT Tweeple: #pinkpeople11; C4: Trans people in Pakistan; Wipe Out Homophobia on Facebook; Take the pledge on the 2015 Quilt; Talk Scotland Events: Annie Garven: 1953 - 2011; Glasgow: Life Drawing for Bears & Butches; Borders LGBT Film Night; Edinburgh: T Time Short Films Screening; Inverness: MacNab's Midweek Meet-up Christmas Special; 2012: Come & Sing Handel's Messiah; 2012: Engender National Conference; 2012: Findhorn: LGBTQ Experience Week; UK News: Olympic Games: Pride House London; Sports Charter Tweetathon; Met Police harass photographer with homophobic abuse; 2012: Alan Turing Year; Charity calls for schools to teach transgender equality; Sheffield: HIV & Sexual Health blog; Gilbert Adair: 1944–2011; International: LGBT Activists react to US speech; Russia: Talking about being gay unlawful; Nigeria: Anti-Marriage Act; China: And Tango Makes Three; Working for All: Dumfries & Galloway LGBT Centre: Adult Volunteer Vacancies; Lanarkshire NHS Board: Member Appointments; Accountant in Bankruptcy: Non-Executive Board Member; LGBT Families: Equal Marriage Scotland; more

06/12/2011
News Sent - 5th December 2011
In this week's e-mail newsletter: Equality Network News: Equal Marriage; Information Officers at Equality Organisations; Including Intersectional Identities; Quote of the Week; LGBT News Winter Break; Forums News: Gender bias: why is British public life dominated by men?; Your privacy at risk for "innovation"?; World AIDS Day; Launch of 'Scotland for Marriage' against marriage; Sikh Sanjog questionnaire; Hate-filled playground taunting must be eradicated; Age Scotland: Imagine; Talk Scotland Events: Edinburgh: Equal Marriage Consultation Handover; Bi Scotland; Bisexual Identity; Inverness: Blether & a Biryani; Edinburgh: Rainbow Families; Edinburgh: Loud & Proud Choir; Inverness: Pink Castle Philosophy Club; Inverness: GirlZone Lunch; Elgin/Forres: LGBT Moray; Positive Action in Housing - Winter Help; Glasgow: Transmen Scotland; UK News: Civil partnerships with religious ceremonies; Section 28 back again; Homophobia in sport; Queer Self-Portraits Now; Your chance to tell the Press Complaints Commission; International: Nigeria: Senate votes for draconian anti-gay law; US: Exodus International "near the brink"; Turkey: The Situation of Iranian Queer Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Turkey; Hug a Gay Day; Working for All: Cardonald: Participation Equalities Coordinator; LGBT Families: Australia: Labor Party votes to support same-sex marriage; Second European Conference on LGBT Families; more

29/11/2011
News Sent - 29 November 2011
In this week's e-mail newsletter: Equality Network News: Equal Marriage; LGBT News Winter Break; Information Officers at Equality Organisations; Forums News: Sir Section 28; Lewis Presbytery Misquotes Human Rights Declarations; Forced Marriage; 16 Days of Gender-Based Violence; Sign the Convention to stop violence against women; Independent Living in Scotland; World AIDS Day: Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Inverness Waverley Care Community Gathering; Dundee: Tayside Red Ribbon Ball; Dumfries and Galloway: HIV Wake Up; "Why should I get tested?"; Talk Scotland Events: November 30: Day of Action; Glasgow: Scottish Women’s Aid 35th Anniversary Exhibition; Edinburgh: Rubyfruit; Inverness: GirlZone Lunch; Oban: Gateway Group; Edinburgh Gay Men's Chorus: "Mistletoe and Musicals"; Hawick: Borders Pub Night; Clarkston: LGBT East Renfrewshire; Inverness: GirlZone Lunch; Oban: Gateway Group; Edinburgh Gay Men's Chorus: "Mistletoe and Musicals"; Hawick: Borders Pub Night; Elgin: LGBT Moray; Kintyre Embrace; Inverness: Pillar LGBT Youth Group; Edinburgh: Winter Concert; Outdoor Lads: Hogmanay 2011; Gay Outdoor Club: Highland Hogmanay; UK News: Tory opposition to "religious civil partnerships"; Homophobic crime "endemic"; London: set HIV test record on World AIDS day'; International: India: Bengaluru Pride and Karnataka Queer Habba 2011; Russia: St Petersburg anti-gay bill'; Spain: Will new right-wing government roll back progressive legislation?; LGBT Families: France: Mayor protests continued ban on same-sex marriage; Australia: equal marriage video is Youtube hit; ; more

24/11/2011
News Sent 24th November 2011
In this week's e-mail newsletter: Equality Network News: Lift the ban on same-sex marriage in Scotland; Are you LGBT and living or working in East Renfrewshire?; Trans Day of Remembrance 2011; Forums News: Respect transgender victims of violence; Stonewall: Speak Out; The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence; My Transsexual Summer; Did you come out to your GP?; Talk Scotland Events: Dumfries: Equal Marriage Forum; Edinburgh: Reclaim the Night; Scottish Women's Aid Ceilidh & Fundraiser; Falkirk: LGBT People Experience Domestic Abuse Too!; STUC St Andrew's Day Anti Racism March and Rally; Glasgow: Reclaim the Night; Inverness: Highland LGBT Forum; Glasgow LGBT Centre: Trans Consultation; Glasgow: Are We Getting it Right?; Dumfries: Older people’s social group; Equality in Scotland’s Third Sector; Edinburgh: The Tree of Knowledge; LGBT Youth Scotland: charity Christmas cards; Alan Turing Year; UK News: Northern Ireland: Visible in Wexford; Marriage Equality in England and Wales; Adoption Equality in Northern Ireland; Tatchell dedicates award to Ugandan activists; International: Egyptian blogger speaks out for lesbian and gay rights; The Occupy Movement: Queer Money Matters; Russia: A Bill to Silence Millions; Canada: The difference between equal marriage and polygamy; Ireland: Visible Lives; GLAAD advocates #AwkwardThanksgiving; Working for All: Get Online @ Home; LGBT History Month Small Grants Scheme; LGBT Families: C4 documentary: Planning a civil partnership?; US: Gay weddings in the military now possible; more

08/11/2011
News Sent - 8th November 2011
In this week's e-mail newsletter: Equality Network News: Lift the ban on same-sex marriage in Scotland; STUC and UNISON conferences; Work for the Scottish Transgender Alliance; Quote of the Week; LGBT News Break; Forums News: International Intersex Solidarity Day; Stonewall Anti-Bullying Week Competition; Over 60? Got asthma?; Counting Women In; Equality Act Codes and guidance feedback survey; Talk Scotland Events: Transgender Day of Remembrance; My Transsexual Summer; Lifetime ban on blood donation lifted; Inverness: Biryani and a blether!; Kirkintilloch: Embracing Diversity - Issues on Intersectional Equality; Glasgow: Glue Boy Blues; Edinburgh: Rainbow Families; Inverness: Pink Castle Runners & MacNab's Midweek Meet-up; Edinburgh: Community Discussion - Family Planning Event; Galashiels: Gay Film Night; Aberdeen: The Adults with Incapacity Act: What you need to know for compliance; Edinburgh: The Continuum of Violence Against Women; World AIDS Day: 1st December; UK News: Narrow win for Ruth Davidson; London: Don't Turn Back Time!; LGBT History Month Pre-Launch event; London: Commonwealth Club Dinner for David Cairns MP; London: Equality Act event: the story so far; International: Poland: Palikot’s revolution; Statement on British 'aid cut' threats to African countries that violate LBGTI rights; Trinidad and Tobago: Document discrimination; Philippines: Psychologists Approve Policy Against LGBT Discrimination; Working for All: Stonewall UK: tools for LGB jobseekers; Sports Project Researcher; LGBT Families: Obituary: Spy and Founder of Parents Enquiry; Godwin's law and Alan Craig; US: Lifting DADT opens a legal challenge to DOMA; more

01/11/2011
News Sent - 1st November 2011
In this week's e-mail newsletter: Equality Network News: Work for the Scottish Transgender Alliance; Glasgow: Conference volunteers; Out To Access and your organisation's training priorities; Equal Marriage Forums; Forums News: Impact of hate crimes in education; On transphobic representation in the media; GIRES award for 2011; Tuned Out: Misogynistic Homophobia; Bisexual Identity, Spaces and Social Citizenship; C4: My Transsexual Summer; Talk Scotland Events: Rubyfruits Edinburgh; Bi Glasgow; Thurso: Equality and Diversity Film Night; Glasgow: Lesbian Activism On Screen; Edinburgh: Gay Fawkes; Glasgow: Lesbian Avengers and other unruly women; Glasgow: LGBT Bipolar Self-Help Group; Inverness: Pink Castle Philosophy Club; Edinburgh: The myth of disinhibition; Edinburgh: Risk Identification & Domestic Abuse; Glasgow: Miss Smith - the anti-poverty musical; Glasgow: Gender Shift: Women Who Make Men; The List: Edinburgh / Glasgow Events; Transgender Day of Remembrance; UK News: Controversial pastor wins Boris Johnson's competition; London: Thousands attend hate crime vigil; International: Axel Axgil: 1915-2011; Commonwealth aftermath: no agreement on human rights; US: The Plight of LGBT Immigration Detainees; US: Girl Scouts: Trans inclusive; Working for All: Strathclyde: Special Constables; Lothian and Borders Police: Special Constables; Sports Project Researcher; LGBT Families: Glasgow Council supports equal marriage; Brazil: High Court recognises same-sex marriage; US: Children adopted by same-sex couples denied protection; more

25/10/2011
News Sent - 25th October 2011
In this week's e-mail newsletter: Equality Network News: Work for the Scottish Transgender Alliance; Equal Marriage Forums; Information Stalls; Out To Access and your organisation's training priorities; ILGA-Europe Conference; Sports Project Researcher; Forums News: Horrifying murder said to be homophobic hate crime; Hardest Hit rally in Edinburgh; From school to college was a journey out of exclusion; Alex Salmond joins the international "It Gets Better" campaign; Talk Scotland Events: LGBT Age wins award; Elgin: LGBT Moray Group Meeting; Inverness Swans of Scotland Monthly Meeting; Edinburgh: LGBT Film Club; Vigil against Hate Crime; Inverness: LGBT Brunch/Coffee Morning; Glasgow: The Big Scary Fairy Ceilidh with The Poofy Buffet; Edinburgh: Halloween Costume Party!; Edinburgh: LGBT Cycle Ride; Edinburgh: Gender Equality and Female Empowerment; Inverness: Pillar LGBT Youth Group; Glasgow: Edwin Morgan's Dreams - And Other Nightmares; Edinburgh: Stress Management and Relaxation; Edinburgh: Family Planning Event; Stonewall Scotland Workplace Conference 2011; Building Healthier and Safer Workplaces in the Voluntary Sector; Dunblane: Biblical Self-Defence Course on LGBT concerns; UK News: IoS Pink List 2011; Out lesbian football coach receives Olympic recognition; GFEST - Gaywise FESTival 2011; Manchester: Imaan fundraiser; London: Faith & Belief, Homophobia, Transphobia and Human Rights Conference; International: Belarus: East Block Love; Nigeria bids to criminalise same-sex marriage; Take action against criminalisation of homosexuality; Turkish Cyprus to decriminalise homosexuality; LGBT Families: Edinburgh: Trainee Project Assistant vacancy; Edinburgh: Walk Leader Training; Dumfries and Galloway LGBT Centre looking for volunteers; LGBT Families: Information Project Events Volunteers; Denmark: 22 years of change; Scotland: religious reactions to secular law; Joyce McMillan: Prejudice that stops us standing proud; more

04/10/2011
News Sent - 4th October 2011
In this week's e-mail newsletter: Equality Network News: October First People First; A blog report on Working Together; Out To Access Focus Groups: Are you disabled and LGBT?; LGBT News Breaks; Forums News: Europe's first no-closets care home for the elderly; Older LGBT people in Scotland; Transgender Scotland; Whithorn: Boyz 2 Men big day out; Talk Scotland Events: Perth: Transgender Women and Feminist Relations; Glasgow: The Equality Act - One Year On; Inverness: Pink Castle Philosophy Club; Edinburgh: BearScotFest weekend; Elgin/Forres: LGBT Moray; Glasgow: From Hollywood To Dollywood & The Big Debate; Inverness: Halloween Party; Cameraderie in Edinburgh; Equal Opportunities Committee of the Scottish Parliament; LGBT Runners Weekly; Tomboy in Scotland; Edinburgh: The challenges ahead for the third sector; UK News: 75th anniversary of Battle of Cable Street; Government announcement on ‘equal civil marriage’; Stonewall Cymru: It gets better... today; Northern Ireland: Against Discrimination in Business; Passports reflect the changing family; International: European Parliament pass resolution to uphold LGBT rights across the EU; Serbia: Belgrade Gay Pride Banned; US: Family-orientated airline; The Rainbow Struggle; Working for All: LGBT Age Needs You!; Dunfermline: Office and Systems Manager; LGBT Human Rights in Europe Three-month Funded Internship; MRI Board: Chair; LGBT Families: Equal marriage - because freedom of religion matters; South Africa: Civil servants turn away gay couple; US: How the Legalization of Gay Marriage Made Me a Better Event Designer; Conservative leadership candidates on same sex marriage; more

01/10/2011
Message from the Equality Network to the People First demo
A message written for the October 1st People First demo in Glasgow, from the LGBT conference Working Together in Edinburgh. The Equality Network supports the People First campaign to protect those hardest hit by service and benefit cuts and to challenge poverty levels and rebuild communities across Scotland and the UK. more

12/09/2011
News Sent - 12th September 2011
In this week's e-mail newsletter: Equality Network News: Working Together - 1st October; Football and hate crime; Inverness: Out To Access Focus Group; LGBT News Breaks; Forums News: Stonewall research suggests LGB older people more at risk of loneliness; Edinburgh researcher seeks volunteers; Manifesto Club objects to anti-bullying measures; Advocate Editor's Letter: What It Means to Be Out; Tell PayPal: Put Hate Out of Business; Talk Scotland Events: Celebrate Bisexuality; Glasgow Frontrunners; Inverness: Swans of Scotland; Edinburgh: LGBT Age at Mother India; Glasgow: "It's All About Pictures: Putting Symbol Sets To The Test"; Perth: Trans Women in Scotland; Glasgow: RE:Mind; Glasgow: Issues to Screen workshop; Highlands: Exploring Children's Relationships across Majority and Minority Worlds; UK News: Sexual Health Week 2011, 12–18 September; Elton John tells world leaders: stop anti-gay discrimination; UK Border Agency Family Consultation; PCS LGBT Seminar; GFEST 2011; International: Subscribe to ILGA-Europe list and win a trip to Turin! Uganda: LGBT Asylum Behind the Mask; Ecuador: Ex-gay clinics closed down; Working for All: LGBT Age - Volunteers Needed; Glasgow: PATH Positive Action Training Scheme; LGBT Families: Marriage Equality in Scotland; Equal marriage - Call Kaye; Petition for equal marriage in Ireland; Two gay dads and their 12 kids may get Oprah reality show; more