ScotsGay Magazine

30/10/2021

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The group included activists and students who have spoken out against the persecution they face

10/10/2021

Terrence Higgins Trust and SX are running an online programme of group work for gay and bi men living in remote and rural areas.

17/08/2021

This week, the biotech company Moderna will start human trials for its HIV vaccine. Its HIV vaccine will be the first of its kind to use messenger RNA (mRNA), an approach that Moderna used in its effective COVID-19 vaccine.

The clinical trials will start on August 19 and end sometime around spring 2023, according to the National Institutes of Health’s trial registry. They will involve 56 HIV-negative participants aged 18 to 56. The participants will be given one or two forms of mRNA that cause the body to form defenses against HIV infection.

Moderna's HIV vaccine is different from previous ones in a key way that could make all the difference...

11/08/2021

Update from PRIDE PROTEST EDINBURGH on Friday 6pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/138449601702186/permalink/141466971400449/?sfnsn=scwspmo

08/08/2021

Equality Network touring Scotland...

There are le***an, gay, bis*xual, transgender and inters*x people in every part of Scotland from our biggest cities to our smallest settlements and islands. We know through our published research, Further Out; The Scottish LGBT Rural Equality Report, that while LGBTI equality has progressed consider...

07/08/2021

FREE & CONFIDENTIAL SERVICE FOR MEN
On Wednesday 11th August, S-X Waverley Care have joined forces with ROAM https://www.roam-outreach.com/ to provide a mobile s*xual health service from their Outreach Bus, which will be parked in the vicinity of The Regent.
They will be offering :
• Full Sexual Health Testing
• PrEP Assessments
• Vaccinations for Hepatitis & HPV
• Rapid 60 Second HIV & Syphilis Tests
• Support & Advice
• Free Condoms & L**e
All in the comfort of a mobile testing bus and within Covid-19 precautions.
Wednesday 11th August, 2pm - 7pm.

ROAM is a community-based, outreach s*xual health service working across Lothian and the Scottish Borders with cis/trans gay, bis*xual and other men who have s*x with men (MSM).

02/07/2021

At the end of , le***an, gay and bi MPs from across the political parties have spoken out firmly in support of trans people, trans rights and against the coordinated moral panic and fear being stoked against them 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

28/06/2021

The blunt response from ScotRail went viral on social media, with hundreds of people praising the social media manager for highlighting serious issues on twitter

23/06/2021

On his 109th birthday...

The old £50 and £20 banknotes will be withdrawn by October next year, the Bank of England says.

22/06/2021

A wee while ago, some knobber graffito'd the pub with 'G**z Onley'. We assume it was meant as a badly-spelled jibe but, rather than let it annoy us, we figured we could have some fun with it.

So here we are - for one week only - G**z Onley, (currently) North Fort St's only pop-up Pride bar! 🌈

We'll be celebrating diversity, having a laugh and raising money for The Equality Network, with the help of some fantastic breweries, DJ Jez and Yer Uncle Harry (more on those later in the week).

In the meantime, although the name may suggest exclusivity, we're as inclusive as we've always been. Our policy has always been the same: be whoever you are, you're welcome here (assuming you're not a t**t). Oh, and wear decent slacks, of course.

01/06/2021

PRIDE IS A PROTEST.

29/04/2021

“I was encouraged to believe that the BBC was capable of reporting the story in a responsible way,” Jolyon says. “What then happened was a complete s**t show.”

Jolyon Maugham, barrister and founder of the Good Law Project, talks about being a trans ally and his view on the puberty blockers case.