The Pride of Glasgow 鈥� a city historically intolerant to gay lifestyles now celebrates its fabulous LGBTQ+ community
13 July 2018
Historically, Scotland was a country that didn’t embrace gay culture.
Indeed, homosexuality among men was illegal until 1980.
Since then, however, times have changed and now Scotland’s largest city stages one of the biggest Pride events in the UK.
What Does Pride Mean To You?
We asked the people taking part in Glasgow Pride what it means to them.
"Why's There No Straight Pride?" | Lawrence Chaney
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Glad to be gay in Scotland
Val McDermid explains what it鈥檚 like to be gay in Scotland (from 2016)
Scotland鈥檚 LGBTQ+ community
How Scotland transformed itself from a nation that didn’t ‘do gay’ to the country with ‘the best gay rights in Europe’ (from 2017)
Bee Fiarse Beaujambes demonstrates to those who’ve never been to a gay bar in Scotland what they’ve been missing (from 2015)
There is still work to do with LGBTQ+ rights
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