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Helena's Interview
Helena, 54, She/Her
How inclusive is sport for Homosexual people?
Not great, in terms of participation it can vary by clubs or sports. In my life if you’re the member of a team or club, generally speaking those people are very supportive. In a wider context, the professional sports might be much harder again while your teammates will be fine but the supporters and things appreciate that might make participation difficult. For a supporter say going to monitor a top-flight football fit would be hard I think, very hard at times. At any level, football is a very toxic-masculine setup. It's very stressful and it would be very difficult to be very open about yourself in a regular football watching environment, I think.
Having said that, I’m a firm believer that we have to propel the boundaries, if you want something to arise you have to form it happen. If you want to change it you do have to get out there and you have to utter “I’m going to complete this.” If other people don’t like it, that says more about them than it does me. Don’t sit on the side lines, do something about it.
I think LGBT sports people are becoming more visible in certain sports and that’s a
A Guest Post by William Campbell
The myth once perpetrated that schooldays are &#;the happiest days of your life&#; certainly did not apply to a nervous, quiet, non-sporty, spotty youth like me, who wanted to be a fashion designer. I found myself amongst a bunch of growling wannabe engineers and factory workers. Attending a senior secondary in East Kilbride, I wished every schoolday would finish posthaste, so I could obtain back to the security of home. I only ever felt accepted, and comfortable, in the Art Department, amongst the most gentle, creative, fellow pupils and my very possess &#;Jean Brodie&#;, Mrs Barclay. You could go to her classroom any lunchtime, and she would be playing classical records on her Dansette record player, while we ate peanut butter sandwiches and drank diluting orange juice. The only time I felt happiness and acceptance was in the 5th year, in that class.
He wore a leatherette coat, green corduroy trilby with feather, and a pair of leather driving gloves
saw me starting operate, aged 17, as a junior sales assistant in the menswear department of an upmarket shop in Buchanan Street, Glasgow. For the princely wage of £5 10s 6d a week, I was to learn mor
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10 years of equal marriage in Scotland: interview with celebrant Ross Wright
June 17,
In this Pride Month instalment of our celebrant interview series, we converse to celebrant Ross Wright to celebrate and demonstrate on 10 years of equal marriage in Scotland. In the Marriage and Civil Partnership Act was passed, marking a gigantic milestone of equality in Scotland. Ross conducted the first same sex wedding ceremony in Scotland, for couple Joe and Malx, on new year’s eve He tells us about this experience, his campaigning work with Humanist Community Scotland, and his journey towards humanism.
Hi Ross, can you tell us a bit about you and your background?
I grew up in East Kilbride but moved to Glasgow to go to university and never left. Coming out in my early twenties, I was coordinator with ‘Gay Switchboard’, an facts phone line. This also became the first data source about HIV when the AIDS pandemic started. I also helped place up the Steve Retson project, the gay men’s sexual health service. So, looking back, I surmise I’ve always been committed in the community and been an agitator for change.
How did you receive involved with campaigning for equal marriage?
As a celeb
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