The Supreme Court ruling is the most recent reminder of how at risk LGBTQ+ rights are around the world. In many countries, homosexuality is still illegal and, even in Europe, earlier this year Hungary passed a law banning Pride marches. Meanwhile, in Scotland, in response to ‘pinkwashing’ and the corporate sponsorship of Pride, we’ve seen a resurgence of community-organised Prides all the way from Dumfries to Orkney, and anti-capitalist Prides – including the Fossil Free Pride movement, and No Pride in Genocide – which seek to put the politics back into Pride.

This panel discussion will look back at the history of Pride and forward to its future, asking: 

• What are the origins of Pride as a protest movement, what has it become, and what do we need to protect?

• What does Pride mean, and who does it belong to? In a movement built on visibility, how do we avoid Pride being co-opted by other agendas and those wishing to profit from it?

• What potential does Pride have as a liberatory movement?

• When we organise politically around sexuality and gender identities, how do we build other forms of solidarity across class, borders, and with other minoritised groups? 

A panel discussion facilitated by Ellie Muniandy, anti-oppression facilitator and therapist.

Panellists include:

• Nat Raha - poet, activist, scholar and co-author of Trans Femme Futures; Abolitionist Ethics for Transfeminist World

• Kit Colliver - activist and organiser at Resisting Transphobia in Edinburgh

  Other panellists to be confirmed soon

This is an indoor event.

Portobello Library has: Accessible Toilets, Step Free Access, Wheelchair Accessible