Glasgow Caledonian University and GCU Students’ Association are hosting several events for our students and staff as part of Pride month every year.
If you have any questions, feel free to email us (this inbox is for the Glasgow Caledonian LGBTQIA+ Working Group which is made up of various colleagues from across the University and is not a confidential inbox).
Past Pride events (June-July 2024)
Pride March at Mardi Gla
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The Glasgow Caledonian community marched together at Pride on Saturday the 20th of July 2024. Glasgow Pride, (Mardi Gla) is a celebration of people coming together in love and friendship, and to showcase the diversity of the LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer) movement in a fun and inclusive way.
Crochet your way to gay!
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Crochet your way to gay! Crafting, Mental Health and Wellbeing during Pride at GCU
Monday 10 June, between 12 and 1pm in Relax and Renew
Professor Jamie Frankis will open the session and discuss how engaging with crafting can benefit your mental health and wellbeing, followed by a practical session led by GCU’s Caledonian Crafters where attendees will be able to learn how to crochet and make paper flowers.
LGBTQIA+ Research Café
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LGBTQIA+ Research Café: How are GCU working with and for LGBTQIA+ Communities in Scotland and Beyond
Tuesday the 11th of June between 12 and 2pm in Relax and Renew
Find out why Glasgow Caledonian is Scotland’s leading University for LGBTQIA+ research and what we’re doing to improve people’s lives across Scotland and beyond.
Led by Dr Jamie Frankis, Professor of Health Psychology, Co-lead of the Sexual Health and Blood Borne Viruses Research Group, key speakers also include ReaCH Co-Director Professor Carol Emslie, Professor of Substance Use Research Liz Hughes, Co-lead of the Queer Futures 2 Project experts in psychology, substance use, eHealth, nursing, tourism, sociology and counselling as well as some of our undergraduate students and PhD researchers.
Part 1 Sexual Health, Mental Health and Communities (12-1pm)
Part 2 Alcohol and Substance Use and LGBTQIA+ Communities (1-2pm)
Each session will include a series of 3-minute research briefings on our research, reflections on why we work with LGBTQIA+ communities and time to chat about this in a relaxed, informal atmosphere.
Poetry and Pride
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Wednesday 12 June, between 4 and 5pm in Relax and Renew
GCU Librarian Ben Redhead will host a poetry workshop in which we will read some of our favourite poems describing, soothing, and championing queer experience, including:
Male love in Shakespeare's Sonnet 20 and in Walt Whitman, foundational lesbianism in Sappho's fragments, gay melancholy in Edwin Morgan, And many more. Feel free to bring whatever else you want
Open to all people and all poetry, as queer or as straight as you like, in Relax and Renew.
Gender Goals at GCU: Football Training Session
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Thursday 13 June between 4pm and 8pm at the GCU MUGA
Gender Goals FC is Scotland’s first football club run by and exclusively for trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming people. The club is dedicated to fighting homophobia, biphobia and transphobia through football and activism. The club competes in inclusive leagues in 5 and 7 a side teams.
On 13 June, staff and students are invited to take part in an informal training session followed by a friendly game from 4-6pm at the MUGA (multi User Game Area) behind the Students Union on-campus. From 6pm onwards GG will commence team training and invite trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming or questioning staff or students to get involved.
Spaces are limited so sign up before they are all gone. Bring your boots (if you got them, no worries if you don’t) and we’ll see you out on the pitch!
