ScotsGay Issue 98 - ScotsGay Magazine

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NEWS
BALLS
The Justin Campaign, a campaign launched in
memory of Justin Fashanu, the world's first and only
out gay professional football player (who once played
for Scottish teams Airdrieonians and Heart of
Midlothian) is to launch an international day
opposing homophobia in football - Football v
Homophobia - on Fri 19th Feb. The day's intention is
to raise awareness of the prevalence of homophobia
in the worlds favourite sport and to encourage
national clubs to show their support for the cause by
adopting the initiative's logo for the day and to
include messages that support the cause and condemn
the use of homophobic language and abuse in match
day programmes.
Community football teams throughout the UK
and Europe will be showing their support for the
cause by holding a series of football matches and fun
events throughout the day under the banner of
Football v Homophobia. The Justin Campaign, as
well as staging an opening ceremony in Brighton,
will be sending their campaigning football team The
Justin Fashanu All Stars to play in a football match in
Norwich where Justin Fashanu began his footballing
career.
February 2010 is also LGBT (lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgendered) history month. Darren
Ollerton, campaign director said, "We wanted the
launch of Football v Homophobia to compliment
LGBT history month somehow. Every year on Feb
19th the campaign will celebrate the day by following
Justin Fashanu's career throughout the years and
engaging with each team and their community along
the way. Let's hope when the campaign reaches the
end of the timeline we will have witnessed some
much needed change in the way gay/bi men in
professional and amateur football are perceived and
treated".
Founding director of The Justin Campaign Jason
Bartholomew Hall said, "We think it's important to
have one day out of each year when clubs and
supporters are able to unite in opposing hate and
intolerance in their national sport".
www.thejustincampaign.com
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MAKE POOVERY HISTORY
LGBT History Month in February celebrates the
lives of LGBT people who have shaped our Scottish
heritage and is an excellent opportunity for
organisations and individuals, local community
groups or national partnerships to highlight their own
and others histories in an LGBT context.
It is also an opportunity for LGBT people and
their families to tell their stories on what life was like
for LGBT people in Scotland before LGBT equality
was in the public consciousness and their continued
personal and political struggles. And it's an
opportunity for remembrance, celebration and debate
and discussion around the continued struggle for
LGBT liberation.
For more information about LGBT History
Month visit www.lgbthistory.org.uk this details
events in your local area, examples of quizzes and
workshops, and links to more information. Posters
and postcards available when you register.
E-mail: ann.marriott@lgbthistory.org.uk
SING THING
Edinburgh Gay Men's Chorus is helping East
Lothian celebrate LGBT History Month with a free
performance in Musselburgh's Brunton Theatre on
Sat 27th Feb at 7pm. For free tickets, Tel: Haddington
(01620) 828225. E-mail: scowie@eastlothian.gov.uk
MALAWI
Dundee West MSP Joe FitzPatrick has
welcomed cross-party support at the Scottish
Parliament for his motion urging the Scottish
Parliament to condemn illegal and homophobic
arrests and treatment of prisoners by the authorities in
Malawi as contravening the African Charter on
Human and People's Rights and international human
rights. More than 20 MSPs have supported the
motion which also calls on the Scottish Government
to urge the Malawian government to release the two
men immediately and to end the criminalisation on
homosexuality in Malawi.
WILD WEST
LGBT folk in Argyll and Bute are invited to
come and meet others in a safe and supportive
environment and make their views heard on the
creation of new LGBT social and support networks in
the area.
The meetings will be held in Oban (Noon-4pm
Sat 13th Feb) and Kintyre (Noon-4pm Sat 20th Feb)
and refreshments will be provided.
Please register early if you're coming, so
organisers know how many folk to expect. Tel:
Katrina Mitchell on 07818 287053 for more
information and to register.
Reasonable travel expenses can be reimbursed
under certain circumstances - please check in
advance.
NATIONAL
The National
LGBT Forum is to
celebrate its first
birthday a little later
than planned,
having chosen to
reschedule to Thu
11th Feb due to a
little bit of weather.
After meetings in
Glasgow, Edinburgh
and Stirling it’s the turn of Perth to host the forum
and time to tackle some of the more complicated
issues affecting LGBT communities.
This meeting will look at the topic of race,
religion and belief. As well as a panel of speakers
from ethnic minority, religious and LGBT
communities, part of the forum will be a roundtable
discussion on the topic. Organisers are looking for
your ideas and suggestions on what areas you would
like to see on the table for discussion.
If you want more info, have suggestions or
require a registration form to attend the event, please
contact scott@equality-network.org or call 0131-467
6039.
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