Next meeting of Bute LGBTQ+ Community Group to discuss feedback from Pride 2025, community event suggestions, fundraising & advertising and role definitions for the committee (&vacancies) prior to the AGM in early 2026 On Saturday 1st November, 2-3pm in Rothesay. Venue TBC

Are you a rural trans or non-binary person in Highland or Argyll and Bute? NHS Highland Public Health have partnered with Scottish Trans to conduct trans-led research about trans and non-binary people’s experiences of GP practices in remote and rural Scotland.

@butepride.bsky.social with @unitescotlgbt.bsky.social speaking to LGBT+ workers about the importance of trade union membership

forms.gle/M78nDyx8jEJU... BUTE PRIDE 2025 Feedback Survey. Did you attend BP25? Please let us know what was great, what could be better, and what your favourite bit(s) were. If you couldn’t attend - you can still let us know why or give some other feedback. Thank you.

www.instagram.com/reel/DNJGB4J... Here are the Pups of Pride 2025!! #butePride2025

#butepride presents our main #pride celebrations Saturday 9th August live & FREE!! Parade meets 12 for a 1:30pm set off to #buteyard where a day of music, speeches and food & drink await. Check out a range of information stalls and merchandise. Raffle with great prizes. Host: Barbra La Bush

Friday 8th August live and FREE events. Kicking off #ButePride #ButePride2025 at 4:30pm at the Discovery Centre Cinema 6:30pm The Rabbie Bar for an evening of entertainment until midnight with the amazing @rippermoff (Bingo, spot games, comedy and burlesque) DJ Eddy music & karaoke

emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A... This is the link to the FINAL Bute Pride Planning meeting this evening at 7pm. If you have a valid point of order or a helpful comment to make, please join us one last time

FINAL BUTE PRIDE PLANNING MEETING The final Bute Pride planning meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 24th, from 7-8 PM, held online via Microsoft Teams and in person in Rothesay. Contact Angie via email at [email protected] to attend in person. The meeting is part of the ongoing….

Join us for Bute Pride 2025 8-10th August in Rothesay, Isle of Bute. Friday 8th: Cinema for Pricilla Queen of the Desert followed by an evening in Rabbies Bar for Pre drinks, games and entertainment from the inimitable @rippermoff

Only 2 planning meetings left for Bute Pride 2025. The next one is this Thursday 10th July in Rothesay at 7pm. You can attend via Teams link in 1st thread. This and the next will be tying up loose ends and making sure everyone is in place by 7th August as our event is 8-10th August. #ButePride

History repeating itself. Get the pyres ready for those books too. 😢 #whyweneedpride #prideisstillaprotest

NEXT MEETING: Thursday 26th June Venue: Galatea Bar, Castle Street, Rothesay. Time: 7-8pm All welcome. Teams meeting link to follow

Further update. This Thursdays meeting may have to be entirely online; using the Team Meeting link in this thread - unfortunately team members are not quite back to full health to attend in in-person meeting this week. See you on Teams - Thursday 5th June at 7pm 🙏🏼

URGENT: Change of Date Due to sickness; this meeting has been postponed until 5th June 2025. Same time and venue.

We're collecting data and stories on what the appalling Supreme Court decision means for trans and gender non conforming people. Lawyers will review all responses - please share your story because if we don't know we can't act. (And please share with friends.) goodlawproject.org/about/trans-...

Delighted to open our conversations in 2025 by sharing a video of our favourite day of 2024 - Pride in Leadership's inaugural Annual Conference youtu.be/AZiby5cy8f8

Want to take action and let your MSPs know that you welcome trans people in your spaces? The impacts of the Supreme Court ruling will be felt across Britain – so it’s important that MSPs hear from allies too. Use our quick tool to speak up for trans people: www.scottishtrans.org/supreme-cour...

www.instagram.com/p/DJuFcC8C9D... TOMORROW Tuesday 20th May 2025: 140 George Street, Glasgow. Noise protest outside EHRC meeting. 12-2pm

Next committee & social meeting of ButeLGBTQ Community Group / Bute Pride organisation is Thursday 29th May at 7pm. Venue tbc. Here is the link for the Teams Meeting if you want to join remotely 👍🏼 teams.live.com/meet/9372973...

Help us to win £1,000! All you need to do is sign up to easyfundraising – the online fundraising site that turns your everyday spending into free donations for ButeLGBTQ Community Group. Then shop online at Tesco by the end of May – every shop equals an entry into the prize draw. Get started:

www.facebook.com/share/r/16Bo... Difficult enough being trans or non-binary - but when you are intersex…. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Well said Helen. If some judge who never even consulted any trans groups or experts, relying solely on Gender Critical voices for evidence expects me to kowtow to his flawed judgement, he has another think coming.

www.facebook.com/share/r/16ci... Fabulous queer poetry

If you’re around Glasgow looking for a great wee Queer Bookstore for a good rummage or a browse - try out Category is..Books in Allison Street. Available for pop up store stands at Prides. www.categoryisbooks.com

The response to yesterday’s ruling by terfs, the popping of champagne corks, the odious glee, shows that they were never afraid of trans people. No, they delight in our fear and our misery. Refuse to be miserable. Find community. Love loudly and proudly. Laugh together. Share joy.

Bute Pride 2025 Planning meeting & social group meet up Thursday 17th April at 7pm Black Bull Bar back room Teams meeting link emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

DRAG. IS. NOT. A. MODERN. INVENTION.

This Wednesday (16th April 2025), the Supreme Court will be issuing its judgement in a case taken by For Women Scotland against the Scottish Govt. Ahead of this, we've written a blog post to help you understand what the Supreme Court decision is all about. www.scottishtrans.org/what-is-wedn...

"As a gay and neurodivergent child, I often felt like I didn’t quite fit in" writes Doctor Who super fan Michael Sheridan for Attitude in this examination of the show's impact on our community www.attitude.co.uk/culture/doct...

Bute Pride 2025 The Parade / March (yes Pride is still a protest against inequalities and exclusion!) will take place on Saturday 9th August. START: Isle of Bute Sailing Club (to the right as you come off the ferry) gathering from midday, leaving 1:30pm END: Bute Yard, High Street #ButePride2025

5 minute survey from the Public Health Team, for people living in Argyll & Bute locality. Help shape future quality outcomes to reduce inequalities and improve inclusion for minority groups including LGBTQ+ people. www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/EqualityOu...

Bute Pride meets Sanremo Pride (Italy) yesterday evening!! Now that is reaching out around the world!! #ButePride #Pride #LGBTQ #SanRemoPride

It's Trans Day of Visibility today and we're sending love and solidarity to trans people everywhere - whether you're able to be open about being trans or not. #Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #Queer #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #TDOV25 #TDOV

O.M.G. This is worse than we ever expected. Get your Pink 🔺ready now. Might as well be ahead of the game. USA now …. Soon a world near you.

emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A... This is the link for the next Bute Pride 2025 planning meeting on Teams Meetings. Thursday 20th March 7pm.

Next Bute PRIDE planning meeting will be held on Thursday 20th March at 7pm. In person at the meeting room of the Black Bull pub in Rothesay, Isle of Bute Teams meeting link will be posted here when available in the lead up to the meeting. See ButePride.com for all other details

If you are, or can recommend a fabulous LGBTQ-+ motivational speaker who would be free to work your magic at #ButePride25 on 9th August- please message us here or by email [email protected]

What does a Pride Protest & Celebration March look like on a small Island like Bute, SW Scotland?? This:

This was our goodbye to X/twitter post earlier today - goodbye Mr Muskrat

#ButePride25 is coming & the committee have been beavering away to get everything organised so that everyone knows months in advance what & who to expect over the whole weekend 8-10th August If you have ideas for appropriate performers local / Scottish talent especially email: [email protected]

Welcome to Bute Pride on Bluesky! We are a small community group bringing you an extraordinarily large Scottish Island Pride - get ready for the most spectacular Pride yet on 8-10th August 2025. Lots more info to follow.