Highland LGBT Forum


For the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender community
in the Highlands & Islands

Highland LGBT Forum

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Mobile: 075 1223 1904

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Tuesday 11 June 2013
LEAP Sports and LGBT Youth Scotland are running a martial arts workshop for 13 - 25 year olds in Inverness from 7-9pm. This event is free, but places are limited. This is part of the first ever LEAP Sports Festival Fortnight.
Click here for details.

Pride in Edinburgh
Saturday 15 June 2013
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www.pride-scotia.org

Pride Glasgow
Saturday 10 August 2013
Check out
www.prideglasgow.co.uk

LGBT Events in the Scottish Highlands

The Highland LGBT Forum is a group of volunteers drawn from the LGBT community. It is independent from any other organisations and aims to organise a variety of events for the local LGBT community where everyone is welcome.
This page aims to provide an informative list of events within the Highlands which may be of interest to anyone in the LGBT community (events listed here are not all organised the Forum unless stated).

Free LGBT Conferences...

The Highland LGBT Forum is organising a variety of events around the Highlands & Islands. We are holding one-day conferences for interested parties (public sector workers, schools, unions, charities, etc.). This project is being carried out thanks to grant money from Awards for All Scotland and with speakers from Stonewall Scotland, the Equality Network, Northern Constabulary, NHS Highland and Highlands & Islands Equality Forum. After successful events in Nairn in January, Fort William in February, Thurso in March and Portree in April, we will be visiting Stornoway on 24 May, then Orkney (September) and Shetland (October).

Local events:

LGBT Running - free jogging session starting from Inverness Leisure every Wednesday at 6.30pm. All levels of joggers are welcome! Contact Simon Venn on 07941 553620 / jampa40@yahoo.co.uk

  • Friday 17 May: GirlZone lunch from 12.30pm - 2pm in the restaurant upstairs in Debenhams (take the lift to the very top floor in the Eastgate shopping centre, don't go to the cafe on the ground floor!). If you are new, look for the blue box or contact Joanne if you wish to be met in advance.
  • Saturday 18 May: LGBT Moray group meeting at 10.30am at the Mosset Tavern in Forres. Look for a rainbow coloured bag hanging on a chair. Third Saturday of every month. If you're nervous about coming along, someone can meet you in advance - call the group mobile on 07598418638 or email lgbtmoray@gmail.com. Feel free to bring along a friend for support if you wish. All welcome.
  • Tuesday 21 May: Inverness LGBT youth group meeting for 16-25s from 7pm to 9pm at the Bike Shed in Grant Street. Contact. Mobile: 07974996051.
  • Wednesday 22 May: MEN@MACNABS - organised by the FORUM ForMEN - is a weekly opportunity for guys to socialise over drinks and/or food from 8pm at Macnab's bar & bistro (on the riverside at the Columba Hotel, Inverness). Look for the table with the shiny, red post box. Contact Morgan on morgan@tramstop.org or 07745 930383.
  • Tuesday 28 May: Inverness LGBT youth group meeting for 16-25s from 7pm to 9pm at the Bike Shed in Grant Street. Contact. Mobile: 07974996051.
  • Wednesday 29 May: MEN@MACNABS - organised by the FORUM ForMEN - is a weekly opportunity for guys to socialise over drinks and/or food from 8pm at Macnab's bar & bistro (on the riverside at the Columba Hotel, Inverness). Look for the table with the shiny, red post box. Contact Morgan on morgan@tramstop.org or 07745 930383.
  • Thursday 30 May: SouledOUT! Ecstatic dance For Mind, Body, Spirit at 7.45pm. LGBT-friendly event in Inverness every fortnight. Cost £2. Contact Morgan on 07745 930383 or email morgan@tramstop.org.
  • Thursday 30 May: The Swans of Scotland is an independent group which meets at the Beaufort Hotel in Inverness at 7pm on the last Thursday of the month for transgender / transvestite / transsexual people. Visit their web site for more details.
  • Saturday 1 June: GirlZone Lunch from 1pm in Wetherspoons (Church Street, Inverness). If you are new please contact Joanne in advance.
  • Tuesday 4 June: a new social group for LGBT folks in Lochaber is meeting in Fort William. To get in touch contact is initially via morgan@tramstop.org or 07745 930383.
  • Tuesday 4 June: LGBT night at Aces at Miami Nightclub (High Street, Inverness). Doors open at 9pm. Drinks from £1.50. DJ and top tunes. This regular event will be on the 1st Tuesday of every month. Over 18s only. Contact 01463 232602.
  • Tuesday 4 June: Inverness LGBT youth group meeting for 16-25s from 7pm to 9pm at the Bike Shed in Grant Street. Contact. Mobile: 07974996051.
  • Tuesday 4 June: LGBT Moray social night from 7.30pm onwards at the Muckle Cross Pub, 34 High Street, Elgin. Look for a rainbow coloured bag on a chair. First Tuesday of the month. If you're nervous about coming along, someone can meet you in advance - call the group mobile on 07598418638 or email lgbtmoray@gmail.com. Feel free to bring along a friend for support if you wish. All welcome.
  • Wednesday 5 June: MEN@MACNABS - organised by the FORUM ForMEN - is a weekly opportunity for guys to socialise over drinks and/or food from 8pm at Macnab's bar & bistro (on the riverside at the Columba Hotel, Inverness). Look for the table with the shiny, red post box. Contact Morgan on morgan@tramstop.org or 07745 930383.
  • Tuesday 11 June: Inverness LGBT youth group meeting for 16-25s from 7pm to 9pm at the Bike Shed in Grant Street. Contact. Mobile: 07974996051.
  • Tuesday 11 June: The Pink Castle Philosophy Club meets at 7.30pm in the Glen Mhor Hotel (Ness Bank, Inverness). Contact Morgan on 07745 930383 or email morgan@tramstop.org. The topic will be 'Should we 'have a go' against criminals and hooligans?' The club meets on the second Tuesday of every month.
  • Wednesday 12 June: MEN@MACNABS - organised by the FORUM ForMEN - is a weekly opportunity for guys to socialise over drinks and/or food from 8pm at Macnab's bar & bistro (on the riverside at the Columba Hotel, Inverness). Look for the table with the shiny, red post box. Contact Morgan on morgan@tramstop.org or 07745 930383.
  • Thursday 13 June: GirlZone curry night from 6.30pm in Wetherspoons (Church Street, Inverness). Just come along to socialise and have a chat over a drink and/or a meal. Thursday is curry night (regular menu also available). Always on the second Thursday of every month. Contact Joanne.
  • Thursday 13 June: SouledOUT! Ecstatic dance For Mind, Body, Spirit at 7.45pm. LGBT-friendly event in Inverness every fortnight. Cost £2. Contact Morgan on 07745 930383 or email morgan@tramstop.org.
  • Tuesday 18 June: Inverness LGBT youth group meeting for 16-25s from 7pm to 9pm at the Bike Shed in Grant Street. Contact. Mobile: 07974996051.
  • Wednesday 19 June: MEN@MACNABS - organised by the FORUM ForMEN - is a weekly opportunity for guys to socialise over drinks and/or food from 8pm at Macnab's bar & bistro (on the riverside at the Columba Hotel, Inverness). Look for the table with the shiny, red post box. Contact Morgan on morgan@tramstop.org or 07745 930383.
  • Friday 21 June: GirlZone lunch from 12.30pm - 2pm in the restaurant upstairs in Debenhams (take the lift to the very top floor in the Eastgate shopping centre, don't go to the cafe on the ground floor!). If you are new, look for the blue box or contact Joanne if you wish to be met in advance.
  • Wednesday 26 June: MEN@MACNABS - organised by the FORUM ForMEN - is a weekly opportunity for guys to socialise over drinks and/or food from 8pm at Macnab's bar & bistro (on the riverside at the Columba Hotel, Inverness). Look for the table with the shiny, red post box. Contact Morgan on morgan@tramstop.org or 07745 930383.
  • Thursday 27 June: SouledOUT! Ecstatic dance For Mind, Body, Spirit at 7.45pm. LGBT-friendly event in Inverness every fortnight. Cost £2. Contact Morgan on 07745 930383 or email morgan@tramstop.org.
  • Thursday 27 June: The Swans of Scotland is an independent group which meets at the Beaufort Hotel in Inverness at 7pm on the last Thursday of the month for transgender / transvestite / transsexual people. Visit their web site for more details.