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).

Local events:

• Saturday 4 February: GirlZone Lunch from 1pm in Wetherspoons (Church Street, Inverness). If you are new, look for the blue box or contact Joanne on 0779 222 3687 / girlzone@gay-ness.org.uk if you wish to be met in advance. Find us on Facebook.
• Sunday 5 February: 'Walk 'n' Talk' near Contin. Meet at 10.30am at Contin Forest Walks car park (aka Torrachilty Forest Walks car park). For directions and if you need transport, contact Morgan on morgan@tramstop.org or 07745 930383.
• Tuesday 7 February: LGBT Moray social night from 7.30pm onwards at the Muckle Cross Pub, 34 High Street, Elgin. Look for a rainbow coloured bag and a VW camper money box on the table! 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 8 February: Come LGBT Running with the Inverness Leisure JogScotland group every Wednesday at 6.30pm. We meet inside Inverness Leisure. Get fit and make new friends! Morgan is a qualified JOG Scotland leader - contact morgan@tramstop.org or 07745 930383. The cost is £2.50 or free to High Life members.
• Wednesday 8 February: MacNab's Midweek Meet-up (otherwise known as Mmm...!). Everyone LGBT or straight is welcome to meet from 8pm for chat, drinks or food in Macnab's bar & bistro (in the Columba Hotel on the riverside). Look for the table with the purple parcel! This is your weekly opportunity to make friends and chat, organised by the Highland LGBT Forum. Contact Morgan on morgan@tramstop.org or 07745 930383.

• Tuesday 14 February: The Pink Castle Philosophy Club meets at 7.30pm in the riverside lounge at the Glen Mhor Hotel (Ness Bank, Inverness). The topic this month is Love and Marriage! Contact 07745 930383 or email morgan@tramstop.org. The club meets on the second Tuesday of every month.
• Wednesday 15 February: Come LGBT Running with the Inverness Leisure JogScotland group every Wednesday at 6.30pm. We meet inside Inverness Leisure. Get fit and make new friends! Morgan is a qualified JOG Scotland leader - contact morgan@tramstop.org or 07745 930383. The cost is £2.50 or free to High Life members.
• Wednesday 15 February: MacNab's Midweek Meet-up (otherwise known as Mmm...!). Everyone LGBT or straight is welcome to meet from 8pm for chat, drinks or food in Macnab's bar & bistro (in the Columba Hotel on the riverside). Look for the table with the purple parcel! This is your weekly opportunity to make friends and chat, organised by the Highland LGBT Forum. Contact Morgan on morgan@tramstop.org or 07745 930383.
• Wednesday 15 February: Pillar LGBT Youth Group - Inverness (for 16 - 25 year olds) meets from 6.30pm - 8.30pm at Waverley Care (34 Waterloo Place, Inverness). Text 07974 996 051.
• Friday 17 February: 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 February: LGBT Moray group meeting at 10.30am in 'Time Out' (High Street, Forres). Look for a rainbow coloured bag and a VW camper money box on the table! 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.
  Free Film Evening to celebrate LGBT History Month

  
  Highland Rainbow Folk, a local storytelling group of volunteers, is hosting a free event with short films, stories and discussion in Eden Court Theatre, Inverness on Wednesday 22 February at 7pm.
  The first film, part of the trilogy If These Walls Could Talk 2 and starring Vanessa Redgrave, looks at the relationship between two women in 1961 and tells the story of events following the death of one of them.
  The second film, Communication, is a powerful story about a young man's forbidden love affair with his much older teacher.
  The third film, Across The Hall, reminds us of the sense of humanity that unites us all as it explores the tensions between neighbours, one a transgender person, each trying to find their place in a larger community.
  There will be an opportunity to discuss these films and to listen to members of Highland Rainbow Folk tell their stories.
  Please join us for what promises to be both an enjoyable and thought provoking evening.
  The event is free and open to all. Sponsored by Highland Council & LGBT History Month Scotland.
  To reserve your ticket please call Eden Court on 01463 234 234.
  Or for more information about Highland Rainbow Folk call 07791874583 or email.

  

• Wednesday 22 February: Come LGBT Running with the Inverness Leisure JogScotland group every Wednesday at 6.30pm. We meet inside Inverness Leisure. Get fit and make new friends! Morgan is a qualified JOG Scotland leader - contact morgan@tramstop.org or 07745 930383. The cost is £2.50 or free to High Life members.
• Thursday 23 February: 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 (except December) for transgender / transvestite / transsexual people. Visit their web site for more details.
• Saturday 25 February: We Were Here - a documentary about the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco in the 1980s - is being show at Eden Court at 7.15pm as part of LGBT History Month. Running time: 90 minutes.
• Saturday 25 February: LGBT social event from 12 noon in MacNab's Bar & Bistro in the Columba Hotel (on the riverside, opposite Inverness Castle). Just come along to socialise and have a chat over coffee or a snack! Look for the table with the shiny red box. Contact 075 1223 1904 or forum@gay-ness.org.uk if you want someone to look out for you. All LGBT folk and friends welcome. This event is organised by the Highland LGBT Forum on the last Saturday of every month.
• Monday 27 February: The lesbian film So Hard to Forget is being show at Eden Court at 8.30pm as part of LGBT History Month. Running time: 100 minutes. Subtitles.
• Wednesday 29 February: Come LGBT Running with the Inverness Leisure JogScotland group every Wednesday at 6.30pm. We meet inside Inverness Leisure. Get fit and make new friends! Morgan is a qualified JOG Scotland leader - contact morgan@tramstop.org or 07745 930383. The cost is £2.50 or free to High Life members.
• Wednesday 29 February: MacNab's Midweek Meet-up (otherwise known as Mmm...!). Everyone LGBT or straight is welcome to meet from 8pm for chat, drinks or food in Macnab's bar & bistro (in the Columba Hotel on the riverside). Leap Year Special!! Look for the table with the purple parcel! This is your weekly opportunity to make friends and chat, organised by the Highland LGBT Forum. Contact Morgan on morgan@tramstop.org or 07745 930383.

• Saturday 3 March: GirlZone Lunch from 1pm in Wetherspoons (Church Street, Inverness). If you are new, look for the blue box or contact Joanne on 0779 222 3687 / girlzone@gay-ness.org.uk if you wish to be met in advance. Find us on Facebook.

Looking ahead:

• 19 May 2012: Highland Ball for LGBT folk & friends at the Thistle Hotel in Inverness - more details to follow.