To celebrate this year's Lesbian Visibility Day (26th April), Caitlin Logan and Lauren Carter Allan take over our podcast to share the story of Anne Lister - the diarist and landowner, nicknamed 'Gentleman Jack', who took the Sacrament at the Holy Trinity Church with her partner Ann Walker in 1834 - in what is often considered to be one of the earliest same-sex unions to take place in a church in Britain.

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We discuss the Scottish Government's proposed reform of the Gender Recognition Act (2004) with legal studies Professor Sharon Cowan, and Mridul Wadhwa of Forth Valley Rape Crisis.

The consultation is live until 17th March 2020 - click here to find out more about how to submit your response.

We're joined by journalist and columnist Caitlin Logan to discuss the efforts of lesbian campaigners who protested the introduction of Section 28 in the late 1980s: from interrupting a live BBC news broadcast to abseiling into the House of Lords.

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BBC Stories (YouTube) - When lesbian activists invaded BBC news TV broadcast
Gay Marketing (YouTube) - Margaret Thatcher's Anti-Gay Speech

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This week is the finale of our special series on Section 28 with Tim Hopkins. We pick up where we left off - talking about precedent that repealing the law set for LGBT rights in Scotland more broadly, the legacy that Section 28 left in Scottish education, and whether or not lessons have been learned about public discourse over LGBT equality.

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This week's episode is the semi-finale of our Section 28 special with Tim Hopkins, Director of the Equality Network. We talk about the campaign to repeal Section 28, how a Scottish multi-millionaire stepped in and tried to stop it's repeal with his own counter campaign, and what it was actually like to live in Scotland as an LGBT person during this period.

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2020 marks the 20th anniversary of the repeal of Section 28 - the British law which banned the "promotion of homosexuality" in schools - in Scotland.

We speak with Tim Hopkins, the Director of the Equality Network, about how this law came to be, it's impact, and it's legacy. Tim was involved first hand in the campaign to repeal Section 28 in Scotland, and provides a crucial eyewitness account to this key moment in our history.

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Our chat with Hannah Bardell MP continues. She discusses the current discourse around transgender rights, how Brexit might impact on human rights in the UK, and who her LGBT icons are.

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In the first episode of 2020, we sit down with Hannah Bardell MP. In Part One of our chat, we discuss; the toxic side of social media, her recent encounter with a Member of the House of Lords, what it is like to be an out lesbian MP today, representation and diversity in politics, and her stance on the reform of the Gender Recognition Act (2004).

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Please note that there is discussion of difficult topics in this episode, including eyewitness accounts of terrorism, hate crime and violence.

2019 was the 20th anniversary of the bombing of the Admiral Duncan, an LGBT bar in Soho, London. We're joined by Dr Rhys Crilley to discuss the tragedy, and what can be learned from it today.

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CW: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS DISCUSSION OF BULLYING AND SUICIDE.

We chat with Professor Ian Rivers about the phenomenon of homophobic, and wider anti-LGBT, bullying in schools. Ian is one of the world's leading authorities on the prevalence of this kind of bullying in schools, and the harm it causes to LGBT young people.

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