World Wide Wave

2 Sep 2017

SCOTLAND: A GAY TEACHER WITH BIG VISIONS

Europe, News & Politics

Last week, Scotland’s current First Minister becoming the first Scottish national leader to speak and march at a Pride event. In her speech, Nicola Sturgeon publicly pledged to continue to work for Scotland to become the best place in the world for LGBT rights. We’re off to Scotland.

• What does it feel like to have your national leader speaking passionately and positively about your LGBT community?
• What is it like ‘coming out’ as gay in a teaching environment?
• What is it about Scottish society that has made it one of the best places in the world for LGBT people?

To lift the kilt on Scottish LGBT life, we were joined in the studio tonight by Matt Kirkbride – a proud Scot currently living in Melbourne.

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