Celebrate Pride Month with Glasgow Caledonian June is Pride Month, where LGBTQIA+ folk, our families, our allies and friends, come together to celebrate the diversity of our communities. This year, Glasgow Caledonian University are having a series of events throughout the month to celebrate our equality, diversity and inclusivity, as well as a special social event on 19 June. We’ll be covering crafting, wellbeing, and GCU research, so our events are just as diverse and exciting as our community.
Everyone is welcome! If you’d like to attend any of the events, please sign up using the links below – some have limited spaces and are likely to fill up quickly.
If you have any questions you can also contact the LGBTQIA+ Equity Working Group . Please note: this inbox is made up of various colleagues across the University and is not a confidential inbox.
Pride events 2025
4 June: GCU x Pride x Caledonian Crafters, and How to be a better Trans Ally
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12 – 1pm Caledonian Crafters: Learn how to cross-stitch your very own Pride Rainbow decoration. No experience necessary! Sign up to Caledonian Crafters X Pride
1.30 – 3.30pm How to be a better Trans Ally: Learn more about being an ally for our trans colleagues and students. Pop by our stall in the library, near the relax and renew space - no sign up necessary.
17 June: GCU x Zentangling
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1 – 2pm Zentangle – explore zentangling, an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. No experience necessary; you don’t have to be good at art or drawing to have great results. In fact, even if you go wrong, it's right! Sign up to Zentangling .
19 June: GCU x Pride x Rainbow Sheds, and GCU Pride spills the tea (and coffee!)
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3 - 4pm Laughter Yoga – emphasising laughter, playfulness, breathing, and mindfulness, this session was part of the County Clare Queer Sheds programme and is led by our very own DPsych student Kathy. There are only 15 places on this event, so sign up fast! Sign up for Laughter Yoga .
4pm onwards – Socialise with LGBTQIA+ folk at Glasgow Caledonian, make some new pals, and take some photos under the Rainbow! Sign up for Pride spills the tea (and coffee!) .
All month: Library Resources Display
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Throughout Pride month, the library will have various displays highlighting books and resources for LGBTQIA+ Pride, along with a Trans Solidarity Display. You can find the displays outside Relax and Renew, and on the Level 1 Mezzanine.
"As we mark Pride Month, I encourage everyone to take a moment to reflect on how diversity enriches our lives. While we may not always share the same experiences, we all have a part to play in ensuring that every member of our community feels valued and seen."
Fiona Campbell
Vice-Principal of People and Student Wellbeing
Past Pride events (June-July 2024)
Pride March at Mardi Gla
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The Glasgow Caledonian community marched together at Pride on Saturday the 20th of July 2024. Glasgow Pride, (Mardi Gla) is a celebration of people coming together in love and friendship, and to showcase the diversity of the LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer) movement in a fun and inclusive way.
Crochet your way to gay!
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Crochet your way to gay! Crafting, Mental Health and Wellbeing during Pride at GCU
Monday 10 June, between 12 and 1pm in Relax and Renew
Professor Jamie Frankis will open the session and discuss how engaging with crafting can benefit your mental health and wellbeing, followed by a practical session led by GCU’s Caledonian Crafters where attendees will be able to learn how to crochet and make paper flowers.
LGBTQIA+ Research Café
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LGBTQIA+ Research Café: How are GCU working with and for LGBTQIA+ Communities in Scotland and Beyond
Tuesday the 11th of June between 12 and 2pm in Relax and Renew
Find out why Glasgow Caledonian is Scotland’s leading University for LGBTQIA+ research and what we’re doing to improve people’s lives across Scotland and beyond.
Led by Dr Jamie Frankis, Professor of Health Psychology, Co-lead of the Sexual Health and Blood Borne Viruses Research Group, key speakers also include ReaCH Co-Director Professor Carol Emslie, Professor of Substance Use Research Liz Hughes, Co-lead of the Queer Futures 2 Project experts in psychology, substance use, eHealth, nursing, tourism, sociology and counselling as well as some of our undergraduate students and PhD researchers.
Part 1 Sexual Health, Mental Health and Communities (12-1pm)
Part 2 Alcohol and Substance Use and LGBTQIA+ Communities (1-2pm)
Each session will include a series of 3-minute research briefings on our research, reflections on why we work with LGBTQIA+ communities and time to chat about this in a relaxed, informal atmosphere.
Poetry and Pride
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Wednesday 12 June, between 4 and 5pm in Relax and Renew
GCU Librarian Ben Redhead will host a poetry workshop in which we will read some of our favourite poems describing, soothing, and championing queer experience, including:
Male love in Shakespeare's Sonnet 20 and in Walt Whitman, foundational lesbianism in Sappho's fragments, gay melancholy in Edwin Morgan, And many more. Feel free to bring whatever else you want
Open to all people and all poetry, as queer or as straight as you like, in Relax and Renew.
Gender Goals at GCU: Football Training Session
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Thursday 13 June between 4pm and 8pm at the GCU MUGA
Gender Goals FC is Scotland’s first football club run by and exclusively for trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming people. The club is dedicated to fighting homophobia, biphobia and transphobia through football and activism. The club competes in inclusive leagues in 5 and 7 a side teams.
On 13 June, staff and students are invited to take part in an informal training session followed by a friendly game from 4-6pm at the MUGA (multi User Game Area) behind the Students Union on-campus. From 6pm onwards GG will commence team training and invite trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming or questioning staff or students to get involved.
Spaces are limited so sign up before they are all gone. Bring your boots (if you got them, no worries if you don’t) and we’ll see you out on the pitch!
