Ayr Academy LGBT+

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[Ayr Academy LGBT+ @AyrLGBTQ]

We had the best day today taking part in Purple Friday for @LGBTYS! The bake sale was a huge hit and our committee, alongside staff, walked 5.4km for the Pass the Torch relay. A huge success! ☺️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @Ayr_Academy2016 @LGBTYS

[Ayr Academy @Ayr_Academy2016]

Ayr Academy celebrated #purplefriday today to help raise funds for @LGBTYS. Pupils were encouraged to wear purple and buy yummy cakes from the bake sale! Later in the day the @AyrLGBTQ committee took part in the Pass the Torch Relay 😊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Well done to everyone involved! #respect

[SFRS East, North and South Ayrshire @Scotfire_ENSA]

@Scotfire_ENSA @AyrshirePolice attended @Ayr_Academy2016 for a photo with @AyrLGBTQ committee who took part in the Pass the Torch Relay 🏳️‍🌈Well done to everyone involved! #Respect

[Ayr Academy LGBT+ @AyrLGBTQ]

We are so excited for Purple Friday tomorrow! Don't forget to wear something purple and bring in a donation. There will also be a delicious bake sale at break and our LGBT committee will be taking part in the Pass the Torch Relay all to raise funds for @LGBTYS 😊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[Ayr Academy LGBT+ @AyrLGBTQ]

One of the ways we are raising funds for #purplefriday this year is by taking part in a 5K sponsored walk as part of their Pass the Torch appeal! Any donations to sponsor the committee and staff walking on Friday would be greatly appreciated 🏳️‍🌈 https://t.co/llSLNvSxJO

[Ayr Academy LGBT+ @AyrLGBTQ]

Kat was in a relationship of 16 years with partner and club co-founder Laura
Montgomery. Many Scottish football personalities shared messages of love
and support for Laura and family after Kat’s passing in early 2019.

[Ayr Academy LGBT+ @AyrLGBTQ]

Our chosen #LGBTHM22 icon this week is Katharina Lindner. Katharina was born in Germany and grew up there. She played football
and joined FFC Frankfurt when she was 16 years old.

[Ayr Academy LGBT+ @AyrLGBTQ]

Katharina obtained her PhD at Glasgow University and spent most of her years
as a Media, Communications and Culture lecturer at the University of Stirling,
specialising in gender, sport and queer theory.

[Ayr Academy LGBT+ @AyrLGBTQ]

In 2009 the government apologised for what had happened to Alan, and in 2013 Queen Elizabeth II signed a posthumous royal pardon for Turing’s conviction, meaning everything he went through for being a gay man would be absolved.

[Ayr Academy LGBT+ @AyrLGBTQ]

The next person we have decided to honour for LGBTQ+ History Month is Alan Turing.

[Ayr Academy LGBT+ @AyrLGBTQ]

In the early 1950’s Turing was charged with gross indecency when he was known to have had relations with a man, he was given a choice which was either imprisonment or hormonal treatments equivalent to chemical castration.

[Ayr Academy LGBT+ @AyrLGBTQ]

Marsha’s life was dedicated to helping people and she said her ambition was “to see gay people liberated and free, and to have the same rights that other people have”.

[Ayr Academy LGBT+ @AyrLGBTQ]

February is LGBTQ+ History Month! In celebration, twice a week for the whole of February, we are going to share some of the significant people in LGBTQ+ history. To kick off the month we have chosen one of the most important activists, Marsha P Johnson.

[Ayr Academy LGBT+ @AyrLGBTQ]

She and Sylvia Riviera founded STAR - Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, an organisation supporting members of the LGBTQ+ community who have been left homeless.