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[Shift @ShiftScot]

Hiya friends 👋🏼 and happy #LGBTHistoryMonth 🏳️‍🌈

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This is what art can make happen 👏🏼 ! #LGBTHM21

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✅ Signed.

Petition for Twitter to address the rising Transphobia on its platform: https://t.co/0tVqOn1DVP

[Shift @ShiftScot]

This message from @JoCliffordPlays is wonderful. It is exactly why we started #PridePlays and exactly why we will continue them.

Jo has been an inspiration to so many of our playwrights and we need to make sure that future playwrights have that inspiration too. #LGBTHM21

[Shift @ShiftScot]

@NatLMcG @traversetheatre @ConnelB @_sarahmasson @Rebecca_Elise1 Oh, the celebrations we will have when we get back there! 🎉 🥂

[Nat McGrath🏊‍♀️🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺🚴🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍⚧️ @NatLMcG]

Last time I was working in an actual theatre was a year ago today! #PridePlays for @ShiftScot @traversetheatre @ConnelB @_sarahmasson @Rebecca_Elise1 Good memory & experience! #LGBTHM21

[Shift @ShiftScot]

@NatLMcG @ConnelB @_sarahmasson @traversetheatre We were so happy that you *were* x

[Nat McGrath🏊‍♀️🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺🚴🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍⚧️ @NatLMcG]

Was so happy to be part of Pride Plays last year @ShiftScot @ConnelB @_sarahmasson @traversetheatre

[Shift @ShiftScot]

@jdizzlestewart So would we - it was just brilliant!

[Shift @ShiftScot]

💬 Words from our #PridePlays Playwrights.

It was such a joy to have @jdizzlestewart with us last year & to share his play “Elastic” with everyone. It was very topical, perhaps even more so just now, delving into how borders & political decisions impact relationships. #LGBTHM21

[Shift @ShiftScot]

💬 Words from our #PridePlays Playwrights.

Ross Wylie was part of our first ever year 👏🏼 . His play, “Bug-Eyed”, was a hysterical two hander about the realities of gay party culture. It touched on everything from superheroes to the unfounded power of a lanyard 😉. #LGBTHM21

[Sarah Masson @_sarahmasson]

Can anyone think of any plays that have explored the realities of IVF?

It’s is a subject that I don’t think I’d ever seen as the issue at the heart of a play, before Cocoon. Thank you @KatieGartlanC, for writing such a brilliant piece about it. #PridePlays

[Shift @ShiftScot]

💬 Words from our #PridePlays Playwrights.

@KatieGartlanC's play "Cocoon" truly touched our audience last year. It was clear from the Q&A, the bar and people getting in touch with us long after. It was the first time a lot of people had seen #IVF explored on stage.

[PinkNews @PinkNews]

Stephen Fry urges Boris Johnson to ban 'cruel, contemptuous' conversion therapy once and for all
https://t.co/VDw5D4bvIs

[Shift @ShiftScot]

We’re so excited to start sharing some words from people who have been involved with #PridePlays over the years 👏🏼.

We’ve had nothing but support from @HannahB4LiviMP since we started in 2019. #LGBTHM21

[Adam Nols-McVey @adamnolsmcvey]

Edinburgers can be proud of who they are -lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, straight or defined otherwise- in our capital you’re a citizen on equal terms.

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ flags are flying above City Chambers for #LGBTHM21
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤍���🤎

[Stellar Quines @StellarQuines]

We're working with @lisa_sangster to create an awareness campaign on Sexual Harassment in Scottish Theatre. Help shape the campaign by joining 1 of 2 focus groups we're running this Friday for theatre workers (more info below)

Book your spot on Eventbrite https://t.co/Y7vieJR7NH

[olly alexander @alexander_olly]

it's national HIV testing week!! let's celebrate our progress in fighting this virus by taking a free test and knowing our status. Go check @THTorguk for more info✨🌈 #nationalhivtestingweek #ItsASin
https://t.co/FoPsojEESv

[Amnesty Scotland @AmnestyScotland]

It’s #LGBTHistoryMonth and it’s 40 years since Scotland decriminalised homosexuality. We’ve come a long way but we still need full equality for all #LGBTI people

[Shift @ShiftScot]

We’re really sad #PridePlays won’t be happening this month (keep an eye on the space 😉). The last two years were just amazing! Did you manage to catch Pride Plays in @traversetheatre since we launched? #LGBTHM21