Pride Scotia 2014 Edinburgh

(GayWebSource.com – Gay News & Press Network) – Posted by SeasonsofPride.com

June 21, 2014

Edinburgh Pride – Edinburgh, Scotland

Pride Scotia (Edinburgh) exists to promote equality and diversity and protect the future of the LGBT community in Scotland.

Pride Scotia 2014 Edinburgh

Pride Scotia is Scotland’s national LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) pride festival. Run entirely by volunteers, we organise both a pride march and a community based festival to celebrate diversity and personal identity. The traditional pride march and rally provides a platform for politicians, community activists, celebrities and most importantly individuals turn out to march through the city centre to celebrate pride. The festival encompasses live music, DJs and a health and community fair. Pride Scotia is held in Edinburgh every year

Pride Scotia (Edinburgh) will:

Create a safe space to engage communities in the celebration of their sexual orientation.
Coordinate the bi-annual Pride celebration in Edinburgh
Capture and build upon our organization’s and our communities’ history.
Provide a platform for education through a significant public presence.
Run a not-for-profit organization, committed to volunteers and staff.

Values

Honour – our past by remembering our history.
Protect – our future by reaching out, educating and defending our right to celebrate.
Value Diversity – by accepting and respecting differences and working to understand the diverse cultural complexities that influence identity, assumptions, behaviours, expectations and beliefs.
Celebrate – with provocative and outrageous events.
Engage – the diversity of our communities to participate in events and facilitate community development.
Recognise – and acknowledge, the involvement and contributions of volunteers, staff and sponsors.
Respect – volunteers, staff and sponsors by creating and sustaining an environment where we treat each other with respect and dignity.
Sustain – the organisation by ensuring transparency in our actions and accountability with, and to, our communities.
Manage – with fiscal responsibility and foresight, ensuring the viability of the organisation and the fulfilment of its mission.