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OurStory Scotland @ourstoryscotland.bsky.social · Dec 1

For World AIDS Day we want to talk about Ally Van Tilo, aka Alistair Hume, who we interview last month. He raised over £14million for people living with HIV by touring with the UK AIDS Memorial Quilts - one he helped make to remember a friend John MacIntyre artsandculture.google.com/story/uk-aid...

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OurStory Scotland @ourstoryscotland.bsky.social · Jul 17

Make sure to look out for a longer interview with Ally on BBC Scotland News at 7pm tonight www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Founder wants UK Aids quilt to be brought home to Edinburgh

Ally Van Tillo helped start the memorial and wants to bring it back to Scotland after 30 years.

www.bbc.co.uk

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OurStory Scotland @ourstoryscotland.bsky.social · Jun 21

Thank you Sue! That means so much coming from you 💗 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ the fight continues ✊

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Sue John @suejohn.bsky.social · Jun 21

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the repeal of Section 28/2A in Scotland. I'm proud to have played a part, as Chair of the West of Scotland Scrap the Section group, in that campaign for repeal. This is a brilliant record - well done @ourstoryscotland.bsky.social and Ross Whyte. Have a listen...

OurStory Scotland @ourstoryscotland.bsky.social · Jun 21

Song From The Back Of The Bus, marks the repeal of Section 28 twenty five years ago today - hear @valmcdermid.bsky.social @suejohn.bsky.social @louisewelsh00.bsky.social and more discuss the campaign and how this informs their worries today 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 open.spotify.com/episode/7lrP...

Songs From the Back of the Bus

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Jack Shoulder @jackshoulder.bsky.social · Jun 21

If you want to find out more about the Repeal of Section 28 in Scotland, check this out from @ourstoryscotland.bsky.social

OurStory Scotland @ourstoryscotland.bsky.social · Jun 21

Song From The Back Of The Bus, marks the repeal of Section 28 twenty five years ago today - hear @valmcdermid.bsky.social @suejohn.bsky.social @louisewelsh00.bsky.social and more discuss the campaign and how this informs their worries today 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 open.spotify.com/episode/7lrP...

Songs From the Back of the Bus

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Ross Whyte @rosswhytemusic.bsky.social · Jun 21

Section 28 is an incredibly shameful part of our recent history, and yet, 25 years after its repeal we are seeing its harmful rhetoric being employed again.

These two releases are as much a warning as they are a celebration of progress, and the people who make that progress happen. 🏳️‍🌈

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Ross Whyte @rosswhytemusic.bsky.social · Jun 21

‘Songs From the Back of the Bus’ was originally commissioned by ⁠Shaper/Caper⁠ for their 2024 'Queer & Now' exhibition with support from @ourstoryscotland.bsky.social. It is a reworking of Brian Souter’s 'Keep the Clause' campaign billboards, which promoted his privately-funded 2000 referendum.

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Ross Whyte @rosswhytemusic.bsky.social · Jun 21

I created the video for ‘Dìlse’ using archival footage, which I got with kind permission from Jim Hubbard (co-founder of the ACT UP Oral History Project) and commissioned animation by Sam Myers.

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Ross Whyte @rosswhytemusic.bsky.social · Jun 21

Today is the 25-year anniversary of the repeal of #Section28 in Scotland. I decided to mark the day with two releases:

‘Dìlse (featuring Kathleen MacInnes)’

youtu.be/9uhvvlTq_6Q
rosswhyte.ffm.to/dilse

…and ‘Songs From the Back of the Bus’
tinyurl.com/mppfrfh4

Dìlse (featuring Kathleen MacInnes)

YouTube video by Ross Whyte

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OurStory Scotland @ourstoryscotland.bsky.social · Jun 21

Song From The Back Of The Bus, marks the repeal of Section 28 twenty five years ago today - hear @valmcdermid.bsky.social @suejohn.bsky.social @louisewelsh00.bsky.social and more discuss the campaign and how this informs their worries today 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 open.spotify.com/episode/7lrP...

Songs From the Back of the Bus

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Ross Whyte @rosswhytemusic.bsky.social · Jun 18

Songs From the Back of the Bus

Podcast episode coming 21 June @ourstoryscotland.bsky.social

#Section28 🏳️‍🌈

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OurStory Scotland @ourstoryscotland.bsky.social · Jun 9

We had a lovely time sharing our queer literary lineage with those who joined our mapping the shelves workshop at the Lavender Menace Book Archive -
Lesbians 🤝 sci-fi
Gay cis men 🤝 magazines
The whole LGBTQ+ community 🤝 comic books
🏳️‍🌈 WE ALL LOVE BOOKS! 🏳️‍🌈

Four people standing together amongst shelves of books. Facing the viewer and smiling standing amongst a lengths of yarn suspended from the ceiling, attached to the yarn are library catalogue cards

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OurStory Scotland @ourstoryscotland.bsky.social · May 30

There are still some spots left on our workshop *tomorrow* at the Lavender Menace book archive in Edinburgh - come talk about queer books in a queer space with fellow queers between 2pm-4pm Mapping Your Library with OurStory Scotland www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mapping-yo...

Mapping Your Library with OurStory Scotland

Eventbrite - Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive presents Mapping Your Library with OurStory Scotland - Saturday, May 31, 2025 at Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive at the Edinburgh Palette, Edinburg...

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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OurStory Scotland @ourstoryscotland.bsky.social · May 27

We record the lived experiences of Scotland’s LGBTQ+ communities’ because our stories are far too often erased, manipulated and used against us. Let’s celebrate our stories, our heritage and our solidarity! We were always here and always will be! youtu.be/H39lI8eNSQo?...

We Were Always Here - King Hoberon

YouTube video by King H/Helena Fox

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OurStory Scotland @ourstoryscotland.bsky.social · May 27

(We had to wait for this wonderful piece of work to premier at a drag show in Cambridge at the weekend before sharing it - difficult!)

OurStory Scotland @ourstoryscotland.bsky.social · May 27

We record the lived experiences of Scotland’s LGBTQ+ communities’ because our stories are far too often erased, manipulated and used against us. Let’s celebrate our stories, our heritage and our solidarity! We were always here and always will be! youtu.be/H39lI8eNSQo?...

We Were Always Here - King Hoberon

YouTube video by King H/Helena Fox

youtu.be

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OurStory Scotland @ourstoryscotland.bsky.social · May 2

We’ve joined forces with our gorgeous pals the Lavender Menace Book Archive and want you to come along! Ever find yourself on a bookshelf? Between the pages? We want to hear about the lovely queer books that have helped make you the lovely queer you are today 💗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mapping-yo...

Mapping Your Library with OurStory Scotland

Join Lavender Menace for a creative oral history workshop with Dom Millar-Graham, chair of OurStory Scotland.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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OurStory Scotland @ourstoryscotland.bsky.social · Apr 16

History…herstory…you’ve always been and always will be a big part of OurStory 🏳️‍⚧️

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Ross Whyte @rosswhytemusic.bsky.social · Apr 7

Voices:
Alex Heatherington
Sue John
Val McDermid
Jim Mearns
Edwin Morgan
Martin Thain
Louise Welsh
Jim Whannel
Ross Whyte

Archival recordings of interviews with Val McDermid, Edwin Morgan, and Louise Welsh used with kind permission by OurStory Scotland.

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Ross Whyte @rosswhytemusic.bsky.social · Apr 7

An original ambient score accompanies the testimonies of those who lived through & campaigned for the repeal of the discriminatory #Section28.

The interviewees reflect on this significant period of recent LGBTQ+ Scottish history & discuss their concerns for what may yet lie ahead.

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Ross Whyte @rosswhytemusic.bsky.social · Apr 7

'Songs From the Back of the Bus' will be broadcast on @radiophrenia.bsky.social this Thursday at 10am. This piece was originally developed as part of Shaper/Caper's #QueerandNow exhibition with support from @ourstoryscotland.bsky.social

radiophrenia.scot/schedule/

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OurStory Scotland @ourstoryscotland.bsky.social · Feb 9

Your work shows the power of oral histories and you deserve to feel such pride 💗 Many of us find ourselves in the archive

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Ross Whyte @rosswhytemusic.bsky.social · Feb 9

Really loved participating in the Shaper/Caper #queerandnow artist panel at @vadundee.bsky.social. Some great discussions around queer artmaking & the power of oral history, such as that done by @ourstoryscotland.bsky.social who I am so profoundly proud to be a member of. Also V&A Dundee staff rock!

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OurStory Scotland @ourstoryscotland.bsky.social · Jan 22

Lovely visit to the Lavender Menace Queer Book Archive to talk about queers things - oral history, archiving; mapping &, of course, books!

Left to right - Keava from Lavender Menace, Jaime from OurStory Scotland, Sigrid from Lavender Menace and finally Haber from OurStory Scotland

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Ross Whyte @rosswhytemusic.bsky.social · Dec 8

Here today with @ourstoryscotland.bsky.social

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