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Chamber and committees

Pride Youth Games, Largs 2021

  • Submitted by: Kenneth Gibson, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 July 2020
  • Motion reference: S5M-22353

That the Parliament notes that the Pride Youth Games, one of the biggest LGBT+ events in the UK, is due to be staged at Inverclyde Sports Centre in Largs from 6 to 8 August 2021; understands that this event will be organised by LEAP Sports Scotland and involve a residential weekend of activities where young people come together and experience sport and activities in a fun, safe and inclusive environment; recognises that young people will attend from LGBT+ youth groups throughout the UK and that many of them face hardships such as family rejection, homelessness, mental health issues and experiences of anti-LGBT+ bullying and violence; considers that this event will bring people together at a time when they are vulnerable to social isolation and exclusion, and when they are developing confidence in their own identities following often hostile school experiences of sport and physical education; appreciates that Inverclyde Sports Centre has hosted major sporting spectacles over the years, including Commonwealth Fencing, Scottish Judo Championships and the 2014 Commonwealth Games Baton, as well as Scottish Premiership football sides Hamilton and Kilmarnock, and that this latest event will bring a major economic spin-off to the local area; commends LEAP Sports Scotland for the work that it does for greater inclusion for LGBT+ people, and wishes LEAP Sports Scotland and Inverclyde Sports Centre all the best for the event.


Supported by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Bill Kidd, Richard Lyle, Ruth Maguire, Gillian Martin, Joan McAlpine, Maureen Watt, Sandra White