Glasgay! Festival
glasgay festival gay lesbian bisexual transgender art festival glasgow scotland part diversity glasgow cultural scene annual lesbian gay bisexual transgender art festival held usually octobernovember formerly organised gala scotland ltd cordelia ditton codirector gay sweatshop founded glasgay response section legislation banned promotion homosexuality acceptable lifestyle ditton partnered glasgowbased freelance art administrator dominic dangelo festival launched saturday october biennial event goal making lesbian gay community glasgow visible changing public opinion lesbian gay people people attended october festival end november backlash festival especially regard festival funded public money festival launched october operating company gala scotland ltd established late ditton stepped new board director led dangelo festival funded mainly year year basis scottish art council subsequently successor creative scotland glasgow city council enjoyed regular threeyear funding agreement scottish art council creative scotland however funding agreement renewed company entered period funding transition retired festival company rebranded outspoken art scotland administrative artistic press pr archive glasgay festival – transferred glasgow university scottish theatre archive early company commissioned new work theatre funded coproductions since worked artist lifetime regularly engaged established mature talent well championing emergent talent history festival worked many top gay lesbian artist world name ian mckellen simon fanshawe donna mcphail edwin morgan jackie kay rhona cameron annie sprinkle penny arcade bette bourne diamanda gala neil bartlett scott capurro pam ann four poof piano lypsinka louise welsh marc almond alan carr zoë strachan stewart laing john water amongst many others graced glasgow stage commissioned work year writercreators donald dusty diane torr tamburlaine must die louise welsh elysian field derek mcluckie insideout exhibition dani marti jesus queen heaven jo clifford child made love matthew mcvarish memory cell louise welsh playing house martin oconnor maw broon monologue jackie kay panic pattern louise welsh bridge wendy miller rachel amey edwin morgan dream nightmare liz lochhead cured stef smith new maw broon monologue jackie kay wilful forgetting donna rutherford martin oconnor cardinal sinne raymond burke venue included glasgow film theatre gft cca tron theatre citizen theatre arch king theatre theatre royal rsamd st andrew square art school stand kelvingrove art gallery museum glasgow gay scene culture glasgow lgbt right scotland lgbt right united kingdom lgbt youth scotland outspoken art scotland website press cutting archive archived october wayback machine glasgay festival archive publication