Meet our new Glasgow Community Project Worker: Emma

Hey there! I’m Emma (they/them) and I’m the new Development Worker for the Glasgow LGBT Community Project, taking over from the lovely Katrina and Benn, who are both still part of the organisation (update: Benn has now left the organisation). I’m thrilled to have joined the team and to have the opportunity to combine my own experiences as a queer person with the voices of a wonderfully diverse LGBTQ+ community here in Glasgow. LGBT Health and Wellbeing helped me to make connections and feel settled when I first moved to Glasgow nearly 4 years ago, and my role as the Community Project Development Worker feels like paying it back: helping others form friendships just like I did.

My role involves putting together a programme of events for LGBTQ+ folks in Glasgow, which could range from online hangouts to in-person activities, and supporting the Community Groups (like Glasgow LGBT Autism, Glasgow LGBT Interfaith and Trans Masculine Scotland). If you want to join a group or if you’ve got an idea for a group or activity in our programme that you’d like to see, please drop me a line at emma@lgbthealth.org.uk. An important part of my job is helping make the events you want to see happen!

I’ve got a professional background in events, gender identity, climate activism, and charity fundraising, but outside of work I love to chat the ocean, deep space and reproductive rights. I volunteer my time with Amma Birth Companions and am always on the lookout for book recommendations focused around sexuality, space exploration and hope. If you’d like to chat about any of these things, or how to get involved in Glasgow’s amazing LGBTQ community, please drop me a line! I’m really excited to meet more of you as I get settled into my new job. Speak soon!