Transphobia and homophobia – two cheeks of the same arse
Connor Beaton of Radical Independence Dundee writes for RIQ on the relationship between transphobia and homophobia. The ongoing campaign to demonise transgender people and limit or overturn their right to legal recognition and access to healthcare – which largely inspired the establishment of Radical Independence Queers (RIQ) earlier this year – doesn’t exclusively endanger trans…
Some comments on Alyn Smith and Image Politics
The National today published some right pish from Alyn Smith, wherein he doubles down on the statements he made in his now-leaked communication to SNP members in Stirling. He writes: “A cautionary tale – Donald Trump won Wisconsin in the last US presidential election because, in part, he was able to attack the local Democrats…
Dundee: Solidarity with the struggle for LGBT civil rights in Poland
At 10:30 on Saturday morning, Radical Independence Campaign members in Dundee will be holding a small, socially distanced gathering at the Burns Statue in Albert Square to show solidarity with activists from the Polish collective Stop Bzdurom who have been arrested as part of a renewed wave of repression of LGBT people by Andrzej Duda’s…
RIQ founding address
This is the text of a welcome address given at the inaugural meeting of the Radical Independence Queers, held in Dundee on 8 March 2020. We reproduce it here to give an idea of the principles on which our organisation has been founded. Hello comrades. I would first like to welcome you all to the…
RIC and the LGBT+ community
The following motion, moved by a Radical Independence Campaign activist from Dundee, was passed by majority vote at RIC’s National Forum on Saturday 7 December 2019, which was attended by delegates from RIC groups across the length and breadth of Scotland. This National Forum: Recognises and condemns the growing size and influence within the SNP…
Radical Independence Queers 