YOUTH IN REVOLT
CARRIE LYELL VISITED A YOUTH GROUP IN EDINBURGH TO FIND OUT WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE THINK OF LGBT MEDIA
Earlier this year, we received an email from LGBT Youth Scotland giving us a heads up about a report that they were about to publish.
LGBT Youth are Scotland’s largest youth and community-based organisation for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people, and the report – titled Sexualisation And LGBT Young People In Scotland – was somewhat critical of the media, specifically gay media, for presenting LGBT people in a “highly sexualised manner” – and name-checked DIVA in its findings.
On another day, a report like this might have passed me by and lingered unanswered for all eternity in the depths of my inbox. Not because we’re not interested, but simply because of the volume of emails we receive on a daily basis. This one stood out though, and I immediately picked up the phone. Partly because I wanted to know more about the report, but mostly because LGBTYS was a very important organisation to me growing up.