Bøger af Susan Dalgety

On Valentine's Day, 2018, a group of women gathered in Edinburgh's Drill Hall to discuss their concerns about the SNP government's plans to legislate for self-ID - where a person can change their sex for most legal purposes by simple declaration. Most of the women had never been involved in political campaigns before, but they were worried about the impact self-ID would have on women and determined to make their voices heard. What followed was unparalleled in Scotland's recent history. A grassroots movement, its growth accelerated by Twitter, emerged energised from that first meeting. Women of all ages united in their determination to stand up for women's sex-based rights.  This book, with contributions from many of the women whose views were once dismissed by Nicola Sturgeon as 'not valid', tells the story of an unprecedented grassroots movement that changed the course of Scottish politics, breaking down barriers between political opponents, and uniting novice campaigners, experienced activists and professional politicians in new ways.  Through a collection of essays, first hand testimony, poetry, Tweets and photographs, the authors have captured for the first time a significant period in recent Scottish history- when women from Orkney to Alloa decided they could not - would not - remain silent.

'Gradually I forgot I was a foreigner.'Barbara Henderson has been Scottish by inclination for 30 years. She fell in love with Scotland and its people when she left Germany at the age of 19. Now a children's author, storyteller and teacher in the Highlands, she gives us a lively glimpse of Scotland through the eyes of an EU immigrant - from her first ceilidh to Brexit and the choppy seas of citizenship.Scottish by Inclination also celebrates the varied contributions of 30 remarkable Europeans - beer brewers, entrepreneurs, academics, artists and activists - who have chosen to call Scotland home.'All voices matter and deserve to belong. Belonging is more than a privilege. Belonging, I am now convinced, can be a choice.'