Scotland’s Leader Heads Glasgow Pride Parade, Where She’d Rather Be “No Matter Who Else” Is Here Today

Scotland’s Daily Record reports:

Nicola Sturgeon says leading thousands of marchers at Scotland’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) pride event was a “real honour.” Wearing a t-shirt with a rainbow coloured “choose love” logo, the First Minister headed up Glasgow Pride as it left Clyde Place, alongside Suki Wan, chair of the Scottish Youth Parliament. Ms Sturgeon was named honorary grand marshal for the event in recognition of her long-standing support for LGBTI equality.

“Last year I became the first serving head of government in the UK to address a pride rally so when I got the invitation to lead the march this year I was very keen to do it. Pride marches are all about celebrating and affirming values that I think are important to many people across the country. Values like tolerance and respect and diversity and love and I think it’s an appropriate thing for me as First Minister to be part of today and I’m proud to so.”

A hard reminder that homophobic hate crime still happens. But it must not be tolerated and it is not who we are as a country. Blair – I applaud your dignity, courage and compassion, and today as Glasgow celebrates #pride let us show that these are the values that define us. https://t.co/e5OG0CzPkH

— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) July 14, 2018

Nicola Sturgeon praises Blair Wilson at #pride for his defiant selfie response to homophobic attack https://t.co/jKLY46U1cJ pic.twitter.com/kB4qVdwMTB

— BBC Scotland News (@BBCScotlandNews) July 14, 2018

?‍? Nicola Sturgeon leads the Pride Glasgow march – the first elected head of government in the UK to lead an LGBTI march. #chooselove @prideglasgow pic.twitter.com/Vb21NQJmns

— The SNP (@theSNP) July 14, 2018

? The t-shirt @NicolaSturgeon is wearing can be bought to help support refugees here: https://t.co/j4C8Ypvgg8 Designed by Katharine Hamnett, it’s a play on her famous ‘CHOOSE LIFE’ slogan. pic.twitter.com/thPUnvUFwY

— Ross Colquhoun (@rosscolquhoun) July 14, 2018

?WATCH: First Minister @NicolaSturgeon says there’s nowhere she’d rather be than #GlasgowPride ‘no matter who else is in Scotland today’. pic.twitter.com/OTyA7jdAT6

— Radio Clyde News (@RadioClydeNews) July 14, 2018