This is a picture of a tour guide, his group, and his dog walking in Edinburgh. It is captioned “Proud history, powerful impact! Free LGBTQ+ walking tours in Edinburgh with optional donations to help fund LGBTQ+ support in Scotland. Book a tour: streethistorians.com”

This is a picture of a tour guide balancing a pink umbrella on his finger. It has words which say “Proud history, powerful impact! Free LGBTQ+ walking tours in Edinburgh with optional donations to help fund LGBTQ+ support in Scotland. Book a tour: streethistorians.com

Delighted to have a partnership with LGBT Health and Wellbeing, who I donate to from the LGBTQ tour!

#lgbtq #lgbthistorymonth #edinburgh

Wow, that’s a great number of readers

Apparently sales are in the single figures UK-wide!

I remember this. I worked with a tour company which kept running even though there was nobody there. Bleak times, especially since I hadn’t been self-employed long enough to get anything

LGBTQ+ Tour for World AIDS Day - Edinburgh Street Historians - Unique Historical Walking Tours For World AIDS Day, the Edinburgh Street Historians are doing our critically acclaimed LGBTQ walking tour for the benefit of Waverley Care.

Here’s the link from the QR code streethistorians.com/lgbtq-tour-f...

A blue image which reads “Edinburgh Street Historians - Unique Historical Walking Tours - Proudly present LGBTQ+ walking tour for world AIDS day. 100% of proceeds to Waverley Care.”

This is a thing I’m going to be doing! Waverley Care were such an integral part of the community response to HIV/AIDS, so for World AIDS Day we’re putting on our Edinburgh LGBTQ walking tour with 100% of the proceeds going to support their ongoing work

Come along or drop a donation!

In honour of Edinburgh’s housing crisis, does anyone fancy a tradition of “no rent November”?

LGBTQ+ Free Walking Tours, Pay What You Think It's Worth - Edinburgh Street Historians - Unique Historical Walking Tours This page is the fastest way to book our LGBTQ free walking tour of Edinburgh and includes details of the tour!

Here’s where you can book streethistorians.com/lgbtq-free-w...

Image reads “Halloween LGBTQ+ Walking Tour. Dress as your favourite LGBTQ+ person from history. Tours led by Jen. Edinburgh Streer Historians - Unique Historical Walking Tours”

Next week for Halloween we’re doing our LGBTQ tour and guests are encouraged to get dressed up as your favourite LGBTQ figure, so come along!

Large scenes of this were filmed in Edinburgh, including a gallows scene. It was a bit wild to see them dirty up all the buildings

This will probably seem quite a random comment as it’s 2 years later but I totally might find use of this in an article I’m writing for my website about the connection between Scotland and Nigeria!

Picture of a crowd of people on a walking tour. Caption reads “have you booked yet? 15 for the Forgotten Women’s tour this week!”

In the past 8 months I’ve been running the Street Historians, I’ve been thrilled to tell stories others don’t. That includes our Forgotten Women’s tour which has been getting numbers thanks to @edinburghminute.bsky.social

I’m sympathetic to their claim but do like to be pedantic that Duddingston is quite far from core Edinburgh

Yeah, they’ve made a heap of unforced errors but they all seem signed off by the executives

#edinburgh is making great use of Bristo Square these days. It was Pride, then graduations, then Fringe, now Freshers

The lesson is clear: you can’t outflank the far right by borrowing its language. You only validate its narrative, undermine your own authenticity, and make democracy more fragile in the process.

Oh it’s rubbish for sure, nothing good on the Royal Mile

I low-key appreciate her tartan though because it looks like trans colours, I’ll grab a photo today for the interested

Sadly I have childcare commitments at those times, but I’d definitely invite people interested in this to connect!

GenAI is the informational equivalent of hummingbird feeders filled with sucralose. It's wildlife who die because their stomachs are filled with plastic. It's a child seeing a stranger from behind and thinking it's their mother. It's the uncanny forced upon an entire world, and it's obscene.

hi, cis folks!

this is present day reality for UK trans folks. it’s outrageous someone should have to have taken this journey to live as themselves, participate in society, & be with who they love.

hi, cis americans!

this is a future trans americans see that starts with “we need to compromise.”

Thanks for letting me know!

Today is Wednesday 13 Aug 2025

It is International Left Handers Day 👈🏽

also

✍🏽 World Calligraphy Day

🍾 Prosecco Day

🍖 Filet Mignon Day

French Republican Calendar: MYRTLE

I’ve got about 8000 unread emails. Probably worth about one (1) token of an AI search

What to Wear in Edinburgh this Month (August 2025) - Edinburgh Street Historians - Unique Historical Walking Tours This article is about what to wear in Edinburgh in August. It contains helpful hints about where to find various pieces of clothing too.

Due to the fire on Arthur's Seat, I added a banging line to this article:

"Be careful with your cigarettes, campfires, birthday cakes, and gender reveals"

streethistorians.com/2025/07/29/w...

Excuse me if I’m being dense but why do you have tags in French as well?

Definitely, I’m exhausted by her shit and I’m not even trans. Just bored

Looked at flats. I’m not having one less one of my richer relatives dies. And I love my family so it feels bad

Wow, I used to live right under the Castle so I remember that