Liam Stevenson
@liam.tie.scot
Co-Founder/Director of @tie.scot Addressing prejudice in schools: tie.scot | he/him
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This @tie.scot tool on Digital Discourse is absolutely essential at the moment to tackle online disinformation. I would encourage all teachers to check it out. #ScotEquality25
Many thanks to Jordan from @tie.scot for coming to address #ScotEquality25.
A really informative presentation - do sign up to undertake the new DDI course to learn more about the tools and strategies for schools to counter the effects of online hate:
www.digitaldiscourse.scot
A really informative presentation - do sign up to undertake the new DDI course to learn more about the tools and strategies for schools to counter the effects of online hate:
www.digitaldiscourse.scot
September 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This @tie.scot tool on Digital Discourse is absolutely essential at the moment to tackle online disinformation. I would encourage all teachers to check it out. #ScotEquality25
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Excellent materials from @tie.scot which are more sorely needed right now than ever before. Highly recommended.
We have launched the Digital Discourse Initiative with a free online professional learning course for Scottish educators, to equip them with the knowledge & tools to address issues like online disinformation and hate.
💻 Teachers, access the course: tie.scot/professional...
💻 Teachers, access the course: tie.scot/professional...
'Digital Discourse Initiative' Launched to Counter the Effects of Online Hate in Schools - Time for Inclusive Education
Time For Inclusive Education
tie.scot
August 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Excellent materials from @tie.scot which are more sorely needed right now than ever before. Highly recommended.
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Education Officer @tie.scot - lead on development of educational content & the delivery of workshops around disinformation, prejudicial conspiracy narratives, online hate, & critical media literacy for schools & education settings.
💵£30,313 – £34,627
📍Glasgow
🔗 tinyurl.com/5bjxrhxp
#education
💵£30,313 – £34,627
📍Glasgow
🔗 tinyurl.com/5bjxrhxp
#education
Education Officer - Digital Discourse Initiative with Time for Inclusive Education – Goodmoves
Job SummaryWe’re looking for an experienced and values driven candidate to join our team as we expand our ‘Digital Discourse Initiative’ programme. This is a unique opportu...
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August 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Education Officer @tie.scot - lead on development of educational content & the delivery of workshops around disinformation, prejudicial conspiracy narratives, online hate, & critical media literacy for schools & education settings.
💵£30,313 – £34,627
📍Glasgow
🔗 tinyurl.com/5bjxrhxp
#education
💵£30,313 – £34,627
📍Glasgow
🔗 tinyurl.com/5bjxrhxp
#education
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“We’re seeing LGBT topics and education initiatives like ours being weaponised and misrepresented to distract from decades of consecutive economic failure that have made people’s lives harder.”
📰 Our long-read interview in @scotnational.bsky.social
📰 Our long-read interview in @scotnational.bsky.social
Why we're still campaigning for LGBT-inclusive education after 10 years
OF all the campaigning groups forged in the febrile atmosphere of post-referendum Scotland, Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) has been one of the…
www.thenational.scot
August 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
“We’re seeing LGBT topics and education initiatives like ours being weaponised and misrepresented to distract from decades of consecutive economic failure that have made people’s lives harder.”
📰 Our long-read interview in @scotnational.bsky.social
📰 Our long-read interview in @scotnational.bsky.social
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“We’ve had the Me Too movement, which rightly and accurately called out men’s violence against women. We had equal marriage. We had Black Lives Matter. A lot of what we’re seeing now culturally is the last-gasp backlash to that progress.”
📰 Our long-read interview in @scotnational.bsky.social
📰 Our long-read interview in @scotnational.bsky.social
Why we're still campaigning for LGBT-inclusive education after 10 years
OF all the campaigning groups forged in the febrile atmosphere of post-referendum Scotland, Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) has been one of the…
www.thenational.scot
August 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
“We’ve had the Me Too movement, which rightly and accurately called out men’s violence against women. We had equal marriage. We had Black Lives Matter. A lot of what we’re seeing now culturally is the last-gasp backlash to that progress.”
📰 Our long-read interview in @scotnational.bsky.social
📰 Our long-read interview in @scotnational.bsky.social
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“Our campaign led to Scotland becoming the first country in the world to agree to integrate LGBT themes – including diverse families, anti-bullying, history, and rights – across the school curriculum.”
🎆 Read about our tenth anniversary and how we have recognised the occasion:
🎆 Read about our tenth anniversary and how we have recognised the occasion:
10 Years of TIE: A Decade of Change - Time for Inclusive Education
Time For Inclusive Education
tie.scot
July 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
“Our campaign led to Scotland becoming the first country in the world to agree to integrate LGBT themes – including diverse families, anti-bullying, history, and rights – across the school curriculum.”
🎆 Read about our tenth anniversary and how we have recognised the occasion:
🎆 Read about our tenth anniversary and how we have recognised the occasion:
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July 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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“There seems to be a culture just now that has shifted back in time, when it’s cool to be cruel again. The rise of the so-called “manosphere” online and normalisation of hate has had an impact on young people.”
📰 Our long-read interview in @scotnational.bsky.social
📰 Our long-read interview in @scotnational.bsky.social
People are using slurs we thought we left in the 70s, why inclusive education matters
OF all the campaigning groups forged in the febrile atmosphere of post-referendum Scotland, Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) has been one of the…
www.thenational.scot
August 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
“There seems to be a culture just now that has shifted back in time, when it’s cool to be cruel again. The rise of the so-called “manosphere” online and normalisation of hate has had an impact on young people.”
📰 Our long-read interview in @scotnational.bsky.social
📰 Our long-read interview in @scotnational.bsky.social
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“Darek Ciszek, a Social Science and Comparative Education researcher at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) has been studying the development and impact of LGBT-inclusive education in Scottish schools.”
📰 Read Darek’s exclusive interview with @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social
📰 Read Darek’s exclusive interview with @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social
US researcher praises Scotland's LGBT-inclusive education
After Florida introduced a 'Don't Say Gay' law, academic and former teacher Darek Ciszek started looking for inclusive approaches. Scotland came…
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July 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“Darek Ciszek, a Social Science and Comparative Education researcher at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) has been studying the development and impact of LGBT-inclusive education in Scottish schools.”
📰 Read Darek’s exclusive interview with @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social
📰 Read Darek’s exclusive interview with @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social
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“As I was starting to see us lurch to the right. I was seeing things and hearing things that I would have seen and heard in the 1980s.”
🎥 Watch Susie McCabe’s exclusive interview with @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social about LGBT Inclusive Education, the current climate, and growing up under Section 28.
🎥 Watch Susie McCabe’s exclusive interview with @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social about LGBT Inclusive Education, the current climate, and growing up under Section 28.
Susie McCabe: LGBT-inclusive education 'would have changed my life'
One of Scotland’s leading comedians agreed to become patron of Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) because she wants to help the next generation of…
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July 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“As I was starting to see us lurch to the right. I was seeing things and hearing things that I would have seen and heard in the 1980s.”
🎥 Watch Susie McCabe’s exclusive interview with @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social about LGBT Inclusive Education, the current climate, and growing up under Section 28.
🎥 Watch Susie McCabe’s exclusive interview with @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social about LGBT Inclusive Education, the current climate, and growing up under Section 28.
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Absolutely delighted to march alongside @tie.scot today. Their work is, sadly, a vital part of education and I’m proud to ensure all children and young people feel seen, heard and included ☺️ #Pride2025
July 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Absolutely delighted to march alongside @tie.scot today. Their work is, sadly, a vital part of education and I’m proud to ensure all children and young people feel seen, heard and included ☺️ #Pride2025
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Talking to @susiemccabecomedy.bsky.social about her experiences of education, the discrimination that LGBT people still face, and her decision to become a patron of @tie.scot was really interesting, and we've decided to release the full interview here: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2532464...
July 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Talking to @susiemccabecomedy.bsky.social about her experiences of education, the discrimination that LGBT people still face, and her decision to become a patron of @tie.scot was really interesting, and we've decided to release the full interview here: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2532464...
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🏳️🌈 Ten years of TIE 🏳️🌈
Today the Herald on Sunday is running a special package about the fight for LGBT-inclusive education in schools.
It includes exclusive interviews with the founders of the campaign, as well as TIE patron Susie McCabe, and much more.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/educati...
Today the Herald on Sunday is running a special package about the fight for LGBT-inclusive education in schools.
It includes exclusive interviews with the founders of the campaign, as well as TIE patron Susie McCabe, and much more.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/educati...
July 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🏳️🌈 Ten years of TIE 🏳️🌈
Today the Herald on Sunday is running a special package about the fight for LGBT-inclusive education in schools.
It includes exclusive interviews with the founders of the campaign, as well as TIE patron Susie McCabe, and much more.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/educati...
Today the Herald on Sunday is running a special package about the fight for LGBT-inclusive education in schools.
It includes exclusive interviews with the founders of the campaign, as well as TIE patron Susie McCabe, and much more.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/educati...
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Yesterday was Glasgow Pride, and I joined the @tie.scot campaign and @eisunion.bsky.social on the march.
July 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Yesterday was Glasgow Pride, and I joined the @tie.scot campaign and @eisunion.bsky.social on the march.
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“When I speak to other parents and carers across the country, both in my personal life and through this work, I hear overwhelming support for this kind of common sense education, and recent polling reflects that too.”
📰 Read our feature interview with @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social in The Herald
📰 Read our feature interview with @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social in The Herald
Inside the ten year campaign for LGBT-inclusive education
For the past ten years, Jordan Daly and Liam Stevenson have worked to transform the experiences of young people across Scotland.
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July 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“When I speak to other parents and carers across the country, both in my personal life and through this work, I hear overwhelming support for this kind of common sense education, and recent polling reflects that too.”
📰 Read our feature interview with @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social in The Herald
📰 Read our feature interview with @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social in The Herald
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“I pay tribute to those teachers and LGBT staff working in our schools today; to the allies working to make a difference and to the next generation who – I know – will never allow us to return to the dark days of Section 28.”
✍️ Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, Jenny Gilruth.
✍️ Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, Jenny Gilruth.
Jenny Gilruth: We must recommit to LGBT-inclusive education
Writing exclusively for The Herald on Sunday, the education secretary praises Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) and says that Scotland must never…
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July 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“I pay tribute to those teachers and LGBT staff working in our schools today; to the allies working to make a difference and to the next generation who – I know – will never allow us to return to the dark days of Section 28.”
✍️ Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, Jenny Gilruth.
✍️ Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, Jenny Gilruth.
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“Shortly after that day, where I cried on the way home to my mum, not out of sadness, but a then elusive thing I can now name as hope, I made a decision. I came out.”
✍️ Gemma was S1 when we worked with her school. Years later, she writes about the impact for The Herald @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social
✍️ Gemma was S1 when we worked with her school. Years later, she writes about the impact for The Herald @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social
TIE changed my life - now I'll stand with them as they help others
Gemma McLaughlin explains how a school assembly gave her hope for the future and the courage to be herself.
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July 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“Shortly after that day, where I cried on the way home to my mum, not out of sadness, but a then elusive thing I can now name as hope, I made a decision. I came out.”
✍️ Gemma was S1 when we worked with her school. Years later, she writes about the impact for The Herald @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social
✍️ Gemma was S1 when we worked with her school. Years later, she writes about the impact for The Herald @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social
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A very good day to the woman who, as her partner apparently stopped and started to tell her he was going to have a go at the two MSPs I was cutting about with, just firmly went "no we're not" and physically yanked him away - a legend, an icon, a queen, sorry about your terrible partner
July 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A very good day to the woman who, as her partner apparently stopped and started to tell her he was going to have a go at the two MSPs I was cutting about with, just firmly went "no we're not" and physically yanked him away - a legend, an icon, a queen, sorry about your terrible partner
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After the Sandie Peggie tribunal I’m looking forward to the Scottish media covering all employment tribunals with such intensity. At last we’ll get in-depth reporting on workers rights, low pay & unfair dismissal
Unless of course there’s some other reason for the obsession. What could it be though?
Unless of course there’s some other reason for the obsession. What could it be though?
July 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
After the Sandie Peggie tribunal I’m looking forward to the Scottish media covering all employment tribunals with such intensity. At last we’ll get in-depth reporting on workers rights, low pay & unfair dismissal
Unless of course there’s some other reason for the obsession. What could it be though?
Unless of course there’s some other reason for the obsession. What could it be though?
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“Inclusive education is not about being “woke” or meeting diversity targets or indoctrinating children. It’s about making sure that the next generation grows up knowing that being LGBT isn’t shameful or controversial, it’s a human experience like any other.”
✍️ Kelly Given @scotnational.bsky.social
✍️ Kelly Given @scotnational.bsky.social
Kelly Given: Our progress on LGBT+ education cannot be taken for granted
ON Saturday, I celebrated 10 years of the Time for Inclusive Education (Tie) campaign with the many friends and colleagues I’ve met along the way
www.thenational.scot
July 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“Inclusive education is not about being “woke” or meeting diversity targets or indoctrinating children. It’s about making sure that the next generation grows up knowing that being LGBT isn’t shameful or controversial, it’s a human experience like any other.”
✍️ Kelly Given @scotnational.bsky.social
✍️ Kelly Given @scotnational.bsky.social
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So pleased my book of plays has arrived. Now available on Amazon and at any bookstore with the ISBN. A few author copies on their way to @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social @kirstyferns.bsky.social @liam.tie.scot @tie.scot 🙏
May 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
So pleased my book of plays has arrived. Now available on Amazon and at any bookstore with the ISBN. A few author copies on their way to @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social @kirstyferns.bsky.social @liam.tie.scot @tie.scot 🙏
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We need you to stand up and speak out, now! Trans rights are vital and we need everyone to work together to protect them.
Allies: we need your support more than ever before.
We know that many people are feeling shocked and angry following yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling and are looking for ways to get involved and support the trans community.
We know that many people are feeling shocked and angry following yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling and are looking for ways to get involved and support the trans community.
April 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
We need you to stand up and speak out, now! Trans rights are vital and we need everyone to work together to protect them.
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There are men who don't believe women have a right to bodily autonomy currently writing articles celebrating today's ruling as a victory for women's rights.
April 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
There are men who don't believe women have a right to bodily autonomy currently writing articles celebrating today's ruling as a victory for women's rights.