Challenging the Mystique of Welfare Benefits
Supporting young LGBTQ+ people to claim social security benefits
Date & time
22 October 2025 | 18.00-19.00
Event format
Attend event in person, and asynchronous social media videos
Event type
Workshop or training
Event topic
Equality, Our working lives, Poverty, housing & homelessness
Audience
Young People
Academic discipline
Sociology and social policy
Venue
Instagram @queercushion
What's on offer?
Are you a young LGBTQ+ person who has been unemployed? Did you claim Universal Credit to help you at this time? Have you claimed welfare benefits like Universal Credit? How was this experience? These Instagram videos, supported with a closed discussion group at LGBT Youth Scotland’s Falkirk Youth Group, will help you understand these experiences.
What's it about?
The videos and discussion will help dispel myths around welfare benefits, and also help explain what to expect if a young LGBTQ+ person does start a claim.
Who's leading the event?
The videos will be made by Edinburgh-based drag queen Mystika Glamoor.
Peter Matthews, Professor of Social Policy and LGBTQ+ Studies, University of Stirling, will facilitate the discussion group.
Open to
The discussion group is only open to existing attendees of the LGBT Youth Scotland youth group meeting in Falkirk. The videos will be available for sharing on Instagram @queercushion [https://www.instagram.com/queercushion?igsh=b2I3ZWV4bGlxOHU2]
Of particular interest to
Young people (16-25) who identify as LGBTQ+.
Scheduling information
The videos will be available for sharing on Instagram @queercushion throughout the Festival: https://www.instagram.com/queercushion?igsh=b2I3ZWV4bGlxOHU2
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