# Scottish LGBTQ+ magazine partners with RNLI for LGBT History Month

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/02/14/scottish-lgbtq-magazine-partners-with-rnli-for-lgbt-history-month/
- Published: 2022-02-14T08:20:00+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Scottish LGBTQ+ quarterly magazine, Somewhere: For Us, is collaborating with the
RNLI for its Spring 2022 “Lifesavers” issue, launching in February during LGBT History
Month. **

The 98-page family-friendly arts, culture, heritage and enterprise magazine launched
in November 2020 and has a growing membership and readership across Scotland, and
beyond.

The Spring 2022 issue includes features and interviews with Douglas Stuart, Roísín
Murphy and a celebration of Scotland’s lifesaving charities, including the [RNLI](https://rnli.org/),
as well as features written by and for Scotland’s LGBTQ+ and ally community.

## Advertisement

The cover for the special collaboration has been created by Edinburgh-based illustrator
Madeleine Leisk. Prints of the feature cover and copies of the magazine are available
in the [Somewhere: For Us online shop ](http://www.somewhereforus.org/shop)with 
£5 from the sale of every print being donated to the RNLI. 

Somewhere: For Us Co-Editors Kathryn Pierce and Thomas Anderson-Thatcher said: 

> “We are delighted to collaborate with the RNLI, one of the UK’s oldest and much-
> loved charities, to celebrate Scotland’s Lifesavers with our specially-commissioned
> cover art and fundraising print. With their clear commitment to international 
> human rights and their vital role in keeping Scotland’s coastal communities safe,
> we are proud to be supporting their work.”

Jill Hepburn, RNLI Lifesaving Manager for Scotland, said: 

> “We’re proud to partner with Somewhere: For Us, Scotland’s national LGBTQ+ magazine,
> during LGBT History Month and we are delighted that the magazine is supporting
> our lifesaving service in a very special way. You don’t need to have plenty of
> maritime experience, qualifications, or even have been aboard a boat to be a RNLI
> lifesaver. But you do need to feel free to be yourself. The water does not discriminate,
> and neither do we. We’re committed to embedding equality, diversity and inclusion
> throughout our lifesaving communities, and it’s amazing to see this celebrated
> in the magazine and the joyous fundraising print.”