Leeze Lawrence, a prominent LGBTQ+ advocacy campaigner in Scotland, has died suddenly at 39, with her body being found by police on June 11 after friends and family were unable to contact her.
A vocal trans activist, Lawrence was a member of the SNP’s official LGBTQ+ wing, Out for Independence. She had also created several LGBTQ+ documentaries and was a producer Pinksixty, a queer news outlet.
Following her death, Out for Independence said group members were “heartbroken”, and described Lawrence as a “force of nature”.