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File
Identifier: GD61/4/1/3
Scope and Contents
Comprises of correspondence sent and received by the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group’s (SHRG) Befriending Team, which includes:Correspondence between members of the Befriending Team about individual cases and organisational and administrative issues, as well as letters to and from prospective/new members and letters of resignation.Correspondence from clients to the Befriending Team asking for information and advice, contacts for external services, and arranging...
Dates:
23 Feb 1979 - 29 Jan 1980
File
Identifier: GD61/4/1/5
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between the Edinburgh Gay Switchboard and other groups and organisations, including: Lothian Marriage Counselling Service; the Highland Gay Group; the Borders Gay Group; Moray House College of Education; Laetare International Centre; Young People’s Advisory Service (West Lothian); Lothian Health Board; Edinburgh Bisexual Group; Lothian and Borders Police; the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM); Gay Bereavement Project; Body Positive; Scottish Television...
Dates:
1 Aug 1985 - 14 Dec 1987
File
Identifier: GD61/5/2/3
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of an article in Gay Scotland celebrating 10 years of Switchboard, timelines of Switchboard, the logs of the first calls and the minutes from the Scottish Minorities Group meeting where it was agreed to establish a phoneline.Correspondence relating to, and an outline of, a one-day workshop on Sexual Attitude Reassessment, held at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, 27/05/1978.A request for a speaker from the Lothian Marriage Counselling Service, dated...
Dates:
1970s
Item
Identifier: GD61/3/4
Scope and Contents
The Annual Report contains a Co-ordinator's report which discusses the following: the release of Switchboard's Violence Survey which coincided with the Fettesgate Affair; Switchboard's apolitical stance; media attention relating to the Violence Survey and subsequent invitations to deliver training to the Police; the appearance of a member and his partner on Scotland Today (Scottish Television, STV) to discuss relationships; an increase in calls but a drop in calls from transvestites; a new...
Dates:
1992 - 1993
Item
Identifier: Coll-244/2/5
Scope and Contents
Printed volume "Edinburgh. Police. Instructions...for Edinburgh".
Dates:
1839
File
Identifier: GD61/10/1/2
Scope and Contents
Articles and publications relating to policing and the legal rights of the LGBT community.
Records include: extracts from the Sexual Offences Act 1967, The Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 1976, The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 and the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982; and journal articles on counselling, and the legal rights of the LGBT community.
Dates:
1967 - 1985
Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/5/36
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.
Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.
Dates:
16 Nov 2001
Item
Identifier: GD61/10/2/7
Scope and Contents
Front cover reads: "Pull Together for ’83!"Contents include: an editorial; news and reports; adverts; "Gay Broadcasting", which reports on the first international forum on homosexual radio and television held in Brussels in 1892; "Gay Women’s Page"; youth news, views; leisure and pleasure; "David's Bed", a short story by Derek Ogg; "Screw on the Turn", a short story by E. Beckett; "World Gaze"; "Regular Features"; "Book Reviews"; classified ads; and letters to the editor....
Dates:
Jan 1983 - Feb 1983
Item
Identifier: GD61/10/2/8
Scope and Contents
Front cover reads: "International Gay Association (IGA) Meeting in Edinburgh plus Lesbian Scotland, Gay Youth News, Walt Whitman".Contents include: an editorial; adverts; news and reports, including a report on The Police and Evidence Bill; "Gay Women’s Page"; youth news, views; leisure and pleasure, including article titled "New Look for Fire Island"; "World Gaze"; "Regular Features"; "Book Reviews"; "Classifieds"; and letters to the editor.Other articles include:...
Dates:
Mar 1983 - Apr 1983
Item
Identifier: GD61/10/2/11
Scope and Contents
Front cover reads "Bumper Issue", and shows a birthday cake with one candle reading: "G.S. after 10 issues". Issue also includes coverage of: Lesbian and Gay Pride 1993; the age of consent campaign; agent provocateurs; anti-gay oppression in Argentina; Gay Association of South Africa's application rejected by the International Gay Association; the establishment of Scottish AIDS Monitor; Edinburgh festival reviews; updates on lesbian issues and groups, including Gemma; and book reviews.
Dates:
Sep 1983 - Oct 1983
