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Correspondence, 1 Aug 1985 - 14 Dec 1987
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
Found in:
Lothian Health Services Archive
Gaelic literature AD 1000 - 1560 (Notes for a lecture series), Late 19th or early 20th century
Item
Identifier: Coll-98/1/1/21
Scope and Contents
A bundle of 4 notebooks, containing notes or scripts for lectures on a lecture series. There are no dates noted on the front covers, but the lectures presumably took place at the University of Edinburgh while Donald Mackinnon was Chair of Celtic. The following notebooks survive:'Contents of the literature: Historical section' (Item B44a)'Contents of the literature: Laws; Literary grammars and dictionaries; Science (medical); Translated literature' (Item...
Dates:
Late 19th or early 20th century
Gay Scotland, Issue 4, Sep 1982 - Oct 1982
Item
Identifier: GD61/10/2/5
Scope and Contents
Front cover headlines include: "Gay Youth Organise"; "China and Gay People"; Wilfion: Who was s/he?" (an article on William Sharp/Fiona MacLeod); "Owen Dudley Edwards on the Gay Novel"; and "Poem on Pasolini". Issue also includes a Gay Festival Fringe 4 Page Pull-Out What’s On Guide.Also included are: letters from readers; an editorial; a notice from the Edinburgh Gay Christian Movement; news reports (including a report on Gay Pride 1982 in London); Gay Women’s Page (including a...
Dates:
Sep 1982 - Oct 1982
Found in:
Lothian Health Services Archive
Gay Scotland, Issue 9, Jul 1983 - Aug 1983
Item
Identifier: GD61/10/2/10
Scope and Contents
Front cover reads: "AIDS in Scotland. Special 2-page report". This issue also includes coverage of: a national Befriending conference; a report on a Gay Christian Movement meeting and an article covering the Church of Scotland's Report on Homosexuality; Gayfest '83; the sale of Gay News; "World Gaze" - coverage of international gay news; Lesbian Line and ILIS conferences; and "Summer In London", including information on getting there and getting around.
Dates:
Jul 1983 - Aug 1983
Found in:
Lothian Health Services Archive
Gay Scotland, Issue 35, Sep 1987 - Oct 1987
Item
Identifier: GD61/10/2/37
Scope and Contents
The front cover reads “What Next?”This issue includes: coverage of the International Lesbian and Gay Conference; a feature examining the “There is Hope” campaign which promoted heterosexuality and published an article titled “AIDS and the new morality”; an article written by a trans woman on her experience of being a lesbian in Edinburgh and the support and discrimination she has received from the community; an interview with Gus Van Sant; a feature looking at the use of nude...
Dates:
Sep 1987 - Oct 1987
Found in:
Lothian Health Services Archive
Gay Scotland, Issue 45, 1989
Item
Identifier: GD61/10/2/47
Scope and Contents
The front cover shows a man with a sign reading: "God burnt Sodom – A gay city repent". Other headlines are: “Claws Out – GS Starts Pussying About”, “Lark in the Park”, and “Nicaraguan Gays”.This issue includes: a review of Lark in the Park; resignation of staff at the Pink Paper; an article discussing Robin Cook voting against lesbian and gay equality being included in the Labour Party’s policy review; coverage of homophobia press; a feature on the gay community in Nicaragua; a...
Dates:
1989
Found in:
Lothian Health Services Archive
Gay Scotland, Issue 60, 1991
Item
Identifier: GD61/10/2/61
Scope and Contents
The cover reads: “Lord Advocate’s Review – Latest”, “Bumper Silver Jubilee Issue”, and “The Metropolitan Community Church”.This issue includes: an update on the Crown Office’s instructions not to initiate criminal proceedings in “gay sex cases involving males age between 16 and 21 where consent is present”; Mike Black, the first openly gay preside of NALGO, visits Glasgow; a feature on the Metropolitan Community Church in Glasgow, described as the second attempt to establish the...
Dates:
1991
Found in:
Lothian Health Services Archive
Gay Scotland, Issue 138, Nov 2002
Item
Identifier: GD61/10/2/65
Scope and Contents
The cover shows a sixteen previous front covers of Gay Scotland and reads: “We’re Back!”.This issue includes articles on: compensation for those discharged from the military due to their sexuality; an open day for the gay friendly rugby team the “Caledonian Thebans Rugby Football Club”; The Highland LGBT Committee’s lobbying of the Scottish Parliament’s Equal Opportunities Committee; John Saxbee (the Bishop of Lincoln) giving formal approval for commitment services for same-sex...
Dates:
Nov 2002
Found in:
Lothian Health Services Archive
Gay Scotland, Issue 144, Aug 2003
Item
Identifier: GD61/10/2/67
Scope and Contents
The cover reads: “Festival Roundup & Much More… Including… Blaze & Vibe, Craig Hill, and Mr Burly”. The cover shows a view of Edinburgh Castle and photographs of Craig Hill and Mr Burly. This issue includes articles on: a review in to the treatment of same sex couples by public services in Scotland; the Metropolitan Police’s “Service Policy on Employment of Transsexuals”; a legal challenge to government regulations allowing “faith schools” to discrimination against...
Dates:
Aug 2003
Found in:
Lothian Health Services Archive
Gay Scotland, Issue 146, Oct 2003
Item
Identifier: GD61/10/2/69
Scope and Contents
The cover shows a photograph of George Square in Glasgow and reads: “Glasgay is go!”. This issue includes articles on: sexual and physical assaults on men in Glasgow’s West End; the new cardinal elect, Keith O’Brien’s views on same sex marriage; a report published by Mind reveals LGBT people suffer poorer mental health; proposed updates to insurance where “HIV may be an issue”; a poll showing levels of support for same sex marriage and adoption across European countries; the...
Dates:
Oct 2003
Found in:
Lothian Health Services Archive