Gay Scotland, Issue 24, Nov 1985 - Dec 1985
Scope and Contents
The front covers reads: "Facing up to gay comedy – with Blah, Simon Fanshawe and Janice Perry", and shows comedians Chris Edward and Robert Llewellyn from Blah.
This issue discusses: a protest against the Salvation Army and their anti-gay actions; the internment and isolation of hospital patients with AIDS; the death of Rock Hudson from complications relating to AIDS; a conference organised by Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM) called "AIDS and its Management"; the detention of the black gay activist Simon Nkoli; an Equal Opportunities policy for Lothian Regional Council; articles relating to politics and trade unions; a helpline established by the Scottish “TV/TS” group; international news relating to the LGBTQ+ community; poor coverage of gay issues on Channel 4; reviews of comedy, film, music, and books; information on pubs, clubs and local groups; updates on Lesbian news and groups in Scotland; and personal ads.
Note: TV is an abbreviated form of the historical term transvestite used to describe individuals who wear clothes associated with a gender other than their gender assigned at birth, and TS refers to an abbreviated form of the term transsexual used to describe individuals whose gender identity is different from their assigned sex at birth.
Dates
- Creation: Nov 1985 - Dec 1985
Conditions Governing Access
This sub-series is open to public access.
Extent
1 item
- Gender non-conforming identity
- AIDS (Disease)
- Actors
- Book Reviews
- Books
- Comedy
- Conferences
- Crossdressers
- Death
- Discrimination
- Gender
- Gender identity
- Gender non-conforming people
- HIV (Viruses)
- Hospitals
- LGBTQ+ clubs
- LGBTQ+ discrimination
- LGBTQ+ night life
- LGBTQ+ pubs
- Patients
- Trans
- Transgender people
- Transsexualism
- Transvestites
- crossdressing
Creator
- From the Fonds: Sinclair, Cecil James Herbert , 21 May 1931 - 20 October 2004 (gay rights activist) (Person)
- From the Fonds: Edinburgh Befrienders (Organization)
- From the Fonds: Edinburgh Gay Switchboard and Lesbian Line (Organization)
- From the Fonds: Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Lothian Health Services Archive Repository
Centre for Research Collections
Edinburgh University Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44 (0)131 650 3392
lhsa@ed.ac.uk