Minutes of the SMG Edinburgh Befriending Committee, 3 Aug 1976
Scope and Contents
Topics discussed include an update on a Glasgow-based doctor who would be willing to accept referrals from "transsexual" callers, and further discussion on allowing "transvestites" on Broughton Street premises
Please note that the terms transvestites and transsexual have been quoted directly from the record. Transsexual is a term is used to describe individuals whose gender identity is different from their assigned sex at birth and transvestite is a historical term used to describe individuals who wear clothes associated with a gender other than their gender assigned at birth.
Further discussions on the use of 58A Broughton Street for befriending service, and update on a meeting with Glasgow Gay Advisory Service (GGAS).
Dates
- Creation: 3 Aug 1976
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 item
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
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