SHRG Edinburgh Befriending Minutes, 12 Nov 1980
Scope and Contents
Topics discussed include calls received by befriending team and a note on a clinical psychiatrist who will assess people who want a "sex-change" (please note that this is a historical term and is quoted directly from the record. The preferred term is gender affirming surgery which describes any of various surgeries undertaken to affirm an individual's gender. Most often applied to transgender people, but may also refer to certain procedures undergone by cisgender and intersex people - https://homosaurus.org/v3/homoit0000561?from_q=surgery).
Also discussed are membership updates and resignations, the 1981 budget, and a note from the National Annual General Meeting regarding a proposed amendment to the National Executive's constitution to prevent a member of the National Executive appointing a befriender.
Dates
- Creation: 12 Nov 1980
Conditions Governing Access
This item is open to public access.
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
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