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SHRG Edinburgh Befriending Minutes, 12 Nov 1980

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Identifier: GD61/1/1/2/20

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

Repository Details

Part of the Lothian Health Services Archive Repository

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