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Minutes of the EGS Trust Team Meeting, 23 Jan 1991

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Identifier: GD61/1/1/4/64

Scope and Contents

Topics discussed include: affiliation with the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group (SHRG); the Welcome Group; Icebreakers; request for a talk at EULAGS and LAGS on older lesbians and gay men in Scotland; a request for speakers on the subject of gay community/disunity at the University of Edinburgh's Nightline; room occupied by Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM); advertising report; fundraising officer; membership questions; the Annual Conference; a discussion of cards; a training report; mentor groups; donations; register of interests; trainee applications; and the Scottish 'TV/TS' group.

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 is an abbreviated form of the term transsexual used to describe individuals whose gender identity is different from their assigned sex at birth).

Also noted is an update on gay friendly venues and events in Edinburgh including Key West Bar becoming the Jamaican Inn; the closure of the Final Solution Nightclub; and information on discos held at the Laughing Duck and Millionaires.

Dates

  • Creation: 23 Jan 1991

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Full Extent

1 item

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Lothian Health Services Archive Repository

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