Minutes of the SHRG National Executive Committee Meeting, 7 Feb 1981
Scope and Contents
Topics discussed include: an update from the Befriending Co-ordinator who discussed a need for intercommunication between Switchboards; a Treasurer's report which provided a budget overview; employment and trade unions; publications and propaganda; an update from the Pastoral Sub-Committee; planning for a Gay Festival; advertising; branch reports from Central Scotland, Dundee, Edinburgh, Fife, Glasgow and Paisley; and premises management including the use of a room for the '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.
Dates
- Creation: 7 Feb 1981
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
Part of the Lothian Health Services Archive Repository
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