Kirk man claims gay lobby has too much influence (The Scotsman), 25 Jan 1999
Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/3/13
Scope and Contents
On the eve of the the UK parliament voting on whether to lower the gay age of consent to age 16, the reverend Bill Wallace stated his opposition to any lowering, citing that less than 1% of people are gay and yet lamenting that they have too much representation in Government.His allegations were refuted as only 2 openly gay cabinet ministers and that, according to the Equality Network, between 4-17% of the population represent as gay.
Dates
- Creation: 25 Jan 1999
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)
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This sub-series is open to public access.
Full Extent
1 item
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Lothian Health Services Archive Repository
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Centre for Research Collections
Edinburgh University Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44 (0)131 650 3392
lhsa@ed.ac.uk