Suicide

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A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Scope and Contents Labour's inquiry into the suicide of Gordon McMaster is widened to examine issues with the party in Renfrewshire. Evidence of factionalism, membership irregularities, and links with organised crime have all been alleged. One anonymous party member claimed the worst of these issues had already been addressed. There are internal issues on the council where McMaster had served - Jim Mitchell, the SNP deputy leader on the council where McMaster served, wants the name of the person accused of...

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: a discussion of calls; membership update; training officer's report and a discussion on 'training TVs'; advertising report; and a vacancy for the Public Relations post.Also included is information on how to handle calls relating to suicide.Note: This item may be upsetting and discusses themes of suicide and mental health.Note: TV is an abbreviated form of the historical term transvestite used to describe individuals who wear...

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Topics discussed include: call cards; a membership update; a new Glasgow based group run by 'a businessman'; a newssheet called Encounter, with links to Staffordshire, appearing in Glasgow denouncing Strathclyde Switchboard; Icebreakers; the Annual Conference; and reports of a new Livingston based gay advisory service for young people established by 'self-acknowledged paedophile' and a subsequent proposal to create a list of accredited gay groups.

Scope and Contents Topics discussed in Lesbian Line meeting include: a new group for lesbians with disabilities; a team building weekend; moving rooms within premises; collecting information for a 'women's folder' such as guesthouses and restaurants; befriending comfirmations; meeting with Stonewall; upcoming discussion on lesbians and alcohol; training update; and feedback on the National Conference.Topics discussed in the Edinburgh Gay Switchboard Trust's Joint Team Meeting include: call cards;...

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: misrepresentation on the subject of hate mail and the proposal of a press policy; a Lesbian Line update which covers a review of agencies that clients are referred to, new groups; feedback on a Lesbians and HIV/AIDS seminar, the role of Lesbian Line in Switchboard, and a membership resignation; a Switchboard stall at a Virgin Megastore to promote Priscilla Queen of the Desert; a Suicide Study Day organised by the Scottish Volunteer HIV/AIDS Forum; a survey organised...

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Two senior Labour party members come forward with claims that MP Tommy Graham offered them compromising photograps of a senior trade union official.

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Second inquiry launched against MP Tommy Graham for threatening senior union offical with allegations of homosexuality using photographs from a party.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

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Gay men interviewed in relation to footage showing men having sex with a teenager in public toilets as part of police surveillance operation.