Sexual Health

Scope and Contents The Annual Report and Accounts outlines the aims and purposes of LGLS including the service they provide, their volunteer programme, the organisational structure, and access to the service.A Chairperson’s report is included which discusses the following: 25 years of Switchboard; the establishment of three committees (Corporate Services and Public Relations, Finance and Planning, and Education and Team Development); the need for improved accommodations and access facilities;...

Scope and Contents Records relating to the Lothian HIV/AIDS Forum, including minutes from forum meetings and correspondence. Topics covered include: regional HIV/AIDS strategy; updates and minutes from meetings of the HIV/AIDS Functional Group on Accommodation; HIV and AIDS education and training; and funding and budget updates including the financial allocations for specific HIV and drug problem services.Contains a copy of a “policy statement concerning the issue of the deliberate transmission of...

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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Topics discussed include: arrangements for visit to Strathclyde Switchboard and Glasgow Women's Health Centre; phone call and befriending update which covers repeat caller and artificial insemination and safer sex; feedback on Social Group; recruitment; and a Sexual Health Issues for Lesbians workshop.

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Topics discussed include: phone calls and befriending; update on the Social Group; membership resignation; training sessions and a delay to the new training programme; and a statistical update showing an increase in the number and duration of calls during 1995.

Also included is a summary about the Lothian Lesbian Line Workshop, 'Exploring Issues of Sexual Health for Lesbians'.

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Topics discussed include: Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM) moving premises; setting up a parent support group; Dr Sandy MacMillan (GU [genitourinary] medicine Consultant in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh); Edinburgh Gay Switchboard's (EGS) annual report and financial report; and rules for entering the telephone room.

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Topics discussed include: call cards; befriending issues; reports from the Treasurer; Friends of Gay Switchboard (FROGS) and Lesbian Line; publicity including the Safe Sex leaflet and bus advertisements; annual report; World AIDS Day; the appointment of a Gay Liaison Officer from the Serious Crime Squad (Police Scotland Headquarters at Fettes Avenue); trustees; more phone lines installed; and a training report.

Scope and Contents Topics discussed in Lesbian Line meeting include: update on Social Group; the timing of Lesbian Line meetings; a new style of log sheet; discos; training; the Annual Conference; and Pride Scotland.Topics discussed in the Edinburgh Gay Switchboard Trust's Joint Team Meeting: call cards with particular focus on concerns about a repeat caller and the suggestion of a safety awareness campaign; concerns of confidentiality in minutes; changing the name of the Trust; the Co-Ordinator's...

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Topics discussed include: a Lesbian Line update which covers sexual health training, the Social Group, membership, statistics, and the role of Lesbian Line within Switchboard; a report from the Treasurer which provided an update on the budget; training update; statistics; the development plan; advertising including buses, radio and the Borders; World AIDS Day; a potential resource for callers with mental health issues; and a discussion of cards.

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: social events; Norton Park and moving premises; the Edinburgh Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Forum; proposal for a new computer and automated call logging; membership matters including a resignation and concerns about that; request for training from Forth Friend; Lesbian Line report including in-service training on women's sexual health, the Social Group, and recruitment; a report from the Treasurer is provided which discusses the budget, the distribution of information...