LGBTQ+ discrimination

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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 Front cover headlines include: "Gay Youth Organise"; "China and Gay People"; Wilfion: Who was s/he?" (an article on William Sharp/Fiona MacLeod); "Owen Dudley Edwards on the Gay Novel"; and "Poem on Pasolini". Issue also includes a Gay Festival Fringe 4 Page Pull-Out What’s On Guide.Also included are: letters from readers; an editorial; a notice from the Edinburgh Gay Christian Movement; news reports (including a report on Gay Pride 1982 in London); Gay Women’s Page (including a...

Scope and Contents Front cover headlines include: "Tom Robinson Talks to Gay Scotland"; "More Female Trouble from Bryony Lavery"; and "It’s Our Bookshop and It’s Scotland’s First", an article on the opening of Lavender Menace. Contents include: letters from readers; an editorial; news reports including "Lord Lieutenant Refuses to Intervene", which discusses the Fife branch of the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group (SHRG) being refused advertising space in newspapers and on buses; Gay Women’s Page; recurring...

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Front cover reads "Bumper Issue", and shows a birthday cake with one candle reading: "G.S. after 10 issues". Issue also includes coverage of: Lesbian and Gay Pride 1993; the age of consent campaign; agent provocateurs; anti-gay oppression in Argentina; Gay Association of South Africa's application rejected by the International Gay Association; the establishment of Scottish AIDS Monitor; Edinburgh festival reviews; updates on lesbian issues and groups, including Gemma; and book reviews.

Scope and Contents The front cover shows a two women kissing and reads: “AIDS Advice”, “Bill Grainger Interview”, “NALGO”, and “Listings”.This issue includes: an article about a Swiss magazine covering claims of a cure for AIDS; a report on the Miners Support Group; Rugby Councils, and a debate over a NALGO (National Association of Local Government Officers) non-discrimination policy; an interview with Bill Grainger who established the gay nightclub, Fire Island; international news relating to the...

Scope and Contents Front cover headline reads: "Keeping Warm", and shows a topless man in an armchair reading a book next to lit candles. This issue includes: Edinburgh City Council adding sexual orientation to their equal opportunities policy; report on the laying of a wreath in memory of the gay and lesbian people murdered during World War 2; an article about the documentary, "Improper Conduct", which focuses on the treatment of the gay people of Cuba; an article on keeping warm during the winter; news from...

Scope and Contents This front cover reads: “Fest Extra” and shows dancer Michael Clark and a short article included in this issue discusses his Edinburgh International Festival show, which was designed by Leigh Bowery. This issues discusses: the Edinburgh Gay and Lesbian Pride rally and the London “Lesbian and Gay Pride Carnival Parade ; a forum for the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group (SHRG); the suicide of a gay man who had been evicted from his lodgings; discrimination against gay men and...

Scope and Contents The front covers reads "Toronto Exclusive", and shows a large crowd with some holding banners. An article in this issue discusses the first International Gay Association (IGA) Conference held Toronto between 1 July 1985 and 7 July 1985. This issues discusses: funding for Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM); funding for the London Lesbian and Gay Centre; the suicide of a gay man who had been evicted from his lodgings and a report in the Scotsman relating to a speech given by Robin Cook...

Scope and Contents The front covers reads: "Facing up to gay comedy – with Blah, Simon Fanshawe and Janice Perry", and shows comedians Chris Edward and Robert Llewellyn from Blah.This issue discusses: a protest against the Salvation Army and their anti-gay actions; the internment and isolation of hospital patients with AIDS; the death of Rock Hudson from complications relating to AIDS; a conference organised by Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM) called "AIDS and its Management"; the detention of the black...

Scope and Contents Front cover reads: “Richard Coles on Red Wedge”, “Jeffrey Weeks on Sex and History” and “New lesbian series”.This issue discusses: the opening of Stonewall café; equal opportunity policies at Stirling District Council; HM Customs and Excise seizing books from Gay’s the Word bookshop; an update on Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM); articles relating to young LGBTQ+ people; Apartheid and the International Gay Games in San Francisco and other international news relating to the LGBTQ+...