Transvestites

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: affiliation with the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group (SHRG); the Welcome Group; Icebreakers; request for a talk at EULAGS and LAGS on older lesbians and gay men in Scotland; a request for speakers on the subject of gay community/disunity at the University of Edinburgh's Nightline; room occupied by Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM); advertising report; fundraising officer; membership questions; the Annual Conference; a discussion of cards; a training report; mentor...

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: affiliation with the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group (SHRG); an update on the Scottish 'TV/TS' group; the Welcome Group; Icebreakers; decoration of the Befriending Room; advertising report; an update on the register of interests; election of a new fundraising officer; the Annual Conference; leave of absence requests; discussion of cards; training report; mentor groups; a radio programme about 'transvestism'; Body Positive and Frontliners; International Women's Day;...

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...

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: an update on calls; the annual report; Friends of Gay Switchboard (FROGS); Scottish Pride 1991; The NAMES Project; and an information update on gay or gay friendly venues and organisations. Also discussed is the possibility of providing telephone training to the 'TV group'. Also included is a copy of the Contract of Service 1991, the Code of Conduct 1991 and the Standing Orders 1991.Note: TV is an abbreviated form of the historical term...

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Topics discussed include: an update on calls; a discussion on providing telephone training to 'TV's' within the Edinburgh Gay Switchboard building; a Lesbian Line update; funding a Stonewall phoneline; and membership update.

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.

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Topics discussed include: calls; the training of 'transvestites'; Lesbian Line report; training report for men; membership; the Edinburgh Gay Switchboard's (EGS) Annual Report 1992; and an information update on gay or gay friendly venues and organisations. A rota for October 1991 is also included.

Note: transvestite is a historical term used to describe individuals who wear clothes associated with a gender other than their gender assigned at birth.

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: call cards; violence survey; collecting details of sympathetic General Practitioners (GPs) and solicitors; Lesbian Line update; an application from a bisexual wishing to become a member; training; treasurer's update; annual report; answering machines; a leaflet on creating a will; Gay Business Club; Friends of the Gay Switchboard; and feedback from the 'TV Group' and their experiences with Transtrap.Note: TV is an abbreviated form of the historical term...

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: delay of reports due to upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM); an update on the development of the premises; and a report on 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...

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. ...

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include an update on a Glasgow-based doctor who would be willing to accept referrals from "transsexual" callers, and further discussion on allowing "transvestites" on Broughton Street premises Please note that the terms transvestites and transsexual have been quoted directly from the record. Transsexual is a term is used to describe individuals whose gender identity is different from their assigned sex at birth and transvestite is a historical term used to...