Youth

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: membership questions; a new advertising officer; the new information system; Forth Friend; feedback on a Lesbian Line social event; job descriptions; Icebreakers; discussion of cards; training report; Stonewall Youth Group; and an update on the 'TV/TS' Group (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 refers to an abbreviated...

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: calls; Lesbian Line report; the Edinburgh Gay Switchboard's (EGS) Residential Weekend and Annual General Meeting; in-service training; services for the hearing impaired; membership update; the Lothian Lesbian and Gay Youth Movement; and mentor groups.A note on the murder of Andrew Kerr is also provided and a proposal to introduce the tracing of phone calls made to EGS. Andrew Kerr was a gay man who was murdered in his flat in Edinburgh by a man he had...

Scope and Contents The minutes begin with a report on a presentation from Lothian and Borders Police concerning the new Lesbian and Gay Police Liaison in the Serious Crimes Squad (Police Scotland Headquarters at Fettes Avenue). There is further discussions concerning public relations and launching the scheme. Concerns amongst members about police and community relationships are also raised and discussed.Other topics discussed include: call cards; befriending issues concerning a meeting with a...

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: a correspondence course on inter-personal skills offered by the University of Wales; the dissolution of the Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard Trust; premises for the Stonewall Youth Project; a funding application to the Transitional Relief Fund due to the reorganisation of the council; comments and concerns relating to moving premises; the Busy Line Tracking System and statistics; a Lesbian Line report covering feedback on training on domestic violence; a training...

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Topics discussed include: contact with the Morayshire Switchboard; improper use of the Stonewall Youth Group phoneline; a training update; membership matters; funding and statistics; Edinburgh City Council Equalities meeting and equality officers; Borders Switchboard; cruising and policing at Gayfield Square; request for prompt sheets on alcoholism and bereavement; and a discussion of call cards.

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Topics discussed include: Stonewall Youth Group's phone bill; grant application to the City of Edinburgh; the Telegraphy Act; accounts update; training report; membership matters; Assertiveness Training Course; a research study on the Edinburgh scene and gay men's sexual practices; and a discussion of call cards.

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: advertising; change of premises for Icebreakers; media coverage in the Sunday Express, the Scotsman, Evening News, the Pink Paper, and Gay Scotland which is discussed under the heading hate mail; a Lesbian Line update; restructuring and training for the Stonewall Youth Group; feedback on a meeting relating to team building; a team building and venue visiting occasion named Gay Trek; funding; company status and Trust Deeds; statistics; training update; and a...

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Printed agenda with handwritten notes. Topics on agenda include: rota; speakers for the St Andrew's conference; nominations to Scottish Association for Counselling (SAC); National Association of Gay Switchboard's (NAGS) appeal; young person's group; training meeting; and calls.

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Topics discussed include: a report from the Treasurer covering finances; proposal regarding the purchasing of tea and coffee; the Drama Group; installing a bookshop; an update on discos; resignation of the editor of Gay Scotland; room alterations; and proposal to establish a youth group after the change of law with the introduction of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980.

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Handwritten minutes which cover topics including: different SMG branches sharing experiences; the National Association of Young People's Counselling and Advisory Services (NAPCAS); advertising; and conference fees.