LGBTQ+ youth

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Topics discussed include: office equipment; Fife Switchboard; training; Body Positive; the Dunblane Conference; Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM); recent calls; and a warning about scandal-seeking journalists and disclosing information to befrienders.

Also discussed is the Stonewall Youth Project and a flow-chart is provided which shows when to refer a caller.

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Topics discussed include: Stonewall Youth Group; draft of new leaflets; Edinburgh Gay Switchboard (EGS) 1990 Conference; advertising; Icebreakers; reverse charges on telephone bill; trainees; and a request for a speaker from the University of Edinburgh Nightline.

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Topics discussed include: the training officer's report; Fife Friend; the rota; request for speakers at a meeting of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (LGCM); Icebreakers; the Social Work Department grant; a new volunteer application form; interviews for trainees; contact with the media; and the Stonewall Youth Group.

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Topics discussed include: letterheads and leaflets; training questionnaire; the Stonewall Youth Project; the Lothian Gay Youth Group; the training officer's report; the Edinburgh Gay Switchboard's (EGS) Annual Conference; a request from the Metropolitan Community Church to use EGS's PO Box; the Scottish and Northern England Switchboard Conference; and Icebreakers.

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Topics discussed include: reports from the training officer and treasurer; team member groups; job descriptions; Icebreakers; Welcome Group; proposed changes to the code of conduct; membership questions; request for a speaker to talk to nurses; review of leave of absence option; the Conference of Scottish and Northern English Switchboards; an informational update on gay friendly venues and events; and an update on the Stonewall Youth Group.

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...

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Topics discussed include: a request for help from Borders Gay Group regarding the establishment of a helpline; an update on AIDS related work; advertising; attending a talk at Christ Church Youth Fellowship; training; and a proposal for extension of Switchboard's hours.

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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.