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Cruising (LGBTQ+ culture)

 Subject
Subject Source: Homosaurus
Scope Note: Walking or driving about a locality in search of a sex partner, typically to engage in casual sex.

Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:

Minutes of the LGLS Team Meeting, 17 Jul 1996

 Item
Identifier: GD61/1/1/6/3
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 17 Jul 1996

Police check videos of toilet at centre of gay sex scandal, 20 Nov 1996

 Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/1/1
Scope and Contents

Gay men interviewed in relation to footage showing men having sex with a teenager in public toilets as part of police surveillance operation.

Dates: 20 Nov 1996

Public money behind gay sex, 16 Jan 2000

 piece
Identifier: GD61/11/2/4/21/2
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.

Dates: 16 Jan 2000

QC condemns jury's 'quick' verdict (The Scotsman), 22 Jan 1999

 Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/3/12
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.

Dates: 22 Jan 1999

Queerbashing in Edinburgh's Gay Village, Feb 1998

 piece
Identifier: GD61/11/2/2/26/1
Scope and Contents

Six men aged 16-17 arrested for attempted murder following violent attacks on five men in Leith Street, Royal Terrace and Calton Terrace, Edinburgh. Not all victims of the attacks were gay, but reporter Kenneth James McGowan and Lothian and Borders Police have reason to believe homophobia fuelled the attacks due to the popular use of these sites for cruising.

Dates: Feb 1998

Ron Davies quits over gay sex claims (The Herald), 10 Mar 2003

 Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/7/11
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.

Dates: 10 Mar 2003

Safer Cruising Initiative Launched, Apr 1998

 piece
Identifier: GD61/11/2/2/53/4
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.

Dates: Apr 1998

Sexual health alert over craze for outdoor sex (The Herald), Jul 2003

 Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/7/61
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.

Dates: Jul 2003

Spy camera man filmed in gay sex sting (Daily Record), 21 Nov 1996

 Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/1/2
Scope and Contents

A report on a council chief who was filmed having sex in a public toilet as part of a police surveillance operation. A reaction to the surveillance from gay rights organisations is also discussed as well as concerns over suicides connected to men filmed having sex with a teenager.

Dates: 21 Nov 1996

Swift resignation that begs as many questions as it silences, 29 Oct 1998

 piece
Identifier: GD61/11/2/2/177/3
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.

Dates: 29 Oct 1998