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Cottages (Gay culture)

 Subject
Subject Source: Homosaurus
Scope Note: UK slang term for public bathrooms used as locations for sexual encounters, particularly by gay men.

Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:

Singer to work sentence in gay community (The Scotsman), 15 May 1998

 Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/2/39
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: 15 May 1998

Six more arrested over indecency, 16 Jul 1998

 piece
Identifier: GD61/11/2/2/100/2
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 Jul 1998

Skating on thin ice (Southern Reporter), 16 Jan 2003

 Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/7/1
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 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

Stirling rent boy 'still at work', 1 Jan 1997

 piece
Identifier: GD61/11/2/1/3/1
Scope and Contents

Report on a teenager having sex with men in a public toilet, which resulted in the launch of a police surveillance operation and the suicide of two men who were arrested. Outright Scotland’s claim that the teenager was then used to entrap men is also discussed.

Dates: 1 Jan 1997

The Pink Paper Issue 792, 13 Jun 2003

 Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/7/50
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: 13 Jun 2003

What's truth got to do with it? (The Scotsman), 10 Oct 1998

 Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/2/170
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 Oct 1998