Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: feedback from the Scottish Homosexual Rights (SHRG) Group Council Meeting; the Edinburgh Gay Switchboard's (EGS) letter to the police; correspondence received from Radio Forth and the National Association of Gay Switchboards; and a report on a meeting with the Regional Social Work Department to discuss EGS becoming a charitable trust. The future of EGS’s premises also discussed including a proposal from Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM) to share an office...

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Topics discussed include: the Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM) conference; appointment of a new secretary; new premises; regional funding; the Friends of Gay Switchboard (FROGS); training; advertising; statistics; an update on Lesbian Line; and confirmation that Edinburgh Gay Switchboard has become the first gay organisation to be registered as a charitable trust in Scotland.

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Topics discussed include: a joint conference with Glasgow Gay Switchboard; an update on the community service announcement; a training update; the Stonewall Youth Group; Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM) moving premises; late night Saturday sessions; a donation to the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group (SHRG); advertising; a charity football game; and the Social Work Department grant.

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Note about 'Baile an deor', probably collected from Duncan MacNiven, retired schoolmaster, Airds, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire, which reads 'Deor mor Mac an aba was the name of the - deor of Bail an deor' [Baile an Deòra/Balindore]. There are four words in Gaelic after this note which are difficult to make out. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

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This sub-series contains publications from external organisations on LGBTQ+ issues. These include reports from the Scottish Government, health boards and charitable bodies on subjects including sexual health, hate crimes, civil partnership, LGBTQ+ health, and policing.

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Papers collected by Royal National Institute of Blind People, Edinburgh and Lothians, including publications, annual reports, press cuttings, and administrative documents. Also includes the Register of the Outdoor Blind, a record of blind people receiving aid in their own homes between 1903 and 1910.

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Superstition about women combing their hair that they should not do so after dark on a Sunday night and a saying that a young woman with friends at sea should not comb her hair at night on 'Luan-Dhomnuich', which Carmichael queries as being the Sunday for giving alms to the poor. He also notes that 'La[tha] nam Marbh' is the day preceding 'La[tha] Samhna' when 'the dead stretch out their hand for relief on that day'.

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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.

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.

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Vocabulary note which reads 'Deire eigin = A misery dole. Teom nan deora = Dole of the poor donation'.