Scope and Contents Topics discussed include calls received by befriending team and a note on a clinical psychiatrist who will assess people who want a "sex-change" (please note that this is a historical term and is quoted directly from the record. The preferred term is gender affirming surgery which describes any of various surgeries undertaken to affirm an individual's gender. Most often applied to transgender people, but may also refer to certain procedures undergone by cisgender and intersex people -...

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Topics discussed include administrative and membership updates, 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 is an abbreviated form of the term transsexual used to describe individuals whose gender identity is different from their assigned sex at birth).

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: developments in the centre and the use of rooms for the Befriending Team; an update on the Young People's Group; developments within the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group; training; and membership updates. Handling of 'TV' calls and the future of the "TV/TS" group was also discussed.Note: 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...

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: developments in the Centre and within the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group; an update on the Young People's Group; training; membership; and confirmation on the continuation of the "TV/TS" group and noted the increase of related calls.Note: 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 is an abbreviated form of the term...

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Statistical call sheets used by LGLS Befrienders to capture statistics and summaries of all calls received.

Each shift is noted on a seperate sheet and a printed table is provided to allow befrienders to tick appropriate boxes to indicate the gender and location of the caller and their reason for calling. Column headings are altered when changing concerns are noted, and a list of headings is provided at each file level.

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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.

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.

Scope and Contents This file contains information “transvestites (TV)” and “transsexuals (TS)”, collected by the Befriending Team, and includes articles from magazines and journals, correspondence and lists of "people with a professional interest in matters of gender identity, transsexualism, and transvestism". It also includes information about the Beaumont Society (including an application for membership), and literature produced by the Society. This information was sent following a request from...

Scope and Contents This file contains information on “transvestites (TV)” and “transsexuals (TS)” collected by the Befriending Team.It contains information about various groups, and includes zines, newsletters and other publications from groups across the UK including: Tweenie – an independent TV/TS magazine (Essex); The Tartan Skirt – newsletter of the Scottish TV/TS group; Transessex – Essex tv/ts group; Transvesta – information bureau of benefit to transvestites and transsexuals; and Gemini – a...