HIV (Viruses)

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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 Comprises mainly of correspondence from service users seeking advice and information, along with replies from members of the Lesbian Line team. In addition, contains: resignation letters from members; administrative correspondence relating to topics such as funding; and letters from external organisations including Edinburgh’s Lesbian Mothers Group, Forth Valley Health Board, and the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre.Also included is: Women Living With HIV and AIDS in...

Scope and Contents Correspondence received and sent by the Co-Ordinator of the Edinburgh Gay Switchboard relating to both EGS and Lesbian Line. Topics include: finances and fundraising; staffing (including new applications, requests for breaks from duties, and resignations); training and requests for speakers from external organisations; internal correspondence to the membership; advertising including a radio feature and leaflets; and issues with mail deliveries (Royal Mail). External organisations...

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Copy of the conference report from the Scottish Conference of Gay and Lesbian Switchboards and Associated Groups. The conference was held in Kinnoull, Perth, between 30/09/1994 and 02/10/1994.

The conference covered safer sex education, the future of Switchboards, forming a national association of Switchboards, and socialising.

Scope and Contents Correspondence between the Edinburgh Gay Switchboard and other groups and organisations, including: Lothian Marriage Counselling Service; the Highland Gay Group; the Borders Gay Group; Moray House College of Education; Laetare International Centre; Young People’s Advisory Service (West Lothian); Lothian Health Board; Edinburgh Bisexual Group; Lothian and Borders Police; the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM); Gay Bereavement Project; Body Positive; Scottish Television...

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Dutch gay people have been advocating for a change in the guidelines as to who is allowed to donate blood, as the current rules bar gay men. They argue that guidelines should be focused on high-risk behaviour, not on the basis of sexuality itself. The transfusion service has not been willing to change its guidelines.

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Featuring a project to provide new needles to intravenous drug users in Leith to prevent new cases of HIV and some opposition to it and some criticism of the focus on the new AIDS (control) bill first proposed by Edinburgh MP Gavin Strang that has just gained royal assent and been passed into law.

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Article, including a quote by Gavin Strang, on the importance of the soon to be passed AIDS (control) bill in and of the particular relevance within Edinburgh, as a city with high levels of HIV and AIDS.

Scope and Contents The Annual Report contains a Co-ordinator's report which has the headline 'Gay Switchboard receives more than 10,000 calls!'. The report discusses a residential conference which focused on relationship counselling, Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM) moving out of their premises, and notes an increase in calls relating to AIDS.A Training Report is provided which discusses a recent Friend Conference in Manchester and Switchboard's residential conference. It also details the process of...

Scope and Contents The Annual Report contains a Co-ordinator's report which discusses: statistics showing an overall decrease in calls but an increase in serious counselling and details of which types of calls have increased; a grant from the Social Work Department; increase in new trainees for Lesbian Line; report on annual Training Conference; increase in befriending calls following a broadcast on the Community Service Announcement Scheme via Scottish Television (STV); introduction of the AIDS working group;...