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Scotland’s premier magazine for lesbians, gay men. bisexuals and friends<br />
ScotsG ay<br />
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SCENE AROUND in EDINBURGH,<br />
GLASGOW, DUNDEE and ABERDEEN<br />
GARY OTTON asks:<br />
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JUST HOW FAR SHOULD<br />
WE GO TO STOP<br />
OFFENDING PEOPLE?<br />
London's Mayor Ken Livingstone<br />
has been in the news recently<br />
after comparing a Jewish journalist<br />
to a Nazi concentration camp<br />
guard. He won't apologise and<br />
may yet find himself being<br />
removed from office by the<br />
Standards Board and banned<br />
from public life for five years for<br />
breaching the subsection of The<br />
Local Authorities (Model Code of<br />
Conduct) (England) Order 2001<br />
which says that councillors "must<br />
treat others with respect".<br />
Strangely, the press didn't complain<br />
quite as much (and he didn't<br />
apologise either) when he personally<br />
welcomed a rabidly homophobic<br />
Muslim cleric to his city.<br />
But, hey ho, pooves are expendable<br />
when it comes to courting the<br />
Muslim vote.<br />
In Oslo, at an International<br />
Lesbian and Gay Association<br />
shindig many years ago, I recall a<br />
visiting USAnian youth sports<br />
team, who had been giving us<br />
some stick, being quelled with a<br />
copy of the fairly strict Norwegian<br />
law outlawing homophobic<br />
speech.<br />
And then there was poor simple<br />
Tom Forrest who braved the wrath<br />
of Scotland's liberal intelligentsia<br />
after saying that gays weren't welcome<br />
to share a room in his<br />
remote B&B in Kinlochewe. Fair<br />
enough that the publicly funded<br />
VisitScotland threw him out of<br />
their scheme, but full marks to the<br />
man for his honesty. At least we<br />
now know what he thinks of us<br />
and can choose to spend our<br />
money with more sensible hoteliers!<br />
Edinburgh University's Library is<br />
currently in a quandry as to what<br />
to do about a single copy of the<br />
Koran. It seems that the space to<br />
which it is allocated by its classmark<br />
is on the lowest shelf - but<br />
Followers of Islam have kicked up<br />
because sticking their Book on the<br />
floor is disrepectful. For the last six<br />
months, it has been unavailable to<br />
the general reader because it's sitting<br />
on an administrator's desk<br />
whilst s/he works out what to do<br />
with it!<br />
Stand firm and there will be a<br />
major stushie. Give in and then<br />
the adherents of every other set of<br />
God Botherers will moan about<br />
their Books being disrespected<br />
and the library will have to<br />
remove all the bottom shelves!<br />
It's all getting a bit like how I<br />
remember the plaintive appeal to<br />
the authority of the teacher in the<br />
school playground when a brat<br />
was offended: "Please Miss, he<br />
said that I pee'd the bed". And<br />
Miss would diplomatically do her<br />
best to sort it out.<br />
But we're supposed to be<br />
grownups now. With thicker skins.<br />
And stronger bladders.<br />
Ultimately, I'd rather know what<br />
<strong>ScotsGay</strong><br />
Editorial<br />
Editorial<br />
people think of me than be misled<br />
by all this nicey PC nonsense<br />
which can lead to us thinking<br />
we're liked when in fact we're<br />
loathed or merely tolerated.<br />
Just for the record: I loathe the<br />
superstitious and their imaginary<br />
friends, but I tolerate the ones who<br />
tolerate me - I've even shagged a<br />
few of them (but I did wash my<br />
hands afterwards).<br />
As far as the unshelveable<br />
Koran is concerned, were it not<br />
for the respect I have for books in<br />
general, I'd advise the University<br />
to rehouse it (along with the rest of<br />
the Theology section) in the smallest<br />
room in the Library!<br />
Which would be nice for the<br />
trees.<br />
John Hein<br />
E-mail: editorial@scotsgay.co.uk<br />
<strong>ScotsGay</strong><br />
News<br />
HALF WAY<br />
DOWN THE<br />
AISLE<br />
The landmark Civil Partnership<br />
Act will be brought into force on<br />
Mon 5th Dec this year. Any couple<br />
wishing to form a civil partnership<br />
will be able to give notice of<br />
their intention to register at a<br />
Register Office from that date.<br />
This will allow the first civil partnerships<br />
to be formed in time for<br />
Xmas on Wed 21st December,<br />
after the 15 day waiting period<br />
has passed.<br />
The Civil Partnership Act allows<br />
same-sex couples to make a formal,<br />
legal commitment to each<br />
other by forming a civil partnership.<br />
However, it's not marriage<br />
(unlike the happy couples in our<br />
pic from the first gay weddings in<br />
Amsterdam) and it's not available<br />
to opposite sex partners. And<br />
Register Offices in Scotland have<br />
so far been underwhelmed with<br />
interest. Glasgow has received<br />
six enquiries since the legislation<br />
was passed in November,<br />
Edinburgh has had one, whilst<br />
Scotland's busiest office, Gretna,<br />
has only had a couple of doizen<br />
tentative enquiries over the last<br />
year.<br />
Important rights and responsibilities<br />
will flow from entering a<br />
civil partnership, helping samesex<br />
couples to organise their lives<br />
together.<br />
Provisions in the Act include:<br />
– employment and pension benefits;<br />
– recognition under intestacy<br />
rules;<br />
– access to fatal accidents compensation;<br />
– recognition for immigration<br />
and nationality purposes.<br />
– a duty to provide reasonable<br />
maintenance for your civil partner<br />
and any children of the family;<br />
– civil partners to be assessed in<br />
the same way as spouses for<br />
child support;<br />
– equitable treatment for the purposes<br />
of life assurance;<br />
The process of entering into a civil<br />
partnership will be administered<br />
by the local registration service.<br />
On the day of registration, each<br />
member of the couple will sign in<br />
the presence of the registration<br />
officer and two witnesses.<br />
The Act also allows for samesex<br />
couples who have entered<br />
legally recognised overseas relationships<br />
to be treated as civil<br />
partners in the United Kingdom.<br />
There will be a formal, courtbased<br />
process for dissolution of a<br />
civil partnership.<br />
Further information about civil<br />
partnership is available on the<br />
WEU website: http://www.womenandequalityunit.gov.uk<br />
KEITH COWAN’S<br />
JUST DESSERTS<br />
Weel kent Edinburgh queen, Keith<br />
Richard Cowan, is to receive an<br />
MBE from another Queen for<br />
"Services to Diversity". <strong>ScotsGay</strong><br />
thinks that this is Royalspeak for<br />
rampant poovery but hope that he<br />
and his mum enjoy their day out<br />
at the Palace anyway!<br />
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<strong>ScotsGay</strong><br />
News<br />
ON YOUR<br />
BIKES!<br />
Gay Outdoor Club 25th<br />
Anniversary Run<br />
It’s nearly a quarter of a century<br />
since gay cyclists first got together<br />
in Scotland for an organised<br />
run. Advertised in Gay News<br />
and Gay Scotland as the<br />
Edinburgh Gay Cycling Group,<br />
the first organised event was<br />
held on Sunday 13th April 1980<br />
and was a run from Edinburgh to<br />
Peebles and back via the<br />
Moorfoot Hills. It was attended<br />
by six participants - two of whom<br />
are still very much involved in<br />
GOC today.<br />
To mark this anniversary, next<br />
month’s run (on Sun 10th Apr)<br />
will retrace much of the route of<br />
April 1980’s inaugural run - but<br />
with more deviation onto minor<br />
roads - this being partly down to<br />
the increase in volume of traffic<br />
on main roads that has occurred<br />
over the past 25 years. Both long<br />
(60-65 miles) and moderate (40-<br />
45 miles) circuits will be on offer.<br />
The longer route will start at<br />
10.30am outside the<br />
Commonwealth Pool, Dalkeith<br />
Road, while the shorter circuit<br />
will start at Noon on the A7 road<br />
junction at North Middleton<br />
(OS66, NT357588).<br />
A warm welcome is extended<br />
to all and it is hoped that a number<br />
of those who have participated<br />
in GOC’s Scottish cycling<br />
activities over the years will<br />
make a special point of joining<br />
us on this occasion. The<br />
Edinburgh Gay Cycling Group<br />
was started by a guy called<br />
Andy Gentle and it is hoped he<br />
will perhaps read this and manage<br />
to come along then too. If<br />
anyone else reading this is still in<br />
touch with Andy maybe they<br />
4<br />
could pass on the details to him<br />
of this special event.<br />
Douglas Bingham<br />
E-mail: drb@gocscotland.org.uk<br />
FAGS OUT,<br />
PLEASE!<br />
Smoking prevalence among gay<br />
men and lesbians is around twice<br />
that of the general population.<br />
Seven out of ten smokers want to<br />
stop and there is support available<br />
which can greatly improve<br />
your chance of stopping successfully.<br />
No Smoking Day on Wed<br />
9th Mar is an excellent opportunity<br />
for smokers to make the decision<br />
to stop smoking. Over a million<br />
smokers will be using the Day<br />
to try and stop.<br />
Highlighting the help available<br />
for gay and HIV positive men is an<br />
important issue for Will Nutland,<br />
Head of Gay Men’s Health<br />
Promotion at Terrence Higgins<br />
Trust. “Giving up smoking is a<br />
key decision anyone can make to<br />
improve their health. When that<br />
person is also HIV positive the<br />
decision to quit can have even<br />
more benefits.”<br />
Dónal Heath co-ordinates GMFA’s<br />
London-based stop smoking service<br />
for gay men. The service has<br />
had about a 70% success rate and<br />
Dónal offers these tips for anyone<br />
who wants to stop smoking:<br />
– Using Nicotine Replacement<br />
Therapy, like gum or patches,<br />
can double your chances of success<br />
- talk to your GP or pharmacist<br />
– Joining a stop smoking group<br />
will make you four times more<br />
likely to succeed. Contact the<br />
NHS on 0800 1690169 for<br />
details of other services<br />
– If you can’t join a group, set<br />
yourself a quit date and stick to<br />
it. Use the time between now<br />
and then to get ready<br />
– Write down all the reasons you<br />
want to stop and tape it to the<br />
fridge to help you stay motivated<br />
– Enlist the support of friends,<br />
family and workmates - why not<br />
quit together and help keep<br />
each other on track?<br />
– Log on to http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/<br />
for more help or<br />
http://www.godhatesfags.org.<br />
uk/ for stern advice.<br />
Peter Lee used one of the local<br />
NHS Stop Smoking Services to<br />
support his quit attempt and hasn’t<br />
looked back since. “It has really<br />
made a big difference to me.<br />
Stopping one habit has motivated<br />
to me to improve other things in<br />
my life including improving my<br />
diet and taking lots of exercise. I<br />
feel fantastic and friends are<br />
always telling me that I look better<br />
for it. I think that there probably is<br />
a higher percentage of smokers in<br />
gay bars and clubs. I find it really<br />
off-putting - it makes people<br />
smell horrible, really unattractive!<br />
And you really notice the morning<br />
after that your clothes stink and<br />
have to be washed.”<br />
DISCRIMINATION<br />
ON THE MOVE<br />
Have you experienced discrimination?<br />
Are you interested in equality<br />
issues and how this affects your<br />
community? Would you also be<br />
keen to learn more about working<br />
with your local media in order to<br />
change the coverage your area of<br />
concern is getting?<br />
Then come along to one of these<br />
FREE events!<br />
– James Watt College, Greenock,<br />
Wed 6th Apr<br />
– Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, (Gaelic<br />
College), Isle of Skye, Thu 14th<br />
Apr<br />
– The Weigh Inn, Burnside,<br />
Thurso, Thu 21st Apr<br />
– Aberdeen (venue to be confirmed),<br />
Wed 8th Jun<br />
Help is available with interpreters,<br />
crèche facilities, transport and<br />
accommodation provided this is<br />
agreed in advance. Full disabled<br />
access and oop systems fitted.<br />
Agenda for the day/booking<br />
forms available at<br />
http://www.forumondiscrimination.org.uk/<br />
or Write: Forum on<br />
Discrimination, Scottish Civic<br />
Forum/Fòram Catharra Na H-<br />
Alba, 16 Jackson's Entry,<br />
Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, EH8<br />
8PJ, Tel: 0131-524 9392.<br />
Fax: 08700 511192.<br />
BAIRNS MEAN<br />
PRIZES!<br />
Following receipt of a grant from<br />
the local Council of £1005, Flags<br />
LGBT Centre, at 56-58 Cow<br />
Wynd, Falkirk have expanded<br />
their opening hours yet again.<br />
The Centre is now open every Sun<br />
afternoon between 2pm and 5pm<br />
for “Afternoon Tea”. Each week,<br />
the “3 o'clock quiz” will kick-off at<br />
3 o'clock (who could have<br />
guessed?), giving participants the<br />
chance to win a cash prize! Rules<br />
are simple:<br />
– players can enter individually or<br />
in teams of up to three persons<br />
– thirty questions will be asked (in<br />
two halves, to allow for a comfort<br />
break), the winner being the<br />
person or team with most correct<br />
answers<br />
– entry to the quiz is £1 per person<br />
– the winner will receive half the<br />
admission takings<br />
– in the event of a tie, a series of<br />
sudden-death questions will be<br />
used to determine a winner<br />
– in the event of a team winning,<br />
they may also elect for sudden<br />
death questions to find an individual<br />
winner - however, all<br />
team members must agree to<br />
this strategy.<br />
So, why not pop along this coming<br />
Sunday? It could be your lucky<br />
day!<br />
FLAGS is also looking for a<br />
new computer after their existing<br />
one went “phut”. If you've got an<br />
old one you were thinking of<br />
throwing out, please toss it in their<br />
direction! Contact them on Falkirk<br />
(01324) 617717 or<br />
E-mail: flagslgbt@hotmail.com<br />
WAVERLEY CARE<br />
THROWS OPEN<br />
ITS DOORS TO<br />
THE PUBLIC<br />
Waverley Care, Scotland’s leading<br />
HIV charity, is holding its first<br />
ever Open Day at the Solas<br />
Support and Information Centre,<br />
2-4 Abbeymount, Edinburgh on<br />
Fri 18th Mar from 11.30am-1.30<br />
pm.<br />
The Open Day provides a<br />
unique opportunity to find out<br />
more about the broad range of<br />
services available to people living<br />
with HIV.<br />
Invitations are being sent to<br />
healthcare professionals, social<br />
work offices and voluntary organisations<br />
across the city but the<br />
event is open to anyone who<br />
would like to know more about<br />
what’s on offer. People who may<br />
want to use services - or who wish<br />
to learn more on behalf of friends<br />
or family - are particularly welcome.<br />
Staff from the various projects<br />
will be available to talk about<br />
their particular area of work and<br />
refreshments will be available.<br />
In addition to the Solas Centre,
Waverley Care’s projects include<br />
a residential respite unit; day care<br />
service; café; support groups; arts<br />
project; African support project;<br />
counselling; children and families<br />
service. The charity’s volunteer coordinator<br />
and buddy co-ordinator<br />
will also be on hand to talk about<br />
opportunities for getting involved<br />
in volunteering for the charity.<br />
David Johnson, Director of<br />
Waverley Care said: “We are<br />
very much looking forward to welcoming<br />
visitors to Waverley Care<br />
Solas. Twenty years on, HIV has<br />
changed in many ways and our<br />
services try to reflect this.<br />
Waverley Care is committed to<br />
meeting the changing needs of<br />
our service users and we hope<br />
that people will want to come<br />
along and hear about new initiatives<br />
and about ways in which we<br />
can meet ongoing support<br />
needs.”<br />
Waverley Care Solas was<br />
opened in December 1991 by former<br />
Runrig star, Donny Munro<br />
and has since been visited by a<br />
number of its high profile Patrons<br />
including rock icon Shirley<br />
Manson and top-selling author<br />
Alexander McCall Smith.<br />
For further information, please<br />
contact: Karen Docwra on 0131-<br />
226 2206.<br />
E-mail: fund@waverleycare.org<br />
WORDS AND<br />
NUMBERS<br />
Glasgow LGBT Centre has<br />
announced a new Adult Literacy<br />
and Numeracy Project aimed<br />
directly at the LGBT Community in<br />
the Glasgow area. It's being run<br />
in partnership with Glasgow<br />
College of Nautical Studies.<br />
The project will help address a<br />
need within the LGBT community<br />
that has failed to be met by generic<br />
learning provision. Many LGBT<br />
people have disrupted or severed<br />
education due to homophobic bullying<br />
and/or the breakdown of<br />
family homes due to their emerging<br />
sexuality or gender orientation.<br />
The new Literacies Development<br />
worker will meet with service users<br />
to assess their educational needs -<br />
some may need very basic tuition<br />
while others will be keen to<br />
enhance knowledge that they<br />
have already gained. Many of the<br />
courses will involve personal<br />
development and take an integrated<br />
approach that will incorporate<br />
literacy and numeracy.<br />
Within the project there will be<br />
a pilot project that will be aimed<br />
© Scottish Parliament<br />
specifically at the Transgender<br />
Community. This community faces<br />
similar barriers to the rest of the<br />
LGBT community but also faces<br />
some additional burdens in that<br />
there is only a slowly burgeoning<br />
awareness and understanding of<br />
what has hitherto been a taboo<br />
subject or one that has been the<br />
butt of cruel jokes.<br />
The project is funded by the<br />
Challenge Fund which is administered<br />
by Glasgow City Council<br />
and comes under the auspices of<br />
the city wide ‘Glasgow’s Learning’<br />
project. The project can be contacted<br />
at Glasgow LGBT Centre,<br />
11 Dixon Street, Glasgow. G1<br />
4AL. Tel: 0141-204 2011.<br />
STEPPING OUT<br />
Out gay man Keith Raffan has<br />
resigned as the Liberal Democrat<br />
list Member of the Scottish<br />
Parliament for Mid Scotland and<br />
Fife.<br />
SNIPPETS<br />
NAE POOVES<br />
The Church of Scotland is to come<br />
under renewed pressure to oppose<br />
homosexuality after the formation of<br />
a group of evangelicals within the<br />
Kirk: Forward Together. It follows<br />
concern from many in the pews that<br />
the Kirk can often seem too accommodating<br />
to a secular agenda, in<br />
both belief and practice.<br />
VAMPIRES<br />
Diverse Artists, based at the LGBT<br />
Centre in Glasgow, are looking<br />
for fresh blood! If you're interested<br />
in the creative arts, give Aileen<br />
Graham a ring on 07931<br />
309093 or<br />
E-mail: admin1@glgbt.org.uk<br />
SOCCER<br />
The Gay Football Supporters<br />
Network will be coming to<br />
Glasgow in June for their annual<br />
get-together. They can be found<br />
online at<br />
http://www.gfsn.org.uk/<br />
UNCERTAIN DATE<br />
A heat for Mr Gay UK was due to<br />
be held as part of Twist at the<br />
FUBAR in Stirling on Wed 23rd<br />
March but, as <strong>ScotsGay</strong> went to<br />
press, the whole Mr Gay UK contest<br />
was “on hold” according to<br />
the organisers. We suggest you<br />
contact the venue directly nearer<br />
the time to see if it's still on!<br />
PLAY IT STRAIGHT<br />
Scots bisexual star Alan Cumming<br />
is to narrate a new reality TV<br />
show on C4 from 8th Apr.<br />
“Playing It Straight” will feature a<br />
beautiful girl looking for love who<br />
will have to tell the gays from the<br />
straight men if she wants to win.<br />
UNFAIR TRADE<br />
A free public seminar on<br />
Prostitution and the sex industry in<br />
Scotland is being organised by<br />
Edinburgh Active Citizens Group<br />
and Zero Tolerance in Edinbuirgh<br />
City Chambers from 7-9pm on Thu<br />
10th Mar. More info: 0131-469<br />
6048 or E-mail:<br />
jane.meagher@educ.edin.gov.uk<br />
GAY BALL<br />
The annual Brownlee Ball, to raise<br />
funds for the Brownlee Centre at<br />
Glasgow's Gartnavel Hospital, is<br />
to take place at the Glasgow<br />
Moathouse Hotel on Sat 26th<br />
Mar. Tickets, priced £35, are<br />
available from Clone Zone,<br />
Waterloo Bar, Revolver Bar,<br />
Brownlee Centre and by post from<br />
GBAWF, PO Box B3954,<br />
Glasgow. G45 9WB. Tel: 07973<br />
306701 or E-mail:<br />
info@gbawf.org.uk<br />
BAD LADS WANTED<br />
ITV’s hit show Bad Lads Army is<br />
looking for recruits who will have<br />
to live for a month in a 1950’s<br />
National Service army camp and<br />
ensure cold showers, early starts<br />
and a gruelling exercise regime.<br />
The producers are looking for a<br />
really wide cross section of participants<br />
this year - love rats, serial<br />
shaggers, hooray henrys, binge<br />
drinkers, layabouts, lager louts<br />
and generally naughty lads - with<br />
or without a criminal record!! If<br />
you’re aged between 18 and 24<br />
<strong>ScotsGay</strong><br />
News<br />
and think you’re hard enough to<br />
take part then please call 020-<br />
7284 1441 requesting an entry<br />
form or logon to<br />
http://www.itv.com/badladsarmy/<br />
HEBRIDES<br />
G-heb is back on the net at<br />
http://www.reachouthighland.<br />
org.uk/page34.html<br />
CHEAP JULIAN<br />
<strong>ScotsGay</strong> readers can get £2 off<br />
tickets for Julian Clary’s one night<br />
appearance on Sat 19th Mar at The<br />
Academy in Glasgow. Book before<br />
28th Feb on 0870 771 2000 or via<br />
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/ quoting<br />
“Academy Offer”.<br />
VAGINA PLAY<br />
LGBT Youth Scotland volunteers<br />
FUSION will perform Eve Ensler’s<br />
Award winning play “The VAGINA<br />
Monologues” in Edinburgh at St<br />
Brides Centre, 10 Orwell Terrace on<br />
Sun 27th Feb and Tue 8th Mar<br />
(signed performance) at 7pm. On<br />
27th Feb, there will also be stalls<br />
and information on a variety of topics<br />
of interest from Noon-5pm in the<br />
café at St Bride’s.<br />
TOP SCOTS<br />
Halifax Bank of Scotland were the<br />
top gay friendly Scottish employers<br />
in the recently published<br />
Stonewall Corporate Equality 100<br />
Index. They came 13th whilst the<br />
only other Scottish employers in<br />
the UK-wide survey were<br />
Strathclyde Fire Brigade (27th)<br />
and Strathclyde Police (28th).<br />
GIVING<br />
The Newtown Bar raised nearly<br />
£1,000 for Waveley Care and<br />
Positive Voice on World AIDS Day<br />
and have just raised a further<br />
£420 for the Tsunami Appeal.<br />
MAD NOT BAD<br />
Daniel McCafferty, manager of<br />
Dundee G Zone, part of “Scotland’s<br />
largest-web based LGBT community”<br />
would like to help start a Pride<br />
Event for Dundee and is looking for<br />
similarly minded organisations and<br />
individuals.<br />
E-mail: daniel@g-zone.co.uk<br />
5
AWOL!<br />
?<br />
Wee Alan has gone AWOL as<br />
only the young and pretty can manage.<br />
Last believed to have been<br />
seen in his distinctive Parka in<br />
London Road on Mon 22nd Feb,<br />
he’s been bodyswerving our editor<br />
on the phone and his copy hasn’t<br />
arrived. Which is where I come in!<br />
Heading down Leith Walk, I see<br />
that No 18 is ten. To celebrate, they<br />
held a most successful party weekend<br />
at the end of Jan with a groaning<br />
buffet and a free raffle whose<br />
prizes included a DVD player.<br />
George asks me to bare in mind that<br />
the first Sat of each month is Bear<br />
Day - with all the joys of Bear Soup<br />
in the Jacuzzi TM. They’ve also now<br />
got a masseur working on the premises<br />
- currently three days a week -<br />
phone for details if you want that<br />
aching muscle sorted! Their recent<br />
monstering in the gutter press hasn’t<br />
affected trade one little bit, I’m glad<br />
to say!<br />
Further down the Walk, I note that<br />
the old Pizzarama premises at 325<br />
Leith Walk are being refurbished by<br />
the nice folk from the Vittoria and<br />
are shortly to re-open as La<br />
Favorita with Pizza and Pasta on<br />
the menu. Yum!<br />
Bussing back up the Walk (the OAP<br />
pass comes in useful), I’m reminded<br />
that Edinburgh University’s V-Day is<br />
putting on the Vagina Monologues<br />
in Mood 1st-3rd Mar. A bit of a<br />
change from the usual Moodiness as<br />
exemplified by the Monday outing<br />
of Polysuper who are doing a big<br />
promo on the 2nd Mon of each<br />
month with £150 of holiday vouchers<br />
to be won. And if you turn up as<br />
an Easter Bunny on 28th Mar, you<br />
could win something else too!<br />
Habana is also getting Eastery<br />
with their annual Easter Egg donation<br />
for a children’s charity. Their<br />
Tsunami Appeal is well on its way to<br />
raising £2,000 with Colin and Ryan<br />
risking life and limb in a sponsored<br />
sky dive at St Andrews on 19th Mar<br />
And they’re even doing a fundraiser<br />
for Pride Scotia on Easter Sunday.<br />
But it’s not all digging into the pockets<br />
for charity - Habana customers<br />
actually get time for a pint too - and<br />
with all the usual promotions running,<br />
there’s usually a bargain to be<br />
had. Looking at me quizically,<br />
Gordon reminds me that Barry will<br />
be running Quiz Nights from Wed<br />
9th Mar.<br />
Over at the Claremont, I hear that<br />
the gorgeous Craig is starting up a<br />
new club for trannies, admirers and<br />
anybody with an open mind. Called<br />
Absolutely Dragulous, it’s due<br />
to kick off on Fri 18th Mar and thereafter<br />
on the 3rd Fri of each month,<br />
and will consist of a Cabaret followed<br />
by a club night. I always<br />
thought that a Cabaret was a row of<br />
taxis, but I’m sure I’ll be proved<br />
wrong!<br />
Another New Thing is Gregor<br />
Laird’s Heroes whch is due to<br />
launch at the Rhythm Room,<br />
Below Q-Bar on Sat 26th Feb (note<br />
the change from the previously<br />
advertised venue). It will run on the<br />
2nd and 4th Sat of each month featuring<br />
live bands, go-go dancers,<br />
movies, performance art, and an<br />
eclectic loud popular noise policy.<br />
Sounds different!<br />
Sat 26th Feb should also see the<br />
9th Birthday Party of Luvely at the<br />
Liquid Room. The theme is Top Hat<br />
and Tails and, in addition to all the<br />
usual birthday prizes and surprises,<br />
there’s a free Birthday CD for everyone!<br />
Next month will see the long<br />
awaited launch of BURLY in<br />
Edinburgh. The Glasgow boys are<br />
treking their caravan through to The<br />
Commplex on Fri 25th Mar for the<br />
usual cruisy goings on. I think this<br />
one will be a winner!<br />
Not a winner, I’m afraid, was the<br />
Regent who came second in the<br />
Edinburgh section of the local<br />
Campaign for Real Ale’s Pub of the<br />
Year competition. Needing his arse<br />
felt was local CAMRA member Alan<br />
Joy who forgot to vote for his own<br />
howff - if he had, the extra vote<br />
would have made the pub 1st equal<br />
with the Halfway House.<br />
Whether the Regent gets into the<br />
Good Beer Guide this year will<br />
become apparent in August.<br />
To become apparent next month is<br />
whether Wee Alan will surface<br />
again in the pages of <strong>ScotsGay</strong> and<br />
if he’ll ever be forgiven by Lothian<br />
Lesbian and Gay Switchboard for<br />
referring to them in print as<br />
“Bitchboard”.<br />
Toodle Pip!<br />
Justin Milne<br />
E-mail: justin@scotsgay.co.uk<br />
E<br />
dùn eideann<br />
shame<br />
SHAME<br />
Shame – Scotland’s most exciting<br />
new Alternative Club has arrived at<br />
The Commplex, who are already<br />
home to the very successful Velvet<br />
Women’s Club Night; Nightshade;<br />
Madison’s Rock Night;<br />
Saddletramps; and now the new<br />
home of the famous Burly from<br />
Glasgow. Gay Blessings are also<br />
conducted at The Commplex, (just<br />
like The Simpsons!) as Weddings<br />
are a main part of their business.<br />
After a roaring success of a<br />
launch night at The Commplex,<br />
Shame is here and you are ready for<br />
it, you naughty people! A balanced<br />
and happy mix of male and female<br />
was achieved…<br />
On arrival at this impressive converted<br />
gothic church, guests were<br />
greeted by the awesome spectacle<br />
of Te Pooka juggling fire. As people<br />
queued to enter Shame’s launch<br />
night these skilful and seasoned performers<br />
warmed them with fire.<br />
A free glass of bubbly also awaited<br />
guests as they arrived.<br />
Shame attracted some very interesting<br />
and relaxed people, a wonderful<br />
mix of the LGBT, fetish, Goth &<br />
alternative communities married<br />
together beautifully, quite an<br />
achievement. The music was a good<br />
mixture of interesting and very sexy<br />
music to dance to, blended in with<br />
some fantastic classics, such a<br />
refreshing change to the club scene.<br />
DJ Tekhed will be introducing an<br />
impressive list of guest DJs including<br />
– Primal T; Michelle; Metus; the man<br />
with no name and a very stunning<br />
young lady! Many more DJs are<br />
lined up, and live performances are<br />
also planned.<br />
An interesting slide show was projected<br />
onto the roof and could be<br />
ScotsG ay<br />
edinburgh<br />
scene<br />
viewed from both floors all night.<br />
And a digital slide show was projected<br />
onto a huge screen above the<br />
dance floor, I saw the lovely Pete<br />
Burns dancing on the screen at one<br />
point.<br />
Upstairs is a large airy chill out<br />
space where you can chat, play<br />
pool or gaze down at the busy<br />
dance floor. This interesting area is<br />
filled with big comfy couches, a second<br />
bar, pool table and two frosted<br />
glass booths, one of which was<br />
occupied by Crew 2000 with a very<br />
busy information stall run by 4 very<br />
helpful volunteers. They also provided<br />
free condoms, lube, dental dams<br />
and many other useful free things!<br />
Also upstairs is the dungeon area,<br />
run by the friendly; approachable<br />
and helpful Nightshade, and a very<br />
attractive woman with fangs!<br />
Nightshade also run a club at the<br />
Commplex. The equipment supplied<br />
by Nightshade made quite a spectacle<br />
with the awesome cross positioned<br />
in front of the stain glass window<br />
made by Elaine A. Adam.<br />
‘Airbrush Body Art’ – A temporary<br />
tattoo that looks like the real thing –<br />
were provided by A.G. Body Art<br />
and went down a treat as we all got<br />
lovely tattoos.<br />
The word on the street is that all<br />
who attended had a fantastic night<br />
and they will be back for more in<br />
their droves, with all their friends,<br />
Shame is the talk of the town!<br />
The organisers have put a lot of<br />
thought into putting this together and<br />
it has paid off with droves of happy<br />
people. See www.webflyers.co.uk<br />
/Flyer/2047 for more info.<br />
As we go to press, we hear that the<br />
Townhouse Sauna has closed down.<br />
More in our next issue.<br />
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The first Burly of<br />
2005 crashed the<br />
400 barrier for the<br />
first time with 420<br />
guys turning out.<br />
G<br />
glaschu<br />
Leather guys, boiler suit guys and - much in evidence<br />
- kilted guys danced, laughed, hugged and<br />
kissed the night away. DJs Davie and Hifi Sean<br />
kept the dance floor packed, the club processed all<br />
those new memberships for 2005 at breakneck<br />
speed and we welcomed guys from all airts and<br />
pairts with homegrown visitors from Edinburgh and<br />
Dundee and guys who had heard of the club in<br />
London, Newcastle, Northern Ireland and The<br />
Netherlands - and made a little visit.<br />
Remember the Next One on 4th Mar in Glasgow<br />
and a new Club night in Edinburgh at the<br />
Commplex on 25th Mar. Directions and maps to<br />
the venues are on the Burly website<br />
http://wwww.dv8scots.co.uk/<br />
Salutations and felicitations,<br />
gentle folk. Welcome to another<br />
barrel-scraping edition of life on<br />
the scene in Glasgow. Frankly my<br />
dears, there is fuck all going on<br />
that wasn't going on last month<br />
and indeed the month before that<br />
ad nauseum for as long as anyone<br />
cares to remember. Club nights<br />
come and go, new venues struggle<br />
to open and die from lack of<br />
interest. Everyone bitches about<br />
the scene and round we all go<br />
again. Meanwhile his Royal<br />
Lowness gets richer and fatter, we<br />
all get a little older and I get more<br />
hard bitten and cynical than even<br />
I believed possible. Still it could be<br />
worse, just wait and see!<br />
So once more on with the motley.<br />
The next BURLY event in<br />
Glasgow will be at The Arches on<br />
Fri 4th March. The doors open<br />
from 10.30pm until 3am and tickets<br />
are £8 for members and £10<br />
for non-members.<br />
'Violate' is on Sat 5th Mar at<br />
the Big Joint, 1084 South Street,<br />
Scotstoun. A very popular event,<br />
this club welcomes a mixed crowd<br />
of all ages. Music is provide by DJ<br />
Loveless a mix of Dance and<br />
Rock. A play area is set up in the<br />
large back room and food is<br />
included in the ticket price. As an<br />
introduction to the BDSM scene<br />
this club night is ideal. Doors open<br />
at 8pm, club runs until 2am, doors<br />
close at Midnight. Tickets are £10<br />
on the door or £5 for members.<br />
8<br />
Annual membership is available<br />
on the door at £10. Discount<br />
news: you can get 10% off products<br />
from the Juju website. Don't<br />
forget that your Violate membership<br />
card will also get you 10%<br />
off in Spyker and Cyber on Kings<br />
Street. Also Me-licious and all UK<br />
outlets of Clone Zone.<br />
Club Allure takes place every<br />
Wednesday Night, 11.30pm until<br />
4am at The Tunnel, 84 Mitchell<br />
Street. Entry is £3 or (£2 with text<br />
message) the night features DJ<br />
Darren playing all the best Pop,<br />
R'n'B & Dance. A top class sound<br />
and light system, HUGE dance<br />
floor and fantastic drinks prices,<br />
this is the only place to be seen on<br />
a Wednesday Night. For more<br />
information contact Gordon or<br />
Shaun at Thorn Leisure on: 07813<br />
269995 or 0141-204 1000 or E-<br />
mail: thornleisure@yahoo.co.uk<br />
The next club 'Rebound' is on<br />
Fri 11th Mar at a brand new<br />
venue. Rebound is ideal for those<br />
who like their perversions served<br />
straight with a twist! Doors open<br />
at 8pm and close at 1am, The<br />
entrance fee is £10 on the door.<br />
Location is the Brunswick Hotel,<br />
106-108 Brunswick Street (off<br />
Ingram Street) - 5 mins walk from<br />
George Square and Queen Street<br />
Station. Dress code is fetish<br />
and/or black.<br />
For those of you into the<br />
Metal/Goth scene. New Flesh<br />
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between 9pm and 10pm, £2<br />
between 10pm and 11pm, £4<br />
after 11pm). Tel: 0141-353<br />
6555. Fax: 0141-353 6999.<br />
WWW:<br />
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flesh/ or<br />
http://www.signoise.com/<br />
E-mail: newflesh@andywaite.com<br />
or nightqueries@signoise.com<br />
The next BEDLAM Goth Club<br />
event is Sat 26th Feb. Usually<br />
takes place the last Saturday of<br />
the month. Doors open 9pm-2am<br />
at the Qudos, Main Floor, Queen<br />
Margaret Union, Glasgow<br />
University, Hillhead. Bedlam<br />
Tickets usually available from:<br />
Osiris, 487 Great Western Road<br />
& Missing Records, Wellington<br />
Street, and on the door on the<br />
night or E-mail:<br />
brian@cantara.demon.co.uk<br />
or gg@nakedtruth.co.uk or bedlamcorp@bedlamcorp.plus.com<br />
WWW:<br />
http://www.bedlamcorp.co.uk/<br />
The Cube presents Passionality<br />
every Monday night. A night of<br />
pop, chart and dance music.<br />
Doors open at 34-44 Queen<br />
Street 11.30pm-3am. Entry is £3<br />
or £2 with a flyer. Also FUN is on<br />
every Tuesday with DJ's Shawn<br />
Roberts and Shazza Halliwell.<br />
Doors open 11.30pm-3am. Entry<br />
is £3 all night.<br />
So once again I reach the end<br />
of another column. The rats are<br />
gnawing at the skirting and the<br />
last remaining candle is guttering<br />
in the draft from the snores of the<br />
sleeping ward nurse. I'm going to<br />
go to sleep now, Teddy says "It's<br />
time." Remember folks whatever<br />
you find to do: be safe.<br />
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10
LEITH POLICE NO LONGER<br />
DISMISSIVE OF US POLICE<br />
EMBRACE DIVERSITY<br />
AS G2ZH MONITORS LGBT STAFF<br />
Lothian and Borders Police<br />
have taken a bold step forward in<br />
an attempt to ensure that members<br />
of their workforce who identify as<br />
either Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or<br />
Transgender can declare their sexual<br />
orientation or gender identity<br />
in an environment free from fear<br />
and worry that they will be discriminated<br />
against.<br />
L&B are the first Force in<br />
Scotland to introduce this monitoring<br />
and indeed are at the forefront<br />
of monitoring throughout the UK.<br />
Currently 3 Forces in England,<br />
Bedfordshire, Lancashire and<br />
Leicestershire are introducing<br />
monitoring for new recruits but are<br />
some way from asking existing<br />
staff members.<br />
Monitoring has been introduced<br />
to send out a positive message to<br />
both the public and staff alike that<br />
being LGB or T is something that<br />
the Police are trying to embrace,<br />
whether or not the person is 'out'<br />
to colleagues or not.<br />
It is not intended to be a 'Big<br />
Brother' style of information gathering<br />
where highly personal information<br />
about staff is kept for ulterior<br />
motives - It is about creating a<br />
confident and open workplace<br />
environment for all staff, whatever<br />
their ethnicity, religious belief,<br />
gender, sexual orientation, gender<br />
identity or disability.<br />
Chief Inspector George Denholm,<br />
Head of the Diversity Unit of<br />
Lothian and Borders Police said,<br />
"As an emergency service<br />
provider and public employer, we<br />
need to reflect the needs of the<br />
community we serve. We have a<br />
diverse workforce who bring different<br />
skills, abilities and backgrounds<br />
to the job. It's important<br />
that we value the diversity of our<br />
workforce and make them feel valued.<br />
The introduction of monitoring,<br />
I hope, sends out that message.<br />
We can't honestly say that<br />
we reflect society as a whole if we<br />
are oblivious to the backgrounds<br />
of our own staff".<br />
Sergeant Paul Matthews, The<br />
Force LGBT Liaison Officer added<br />
"If officers and staff are confident<br />
enough to divulge their sexual orientation<br />
or gender identity internally,<br />
then I hope that confidence<br />
will naturally transfer itself to the<br />
wider community. We have to<br />
investigate homophobic and transphobic<br />
incidents almost on a daily<br />
basis, hopefully the public will feel<br />
more secure and confident<br />
enough to tell us about these incidents<br />
if they are aware that we<br />
value our LGBT staff and take<br />
these issues seriously".<br />
Staff are being asked a number<br />
of other questions in the survey,<br />
including their ethnicity, faith or<br />
religious belief and if they have a<br />
disability. There is no requirement<br />
to complete the survey and indeed<br />
there is an option for staff to<br />
'choose not to say'. Some staff<br />
have raised concerns over confidentiality<br />
and how the information<br />
would be used, but those fears<br />
have been allayed by the process<br />
<strong>ScotsGay</strong><br />
which is being adopted. Inspector<br />
Dennis Hunter, the Forces Gay<br />
Police Association (GPA) representative<br />
said, "I'm absolutely sure<br />
that any sensitive information staff<br />
may provide will be kept secure<br />
and in the strictest confidence,<br />
and in fact only 3 of the most senior<br />
HR personnel in the force will<br />
ever be able to access the information.<br />
Any statistics gathered<br />
will be anonymous and will be<br />
used in such a way that will not<br />
inadvertently 'out' people against<br />
their wishes. I can't stress enough<br />
how important it is for the police<br />
to make this leap in support of<br />
something the GPA has been fully<br />
supportive of for a number of<br />
years".<br />
11
PARTY WITH PRIDE AT HABANA<br />
We'll be taking over Gordon's howff for an<br />
EGGSTRAVAGANT FUNDRAISER<br />
on EASTER SUNDAY<br />
(27th March) 8pm-1am Prize Raffle with some super prizes<br />
(and a few really naff ones like a year's sub to <strong>ScotsGay</strong>)<br />
Drag Racing<br />
(well, it can be pretty racy stuff)<br />
with<br />
Samantha Swallow<br />
and<br />
Heather Boa<br />
Karaoke<br />
(Bring your own earplugs)<br />
Free Creme Egg for first x punters in the door<br />
(where x = number of eggs in the box we ain't bought yet)<br />
And Ms White is threatening to give Mr Hein a baldy<br />
(but he and you can find out more about that on the night)<br />
Don't forget: Pride Scotia is on Saturday 25th June<br />
12
dùn deagh<br />
D<br />
dundee<br />
scene<br />
Hello everybody! It may be a<br />
bleak cold bill-ridden February but<br />
the clubs and pubs of Dundee are<br />
keeping up our spirits with all the<br />
usual offers and events on.<br />
Brooklyn’s Bar has all the usual<br />
on, including karaoke on Wed, Fri<br />
and Sun with hostess Suzie, who<br />
is also in charge of the pop-fest<br />
that is Handbag Heaven on Sat<br />
nights. Downstairs, Out is holding<br />
a DJ competition to look for the<br />
next big talent on the decks. If you<br />
think you have what it takes to get<br />
the crowds jumping then get yourself<br />
down there each Wed night,<br />
and you migh end up with a regular<br />
gig! A new DJ is entertaining<br />
on Thu nights, entry is £2.50 and<br />
all drinks are on the same prices<br />
and promos as in Brooklyn’s Bar.<br />
Charlie’s Bar have their next<br />
quiz night on Tue the 1st of Mar,<br />
kicking of at about 8pm. DJ Ross<br />
is playing the Fri and Sat nights,<br />
as well as hosting the gay-friendly<br />
Mojo every second Thu night at<br />
the Dundee Students Union.<br />
Diversitay, the Dundee LGBT<br />
Switchboard, has distributed its<br />
new newsletter iculgbtayside.<br />
Hopefully a regular on the scene<br />
this newsletter provides an insight<br />
into what Diversitay does and the<br />
services it can offer, as well as<br />
providing news and views on<br />
what is happening in the Dundee<br />
LGBT scene. Volunteers for the<br />
switchboard and contributions<br />
that can be made to the newsletter<br />
are always welcome, details of<br />
how to get in touch with Diversitay<br />
are at the back of the mag.<br />
The next social night will probably<br />
be held on Wed 16th of<br />
March, at the Braes. Exact details<br />
and confirmation of the night can<br />
be obtained by getting in touch<br />
with them.<br />
Folks, that is about it for this<br />
month, any comments or upcoming<br />
events that are needing publicised<br />
then drop an E-mail direct to<br />
me or the magazine and I’ll do my<br />
best to regurgitate it the next issue<br />
that comes along.<br />
Chris<br />
E-mai: courier_chris@yahoo.co.uk<br />
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Hi there, here is this month’s round up<br />
of what’s happening North of anywhere.<br />
Over the last few months the builders<br />
have been in at the old Castro’s site.<br />
Gone are the distinctive yellow doors<br />
and bar fittings and what looks like a<br />
retail unit has taken their place. Despite<br />
rumours to the contrary, I don’t think it<br />
will be re-opening as a gay bar/club.<br />
However, this location has been associated<br />
with the LGBT scene for many years<br />
so I decided to do some digging.<br />
The Castro’s/Pink Flamingo site has<br />
been associated with the Aberdeen gay<br />
scene for a decade. From the dusty<br />
archives of <strong>ScotsGay</strong> I discovered that<br />
the Pink Flamingo had only recently<br />
opened when Scotsgay burst on to the<br />
scene with <strong>Issue</strong> 1 back in December<br />
1994. Described as a ‘Plush cocktail bar<br />
frequented by the trendier crowd’ it<br />
offered an alternative to Flannies and<br />
Club Caberfeidh. The Pink Flamingo<br />
offered competitions, a pool table and<br />
pinball machine as well as music to blow<br />
your ears and was open 7 nights a<br />
week. They held amateur stripper competitions<br />
and one was won by local ‘stud<br />
muffin Freddy’. I don’t have the photo<br />
that appeared in the magazine but does<br />
anyone know if Freddy is still around?<br />
After Flannies went straight in Aug 95,<br />
the Pink Flamingo remained in competition<br />
with Club Caberfeidh until the<br />
Flamingo finally closed in May 96.<br />
A few months later Castro’s Bar/Club<br />
opened with a VIP press launch in Nov<br />
96 having been bought over by Tracy<br />
Lefevre. Once again, open 7 nights a<br />
week and decorated in salmon pink it<br />
provided a choice for the LGBT crowd.<br />
Castro’s featured a wide range of DJs<br />
including Boy George and meetings of<br />
obar dheadhainn<br />
the Grampian Bear Club. Caberfeidh<br />
finally closed in Aug 97 and Castro’s<br />
had the scene all to itself until the arrival<br />
of Club 2000 in Feb 98. Castro’s closed<br />
for a redecoration and re-opened while<br />
the paint was not quite dry. I do remember<br />
the ‘trendy’ new light fittings downstairs<br />
which resembled stainless steel<br />
kitchen utensils and the sea shells stuck to<br />
the walls upstairs that gradually disappeared.<br />
As the popularity of Club 2000<br />
grew, fewer people frequented Castro’s<br />
and by Jan 99 it had closed.<br />
In Nov 99 the building was refurbished<br />
and re-opened as the Monkey<br />
Bar. Unfortunately it wasn’t gay friendly<br />
as a few folk found out. However it didn’t<br />
last long and in Dec 2000 Bar<br />
Castro’s opened. In true Aberdeen style<br />
the LGBT crowd flocked to the new venue<br />
and Madisons aka Club 2000 promptly<br />
closed. There was a cosy, quieter bar<br />
atmosphere upstairs with pumping music<br />
downstairs. They ran regular competitions<br />
and theme nights including Leather<br />
& Lace, Cum in your Pants and a Bob the<br />
Builder night complete with JCB outside.<br />
These nights proved to be very popular<br />
and even the bar staff joined in the fun.<br />
The front doors gained a rainbow logo<br />
and ‘Adam and Steve’ was added<br />
above the name which raised a few<br />
smiles with enlightened passers-by. This<br />
had to be Aberdeen’s most visible LGBT<br />
venue. After Out Clubbing opened,<br />
Castro’s in 2005<br />
Photo: www.g-zone.co.uk/aberdeen<br />
rumours of Castros’ demise started. In<br />
Jun 2002 Bar Castro’s was severely damaged<br />
in a fire and closed. There have<br />
been many rumours about it re-opening<br />
and although the building was re-roofed<br />
nothing ever happened and it has stood<br />
empty ever since. Recently the builders<br />
have been in and the rumours have started<br />
again. But this time it definitely looks<br />
like it has changed to a retail unit and<br />
sadly another piece of Aberdeen’s LGBT<br />
history is consigned to the archives.<br />
Phace Scotland still don’t seem to be<br />
moving anywhere. They have been hoping<br />
to get out of their Justice Mill Lane<br />
offices for some time now and I can only<br />
assume that they are still having problems<br />
with getting the lease signed for<br />
their new offices. Walking past their new<br />
premises at 11 Waverley Place the<br />
offices are still empty with no sign of life.<br />
I see the Arts Centre has three dates<br />
for the Aberdeen Cares Drama<br />
Company’s production of Torch Song<br />
A<br />
Trilogy. ACDC performed Beautiful Thing<br />
back in May 2003 and this is their latest<br />
venture to bring LGBT plays to<br />
Aberdeen. The dates are Thu 14th to Sat<br />
16th Apr so look out for further details.<br />
Pride in Aberdeen 2005 is set for Sat<br />
4th Jun in Duthie Park and once again<br />
hopes to build on the success of previous<br />
Pride events. I am sure the committee is<br />
very busy behind the scenes but with<br />
only 3 months to go, there has been little<br />
publicity or request for volunteers. If there<br />
is anything happening please let<br />
Aberdeen know!<br />
The Belmont Cinema continues its<br />
Rainbow film season with a new print of<br />
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? starring<br />
Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.<br />
Dates are Sun 27th and Mon 28th Feb<br />
and the Belmont can be contacted on<br />
Aberdeen (01224) 343536.<br />
Tivoli<br />
E-mail: Tivoli_abdn@yahoo.co.uk<br />
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Garry Otton asks: Is the Church Running Scotland?<br />
Flashback. After Scotland’s devolution,<br />
under First Minister,<br />
Donald Dewar, the then health<br />
minister, Susan Deacon, inspired<br />
by the success of sex education in<br />
countries like the Netherlands,<br />
Sweden and Denmark set up four<br />
Brook Centres in Scotland’s cities<br />
and established Healthy Respect,<br />
championing the supply of better<br />
information on sexual issues for<br />
young people. But there was trouble<br />
at t’ Mill. Liberal protesters<br />
had forced the Bank of Scotland<br />
to back down from a multi-million<br />
pound deal with homophobic<br />
televangelist Pat Robertson<br />
and soon after, minister Wendy<br />
Alexander announced the repeal<br />
of Clause 28, banning the ‘promotion’<br />
of homosexuality by local<br />
authorities. Social conservatives<br />
went on the attack. Religionists<br />
led by the late Cardinal Winning;<br />
newspapers championed by<br />
Martin Clarke, then editor of The<br />
Daily Record; entrepreneurs led<br />
by Stagecoach boss, Brian Souter<br />
and the man behind the Bank of<br />
Scotland’s PR and a former editor<br />
of Scottish editions of The Sun,<br />
Jack Irvine joined peroxide prampushers<br />
chanting ‘Keep the<br />
Clause’. The fledgling Scottish<br />
Parliament looked set to topple.<br />
Homophobic billboards went up<br />
across Scotland, gay venues were<br />
attacked, there were illustrations<br />
in newspapers showing how to<br />
spot homosexuals, Labour lost the<br />
by-election in Ayr and with ‘Keep<br />
the Clause’ a playground catchphrase,<br />
there were beatings, a suicide<br />
and murders of gay men. The<br />
Executive buckled. Clause 28<br />
went and so too did Healthy<br />
Respect. Religionists were promised<br />
‘guidelines’ in sex education.<br />
The Catholic Church’s media<br />
cronies continued to press for an<br />
end to the Executive’s liberal<br />
ambitions until eventually, they<br />
got their way!<br />
Now, asking ex-Scottish Daily<br />
Mail ‘reporter’, Eddie Barnes to<br />
report on the efforts of the<br />
Scottish Executive to stem the<br />
tide of Scotland’s appalling record<br />
of sexual infection and pregnancies<br />
is like asking Old Mother<br />
Burnie to hold the condom tray at<br />
a swingers’ party! He was in<br />
16<br />
Scotland on Sunday flagging up<br />
“sex clinics in rural schools plan”,<br />
supporting the Church’s longstanding<br />
campaign to spike the<br />
Executive’s programme. The well<br />
overdue Sexual Health Strategy -<br />
to give it its proper title - was<br />
designed to offer guidelines on<br />
sexual health and ensure all pupils<br />
had access to advice and support,<br />
condoms and the so-called ‘morning-after<br />
pill’. At least, that was<br />
the intention. But then, of course,<br />
no one had bargained for The<br />
Scottish Daily Mail and the<br />
Catholic Church. They insisted<br />
the strategy was “sure to trigger a<br />
renewed battle between ministers<br />
and moral campaigners over sex<br />
education”. (Yes, with a bit of help<br />
from you and your paymasters,<br />
Barnesy)! When the strategy was<br />
out, The Scottish Daily Mail<br />
hardly had a word to say about it.<br />
Where were the ‘storms’, the ‘fury’<br />
and the ‘outrage’? There was a<br />
smell coming from the woodshed.<br />
The story dominating the papers<br />
was the conviction of Luke<br />
Mitchell for the murder of Jodi<br />
Jones. Mitchell, a disturbed goth,<br />
attended Catholic St David’s<br />
school, certainly no shining model<br />
of all that was good in education!<br />
There had been a suicide of a<br />
13-year-old girl who had hanged<br />
herself in her bedroom in<br />
Dalkeith. Her friends claimed<br />
she’d been a victim of bullying.<br />
School inspectors saw nothing<br />
wrong with the school and left<br />
praising its ‘good standard of education<br />
within a very caring and<br />
supportive atmosphere’. Anyone<br />
thought to ask gay kids how caring<br />
and supportive Catholic<br />
schools were? (Perhaps, the<br />
Executive should wrap it up in a<br />
Sewell motion and ask Westminster<br />
to deal with it). Without<br />
paying too much attention to the<br />
well-oiled cogs of the Catholic<br />
media machine, their chief of<br />
propaganda, Peter Kearney told<br />
The Herald: “From the date<br />
Cardinal O’Brien’s article was published,<br />
(the one that labelled the<br />
strategy ‘state sponsored child<br />
abuse’) we had more public debate<br />
in the 10 days following than in the<br />
10 months previous. To say he raised<br />
awareness of it would be an understatement”.<br />
Mario Conti soon<br />
returned to The Sunday Herald.<br />
This time, where he belonged, in<br />
‘Guest Vocals’, a spot that strongly<br />
suggested this was a one-off.<br />
How we prayed. Conti was<br />
pumping the idea that we should<br />
all treat sex holistically in schools<br />
“and not exclusively as a medical<br />
issue”. Fine, if he meant we could<br />
be more open and honest about<br />
all aspects of sexuality, but he didn’t.<br />
It was the same boiled sweet in<br />
a different wrapper: No sex please,<br />
we’re Catholics. It is difficult to<br />
take seriously a spokesman for an<br />
organisation that got sex so wrong<br />
it had to stash money in overseas<br />
accounts in preparation for compensation<br />
payouts to its sex victims.<br />
The message that casualties,<br />
chalked up in their thousands in<br />
the lost years of sexual prohibition<br />
and censorship promoted by the<br />
Church, could only be rectified by<br />
more stringent measures, was<br />
astounding. Conti was happy that<br />
the strategy had taken on board<br />
his insistence that it contained<br />
“clear educational guidelines…”<br />
Problem was, the “appropriate<br />
information” provided by Catholic<br />
schools with its “emphasis on the<br />
moral and ethical framework within<br />
which we view this great gift”<br />
exclude the rights of lesbians,<br />
gays, bisexuals and the transgendered.<br />
Conti was happy the strategy<br />
had taken so long to “get the<br />
right answer”. In right-wing gobbledegook,<br />
it was a blow to “political<br />
correctness”. He added in his<br />
address: “I would define the victory,<br />
if victory there must be, as being one<br />
for good sense. For that the<br />
Executive deserves our thanks”. But<br />
perhaps the “thanks” – if that’s<br />
what you want to call the misery<br />
that will be heaped on our nation<br />
by this unnecessary pandering to<br />
the Church - was owed to the<br />
apparently “abstinence plus” supporting<br />
Scottish health minister,<br />
Andy Kerr who told The Scottish<br />
Daily Mail: “We respect the right of<br />
faith groups and others to hold onto<br />
and promote their religious, moral<br />
and spiritual values”. Dancing<br />
with the devil, it seems the minister<br />
had had a wee private meeting,<br />
undated and unminuted, three<br />
days before Christmas, with<br />
Cardinal Keith O’Brien; not long<br />
after O’Brien had warned in parliament<br />
that gays were ‘captives’ of<br />
‘sexual aberrations’. The delayed<br />
health strategy now winged its<br />
way out of the Executive doors on<br />
a white fluffy cloud, transformed<br />
into what Conti now described as<br />
an “impressive document… Gone<br />
are the ambiguous language of<br />
political correctness and provocative<br />
neologisms; the talk of ‘celebrating<br />
sexual diversity’ and tackling ‘heterosexism’…<br />
Gone is the ‘safe-sex’<br />
mantra; replaced with the altogether<br />
wiser rhetoric of ‘abstinence<br />
plus’.” Yes indeed. Gone was the<br />
safer sex message that had saved so<br />
many of our lives; gone was the<br />
recognition that gays too were<br />
part of Scotland and deserving of<br />
the protection of its parliament;<br />
gone was sexual diversity to be<br />
replaced by the straitjacket of sexual<br />
conformity and gone were<br />
those nasty neologisms. (Aah!<br />
Remember when gay meant happy<br />
before it was hijacked)? The<br />
Catholic Church was H-A-P-P-Y!<br />
These were the ‘guidelines’ they<br />
had always wanked over. Even<br />
family planning workers could be<br />
barred from entering their schools<br />
at the insistence of head teachers,<br />
effectively giving Catholics a veto.<br />
Iain Macwhirter got it exactly<br />
right in The Sunday Herald:<br />
“Abstinence plus what? Abstinence<br />
plus rampant promiscuity?<br />
Abstinence plus judicious sexual<br />
exploration? Abstinence plus a bit<br />
on the side now and again? The<br />
Executive sexual health policy is an<br />
oxymoron: just say no – except when<br />
you say yes”. This had been five<br />
years in the making, cumulating<br />
in a cash injection of just £15m of<br />
public money, only some of<br />
which would go to centres helping<br />
pregnant teenagers. What a<br />
total fuck-up! Even that was still<br />
too much for the Catholic hierarchy.<br />
Cash for abortions had the<br />
Catholic Church’s mean-spirited<br />
spokesman Peter Kearney waving<br />
his todger in The Scottish Daily<br />
Mail: “This is a staggering investment<br />
in approaches which have<br />
demonstrably failed. To plough good<br />
money after bad on such a scale is<br />
very worrying”. Well let’s hear it<br />
for ‘Abstinence-plus’ then! It’s like
getting gang-banged by a couple<br />
of suited evangelicals round the<br />
back of the bike sheds; just the<br />
sort of message that will open the<br />
school doors to the Silver Ring<br />
Thing and all sorts of other dotty<br />
US-style Let-Jesus-Say-When<br />
shenanigans. As Kearney wasted<br />
no time explaining in The<br />
Scottish Daily Mail: “The Scottish<br />
Executive must translate its rhetoric<br />
on abstinence into reality by giving<br />
equally serious financial support to<br />
groups offering abstinence-based<br />
advice”. There! What did I tell<br />
you? What hope have we of<br />
becoming a modern nation with<br />
the Church round our necks?<br />
Scotland is top of the league in<br />
unwanted pregnancies and sexually<br />
transmitted infections. In five<br />
years, Herpes and Chlamydia<br />
went up by 50% amongst teens,<br />
over 38,000 became pregnant in<br />
just four years and 16,000 had<br />
abortions. Will the ‘strategy’, led<br />
by the same group who stripped it<br />
of its purpose really do the trick?<br />
Oh, please, do me a favour! Now<br />
I see why Jack Straw argued that<br />
Westminster, not Holyrood,<br />
should have responsibility for<br />
abortion. We have been exposed<br />
as a nation of superstitious,<br />
morally conservative red-necks<br />
and the disease is spreading.<br />
Swooning in adoration at<br />
Catholic successes, The<br />
Edinburgh Evening News gave<br />
Forward Together, a bunch of<br />
Church of Scotland militants, the<br />
oxygen of publicity over their<br />
desire to see the Kirk lurch to the<br />
right alongside them. Rev Ian<br />
Watson, Professor Andy<br />
McGowan and Rev Bill Wallace<br />
were ringleaders. (Regular readers<br />
will no doubt remember Wallace<br />
and Connelly, the homophobic<br />
double-act: Bill Wallace of the<br />
Kirk’s Victorian Board of Social<br />
Responsibility and the late<br />
Catholic Chief of Propaganda, the<br />
‘Sexfinder General’, Monsignor<br />
Tom Connelly). Mr Wallace - still<br />
hanging on in there, bless him -<br />
once told The Scotsman all “genital<br />
sexual acts should be within the<br />
marriage bond and nowhere else”.<br />
(With his attitude, he’d be lucky<br />
to get it on the sheets)!<br />
The religionist’s limp organ, The<br />
Scottish Daily Mail were soon<br />
picking again at their sexual scab.<br />
Their ‘political editor’ Ian Smith<br />
declared “anger over cash for youth<br />
group offering children secret abortions”.<br />
The “funding row” was part<br />
of their spiteful campaign to prevent<br />
financial help to young people<br />
who found themselves completely<br />
alone, fearful of their parents<br />
and desperate for help. “The<br />
funding row has derailed the<br />
Executive’s attempts to appease critics,<br />
particularly the Catholic<br />
Church…” And who were these<br />
‘critics’? Try not to laugh. At the<br />
end of the report The Mail<br />
showed its hand to reveal Catholic<br />
militant Peter Kearney and Eileen<br />
McCloy, a mother of ten from<br />
Glasgow! (Oh stop! I’ll wet myself<br />
in a minute)!<br />
Graham Grant. He’s a bit scary.<br />
Behind the personal ramblings of<br />
a bitter, crotchety, homophobic<br />
old soldier is a somewhat younger<br />
man. Grant’s (g.grant@dailymail.co.uk)<br />
predictable rant was<br />
this time directed at “anger over<br />
public cash to promote gay history…<br />
“Thousands of pounds of taxpayers’<br />
cash will indeed be spent –<br />
promoting the history of Scottish<br />
homosexuality”, he gasped. The<br />
£10,000 grant to OurStory<br />
Scotland charity would do what<br />
we’ve been so careless doing:<br />
Recording, or even recognising<br />
our history. Its aim was to tackle<br />
disadvantage and prejudice by<br />
investigating the history of gay<br />
issues. It “sparked fury from<br />
experts…” Professor Tom Devine<br />
had recently criticised pupils’<br />
sketchy knowledge of our nation’s<br />
past. He told The Mail: “This is<br />
an educational scandal…” but he<br />
was referring to the lack of history<br />
taught in schools, surely? Grant<br />
frothed at the Executive’s effort to<br />
“recognise and celebrate the contribution<br />
that LGBT people have<br />
made to Scottish society”. Adding<br />
that “the news sparked fury from<br />
experts who said the funds should be<br />
invested in Scottish history teaching<br />
instead, amid concerns that the subject<br />
is dying out in schools due to<br />
lack of funding”. So, we’re responsible<br />
for the demise of history as a<br />
subject taught in schools now!<br />
Grant’s homophobic contribution<br />
continued on the lines of: “The<br />
decision to celebrate gay issues and<br />
invest in researching their history<br />
comes as some Scottish head teachers<br />
scrap the study of history”. The only<br />
‘expert’ Grant found was Tory<br />
MSP Bill Aitken who thought the<br />
Executive had “got its priorities<br />
wrong”. Indeed it had. It should<br />
be speaking out against The<br />
Scottish Daily Mail’s homophobia;<br />
silencing them once and for<br />
all! That’s why I’m not interested<br />
in the mud-slinging that has taken<br />
place between London’s mayor,<br />
Ken Livingstone and a Jewish<br />
Daily Mail journalist. All I know<br />
is that Mr Livingstone has helped<br />
highlight what I have spent ten<br />
long years demonstrating:<br />
Associated Newspapers own a<br />
newspaper that is responsible for<br />
appalling levels of sexual fascism.<br />
Their journalists might well<br />
scream: ‘It wisnae me’, but like<br />
the cries of the officers policing<br />
the concentration camps, it’s no<br />
excuse. May I finish by repeating<br />
the words of London’s mayor:<br />
“You cannot work for The Daily<br />
Mail and expect to have the rest of<br />
society treat you with respect”.<br />
Cops come from all walks of life,<br />
and cum in all ways too! If there<br />
are gay cops – and of course there<br />
are – I expect they will do all the<br />
things that gays do. But what do<br />
you do when your lifestyle comes<br />
up against a bunch of reactionary,<br />
sexual prudes? Apart from line the<br />
cat’s litter tray, there’s not a great<br />
deal more anyone can do with<br />
The Sunday Mail. It’s as sexually<br />
liberating as the ball and clawed<br />
feet under the cover of a walnut<br />
dressing table. Following on the<br />
heels of Hamilton Sheriff Hugh<br />
Neilson’s resignation after he was<br />
caught wrapped in a towel during<br />
a police raid in a Glasgow sauna,<br />
The Sunday Mail discovered a<br />
cop giving out towels and making<br />
sandwiches in a gay sauna in<br />
Edinburgh. They stopped only at<br />
printing the recipe for the sandwich<br />
filling! What hope is there of<br />
turning a comic into a newspaper<br />
or the ‘Force’ into a ‘Service’ if<br />
this is all it takes to put you off<br />
your dinner. “PC Delwyn<br />
Williams, 32, resigned from the<br />
force on Friday after his astonishing<br />
double life was exposed”, cried The<br />
Sunday Mail. He faced a criminal<br />
inquiry. ‘Reporters’ Jane<br />
Hamilton and Brian Lironi were<br />
behind this ridiculous story. “An<br />
undercover reporter”, too ashamed<br />
to expose himself, in more ways<br />
than one, popped along to the No<br />
18 sauna to be shown around by<br />
Williams. By all accounts, Oor<br />
Del was courteous and helpful.<br />
The naive ‘reporters’ were<br />
stunned by what was, after all, a<br />
gay sauna! “Williams showed our<br />
reporter three small rooms, which he<br />
said were available for anyone who<br />
wanted to have sex. There is also a<br />
dark room and a ‘sling’ room with<br />
leather straps suspended from the<br />
wall about half way up… Eight<br />
middle-aged men were sitting<br />
naked. (The stairway was) decorated<br />
with posters of nearly-naked<br />
men”. What did they expect, pictures<br />
of Esther Williams and<br />
Deanne Durbin and magazines<br />
on how to get the best out of your<br />
Skoda Estelle? Del went on to<br />
advise: ‘There are two other gay<br />
saunas in Edinburgh. You might<br />
want to try them too”. (Townhouse<br />
Sauna and Gym in East<br />
Claremont Street and Steamworks<br />
at Broughton Market). It was, of<br />
course, all too much for Sunday<br />
Mail ‘reporters’ who probably<br />
were more used to pulling their<br />
rosaries through their fingers.<br />
However, they still went back for<br />
more! “Another investigator who<br />
visited the sauna was propositioned<br />
for sex three times in an hour.<br />
…Two men, both in their 50s, were<br />
sitting in the Jacuzzi chatting…<br />
(Steady)! Williams joked that our<br />
reporter would have to ‘dis-robe’<br />
before he could be shown the rest of<br />
the sauna. Several other men were<br />
lying around wearing only towels…<br />
Later, a second reporter sitting in<br />
the sauna was asked three times by<br />
different people within an hour if he<br />
wanted sex. He refused all offers and<br />
left”. (Well done, old boy!<br />
Another tabloid martyr to the<br />
cause). Lifting the smelling salts<br />
to their noses, the moral investigators<br />
were surprised to find the<br />
premises “still open for business yesterday”.<br />
And the day after and the<br />
day after that, we hope! They tried<br />
to dig around for anyone else too<br />
ashamed to put their name to The<br />
Sunday Mail’s tripe and found “a<br />
police source” who told them:<br />
“There have been stories in the past<br />
which have embarrassed the force<br />
but this is on another level”. It is.<br />
Including the release of pictures<br />
that were being used by police in<br />
an investigation. The licence<br />
holder, Kathleen Dykes, took on<br />
the sleazy Mail head on over the<br />
constable’s moonlighting: “It was<br />
a great job for a gay man. Any<br />
straight man would be more than<br />
happy to work on a desk if they were<br />
going to meet a potential 50 women<br />
in a towel every day”. If they ever<br />
go back, I do hope our boys give<br />
them the clap they so richly<br />
deserve.<br />
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Discrimination at work<br />
It’s so over<br />
New laws mean you don’t<br />
have to put up with grief<br />
over your sexual orientation.<br />
Not anymore<br />
The treatment that gay men,<br />
lesbians and bisexuals have had<br />
to swallow because of their<br />
sexual orientation – stuff like<br />
sacking, harassment, fewer<br />
perks, lack of promotion,<br />
is now over.<br />
Finished. Against the law.<br />
Just make sure you use that law.<br />
Visit the Stonewall website<br />
for more details,<br />
a copy of our employees briefing,<br />
good practice for employers<br />
and frequently asked questions.<br />
(click the employment guides logo)<br />
www.stonewall.org.uk<br />
46 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0EB<br />
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employmentteam@stonewall.org.uk
CANADIAN<br />
PRIME MINISTER<br />
EMBRACES<br />
SAME-SEX<br />
MARRIAGE<br />
Canadian Prime Minister Paul<br />
Martin strongly defended samesex<br />
marriage on Feb 16th as<br />
Parliament began debate on the<br />
bill to legalise it nationwide.<br />
Courts already have legalised<br />
same-sex marriage in eight of<br />
Canada’s 13 provinces and territories.<br />
“I rise in support of a Canada<br />
in which liberties are safeguarded,<br />
rights are protected and the<br />
people of this land are treated as<br />
equals under the law,”<br />
Martin said. “Our deliberations<br />
will be not merely about a piece<br />
of legislation or sections of legal<br />
text — more deeply, they will be<br />
about the kind of nation we are<br />
today, and the nation we want to<br />
be. This bill protects minority<br />
rights. [As] public legislators, we<br />
are responsible for serving all<br />
Canadians and protecting the<br />
rights of all Canadians. ... The<br />
rights of Canadians who belong<br />
to a minority group must always<br />
be protected by virtue of their status<br />
as citizens, regardless of their<br />
numbers. These rights must never<br />
be left vulnerable to the impulses<br />
of the majority. We embrace freedom<br />
and equality in theory, Mr.<br />
Speaker. We must also embrace<br />
them in fact.<br />
“[S]ome have counselled the<br />
government to extend to gays and<br />
lesbians the right to ‘civil union,’”<br />
Martin said. “This would give<br />
same-sex couples many of the<br />
rights of a wedded couple, but<br />
their relationships would not legally<br />
be considered marriage. In<br />
other words, they would be equal,<br />
but not quite as equal as the rest<br />
of Canadians. ... ‘[S]eparate but<br />
equal’ is not equal.”<br />
The bill is expected to pass this<br />
spring. Most Liberal, Bloc<br />
Québécois and New Democrat<br />
MPs support it, along with a few<br />
Conservatives.<br />
SWISS TO VOTE ON<br />
PARTNERSHIP LAW<br />
Swiss voters will have their say on<br />
a same-sex partnership law on Jun<br />
5th.The measure was passed by<br />
Parliament in Jun 2004 but religious<br />
conservatives then collected<br />
enough signatures to force a<br />
nationwide referendum on the law.<br />
It will be the first time an entire<br />
nation has voted on same-sex<br />
partnerships.<br />
The law extends many marriage<br />
rights to registered same-sex couples<br />
but withholds rights in the<br />
areas of adoption, in vitro fertilization<br />
and taking each other’s<br />
last name, according to the<br />
newsletter of the European Region<br />
of the International Lesbian and<br />
Gay Association.<br />
CZECH REPUBLIC<br />
REJECTS PARTNER-<br />
SHIP BILL<br />
A same-sex registered-partnership<br />
bill failed in the Czech Republic’s<br />
Parliament on Feb 11th by a single<br />
vote.<br />
It was the fourth time a partnership<br />
bill was defeated.<br />
Most of the 82 MPs who supported<br />
the bill are from the Social<br />
Democratic, Communist, Freedom<br />
Union and Civic Democratic parties.<br />
Most of the 83 no votes came<br />
from Christian Democrats.<br />
SPANISH SUPPORT<br />
SAME-SEX<br />
MARRIAGE<br />
A scientific poll by La Vanguardia<br />
newspaper found that 61 per cent<br />
of Spaniards support extending<br />
full marriage rights to same-sex<br />
couples.<br />
Spain’s Parliament is expected<br />
to legalise same-sex marriage this<br />
year.<br />
Thirty-two per cent of those<br />
questioned oppose the plan.<br />
The poll also found that 44 percent<br />
of Spaniards favour letting<br />
same-sex couples adopt children<br />
but 50 percent do not.<br />
Pollsters questioned 1,000<br />
adults by phone. The margin of<br />
error was ±3.16 per cent.<br />
“We are seeing in Spain an historic<br />
cultural and ideological<br />
change ... the result of a slow and<br />
sustained evolution by all of society<br />
toward respecting differences<br />
Jordi Petit<br />
and diversity”, said veteran gay<br />
activist Jordi Petit.<br />
RUSSIAN SUPREME<br />
COURT REJECTS<br />
SAME-SEX<br />
MARRIAGE<br />
Russia’s Supreme Court has<br />
refused to amend the Family Code<br />
to allow same-sex marriage saying<br />
it’s a matter for other branches<br />
of government to consider.<br />
The suit was filed by Eduard<br />
Mishin, editor-in-chief of the<br />
Gay.ru Web site, and Eduard<br />
Murzin, a member of the<br />
Parliament of the Russian internal<br />
republic of Bashkortostan, after<br />
officials rejected their attempt to<br />
obtain a marriage certificate.<br />
Murzin is heterosexual but<br />
wanted to help publicise the cause<br />
of gay equality.<br />
“I do not belong to a sexual<br />
minority, but I am ready to stand<br />
up for the civil rights of gays and<br />
lesbians in Russia,” he told the<br />
Moskovsky Komsomolets daily.<br />
Murzin said the heterosexual<br />
definition of marriage violates the<br />
Russian Constitution and the<br />
European Convention on Human<br />
Rights. The couple plans an<br />
appeal to the Council of Europe’s<br />
European Court of Human Rights<br />
The day after Murzin’s and<br />
Mishin’s attempt to marry, Gay.ru<br />
was evicted from its offices. Police<br />
declared that the premises were<br />
“being used not in accordance<br />
with their purpose,” said Gay.ru’s<br />
Nikita Ivanov. The offices also<br />
housed Kvir magazine and the<br />
gay organization Together.<br />
Nikita Ivanov<br />
<strong>ScotsGay</strong> International<br />
News<br />
FIJI MAY LEGALIZE<br />
GAY SEX<br />
Fiji’s Law Reform Commission will<br />
look at legalizing gay sex,<br />
Executive Chairperson Alipate<br />
Qetaki said on Feb 10th.<br />
Sodomy is banned in public<br />
and private. Violators face up to<br />
five years in prison.<br />
Paradoxically, Fiji’s 1997 constitution<br />
is one of only a handful in<br />
the world that ban discrimination<br />
based on sexual orientation.<br />
TURKEY GETS<br />
A GAY RADIO<br />
STATION<br />
Turkey’s first gay radio station has<br />
come on line. Web-only Radio<br />
Rebel can be heard at<br />
http://www.direnis.radyosu.com/<br />
“Our main aim is to put the<br />
sound of homosexuals on the<br />
map”, one of the founders, Sanem<br />
Yurttas, told Roj TV. “We are<br />
responding to the dominant system<br />
which tries to cut off our<br />
voice.”<br />
The station transmits music and<br />
programmes in Turkish, Kurdish,<br />
Lazca, Circassian, Armenian,<br />
Syriac and Arabic.<br />
Short sentence in<br />
gay murder case<br />
The apparent ringleader in the<br />
2001 killing of a naked gay man<br />
in a cruisy Vancouver, Canada,<br />
park has received only a six-year<br />
prison sentence.<br />
Local gay activists criticized the<br />
length of the sentence and British<br />
Columbia Supreme Court Justice<br />
Mary Humphries, who determined<br />
there was no evidence the killing<br />
of Aaron Webster near Stanley<br />
Park’s cruising trails was a hate<br />
crime.<br />
Ryan Cran, 23, and at least two<br />
other men beat Webster, 41, with<br />
baseball bats, a golf club and a<br />
pool cue.<br />
Gay former Member of<br />
Parliament Svend Robinson called<br />
on B.C. Attorney General Geoff<br />
Plant to review the case and<br />
remind prosecutors to use hatecrime<br />
laws.<br />
WWW: http://wockner-news.com/<br />
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Books<br />
Book reviews<br />
by Dirk Kriete<br />
One Night Stand<br />
By Ben Tyler<br />
Published by Kensington<br />
£ 15.99<br />
A friend of mine described this book<br />
as queer Mills & Boons with attitude<br />
and he’s not far wrong. Not that<br />
I’ve read any Mills & Boons myself,<br />
you understand, but I don’t think the<br />
20<br />
sex scenes in those books will be<br />
quite as steamy as the ones in this<br />
one. It’s the story of the gorgeous,<br />
muscular and very fit Derek<br />
Bracken, who comes to Hollywood,<br />
like millions of other gorgeous, muscular<br />
and very fit boys to chase his<br />
dream. There he collects a posse of<br />
other young men to service<br />
Tinseltowns closeted stars and gay<br />
mafia dons. But of course the established<br />
gay sex industry doesn’t take<br />
competition lying down, (pun intended)<br />
and all hell breaks loose in a<br />
battle for gay superiority. This is a<br />
quite a good little undemanding<br />
novel, you know, the type to take to<br />
bed with you and to read a few<br />
pages before you go to sleep. You<br />
might however like to wait for the<br />
paperback edition.<br />
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NHS<br />
Lothian<br />
Gilgamesh<br />
A New English Version<br />
Translated by Stephen Mitchell<br />
Published by Profile Books<br />
£ 14.99<br />
This book is as far removed from the<br />
previous as you can possibly get,<br />
there’s no steamy sex, there are no<br />
sexy hustlers and ancient<br />
Mesopotamia is just about the furthest<br />
you can get from Hollywood.<br />
This is simply a brilliant translation<br />
of the worlds oldest epic.<br />
Lost for almost two millennia,<br />
the eleven clay tablets on which<br />
the epic was inscribed were discovered<br />
in 1853 in the ruins of<br />
Nineveh, and the text was not<br />
deciphered and fully translated<br />
until the end of the century. When<br />
the great poet Rilke first read<br />
Gilgamesh in 1916, he was<br />
awestruck. ‘Gilgamesh is stupendous!’<br />
he wrote. ‘I consider it to<br />
be among the greatest things that<br />
can happen to a person.’<br />
The epic is the story of literature’s<br />
first hero, the king-of Urukin what is<br />
now present-day Iraq and his journey<br />
of self-discovery. Along the way,<br />
Gilgamesh discovers that friendship<br />
can bring peace to a whole city, that<br />
a pre-emptive attack on a monster<br />
may have dire consequences, and<br />
that wisdom can be found only<br />
when the quest for it is abandoned.<br />
In giving voice to grief and the fear<br />
of death, perhaps more powerfully<br />
than any book written after it, in portraying<br />
love and vulnerability and<br />
the ego’s hopeless striving for<br />
immortality, the epic has become a<br />
personal testimony for millions of<br />
readers in dozens of languages.<br />
Mondo Homo<br />
Your Essential Guide to Queer Pop<br />
Culture<br />
By Richard Andreoli<br />
Published by Alyson<br />
£ 12.99<br />
If you’ve been reading my reviews<br />
over the past few years you are no<br />
doubt aware of the special place in<br />
my heart occupied by the book that<br />
is perfect to read in small doses<br />
while you’re otherwise occupied in<br />
what is known as the smallest room<br />
in the house. And this is one of<br />
those. It’s got the essential mix of<br />
short essay, often wildly funny, bestof<br />
lists, how-to advice and even the<br />
odd recipe; who could ask for more.<br />
This book is a co-operation of nine<br />
writers and their work has encompassed<br />
a fairly wide spectrum of cultural<br />
reportage resulting in this irreverent<br />
look at gay icons and it gives<br />
you an insight in to the landscape of<br />
contemporary queer culture.<br />
Although written by American writers<br />
this book nevertheless has made<br />
the jump across the Big Pond successfully<br />
and is as relevant here as it<br />
is in the States. This definitely is a<br />
book to have lying about.<br />
Black Ice<br />
Translated from the German by<br />
Anthea Bell<br />
Published by Bitter Lemon Press<br />
£ 8.99<br />
This is another one of those books<br />
that occupies another special part in<br />
my heart, the crime novel. Only this<br />
one is much more then just that, it is<br />
one of the most beautifully told stories<br />
of our years, in which humorous<br />
noir dialogue and poetry flourish.<br />
It’s a well crafted thriller, set in a<br />
European world of small-town<br />
hypocrisy and was deservedly<br />
made into a film in 1998. It is written<br />
by Hans Werner Kettenbach, an<br />
essayist, script writer and best-selling<br />
novelist, whose work is now<br />
available in English for the first time.<br />
It tells the story of Erica, an attractive<br />
local heiress, who is married to<br />
Wallman, a man with expensive<br />
tastes. When she falls to her death<br />
hear their lakeside villa, the police<br />
conclude it was a tragic accident.<br />
Scholten, a long time employee of<br />
Erica’s, isn’t so sure. He knows a<br />
thing or two about the true state of<br />
her marriage and suspects an<br />
almost perfect crime. Scholten’s<br />
maverick investigation into the odd,<br />
inexplicable details of the death<br />
scene soon buys him a ticket for a<br />
most dangerous ride.<br />
I found it hard to put this one<br />
down when I started it and I’m sure<br />
so will you, thrilling from the first<br />
page to the last.
Johnny Was And<br />
Other Tall Tales<br />
By Greg Wharton<br />
Published by Suspect Thoughts<br />
Press £ 9.99<br />
Johnny Was And Other Tall Tales is a<br />
collection of short erotic fiction by the<br />
EAA Award-winning author Greg<br />
Wharton. Apparently one of the stories<br />
in this book has been selected for Best<br />
Gay Erotica 2004. I liked in particular<br />
that these stories don’t just titillate, but<br />
rather that they are true stories and<br />
faithful accounts of the realities of sex<br />
and treats the act as simply another<br />
part of life, just as messy, embarrassing,<br />
penetrating, funny, meaningful,<br />
deceptively simple and complex, just<br />
like the real thing.<br />
Best Black Gay Erotica<br />
Edited by Darieck Scott<br />
Published by Cleis Press £ 9.99<br />
is one of the better ones, intelligently<br />
written and while still very sexy, a<br />
little more involved then the usual<br />
wham bam thank you mam stories<br />
we are being fed all too often. It<br />
really does live up to it’s title of the<br />
ultimate of gay erotica on the market<br />
today.<br />
Tar and Feathers<br />
By Dorothy Nelson<br />
Published by Dalkey Archive Press<br />
£ 7.99<br />
Last but not least for this month is a<br />
Artsby Martin Powell<br />
Time for a brief walk taking in<br />
some of Edinburgh's smaller galleries.<br />
Cockburn Street has the Collective<br />
Gallery. The exhibition on at the<br />
time, now over, was Born Under a<br />
Bad Sign by Gordon Dalton, Hazel<br />
McLeod, and Christopher Walker<br />
and Skull and Grace by T Christy<br />
Cole. Conceptual art which reminded<br />
me of the Stuckists deprecation<br />
that the trouble with most conceptual<br />
artists is they have got no concepts.<br />
This isn't quite fair, looking at the<br />
Gallery's Web site one can see<br />
what their concepts are. Unfortunately<br />
to me they are unable to<br />
convey it through their art.<br />
Visual art that can only be understood<br />
by reading about it can best<br />
be described as crap. Still I'll keep<br />
visiting there, sooner or later they<br />
must have a good exhibition.<br />
Further down the road is Stills<br />
who until 12th Mar have an exhibition<br />
called American As Well by<br />
the Uraguayan artist Martin<br />
Sastre, which is a series of video<br />
works. The irony of a series of<br />
videos in a gallery called Stills<br />
appealed to me but seems to have<br />
been totally lost on the gallery.<br />
This got off to a bad start with me<br />
in a piece where the artist was<br />
expounding on the ability of video<br />
art to span the world without leaving<br />
home, but hasn't that been the<br />
case since the invention of moving<br />
pictures? I have seen the Keystone<br />
Cops but they have never been<br />
near my home. This is followed by<br />
a series of other works. I was quite<br />
struck by The E! True Hollywood<br />
Story which is about television<br />
celebrities who are famous<br />
because they are television<br />
celebrities but are otherwise vacuous.<br />
Masturbated Virgin: The Game<br />
struck me as a successful pastiche<br />
of mindless late night music video<br />
TV, but if I wanted to see such TV<br />
I'd watch it, not go to a gallery to<br />
get an illusion of it. There is more<br />
work and it's on until 12th Mar.<br />
Down the hill to Market Street<br />
and the Fruitmarket Gallery. This<br />
gallery is totally unpredictable<br />
and adventurous, which is a fancy<br />
way of saying some of what it<br />
exhibits really appeals to me and<br />
some of it just doesn't get through.<br />
EDINBURGH<br />
Politically correct or not, this book is<br />
full of nothing but the steamiest of<br />
hot black man on man sex. It’s got it<br />
all, from the slowly building heat of<br />
Reginald Harris’ love story “The<br />
Dream” to the raw lust of Jay<br />
Russell’s “Rude Boys” in which two<br />
tops at a sex club negotiate which of<br />
them will give it up. It’s a book that<br />
will encourage any hot blooded<br />
male to read it one handed...<br />
Ultimate Gay Erotica 2005<br />
Edited by Jesse Grant<br />
Published by Alyson £ 9.99<br />
It’s a good job that the theory of<br />
going blind when you’re indulging<br />
in a certain activity has been proven<br />
to be erroneous with the glut of one<br />
handed reading books I’ve received<br />
in the last couple of month. This one<br />
book that left me deeply affected<br />
with its disturbing rendition of family<br />
life. It’s the story of the Crawford<br />
family which is dominated by Da<br />
(Joe), a manic-depressive thief and<br />
liar who has spent two years in<br />
prison for exposing himself in the<br />
woods to young children and couples.<br />
Ma is a weak and downtrodden<br />
victim of her husband’s violent<br />
temper who occasionally flirts with<br />
her son Benjee, an overly sensitive<br />
boy with little hope for future happiness.<br />
As the narrative passes back<br />
and forth between the members of<br />
the family a compelling portrait of<br />
abuse and its consequences is constructed,<br />
one that contains both horror<br />
and humour in the sexual and<br />
social sicknesses of the characters.<br />
But it’s not all doom and gloom,<br />
Dorothy Nelson has managed to<br />
weave into this book some moments<br />
of extremely black humour and making<br />
this a darkly funny story of a dysfunctional<br />
Irish family.<br />
Dirk Kriete<br />
E-mail: dirk@drink.demon.co.uk<br />
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Let's just say that Ellen Gallagher's<br />
Orbus was not my cup of tea (but<br />
see below for the next exhibition).<br />
Then across the station and into<br />
the New Town to Edinburgh<br />
Printmakers in Union Street. A<br />
superb exhibition by three talented<br />
artists. Cat Outram has a very good<br />
eye and has captured some stunning<br />
images of Edinburgh fascinating<br />
entries or stairs or crescents that<br />
I largely never knew existed. In a different<br />
style is Still Building, a stylised<br />
view of Edinburgh from on high that<br />
is both instantly recognisable but<br />
geographically inaccurate. Another<br />
one that really caught my eye was<br />
Tenement Gardens which is a view<br />
through a window of a garden. It<br />
may not sound much but is superb,<br />
as is a print of some trees in a<br />
wood.<br />
Kelly Stewart's The Paris<br />
Drawings are exactly that.<br />
Stewart, an Australian artist who<br />
now lives in Edinburgh, was concerned<br />
that her work was too<br />
Edinburgh based so spent a<br />
month in Paris capturing images<br />
and subsequently turned them into<br />
this body of work. However the<br />
work is not photographic, Stewart<br />
has the skill to distort an image in<br />
a lovely way to turn it into something<br />
marvellous. Strasbourg St<br />
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building but would work wonderfully<br />
as an image on a wall.<br />
Bridges over the Seine matches no<br />
topology I know but works brilliantly.<br />
And there is more of the<br />
same.<br />
Gillian Murray's work is different<br />
and is basically full colour<br />
images of plants. I wish I had wall<br />
space for a stunning Venus Fly<br />
Trap, a green plant on a bright<br />
blue background. However any of<br />
her prints would glorify any wall.<br />
The exhibition is on until 26th<br />
Mar.<br />
Just opening (26th Feb - 1st<br />
May) at the Fruitmarket Gallery is<br />
the first solo presentation of the<br />
works of Simon Patterson. In spite<br />
of being nominated for the Turner<br />
Prize, Patterson is a talented artist<br />
who is best known for The Great<br />
Bear, a map of the London<br />
Underground with the names of<br />
the stations replaced by engineers,<br />
philosophers, footballers,<br />
etc. Patterson has a reputation for<br />
taking sources of ordered information,<br />
such as maps or keyboards,<br />
and distorting them to undermine<br />
the authority of the original<br />
source. I'm really looking forward<br />
to this one.<br />
E-mail:<br />
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Filmby Malcolm Epstein<br />
At the cinema box office the biggest<br />
moneymakers in recent years are<br />
always children's films. Those<br />
obsessed with them should study the<br />
Film 2005 BBC1 programme in<br />
which Jonathan Ross always covers<br />
new releases to please his kids.<br />
Assuming our readers only get to the<br />
subject when taking out nieces and<br />
nephews we only cover the most<br />
memorable. The animated Valiant<br />
comes under that heading about a<br />
humble wood pigeon who sneaks<br />
his way into the Royal Pigeon<br />
Service during the war to carry vital<br />
messages from Britain to the French<br />
resistance.<br />
He has to dodge the German falcon<br />
brigade bringing much humour.<br />
The film is voiced by many show<br />
business celebrities like Ewan<br />
McGregor, Ricky Gervais, John<br />
Cleese and Rupert Everett. Ideal for<br />
the under-twelves.<br />
At the opposite end of the spectrum,<br />
March has the French Ma<br />
Mère (18) with Isabelle Huppert<br />
who has fascinated audiences for<br />
decades. She is the mother of an<br />
attractive 17 year old son who have<br />
been living apart for years. When<br />
they meet again he falls in love with<br />
her. To keep it to an acceptable certificate<br />
for British audiences the<br />
mother is seen watching the son<br />
make love to his girlfriend. While<br />
they were separated she admits her<br />
immoral life had become an addiction.<br />
If violence is your scene, Hostage<br />
(15) must be considered.<br />
Bruce Willis has such power now<br />
he produces as well as stars in films<br />
when, as here, he found a book that<br />
impressed him and chose a French<br />
director, Florent Siri, whose past<br />
work he had admired.<br />
Bruce is the best thing in this<br />
drama as a police inspector persuading<br />
mental cases to give up<br />
their hostages. But watching<br />
teenage hoodlums terrorize people<br />
till Mr Willis arrives is too nervewracking<br />
for me.<br />
I preferred Hitch (12a) that has<br />
Will Smith as a 'date doctor' who,<br />
for a fee, helps countless people of<br />
both sexes to find their ideal partner<br />
by improving their conversational<br />
techniques.<br />
No matter if someone is overweight<br />
or less than lovely, he tells<br />
them how to handle every situation.<br />
It is a fun comedy. In our world<br />
knowing Mike Arlen is always interested<br />
in pictures of appealing guys<br />
an effective opening line is: "I know<br />
a professional photographer always<br />
searching for good looking models<br />
and I would love to show him snapshot<br />
of you."<br />
Kinsey (15) has Liam Neeson as<br />
the person who caused international<br />
furore in 1948 with his book Sexual<br />
Behavior of The Human Male.<br />
Alfred Kinsey began his career for<br />
many years studying wasps as a<br />
zoologist. He happened to notice<br />
books on sex education were ridiculously<br />
outdated and decided to gather<br />
information from thousands of<br />
men about their sex lives. His book<br />
revealed that 37 per cent of<br />
American males had at least one<br />
homosexual experience. Though<br />
happily married with three children,<br />
he was also happy to have a gay<br />
interest and admit it to his wife.<br />
Without him, America would not be<br />
the sexually uninhibited place it is in<br />
most states today.<br />
It is not very subtle for the makers of<br />
Alfred Kinsey<br />
Assassination of Richard Nixon (l5)<br />
that opens in April to call it that as<br />
the man was not assassinated. Sean<br />
Penn plays a lost guy with a broken<br />
marriage who can't hold a job<br />
down and his unstable mind makes<br />
him hijack a plane to make the pilot<br />
drop him in the grounds at the<br />
White House.<br />
Sean still has the kind of animal<br />
magnetism that kept Madonna<br />
happy for part of a very dramatic<br />
marriage.<br />
CURRENT RELEASES<br />
Million Dollar Baby (12a) directed<br />
and starring Clint Eastwood has had<br />
rave reviews, but I am too affected<br />
by 30 years of knowing that professional<br />
boxers risk brain damage<br />
which can put them in comas for<br />
many months and those who come<br />
out of them are often in wheelchairs.<br />
Clint helping a girl boxer win<br />
bouts had me wondering about the<br />
brain damage she could be suffering.<br />
However I appear to be in the<br />
minority. A few years ago I met a<br />
bricklayer who made cash by bare<br />
knuckle boxing. As it is not legal<br />
here, tickets cannot be printed for<br />
evenings of six bouts and customers<br />
must be notified by phone.<br />
There are vast numbers who love<br />
to see blood run.<br />
Hollywood knows there are millions<br />
who love horror films usually<br />
with unknown casts grateful to work.<br />
I walked out of Scream a few years<br />
ago when high school girls were<br />
being slashed with knives.<br />
It was such a hit they made<br />
Scream 2 and Scream 3. Now<br />
Robert de Niro has joined in with<br />
Hide and Seek (15). If you like to<br />
see a dead woman floating in a<br />
bath with slashed wrists filling it with<br />
blood this is the film for you.
The movie capital occasionally<br />
proves that big budgets are not necessary<br />
if you have an original script<br />
and polished direction.<br />
It has with Criminal (15) in which<br />
unknowns stun you with so many<br />
frauds your head will be reeling.<br />
Essential viewing if it plays anywhere<br />
near you. The audience I saw<br />
it with were mesmerized.<br />
The Sea Inside (PG) from Spain<br />
has had rave reviews with Javier<br />
Bardem as a man paralysed from<br />
the neck down in a diving accident.<br />
Spending his life bedridden, he<br />
argues with authority that his life<br />
machines should be turned off when<br />
he wants them to be.<br />
This subject was covered with<br />
great humour once in a play that<br />
became a film Whose Life is it<br />
Anyway? that has been revived<br />
recently on the London stage with<br />
Kim Cattrall.<br />
Writer and director James L<br />
Brooks was responsible for a Jack<br />
Nicholson film As Good as it Gets<br />
that was showered with Oscars.<br />
His new movie you must add to your<br />
list is Spanglish (12a) - a word that<br />
is a hybrid of Spanish and English<br />
spoken by many Latinos who live in<br />
Paz Vega<br />
America. Paz Vega is a beautiful single<br />
parent with a six year old girl in<br />
Mexico City who searches for a better<br />
life in Los Angeles living in a<br />
Latino quartar for six years where<br />
only Spanish is spoken. To earn<br />
more, she becomes a housekeeper<br />
for a well-off white family, but she<br />
still doesn't speak English although<br />
her daughter has learned it at<br />
school. Working for top chef Adam<br />
Sandler, his wife Tea Leoni and their<br />
two children combines great comedy<br />
and high drama that you will<br />
enjoy. It is so well written it is the first<br />
time I have loved Adam Sandler on<br />
screen.<br />
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou<br />
(15) is a South Seas adventure by<br />
writer/director Wes Anderson who<br />
has more imagination than most.<br />
Bill Murray is an oceanographer<br />
whose partner has been eaten by a<br />
shark and is determined to track him<br />
down. Wes maintains interest by<br />
casting Anjelica Huston and the<br />
most admirable actress in films<br />
today, Cate Blanchett in the leads.<br />
To know how brilliant this woman is,<br />
you need to compare her playing<br />
Queen Elizabeth I a few years ago<br />
with her Katherine Hepburn recently<br />
in The Aviator. Such expertise is<br />
rarely seen onscreen. In this, she is a<br />
journalist on voyage pleased with<br />
the amorous advances of the handsome<br />
Owen Wilson. Pirates abduct<br />
them, but the special effects of tropical<br />
fish relieve the tension. Worth<br />
your valuable time.<br />
Owen Wilson<br />
Aliens of the Deep is an interesting<br />
curiosity that can be seen with a 3D<br />
effect wearing glasses at a few<br />
IMAX cinemas as well as at<br />
London's Science Museum. Marine<br />
biologists explore the floors of the<br />
world's oceans all directed by James<br />
Cameron who made such a world<br />
hit of Titanic. You rarely see films like<br />
this.<br />
DVD WORLD<br />
A calendar that moves must be a<br />
novelty and while a photographer<br />
was taking pictures for one, in Dieux<br />
du Stade a movie camera followed<br />
around 45 nude French sportsmen<br />
chosen from the cream of the<br />
nation's rugby players.<br />
Having it on a DVD showing the<br />
work that went into this 2005 calendar<br />
with make up girls rushing in<br />
and out of shots is interesting. And<br />
one of the images forms this month's<br />
<strong>ScotsGay</strong> front cover. The only disappointment<br />
is the lack of crotch<br />
interest. For that, the British still lead<br />
the way. If you like the idea of 23<br />
incredible erections in your direction<br />
there is one magazine you should<br />
track down:<br />
Volume 14 of Mike Arlen's Guys.<br />
But you'll not be getting any of them<br />
on our front cover!<br />
Any of us planning a Greek holiday<br />
should take in From the Edge of<br />
the City from Millivres Multimedia<br />
that highlights a side of Athens not<br />
generally known. Russian immigrant<br />
familes have late teenage sons in<br />
Omonia Square prepared to sell<br />
their magnificent bodies to tourists<br />
so they can spend their money at the<br />
local brothels.<br />
You won't learn this from any<br />
Greek travel brochure.<br />
Those of us enthralled by a recent<br />
TV series about the earliest black<br />
and white movie film taken a hundred<br />
years ago should know it is<br />
now on DVD. Shot mostly in<br />
Yorkshire, The Lost World of Mitchell<br />
and Kenyon is a 175-minute phenomenon<br />
as, although without<br />
sound, it can be freeze framed to<br />
show stunning guys we would love<br />
to meet if time trips were possible. It<br />
has cost the British Film Institute a<br />
fortune to copy old film discovered<br />
in a basement on to modern stock. I<br />
will be studying this for years.<br />
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I am a mid 50’s, stocky, straight acting,<br />
Edinburgh guy with a need for some discipline in<br />
my life. I am looking for a hairy, masterful 30+<br />
guy willing to train me by showing me the error<br />
of my ways. If that’s you - give me a call.<br />
Please. Phone 09068 556612 - Number 5<strong>62</strong>3.<br />
BEND OVER<br />
Edinburgh Headmaster 61 years has vacancies<br />
now for naughty “schoolboys”. “Drop your<br />
trousers and bend over for a sound thrashing”.<br />
Phone 09068 556612 - Number 6006.<br />
FLUE COLLAR<br />
Male, 38 years old, down to earth, seeks masculine<br />
young bloke 21-32, ideally a manual<br />
worker. Glasgow/West of Scotland area. All<br />
calls will be answered. Phone 09068 556612 -<br />
Number 5918.<br />
LANCASHIRE SCHOOLTEACHER<br />
Would the schoolteacher from Lancashire who<br />
was up in Edinburgh and who replied to my<br />
advert 5252 please get back in touch. Phone<br />
09068 556612 - Number 5928.<br />
LEARNING THE ROPES<br />
Slim, mature, 50’s passive Tayside guy who<br />
likes bondage and restraint games would like to<br />
meet an active gay partner who is interested or<br />
experienced in trying out bondage ideas. Age<br />
and looks unimportant. Phone 09068 556612<br />
- Number 5318.<br />
SUBERDONIAN<br />
Aberdeen area slim 38 year old submissive guy<br />
seeking dominant guys 40+. Phone 09068<br />
556612 - Number 5321.<br />
ANYTHING GOES IN ABERDEEN<br />
Aberdeen area 39 year old tolerant slave seeks<br />
master, 45+. Anything goes. Phone 09068<br />
556612 - Number 5431.<br />
DO YOU LOOK GOOD IN UNIFORM?<br />
Then here’s something to your advantage with<br />
discreet, friendly non-scene type. Phone 09068<br />
556612 - Number 5285.<br />
MATURE FROM DUNDEE?<br />
Francis from Dundee is in his mid-fifties with a<br />
slim build, 5’8” tall with blue eyes. He would<br />
like to meet an active gay guy for fun and friendship.<br />
Preferably mature, but any age and colour<br />
would be most welcome. Phone 09068<br />
556612 - Number 5232.<br />
BELTING MEMORIES<br />
“I am looking for a genuine retired or former<br />
teacher, living in Scotland, over the age of 50 to<br />
give me the belt as per my schooldays. I need<br />
my hands warmed again”. Phone 09068<br />
556612 - Number 5252.<br />
PISSABLE MEETING IN ABERDEEN<br />
Aberdeen area. Slim, tanned, 38 year old Sub,<br />
into bondage and yellow, looking for other guys<br />
40+. Phone 09068 556612 - Number 5199.<br />
COLOURFUL ABERDONIAN<br />
Aberdeen area, submissive 42 year old, into yellow<br />
or brown, into dominant guys, any age.<br />
Phone 09068 556612 - Number 5082.<br />
YELLOW SUB-<br />
38 year old slim, submissive guy, into yellow, is<br />
looking for dominant guys any age. Phone<br />
09068 556612 - Number 5060.<br />
PROFESSIONAL AND NON-SCENE<br />
31 year old professional, non-scene gay guy,<br />
non-smoker, 5’8”, 10.5 stone, 33” waist.<br />
Hobbies include cinema, theatre, reading, country<br />
walking and swimming. Looking to meet<br />
gay/bi guys up to 45 years old for a possible 1-<br />
2-1 with the right guy. Phone 09068 556612 -<br />
Number 4775.<br />
EDINBURGH LOCK<br />
Male, early 40’s, into domination, rubber,<br />
leather and restraints. Comes from Edinburgh<br />
but can travel. Please give him a call if you are<br />
similarly interested. Phone 09068 556612 -<br />
Number 5452.<br />
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FIFE FRIENDS<br />
We are a couple who have moved to Fife<br />
and feel a little isolated. We are looking<br />
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SG<strong>62</strong>006.<br />
MAKE MY DAY!!<br />
Lesbian, 37, smoker, non scene, loves<br />
animals, eating out and cosy nights in,<br />
seeks similar boring fart to enjoy domestic<br />
bliss. GSOH, romantic, sane and sorted<br />
persons only. Box SG<strong>62</strong>007.<br />
LOOKING FOR MY SOULMATE<br />
Lesbian, 43, attractive, 5’6”, blonde<br />
hair, blue eyes, slim, looking for genuine,<br />
sincere woman to share my hopes and<br />
dreams. No time wasters, please. Box<br />
SG<strong>62</strong>024.<br />
CIVIL SERVICE<br />
23, slim, witty, Geordie, bored, office<br />
clerk requires 19-27 year old femme to<br />
provide service. High heels and short<br />
skirts a must. A wedding dress may be<br />
involved. Edinburgh. Box SG<strong>62</strong>025.<br />
SOUL MATE WANTED<br />
For easy going gay female, 40, who<br />
enjoys outdoors, cinema, walking, eating<br />
out and spending time with friends.<br />
Seeks similar fem/boyish 35-45 for fun<br />
times, maybe more. Aberdeen. Box<br />
SG<strong>62</strong>026.<br />
MEN<br />
EDINBURGH - SCOTLAND -<br />
ANYWHERE<br />
Friendly 40’s guy seeks uncomplicated<br />
fun and friendship with 16-21 student<br />
type. Box SG<strong>62</strong>003.<br />
INEXPERIENCED SLAVE WANTS<br />
TOP<br />
32 year old looking for experienced master<br />
for training. All letters answered with<br />
pic, e-mail and phone number. Box<br />
SG<strong>62</strong>004.<br />
DUNDEE AREA<br />
27 year old TV, 5’5”, medium build,<br />
seeks older male for fun and friendship.<br />
Box SG<strong>62</strong>008.<br />
EDINBURGH<br />
Uncomplicated no strings fun and friendship<br />
offered to young guy 16-22 by 45<br />
year old guy. Come and go as you like.<br />
Box SG<strong>62</strong>011.<br />
CHUBBY HUNTER<br />
Slim, smooth, 30+ guy looking for no<br />
strings fun with heavy older type, hirsute<br />
a bonus but not essential. Can accommodate<br />
but not travel. Box SG<strong>62</strong>013.<br />
PASSIVE FIFE 39<br />
Chubby Fife guy, 39, 6’ tall, shaved<br />
head, goatee seeks active, hung chasers<br />
for ‘O’. Box SG<strong>62</strong>014.<br />
BOTTOM DAD SEEKS TOP SON<br />
Mature 55 year old dad seeks younger<br />
son under 30 who is top (or versatile at<br />
least) and knows how to pleasure Dad.<br />
Can accommodate anytime. Photograph<br />
helps. Box SG<strong>62</strong>023.<br />
BLOND CD NEEDS MASTER<br />
Slim, blond, cute, xdressing slave (30’s)<br />
would love to serve a strict xdressing<br />
Master who can train me. Fife, Lothians.<br />
Box SG<strong>62</strong>019.<br />
HELP<br />
Fort William guy 30 years old looking to<br />
meet with gay guy for friendship/relationship.<br />
Sick of being alone? I am. Box<br />
SG<strong>62</strong>020.<br />
TRANSVESTITE SEEKS GIRLY<br />
FUN<br />
Mature gay TV/CD seeks same for girly<br />
fun times. Let’s swap/compare undies,<br />
frillies, dresses, skirts, heels, etc. Box<br />
SG<strong>62</strong>015.<br />
FIFE MALE<br />
Fife male, 50, married and bored senseless,<br />
seeks new experiences and friends<br />
40ish to 60ish. Inexperienced but enthusiastic.<br />
Singles, couples welcome for correspondence,<br />
long term friendship, fun.<br />
Genuine and discreet. Time wasters welcome.<br />
Box SG<strong>62</strong>016.<br />
VERY BUSTY BUTCH BLOKE<br />
South East coast. Gay bloke, heavily tattooed.<br />
Very masculine but with massive<br />
sweaty pair of genuine manboobs, only<br />
34” waistbut have 47” pair of boobs. Need<br />
a bloke into big boobs to be a fan and play<br />
with me. Into sweat. Box SG<strong>62</strong>017.<br />
UP, UP AND AWAY<br />
Frequent Ryanair/easyJet international<br />
traveller, 50, seeks younger (16-25)<br />
companions for short jaunts abroad or in<br />
UK. Don’t do the gay scene generally.<br />
More into local food, drink and culture.<br />
Box SG<strong>62</strong>018.<br />
20 YEAR OLD CROSS DRESSER<br />
I am 20 years old living in Glasgow and<br />
I’m looking for experience with other<br />
gay/bi males. I like to wear women’s<br />
clothing (leather, pvc, latex, slutty<br />
panties) and want a good discreet shag.<br />
Age is not an issue. Box SG<strong>62</strong>021.<br />
GLASGOW VOYEURS NEEDED<br />
Male voyeur (50’s), has slim built exhibitionist<br />
male friend (early 50’s), who<br />
loves to perform DIY in front of others.<br />
WLTM other voyeurs who would like to<br />
watch him perform. Box SG<strong>62</strong>010.<br />
ScotsG ay<br />
GENUINE TRUSTING BF<br />
WANTED<br />
Looking for bf, must be genuine, reliable,<br />
trusting, caring, sincere, as I am. Me: 38,<br />
5’10’’, a few extra pounds, sa/sl, non<br />
scene ,clean shaven. Own flat in Ayrshire,<br />
work in Glasgow. Enjoy my regular visits<br />
to the gym also enjoy the usual cinema<br />
eating in/out travelling, etc. Get in<br />
touch. ALA, promise. Box SG<strong>62</strong>022.<br />
OLDER TOP SEEKS YOUNG<br />
BOTTOM<br />
Do you fancy older guys? This one is 46,<br />
5’7”, ready to teach new nephew types<br />
16-26 who are hot and willing to learn.<br />
Shy boys and any race welcome. Box<br />
SG<strong>62</strong>024.<br />
SHY EDINBURGH GUY LOOKS<br />
4 FUN!<br />
34 year old Edinburgh man looking for<br />
guys 18-35 for fun and friends - no<br />
strings attached fun. Box SG<strong>62</strong>032.<br />
MATURE SLAVE - 65<br />
Wanted: master for 65 year old gay to<br />
tie, gag, whip and spank him and use<br />
him as you wish. Glasgow area. Can travel.<br />
Morning, afternoon or evening. Box<br />
SG<strong>62</strong>033.<br />
FRIENDLY BI GUY - GLASGOW<br />
- ANYWHERE<br />
Bi guy wants to pull your briefs down.<br />
Welcomes new friends aged 25-55. I’m<br />
medium build, not tall, 50’s. Cannot<br />
accommodate and don’t drive. Photos<br />
appreciated (returned). Box SG<strong>62</strong>034.<br />
MASTER SEEKS GUYS -<br />
GLASGOW - ANYWHERE<br />
Friendly guy welcomes bad boys to<br />
report for disciplinary action or spanking,<br />
belting. Your limits repsected. Cannot<br />
accommodate and don’t drive. Photos<br />
appreciated/returned. Box SG<strong>62</strong>035.<br />
SEEKING EDINBURGH<br />
ORIENTAL<br />
Edinburgh based white gay guy (30), tall<br />
slim and fair, seeks Edinburgh area slim<br />
Chinese/Oriental gay guy (18-35) for<br />
meaningful relationship. Box SG<strong>62</strong>036.<br />
WANTED: MEN OF COLOUR<br />
There must be someone for me out there.<br />
Older active male, clean and tidy, can<br />
accommodate. I’m awaiting for your<br />
responde. Box SG<strong>62</strong>037.<br />
ORIENTAL MYSTIC SEEKING<br />
FRIENDS<br />
Classy, elegant oriental male, 40’s,<br />
smooth, passive, clean and perfumed.<br />
Good enough to eat. Seeks friends. Non<br />
scene. Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire preferred.<br />
Discretion assured. Please write<br />
with details. Box SG<strong>62</strong>038.<br />
PARTY TIME SUNDAY<br />
AFTERNOON<br />
Fun party every Sunday afternoon each<br />
Sunday in March in private house in<br />
Cumbernauld area. Box SG<strong>62</strong>043.<br />
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is coming from?<br />
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MAKE SURE YOU GET YOURS<br />
Calls should cost no more than £2<br />
GLASGOW BOTTOM SEEKS<br />
TOPS<br />
Govan gay guy, 55, slim, fit, experienced,<br />
versatile/passive, seeks VWE<br />
guys 16-70 for regular hot sessions. If<br />
it’s big and stiff, get in touch. Discretion<br />
assured if married. Box SG<strong>62</strong>039.<br />
AYRSHIRE PASSIVE SEEKS<br />
HORNY TOP<br />
Attractive, slim, youg late 50’s, 5’7”,<br />
smart appearance, WLTM discreet,<br />
active, top gay, for good clean safe fun,<br />
likes pankings, enjoys ‘O’ and ‘A’ and<br />
gay videos. Can travel weekends. Letters<br />
please. Box SG<strong>62</strong>040.<br />
FREE DEEP AND RELAXING<br />
MASSAGE<br />
Free massage to ease the stress of a hard<br />
day in the college, university, building<br />
site or office is offered by this amateur<br />
masseur. Let this ‘active’, WE, (40+)<br />
guy with medium build ease your aches<br />
and pains in this discreet service in the<br />
comfort and safety of your own<br />
room.Bathing with deep soap massaging<br />
prior to oiling will soothe the stresses of<br />
the day making you ready for the night<br />
on the town. Shaving also offered to<br />
those supplying new safety razor. Service<br />
offered to busy boyz aged 20-35,<br />
slim/medium build, tall and clean<br />
shaven. Available afternoons/early<br />
evenings. For those with no accommodation,<br />
safe and discreet meetings can be<br />
arranged in a sauna in Edinburgh (No<br />
18). Send details of your needs with a<br />
photo (essential before meeting) for<br />
prompt reply. E-mail for arrangements.<br />
Box SG<strong>62</strong>046.<br />
FRIENDLY SPORTS TEACHER<br />
35, living in Scotland, seeks naughty<br />
lads to report for detention. A sore butt<br />
guaranteed. Canelines given and taken.<br />
Can travel. Can accommodate. Please<br />
send letter, photo and phone number. No<br />
photo = no reply or an extra caning supplied<br />
in wet shorts. I have a firm right<br />
hand. Box SG<strong>62</strong>050.<br />
DEPRIVED OF DEPRAVITY!<br />
Burly bloke, single six footer seeks sesuous<br />
sleazy situations with similar guys.<br />
I’m 45 years old. You could be<br />
older/younger. You accommodate in<br />
Glasgow/Edinburgh. WLTM leather bears<br />
skins. Box SG<strong>62</strong>041.<br />
LANCASHIRE<br />
54, 6ft, slim, fit, cheerful, horny guy,<br />
HIV+, WLTM W/E guy, similar age, for<br />
regular good times. Can accommodate.<br />
ALA. Box SG<strong>62</strong>044.<br />
FRIENDLY FIFE GUY SEEKS<br />
OTHERS<br />
Middle aged guy seeks slim/skinny guys<br />
of any age for no strings fun. Very versatile.<br />
S/L, S/A, N/Sm. Can accommodate.<br />
Bi and married welcome. Discreet.<br />
Box SG<strong>62</strong>045.<br />
GLASGOW<br />
35 year old Glasgow guy would like to<br />
meet guys into leather and denim for<br />
safe fun and nights out. I can accommodate.<br />
Write soon. No time wasters<br />
please. Box SG<strong>62</strong>048.<br />
MANLY AND BUTCH<br />
I am 5’11” tall, clean shaven, slim, looking<br />
for that special person to share my<br />
life for fun and friendship and maybe<br />
more. Discretion assured. Box SG<strong>62</strong>047.<br />
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO<br />
FRICTION IN THE END<br />
Cynical 46 year old seeks equally cynical<br />
16-26 year old for fun and friendship.<br />
Strictly non scene. Box SG<strong>62</strong>051.<br />
BISEXUAL<br />
BI CURIOUS?<br />
There has to be a first time for everything!<br />
Aged 16-21: get in touch?<br />
Considerate experienced versatile older<br />
guy will talk you through things at your<br />
own pace before getting down to some<br />
safe fun. Your limits respected. Total discretion<br />
assured. Live in Edinburgh but will<br />
travel if required. Box SG<strong>62</strong>001.<br />
BISEXUAL TV<br />
Gorgeous bisexual TV seeks playmate<br />
for friendship, fun and more. I’m 36, bi<br />
and single. My body is smooth and<br />
sexy, and I dress to impress. You’ll find<br />
me always made up, and always wanting<br />
to please. I’m discreet and will be as<br />
broad-minded towards you as you are<br />
caring and understanding towards me. I<br />
live in the Highlands, and can travel and<br />
accommodate. Interested? I hope so.<br />
Mail me now and I’ll send you some<br />
pics. Lots of love, Sara, x. Box<br />
SG<strong>62</strong>009.<br />
BODYBUILDER - 40<br />
50” chest, 17” arm, 35” waist, 16st,<br />
5’8”, seeks serious training partners.<br />
Glasgow area. Photo please. Box<br />
SG<strong>62</strong>027.<br />
BI COUPLES SERIOUSLY<br />
SOUGHT<br />
For long term regular adult fun in<br />
Grampian area. Smokers, disabled welcome.<br />
PA NTW. Ages unrestricted. All<br />
suggestions considered. Can accommodate.<br />
Travel limited. Beginners, experienced,<br />
all welcome. Reply ASAP.<br />
Thanks. Box SG<strong>62</strong>028.<br />
BI FEMALE(S) WANTED TO<br />
JOIN US<br />
We 40/50’s couple, bi with bi male<br />
friends looking for long term adult fun<br />
Aberdeen to Inverness area. Smokers<br />
welcome. ALA. No strings. Limits<br />
respected. Don’t delay: write today!<br />
Box SG<strong>62</strong>029.<br />
MAN CALLED UNCLE<br />
Seeking niece and nephew. No strings<br />
fun and games. He’s mid 50’s, 5’7”.<br />
Can accommodate but travel limited. All<br />
replies considered. ALA. PA. Smokers<br />
and disabled welcome. Box SG<strong>62</strong>030.<br />
NO WORK + GREAT LIFE!<br />
Wanted: young living in boy, well built,<br />
who will become mine - fully. Box<br />
SG<strong>62</strong>031.<br />
BI GUY LOOKING FOR BI<br />
COUPLES<br />
50 year old looking for bi couples for<br />
fun and friendship. Can travel. N/s. Non<br />
Scene. Box SG<strong>62</strong>042.<br />
STRAIGHT<br />
DUNDEE - PERTH<br />
Friendly, fit, 50-something silver bear<br />
seeks morally relaxed women of all<br />
ages for fun and friendship. Box<br />
SG<strong>62</strong>002.<br />
GLASGOW<br />
29y old blond guy, 6’4”, is looking for<br />
submissive women (35-55) from<br />
Glasgow. If you like bondage, spanking,<br />
torture, foot fetish, etc., write to me<br />
please. Thank you. Box SG<strong>62</strong>012.<br />
FRIENDS ABROAD<br />
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the world. Over 120 subscribers in 30<br />
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INTERGAY, Voorstraat 12-A, 4033 AD<br />
Lienden, Netherlands.<br />
A’ BHEIL GAIDHLIG AGAD?!<br />
26 year old GWM Australian. Tha mise<br />
‘ga h-ionnsachadh ach cha’n ‘eil moran<br />
agam fhathast. Would like to learn<br />
more! Seeking a GWM pen-pal, pref<br />
20’s/30’s. Write: Damon Roberts, 11<br />
Larkin Street, Maroochydore 4558,<br />
Australia.<br />
E-mail: daemon125@excite.com<br />
BELGIUM<br />
Young guy visit Belgium for love fun! You<br />
can stay for free in house near city<br />
Antwerpen. SMS 0032 473344818.<br />
Wanted also: boy for living in.<br />
INDIA<br />
I’m Kiran from India. 22. I’m looking for<br />
young and slim smart gay friends from<br />
USA or Europe. I want him to marry me<br />
and stay with me in India forever. Who<br />
will do that? Please reply to me. Write:<br />
Kiran Gopu, Kiran 3-181, Huzurabad<br />
505468, Dist Karimnagar, Andar<br />
Pradesh, India.<br />
E-mail: kiran_gopu@yahoo.co.in<br />
ACCOMMODATION<br />
OFFERED<br />
ROOM TO LET GLASGOW<br />
Accommodation offered in modern flat<br />
close to Glasgow City Centre. Domestic<br />
duties required in return. Offered to Male<br />
or Female. Traditional Style methods<br />
applied. Non sexual. Box SG<strong>62</strong>005.<br />
FREE ACCOMMODATION<br />
Offered to six young, boyish, very cocky,<br />
cheeky, cute, students or college lads in<br />
large house overlooking Pentland Hills,<br />
Edinburgh, in exchange for light houseboy<br />
duties and decorating. Paintbrush<br />
and paint supplied. Age group 16-30ish.<br />
No time wasters please. Please send letter,<br />
shirtless photo/nude and phone<br />
number to: Box SG<strong>62</strong>049.<br />
JOBS OFFERED<br />
£100 PER HOUR<br />
We are recruiting attractive guys to work<br />
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For more info call Ross on 08444<br />
170134 or E-mail: ross@scotsguys.com<br />
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Unique opportunity for horse and circus<br />
lover. Live in and learn to ride a High<br />
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waged UK tour summer 2005. Meals<br />
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NE Scotland. Tel: Bobby on St Colms<br />
(01346) 583145. [<strong>62</strong>a]<br />
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Photogenic guys can earn £100 cash<br />
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attach a recent picture if possible or call<br />
0845 120 5980. [<strong>62</strong>]<br />
WEB DESIGNER REQUIRED<br />
We require a web designer to work on<br />
various existing and planned projects<br />
which are mainly gay themed. You will<br />
preferably have experience with ASP and<br />
will be willing to work from your own<br />
base. Student/Trainee web designers<br />
with some programming skills are also<br />
welcome to apply. Please E-mail: recruitment@i-webmedia.co.uk<br />
with a summary<br />
of your skills and experience. [<strong>62</strong>]<br />
SERVICES<br />
CAFFMOS<br />
Contacts and friendships for men over<br />
sixty. The organisation for the more<br />
mature gentleman and his admirers.<br />
Write to: CAFFMOS, PO Box 2273,<br />
Hove. BN3 2GF. Or phone Hove<br />
(01273) 220995 for info. [99]<br />
CONTACT MAG<br />
Contact Mag for adults: over 900 photos.<br />
Approval copy from: Matchmaker (K38),<br />
Chorley, PR7 4BS. Or ring 01257<br />
483335 (24 hours). [99]<br />
CP CONTACT PAPER<br />
CP contact paper for spanking, skins, discipline,<br />
etc. SAE to TD Monthly, PO Box<br />
352, Manchester. M60 2PG. [99]<br />
PROOFREADING AND TUITION<br />
In English (including TEFL), French, Latin,<br />
Greek and Gaelic, Typing Services,<br />
Historical and Genealogical Research.<br />
Charles S Coventry, 23/9 Viewcraig<br />
Street, Edinburgh. EH8 9UJ. Tel: 0131-<br />
558 8785. E-mail:<br />
charlie_cov@yahoo.co.uk [99]<br />
FREE TV/TS NEWS<br />
A Tranny not for profit newsletter. Views,<br />
news, venues and free personal adverts.<br />
A5 sae: BM Box 2534, London. WC1N<br />
3XX. [99]<br />
GOLDEN WHEEL<br />
Seeking discreet gay or bisexual new<br />
friends, male or female? Long standing<br />
service, all areas and worldwide. Send<br />
stamp for details to: (Sadie), The Golden<br />
Wheel, Liverpool. L15 3HT. [99]<br />
HOME IN SPAIN<br />
For letting or investment. Superb villas,<br />
bungalows or apartments with pool direct<br />
from builder from £65,000 (60 per cent<br />
mortgage available). Call Let’s Live<br />
Abroad on 0845 2255777. WWW:<br />
http://www.letsliveabroad.com/ [99]<br />
LIMITED COMPANIES<br />
Only £90 for your own Limited Company.<br />
PLCs £100. Charitable and Unlimited<br />
Companies also available. Freephone 0800<br />
526421 for our free ‘Guide To Limited<br />
Companies’.<br />
E-mail:<br />
cosun@drink.demon.co.uk WWW:<br />
http://www.quick-companies.co.uk/ [99]<br />
TD MONTHLY<br />
The UK’s fastest-growing contact publication<br />
for gay men into spanking/CP and<br />
all related interests. Please send SAE for<br />
details. Write: TD Monthly, PO Box 310,<br />
Manchester. M15 6WT. WWW:<br />
http://geocities.com/tdmonthly/homepage.html<br />
[99]<br />
WORLDWIDE PENFRIENDS<br />
Regular lists. Make friends, exchange<br />
holidays, improve your languages. For<br />
general and music lovers’ lists send £3:<br />
“The Penpal List”, c/o 221B Merton Rd,<br />
Southfields, London. SW18 5EE. [99]<br />
TRANSLATION SERVICES<br />
Qualified translator based in Dundee<br />
offers translation services between the<br />
following languages: English, Ukrainian,<br />
Russian, Turkish and French. E-mail:<br />
trots2@drink.demon.co.uk or Write: Box<br />
SG<strong>62</strong>000. [99]<br />
BACK RUBS<br />
ASIAN GAY ESCORT<br />
Horny 28 year old Asian guy. Masculine,<br />
hairy, muscular and into all scenes from<br />
sensual massage to domination & roleplay.<br />
Can accommodate Glasgow and<br />
Ayrshire or travel anywhere. Call Rajan<br />
07043 368490. [<strong>62</strong>]<br />
EDINBURGH GAY ESCORT<br />
Carlos. 26 year old attractive bi-escort in<br />
Central Edinburgh. Canaccommodate or<br />
visit you. Fit, toned body. Versatile, sensual,<br />
tactile and fun. Quality escort for<br />
discerning gents. Call 07050 030424<br />
for info. [<strong>62</strong>]<br />
MASSAGE FOR MEN -<br />
EDINBURGH<br />
Great relaxing, holistic, sensual, full body<br />
pampering massage. £20. Qualified,<br />
experienced, caring therapist. 0131-556<br />
7199. [<strong>62</strong>]<br />
GLASGOW & EDINBURGH!<br />
Kyle - 18 year old boyish and cute gay<br />
escort in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Slim,<br />
toned, hung and horny. Versatile/<br />
passive and can accom in Glasgow or<br />
visit you. Friendly service. Call 07043<br />
368505. [<strong>62</strong>]<br />
NEW GLASGOW GAY ESCORT<br />
Darren - 18 year old Glasgow lad. Very<br />
cute, schoolboy looks, slim and smooth.<br />
XVWE and always horny! Friendly and<br />
discreet service at my place or yours. Will<br />
travel. Tel: 07043 368517 for details.<br />
[<strong>62</strong>]<br />
NEW - EDINBURGH<br />
Jake, 30. Fit gym muscle lad, toned and<br />
very well hung. Offers discreet escort service<br />
- most scenes catered for, versatile, CP,<br />
leather. Satisfaction guaranteeed. 07979<br />
803934. Out/hotels. [<strong>62</strong>a]<br />
SCOTSGUYS ESCORT AGENCY<br />
The best gay escorts in Scotland are at<br />
ScotsGuys! Visit http://www.scotsguys.com/<br />
for pictures and details or call<br />
08444 170134 (local rate) for all<br />
enquiries and bookings. New Escorts<br />
always wanted. [<strong>62</strong>]<br />
BRAD - EDINBURGH<br />
Relax for an all over body masssage.<br />
Very discreet service. Mobile: 07880<br />
661330. [<strong>62</strong>]<br />
EDINBURGH<br />
Large, cuddly, chubby gay man gives occasional<br />
massage. Call Kenny on 0131-661<br />
1477 or 07880 658324. [99]<br />
LANARKSHIRE GLASGOW<br />
ESCORTS<br />
Tired of boyz? Masculine horny guys<br />
Martin (30 active) and Joe (35 passive).<br />
Great service in/out. Calls available<br />
seperate or fab rates for duo. Go on try.<br />
Call 07796 964526. [<strong>62</strong>]<br />
WHERE TO STAY<br />
ALL NEW, ALL GAY<br />
GUESTHOUSES - EDINBURGH<br />
Two great locations. Exclusively gay. Easy<br />
walk to nightlife. Stylish rooms, all with<br />
TV and video (tapes available). Shared<br />
and private bathrooms. Breakfast available<br />
till noon. Non-smoking houses. Easy<br />
parking. Room rates: £29-£49 per night.<br />
Call 0131-558 1382 or Fax 0131-556<br />
8279. WWW: http://www.gayscotland.com/alvahouse/<br />
[63a]<br />
APARTMENT - EDINBURGH<br />
CITY CENTRE<br />
Holiday/break. Fabulous serviced apartment,<br />
near all gay venues. 5 mins to<br />
main rail/bus stations and Princes St.<br />
Sleeps 1-5 people. 1 double bedded<br />
room. 1 single bedroom. Very large<br />
lounge/dining room - inc double<br />
sofabed. Kitchen inc all mod cons and<br />
bathroom. From £90 per night. Tel:<br />
0131-557 1910 or 07966 938055 or<br />
E-mail: dublinstreetstay@hotmail.com<br />
for bookings. WWW:<br />
http://www.dublinstreet.co.uk/ [<strong>62</strong>a]<br />
B & B<br />
Main High Street, Clachnaharry,<br />
Inverness. £14.50pppn. Double or single.<br />
Breakfast and light supper included.<br />
Tel: Inverness (01463) 2296<strong>62</strong>. Ask for<br />
Murdo. [63a]<br />
PERTH<br />
We are a gay and lesbian friendly guest<br />
house in Perth. 10 mins from city centre<br />
amenities. Comfortable rooms recently refurbished<br />
and ensuite. 24 channel televideo.<br />
All diets catered for. Excellent rates. Full<br />
Scottish breakfast. See you soon. Phone<br />
07715 180157. E-mail: enquiries@rosebankguesthouseperth.co.uk<br />
[67]<br />
INVERNESS - GLENUIG GUEST<br />
HOUSE<br />
Close to City Centre. Welcoming, gayfriendly<br />
atmosphere. Spacious ensuite<br />
rooms. Off street parking. Substantial<br />
continental breakfast served until noon.<br />
Rates from £18pppn. Tel: Inverness<br />
(01463) 250938. [64a]<br />
NEAR PERTH<br />
Guest House. En suite rooms B&B £25.<br />
Dinner to order. Also massage, hairdressing<br />
head and body. For a discreet personal<br />
service, call Ron on 07730 876454.<br />
[67]<br />
PENZANCE - CORNWALL<br />
Small, gay-friendly, period hotel situated<br />
with own parking in town centre. Rooms<br />
available en-suite.<br />
WWW: http://www.cliffhotelpz.co.uk/<br />
Tel: (01736) 368888. [99]<br />
PORTGOWER - HELMSDALE<br />
Self catering accommodation to let. Fully<br />
furnished house. Double bedroom, bathroom<br />
and shower, sitting room,<br />
kitchen/diner. Back and front door, Front<br />
and back garden. Parking for three cars.<br />
Tel: Murdo for further particulars on<br />
Inverness (01463) 2296<strong>62</strong>. [63a]<br />
boxes<br />
HELPLINES AND SWITCHBOARDS<br />
CROSSLYNX NATIONAL TV/TS/TG HELPLINE<br />
Mon 7.30-9.30pm. Phone: 0141-847 0787<br />
WWW: http://www.crosslynx.org/<br />
CUMBRIA AND THE BORDERS GAY HELPLINE<br />
Nightly 6-9pm. Phone: Bassenthwaite Lake (01768) 77<strong>62</strong>44<br />
DIVERSITAY LGBT SWITCHBOARD (DUNDEE)<br />
Mon 7-10pm. Phone: Dundee (01382) 202<strong>62</strong>0 Write: PO Box 53, Dundee. DD1 3YG.<br />
E-mail: contact@diversitay.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.diversitay.org.uk/<br />
FIFE HATE CRIME REPORTING HELPLINE<br />
24 hours. Phone: Freephone 0800 3891425<br />
A freephone number for people who wish support in reporting to Fife Constabulary crime motivated by hate. For further<br />
information about the service or becoming a trained helpline volunteer, phone us now!<br />
HOMOPHOBIC CRIME LINE<br />
Nightly 7-10pm. Phone: 0141-847 0647 or Stirling (01786) 469483<br />
WWW: http://www.centralscotland.police.uk/gblt/<br />
LOTHIAN GAY AND LESBIAN SWITCHBOARD<br />
Nightly 7.30-10pm. Phone: 0131-556 4049<br />
E-mail: switchboard@rapidial.co.uk WWW: http://www.lgls.co.uk/<br />
LOTHIAN LESBIAN LINE<br />
Mon, Thu 7.30-10pm. Phone: 0131-557 0751<br />
E-mail: switchboard@rapidial.co.uk WWW: http://www.lgls.co.uk/<br />
STRATHCLYDE LESBIAN AND GAY SWITCHBOARD<br />
Nightly 7-10pm. Phone: 0141-847 0447<br />
E-mail: info@sgls.co.uk WWW: http://www.sgls.co.uk/<br />
STRATHCLYDE LESBIAN LINE<br />
Wed 7.30-10pm. Phone: 0141-847 0547<br />
WWW: http://www.sgls.co.uk/services1.htm<br />
LONDON LESBIAN AND GAY SWITCHBOARD<br />
24 hours. Phone: 020-7837 7324. Minicom: 020-7689 8501. FAX: 020-7837 7300.<br />
WWW: http://www.llgs.org.uk/ WWW: http://www.queery.org.uk/<br />
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NATIONAL<br />
ORGANISATIONS<br />
OUTRIGHT SCOTLAND:<br />
Scotland’s oldest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender<br />
rights organisation. It was founded in<br />
1969 as the Scottish Minorities Group, later<br />
became the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group<br />
and changed its name to OUTRIGHT SCOTLAND in<br />
December 1992. Currently focusing on work<br />
around the Scottish Parliament, Scottish Executive<br />
and Scottish Public Institutions such as the NHS,<br />
Police and Justice System. Write: The Secretary,<br />
OUTRIGHT SCOTLAND, PO Box 23253, Edinburgh.<br />
EH1 3XD. E-mail: convenor@outrightscotland.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.outrightscotland.org.uk/<br />
Why not support OUTRIGHT<br />
SCOTLAND’s work? Membership is £15 waged,<br />
£9 low-waged (under £10,000 pa) and £5<br />
unwaged. Life membership is £150. Affiliation<br />
from Trades Union and Political Party Branches<br />
also welcome: £100 (Local Branches), £150<br />
(National Organisations). Please make out your<br />
cheque/Postal Order to OUTRIGHT SCOTLAND and<br />
send to The Secretary, OUTRIGHT SCOTLAND, PO<br />
Box 23253, Edinburgh. EH1 3XD.<br />
EQUALITY NETWORK:<br />
Working for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender<br />
equality in Scotland. Write: 30 Bernard Street,<br />
Edinburgh. EH6 6PR. Tel: 07020 933952. Fax:<br />
07020 933954. E-mail: en@equalitynetwork.org<br />
WWW: http://www.equality-network.org/<br />
We hold weekly meetings, regular<br />
forums and an annual conference; contact us for<br />
more details. Join the campaign network!<br />
LESBIAN ARCHIVE AND INFORMATION CENTRE:<br />
The UK’s largest and most significant collection of<br />
materials relating to lesbian lives. LAIC (at<br />
Glasgow Women’s Library) 109 Trongate,<br />
Glasgow. G1 5HD. Tel/Fax: 0141-552 8345.<br />
Open Tue-Fri 1-6pm and Sat 2-5pm.<br />
E-mail: gwl@womens-library.org.uk<br />
WWW:<br />
http://www.womenslibrary.org.uk/laic.htm<br />
PRIDE SCOTIA (EDINBURGH):<br />
Now busily organising Pride Scotia 2005 for Sat<br />
25th July 2005! Tel: 0131-556 9471. Write:<br />
58a Broughton Street, Edinburgh. EH1 3SA.<br />
E-mail: edinburgh@pride-scotia.org<br />
WWW: http://www.pride-scotia.org/<br />
PRIDE SCOTIA (GLASGOW):<br />
Organised Pride Scotia 2004 and now taking a<br />
few days off before starting work on Pride Scotia<br />
2006! Write: 11 Dixon Street, Glasgow. G1 4AL.<br />
E-mail: glasgow@pride-scotia.org<br />
WWW: http://www.pride-scotia.org/<br />
STONEWALL SCOTLAND:<br />
Scottish office of the London based campaigning<br />
group. Write: 11 Dixon Street, Glasgow, G1 4AL.<br />
Tel: 0141-204 0746. Fax: 0141-204 5110.<br />
E-mail: scotland@stonewall.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.stonewall.org.uk/<br />
LOCAL<br />
ORGANISATIONS<br />
ABERDEEN:<br />
Pride In Aberdeen: An umbrella group for voluntary<br />
LGBT organisations in the North East of<br />
Scotland (formerly North East LGBT Forum).<br />
Working towards opening an LGBT Centre in<br />
Aberdeen. Aberdeen Pride: Sat 4th Jun 2005.<br />
WWW: http://uk.geocities.com/equalityforum/<br />
North East Scotland Gay Group: Caters for all ages<br />
and meets at 7.30pm on the 3rd Sun of every<br />
month. Tel: Phace Scotland on Aberdeen (01224)<br />
587166 (9am-5pm).<br />
E-mail: nesgg@phacescotland.org<br />
AYRSHIRE:<br />
Ayrshire Social & Sexuality Support Group: Meets<br />
3rd Wed of each month at 7pm in Irvine. Details<br />
of venue from David Bingham on 0141-332<br />
3837 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm), Irvine (01294)<br />
323473 or Strathclyde Switchboard.<br />
E-mail: davidb@phacescotland.org<br />
CAITHNESS:<br />
Caithness Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Group: A friendly<br />
informal group which meets irregularly. Write:<br />
Box 689, Journal Office, 42 Union Street, Wick.<br />
KW1 5ED. Tel: 07808 814007 (Fri 7-9pm).<br />
E-mail: caithnessglb@yahoo.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://members.lycos.co.uk/caithnessglc/index.htm<br />
DUNDEE:<br />
Disco:very: The newsletter from Diversitay.<br />
Available from: Diversitay (LGBT Group), PO Box<br />
53, Dundee, DD1 3YG.<br />
DUNFERMLINE:<br />
FifeFLAGS: Fife Free Lesbian and Gay Society.<br />
Based in Dunfermline, provides a welcoming and<br />
safe meeting space and drop-in centre near the<br />
town centre for the LGBT community, our friends,<br />
family and supporters. Regular social group meets<br />
on Mon and Thu eve from 7pm. Youth group for<br />
people up to age 25, coordinated by LGBT Youth<br />
Scotland, meets on first Mon of each month from<br />
7-9 pm. Support for parents of recently out children<br />
can also be arranged - contact for details.<br />
Various groups meet in comfortable surroundings<br />
and arrange activities and outings or just hang out<br />
and meet new friends over coffee and biscuits.<br />
Safer sex information and supplies available as<br />
part of the Fife Health Board condom distribution<br />
scheme. Tel: Dunfermline (01383) 738517.<br />
E-mail: Info@FifeFLAGS.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.fifeflags.org.uk/<br />
EDINBURGH:<br />
Icebreakers: Social group for guys and gals who<br />
want to make friendships and feel more at ease in<br />
the company of other gay people. Run by<br />
Switchboard volunteers. Takes place from 7.30-<br />
9pm in CC Blooms on the 2nd & 4th Wed of each<br />
month. If you’re recently out or new to Edinburgh<br />
or just feel a bit cut off and want a break, come<br />
along. A welcoming and non-threatening environment.<br />
First timers can be met outside. Phone<br />
Lothian Switchboard for details.<br />
ELGIN:<br />
Moray LGBT Group: Meets 3rd Thu of each month<br />
from 7.30pm at Health Point, 239 High Street,<br />
Elgin. Write: c/o Phace Scotland, 21-23 Justice<br />
Mill Lane, Aberdeen. AB11 6EQ. Tel: Aberdeen<br />
(01224) 587166. Fax: Aberdeen (01224)<br />
587167. E-mail: markt@phacescotland.org<br />
FALKIRK:<br />
FLAGS LGBT Centre: 56-58 Cow Wynd, Falkirk.<br />
FK1 1PU. Tel: Falkirk (01324) 617717. Situated<br />
near the centre of town. Resource area with latest<br />
magazines, leaflets etc. Free safer sex supplies for<br />
men and women. Tea and coffee area. Various<br />
groups meet in the Centre each week. For further<br />
information: telephone or E-mail and speak to one<br />
of the volunteers. E-mail: flagslgbt@hotmail.com<br />
GLASGOW:<br />
Glasgow LGBT Centre: The Centre Board manages<br />
Glasgow LGBT Centre Limited, which is registered<br />
as a Scottish charity and as a Scottish company.<br />
Centre Administrator and Manager are on duty<br />
(9.30am-5pm Mon-Fri). Membership criteria for<br />
Glasgow LGBT Centre Limited is available to all<br />
interested people agreeing to the code of conduct.<br />
See press for notice of the Annual General meeting<br />
of Members - childcare and BSL interpreter can<br />
be organised, but please give advance notice.<br />
Membership is closed in the last month. Write:<br />
Glasgow LGBT Centre, 11 Dixon Street, Glasgow,<br />
G1 4AL. Tel/Fax: 0141-221 7203.<br />
E-mail: admin1@glgbt.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.glgbt.org.uk/<br />
Icebreakers Group: For lesbians, gays and bisexuals<br />
new to the scene. 12.30-3pm on 1st Sun of<br />
each month at LGBT Centre, 11 Dixon Street.<br />
Details from Strathclyde Switchboard.<br />
INVERNESS:<br />
Highland Gay Men’s Group: Meets at 7.30pm on<br />
4th Wed of each month at 34 Waterloo Place. Tel:<br />
Inverness (01463) 711585 (Mon-Fri 9.30am-<br />
4.30pm).<br />
E-mail: hgmg@reachouthighland.org.uk<br />
Highland Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender<br />
Forum. Write: c/o Reach Out Highland, 34<br />
Waterloo Place, Inverness. IV1 1NB.<br />
E-mail: forum@gay-ness.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.gay-ness.org.uk/<br />
LANARKSHIRE:<br />
Lanarkshire Gay Group: An LGBT group which<br />
meets most Weds from 8pm in or around<br />
Hamilton. We are a small group of gay people<br />
who get together for support and friendship over<br />
a cup of tea or coffee. Join us for genuine friendship,<br />
we welcome new members, Gay, Lesbian,<br />
Bi, Transgender and their friends. Come along,<br />
give it a try, what have you got to lose? Write:<br />
LGG, 10 Bartie Gardens, Ashgill, Larkhall. ML9<br />
3FB. Tel: Larkhall (01698) 887532 (7-10pm).<br />
E-mail: LGG@bartie.fsnet.co.uk WWW:<br />
http://www.geocities.com/lanarkshiregaymensgroup/<br />
STIRLING:<br />
Stirling Gay Men’s Group meets monthly from<br />
Sep-Jun (generally 3rd Fri) in private houses.<br />
E-mail: Forthfriend@lademill.force9.co.uk WWW:<br />
http://www.lademill.f9.co.uk/Forthfriend.html<br />
WOMEN’S<br />
LISTINGS<br />
SCOTTISH NETWORK FOR LESBIAN STRENGTH:<br />
To further lesbian issues, follow a lesbian agenda<br />
and foster lesbian visibility. Further information<br />
from Highland Lesbian Group at PO Box 91,<br />
Inverness. IV2 7GJ.<br />
E-mail: High_Les@bigfoot.com<br />
ABERDEEN:<br />
Aberdeen Lesbian Group: A small social group of<br />
lesbian and bisexual women who meet every fortnight<br />
in the Women’s Centre, Shoe Lane (next to<br />
the Lemon Tree). They aim to bring together likeminded<br />
women into a friendly atmosphere<br />
focussing on fun and enjoyment. Tel: Aberdeen<br />
(01224) <strong>62</strong>5010 or 07786 795568.<br />
E-mail: aberdeenlesbiangroup@yahoo.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.geocities.com/aberdeenlesbiangroup/<br />
AroundAB-out 2001: A free monthly online<br />
newsletter primarily for lesbians in Aberdeen and<br />
the North-East of Scotland but has a mixed readership<br />
of gender, sexuality and age throughout the<br />
UK and internationally. It contains a mix of articles,<br />
humour, information and regular features.<br />
Personal copies are sent free via e-mail if requested,<br />
and the website is updated during the month<br />
with time related news. WWW:<br />
http://www.about2001.com/ For individual<br />
free subscriptions, E-mail:<br />
Subscriptions@About2001.com with the word<br />
“subscribe” either in the subject or in the body of<br />
the e-mail.<br />
Granite Sisters: Aberdeen based social and cultural<br />
group for lesbians throughout Scotland.<br />
Meetings and events held in both the private<br />
homes of members and public venues.<br />
Confidentiality and privacy are regarded as very<br />
important to this group as many members are not<br />
out, and you will find the members respect these<br />
values at gatherings. Website also contains news<br />
and information about gay issues, gay friendly<br />
holidays in Scotland etc. Further details: Maria<br />
Clark Manager/Secretary. Tel/Fax: Aberdeen<br />
(01224) 713336 (day/eve). Write: PO Box<br />
18230, Aberdeen. AB2 9YN.<br />
E-mail: 13@clara.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.13.clara.co.uk/<br />
Lesbian And Friends Lunch Club: 1st Sat of each<br />
month in Aberdeen Women’s Centre, Shoe Lane.<br />
Come along and be treated to a tasty lunch while<br />
enjoying a nice relaxing atmosphere in the company<br />
of like minded women. Tel: Aberdeen (01224)<br />
<strong>62</strong>5010. E-mail: savanah@clara.co.uk WWW:<br />
http://www.geocities.com/aberdeenlesbiangroup/lunch.html<br />
DUNDEE:<br />
Ellesbelles: Dundee’s women only drumming<br />
group. Meets every Thu from 5.30pm at Michelin<br />
Athletic Club, Drumgeith Road. Tel: Dundee<br />
(01382) 330131.<br />
E-mail: ellesbellesdundee@hotmail.com<br />
WWW: http://www.ellesbelles.com/<br />
We Bissums: A regular newletter for women in<br />
and around Dundee. Write: PO Box 6819,<br />
Dundee. DD1 2YG.<br />
E-mail: we_bissums@hotmail.com<br />
EDINBURGH:<br />
AD Group: For lesbians 40+. Monthly meeting and<br />
frequent social events. For details, phone<br />
Edinburgh Lesbian Line.<br />
Edinburgh Gay Women’s Group: Weekly social<br />
group to chat, laugh, do crazy things or more<br />
relaxed ones. Go to the movies, pub, theatre,<br />
dancing, whatever you fancy. Meets every Wed<br />
8pm onwards at Sala, LGBT Centre, 60 Broughton<br />
St. For details, phone Edinburgh Lesbian Line.<br />
Lesbian Book Group: Meets monthly (Wed 7.30-<br />
9.30pm) in basement of LGBT Centre for Health<br />
& Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, Edinburgh. Contact<br />
Kerry for further details / next book by E-mail:<br />
kjmcdoll@yahoo.co.uk or Tel: 07739 324046.<br />
LGBT Centre For Health & Wellbeing: 9 Howe<br />
Street, Edinburgh. EH3 6TE. Social events,<br />
women’s health consultation, groups, classes and<br />
volunteering for lesbian, bisexual and transgender<br />
women. Tel: 0131-523 1100.<br />
E-mail: allie@lgbthealth.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.lgbthealth.org.uk/<br />
LIBRA: Help for women concerned about their<br />
drinking. Free 1-2-1 counselling and groupwork.<br />
Tel: 0131-661 0111. Write: 4 Norton Park,<br />
Edinburgh. EH7 5RS.<br />
E-mail: libra@libra-lothian.fsnet.co.uk<br />
FALKIRK:<br />
Forth Valley Gay Women meet 7.30-9pm every<br />
2nd Thu at FLAGS LGBT Centre, 56-58 Cow Wynd,<br />
Falkirk. FK1 1PU. Tel: Falkirk (01324) 617717.<br />
GLASGOW:<br />
Centre For Women’s Health: Sandyford Initiative, 2-<br />
6 Sandyford Place (old Eye Infirmary), Glasgow.<br />
G3 7NB. Tel: 0141-211 6700. Minicom: 0141-<br />
211 6703. Fax: 0141-211 6702. Sappho @<br />
Sandyford: Sappho promotes positive health for lesbians<br />
and easier access to sexual, reproductive and<br />
women’s health services. A monthly well-woman<br />
clinic and screening service is provided in a lesbian<br />
friendly setting. Tel: 0141-211 8130 for appointment.<br />
Counselling at the Centre for Women’s<br />
Health takes place fortnightly on Tue eve. Women<br />
Only Space and Reference Library: Mon-Thu 10am-<br />
8.30pm, Fri 10am-4pm. Tel: 0141-211 6700 for<br />
info. There is a crèche within Sandyford Initiative -<br />
Tel: 0141-211 8647 for info.<br />
E-mail: sandyfordlib@glacomen.scot.nhs.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.sandyford.org/<br />
Glasgow Women’s Library: 4th/5th Floors, 109<br />
Trongate, G1 5HD. Tel/Fax: 0141-552 8345.<br />
Open Tue-Fri 1-6pm. Sat 2-5pm. Closed Mon.<br />
Lending and reference library - books, magazines,<br />
journals, videos, leaflets and information. UK and<br />
overseas feminist and lesbian publications.<br />
Contains the Lesbian Archive and Information<br />
Centre - a unique national collection of publications,<br />
journals and ephemera by and for lesbians.<br />
E-mail: gwl@womens-library.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.womens-library.org.uk/<br />
Glasgow Women’s Library Lesbian Outreach<br />
Service: A new group and two drop-in sessions are<br />
running for lesbian and bisexual women over 25.<br />
The group meets in the Library every second Wed<br />
eve, and afternoon drop-in sessions are in the<br />
Library or Glasgow LGBT Centre. For more information<br />
on dates and times contact the Library on<br />
0141-552 8345.<br />
OLGA - Older Women’s Group: Meets monthly. Tel:<br />
Jenny or Alex on Kilwinning (01294) 558171 or<br />
Rose on 0141-423 3025.<br />
E-mail: roseodoherty@hotmail.com<br />
Personal safety and confidence building courses<br />
for women are offered by Wise Women, 120<br />
Sydney Street, Glasgow. G31 1JF. Tel: 0141-550<br />
7557. Quertyphone: 0141-550 7558.<br />
INVERNESS:<br />
GirlZone: Formerly Girls @ The Gate. Friendly,<br />
informal social group for LBT and friends - all welcome.<br />
Meets 3rd Sat of each month. Tel: Joanne<br />
on 07792 223 687 for details and venue.<br />
E-mail: girlzone@gay-ness.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.gay-ness.org.uk/<br />
Highland Lesbian Group: A friendly lesbian social<br />
group which offers support and information.<br />
Organises fundraisers for Womankind Worldwide:<br />
http://www.womankind.org.uk/ WWW:<br />
http://www.freewebs.com/highlandlesbiangroup/<br />
Write: PO Box 91, Inverness. IV2 7GJ.<br />
E-mail: High_Les@bigfoot.com<br />
LESBIAN INFORMATION SERVICE:<br />
E-mail: jan@lesbianinformationservice.org<br />
WWW: http://www.lesbianinformationservice.org/<br />
LILLIDOTS:<br />
Lesbian Feminist Walking Group. Contact via<br />
Dundee Switchboard, Lothian Lesbian Line or<br />
Strathclyde Switchboard.<br />
YOUNG LESBIANS:<br />
See our Youth Groups listings.<br />
BISEXUALS<br />
BI EDINBURGH:<br />
A monthly space for bisexuals and those questioning<br />
their sexuality. Meets 3rd Wed of month from<br />
8pm at the Edinburgh LGBT Centre, 58a<br />
Broughton Street for informal discussion followed<br />
by drinks. Tel/text: 0796 396 0321.<br />
E-mail: info@biscotland.org<br />
WWW: http://www.biscotland.org/<br />
BI GLASGOW:<br />
Glasgow’s own bisexual group, for information,<br />
support and socializing, for bisexuals and those<br />
questioning their sexuality. Meets 1st Wed of<br />
month, from 7.30-9.30pm in the Ian Dunn Room<br />
at Glasgow LGBT Centre, followed by drinks. Also<br />
organises training and activist activities in support<br />
of bisexual visibility and pride. Tel/text: 0796<br />
396 0321. Write: Bi Glasgow, c/o Glasgow LGBT<br />
Centre, 11 Dixon Street, Glasgow, G1 4AL.<br />
E-mail: info@biscotland.org<br />
WWW: http://www.biscotland.org/<br />
ABUSE<br />
BROKEN RAINBOW LGBT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE<br />
SERVICE (UK):<br />
Works to change the situation for LGBT people facing<br />
domestic violence. Runs a listening, information<br />
and signposting Helpline Service, staffed by<br />
LGBT people. Tel: 020-8539 9507 (Mon-Fri 9am-<br />
1pm & 2-5pm).<br />
E-mail: mail@broken-rainbow.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.broken-rainbow.org.uk/<br />
MEN AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE:<br />
MASA offers a unique 1-2-1 counselling service for<br />
adult male survivors of childhood abuse. MASA<br />
can also provide Hypnotherapy and Electric<br />
Stimulation Therapy (a form of acupunture). Tel:<br />
0141-550 2048 (Tue 7-9pm).<br />
E-mail: abusedmen@aol.com<br />
RAPE AND ABUSE LINE:<br />
For male and female survivors. Women answer<br />
the Tel: Freephone 0808 8000123 (or Dingwall<br />
(01349) 865316) hours as advised on telephone<br />
answering machine. Men answer the Tel:<br />
Freephone 0808 8000122 (or Dingwall<br />
(01349) 8<strong>62</strong>686) hours as advised on telephone<br />
answering machine. Callers are welcome to<br />
phone either line. Write: PO Box 10, Dingwall.<br />
IV15 9HE.<br />
THRIVE:<br />
Counselling service for male survivors of childhood<br />
sexual abuse. Write: The Sandyford Initiative, 4<br />
Sandyford Place, Glasgow. G3 7NB. Tel: 0141-<br />
211 8133. E-mail: thrive@glacomen.scot.nhs.uk<br />
ATHEISTS/<br />
HUMANISTS<br />
GAY AND LESBIAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION:<br />
GALHA is a national membership group promoting<br />
the gay-friendly Humanist outlook and gay and<br />
lesbian rights as human rights. Write: 34 Spring<br />
Lane, Kenilworth, Warwickshire. CV8 2HB.<br />
Tel/Fax: Kenilworth (01926) 858450.<br />
E-mail: secretary@galha.org<br />
WWW: http://www.galha.org/<br />
HUMANIST BLESSINGS:<br />
Celebrate your love and commitment with a<br />
meaningful ritual or ceremony that you will<br />
always remember. Non-religious blessings/affirmation<br />
ceremonies, funerals and baby namings/welcomes.<br />
Woman Humanist Society registered<br />
officiant. Tel: 07739 826377 or<br />
E-mail: celebrate.lgbt@ntlworld.com<br />
PINK TRIANGLE TRUST:<br />
PTT is a gay charity which can arrange non-religious<br />
ceremonies of love and commitment for lesbian<br />
and gay couples at very reasonable rates in<br />
most parts of Scotland. Details from: Write: 34<br />
Spring Lane, Kenilworth, Warwickshire. CV8 2HB.<br />
Tel/Fax: Kenilworth (01926) 858450.<br />
E-mail: ceremonies@pinktriangle.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.pinktriangle.org.uk/<br />
BDSM<br />
MSC SCOTLAND:<br />
A club for men interested in Leather, Rubber,<br />
Uniform. Meets at the Regent Bar, Edinburgh, on<br />
the 3rd Sat of each month from 9pm. Write: PO<br />
Box 28, Edinburgh. EH3 5JL.<br />
E-mail: msc@msc-scotland.net<br />
WWW: http://www.msc-scotland.net/<br />
SCOTTISH GAY SKINS:<br />
Information Site for Scottish Gay Skinheads. E-<br />
mail: scotsskinsinfo@fsmail.net WWW:<br />
http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/scotsskins/<br />
ScotsSkins meet informally in The Claremont in<br />
Edinburgh on the 3rd Sat of each month.<br />
SM GAYS:<br />
E-mail: info@smgays.org<br />
WWW: http://www.smgays.org/<br />
SM PRIDE:<br />
Scottish contact -<br />
E-mail: druidic_goddess@yahoo.com<br />
WWW: http://www.uksmpride.org/<br />
BEARS<br />
BEARSCOTS:<br />
For hairy, moustached, bearded or bulky men and<br />
their admirers. Edinburgh: Meets 1st Sat of each<br />
month from 2pm in No. 18 Sauna and then from<br />
9pm in the Claremont Bar. Write: PO Box 12785,<br />
Edinburgh, EH6 7YU. Tel: Dundee (01382)<br />
640059. E-mail: info@bearscots.org.uk<br />
Glasgow: Meets 2nd Fri of each month from 8pm<br />
in the Revolver Bar. E-mail:<br />
glasgow_bear@yahoo.co.uk For details of other<br />
social events across Scotland contact BearScots or<br />
check the website.<br />
WWW: http://www.bearscots.org.uk/<br />
BIKERS<br />
GAY BIKERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB:<br />
A UK-wide club for women and men. Active<br />
Scottish section. Write: PO Box 33, Long Eaton,<br />
Nottingham. NG10 2BF.<br />
E-mail: info@gaybikers.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.gaybikers.co.uk/<br />
CHRISTIANS<br />
EDINBURGH GAY CATHOLIC SUPPORT GROUP:<br />
Meets monthly. Tel: 07833 740142.<br />
E-mail: gaycatholicedinburgh@yahoo.co.uk<br />
EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP:<br />
Lesbian, gay or bisexual? From an Evangelical tradition?<br />
So are we. Tel: Andrew on Mid Calder<br />
(01506) 499926. Write: 123 Byron Road,<br />
Chelmsford, Essex. CM2 6HJ.<br />
E-mail: info@eflgc.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.eflgc.org.uk/<br />
HOLY TRINITY METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY<br />
CHURCH:<br />
An inclusive church of the lesbigay and trangendered<br />
community open to all irrespective of sexuality.<br />
Services: Every Sun at 6pm (11am during<br />
Aug) at Augustine United Church, 41 George IV<br />
Bridge, Edinburgh (opposite the Central Library).<br />
Relationship blessings conducted by arrangement.<br />
Tel: 0131-226 1691. Write: Metropolitan<br />
Community Church, 41 George IV Bridge,<br />
Edinburgh. EH1 1EL.<br />
E-mail: mail@mccedinburgh.com<br />
WWW: http://www.mccedinburgh.com/<br />
QUAKERS:<br />
Quaker Lesbian and Gay Fellowship is a welcoming<br />
and supportive national group for people of all<br />
sexual orientations and their friends. Write: Ruth<br />
(SG), 46 The Avenue, Starbeck, Harrogate. HG1<br />
4QD. E-mail: qlgfcontact@btclick.com<br />
WWW: http://www.qlgf.org.uk/<br />
QUEST:<br />
Organisation for lesbian and gay Catholics.<br />
Monthly meetings are held in different regional<br />
groups throughout Britain. Scottish meetings held<br />
in Glasgow. Quest Linkline - The Helpline for Gay<br />
and Lesbian Catholics - Tel: (Freephone) 0808<br />
808 0234. Write: BM Box 2585, LONDON.<br />
WC1N 3XX.<br />
E-mail: quest@questgaycatholic.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.questgaycatholic.org.uk/<br />
ROMAN CATHOLIC CAUCUS OF THE LESBIAN &<br />
GAY CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT:<br />
Local group meets in Central Edinburgh. Write: RC<br />
Caucus, PO Box 24632, London. E9 6XF. Tel:<br />
020-7226 0847.<br />
E-mail: lgcm_rccaucus@hotmail.com<br />
CREATIVE ARTS<br />
DIVERSE ARTISTS:<br />
An opportunity for Artists from all Art Disciplines,<br />
to meet, discuss their Art and develop projects and<br />
workshop opportunities. Membership is open to<br />
all diverse artists. Tel: Aileen on 07931 309093.<br />
E-mail: admin1@glgbt.org.uk<br />
CULTURAL<br />
CELTIC MUSIC GAY GROUP:<br />
Mixed LGB group. Scottish/Irish music/culture<br />
fans (Wolfstone, Runrig, Wolfe Tones, Athenry,<br />
Aire Og, Christy Moore, etc). Watch and swap<br />
videos/cassettes. Write: BM Box 7970, LONDON.<br />
WC1N 3XX.<br />
EAST MEETS WEST:<br />
Are you Asian, and interested in forming a social<br />
group in the Glasgow/Edinburgh area with guys<br />
who are genuinely interested in Asians and Asian<br />
culture? If so, please either Tel: 07748 183<strong>62</strong>6<br />
or E-mail: gordino666@hotmail.com<br />
GAYKILTS:<br />
A friendly social group of men promoting the wearing<br />
of the traditional kilt. Regular meetings at<br />
Claremont Bar, Edinburgh, 2nd and last Sun of<br />
each month lunch times and 2nd Sat of each<br />
month from 8pm. Other kilted weekend get<br />
togethers and visits throughout Britain. Tel:<br />
07800 891702. E-mail: info@gaykilts.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.gaykilts.co.uk/<br />
GLASGAY!:<br />
Scotland’s annual celebration of queer culture.<br />
Next dates: 1st-20th Nov 2005. Write: GALA<br />
Scotland Ltd, PO Box 16812, Glasgow. G12 9ZU.<br />
Tel: 0141-334 7126 or 077<strong>62</strong> 722460.<br />
E-mail: info@glasgay.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.glasgay.co.uk/<br />
GLESGAY CEILIDH:<br />
A not for profit organisation hosting at least biannual<br />
fundraising ceilidhs in aid of Strathclyde<br />
Lesbian And Gay Switchboard and the Glasgow<br />
LGBT Centre. To join, find out more or help out,<br />
contact: Craig Wright on 07764 569094 or E-<br />
mail: glesgayceilidh@btopenworld.com<br />
INTERNATIONAL KILT APPRECIATION SOCIETY<br />
(IKAS):<br />
Contact and social group for guys interested in<br />
viewing/wearing kilts. Regular newsletter. Write:<br />
Mervyn Tacy, `Ziveli’, 20 Ordsall Park Road, RET-<br />
FORD. DN22 7PA. Please enclose sae. Tel: 01777<br />
708270. E-mail: IKILTas@aol.com<br />
REMEMBER WHEN PROJECT:<br />
Documenting the collective history of Edinburgh’s<br />
LGBT communities, recording life-stories and personal<br />
memories across the generations, and celebrating<br />
our rich and varied contributions to the<br />
quality of life in the city. Write: Brian Thompson,<br />
Remember When Project, 14 Forth Street,<br />
Edinburgh. EH1 3LH. Tel: 0131-558 2820.<br />
E-mail: brian@rememberwhen.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.rememberwhen.org.uk/<br />
SCOTTISH BORDERS GAY FILM GROUP:<br />
Meets monthly during autumn through to the<br />
spring, and views videos / DVDs with a gay<br />
theme or character. For more details please contact<br />
Alastair on Galashiels (01896) 757861.<br />
SCOTTISH GAY VEGGIE GROUP:<br />
Social group. Tel: 0141-883 2715 or 07963<br />
540356.<br />
CYBERSPACE<br />
LAMBDA BOARD - EDINBURGH:<br />
The UK’s oldest lesbigay 24 hour computer based<br />
bulletin board system. Private mailboxing, areas<br />
for Women, Gay Men, Bisexuals, Leather<br />
Enthusiasts, TV/TSs, etc. 0131-556 6316.<br />
Scrolling (8N1) and Viewdata (Prestel) formats<br />
at speeds up to V22bis (2400/2400).<br />
SCOTSGAY:<br />
All of the words from the magazine can be found<br />
on our website as well as interactive Meet Market<br />
and our Listings which are updated nearly every<br />
day. WWW: http://www.scotsgay.co.uk/<br />
HEALTH AND<br />
ABILITIES<br />
(including Sexual<br />
Health)<br />
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS:<br />
Whilst AA runs the following LGBT meetings in<br />
Edinburgh and Glasgow, please note that it is a<br />
non restrictive organisation and LGBT people are<br />
welcome at any meeting. Edinburgh: Tue 7.30pm<br />
(Edinburgh LGBT Centre, 58a Broughton Street).<br />
Glasgow: Tue 8pm (Phace Scotland, 2nd Floor,<br />
49 Bath Street), Thu 7.30pm (Nye Bevan House,<br />
20 India Street), Fri 8pm (Glasgow LGBT Centre,<br />
11 Dixon Street). National Helpline: 0845<br />
7697555 (24 hours). Scottish Office: 0141-226<br />
2214. Edinburgh Office: 0131-225 2727.<br />
BODY POSITIVE (GRAMPIAN):<br />
A self help group offering support and assistance<br />
for individuals with HIV/AIDS in the Grampian<br />
area. Write: PO Box 83, Aberdeen. AB9 1AA.<br />
BODY POSITIVE (STRATHCLYDE):<br />
9 Sandyford Place, Glasgow. G3 7NP. Provides a<br />
wide range of peer support, transport, therapies,<br />
and treatment information for those living with<br />
HIV/AIDS as well as outreach work in North<br />
Lanarkshire and Ayrshire and Arran. Drop In: Mon-<br />
Fri 11am-5pm. Social Activities & Emotional<br />
Support Group: Tue 6-8pm. Activists’ Group: Thu<br />
5-8pm. Crêche available Tue and Thu eves. Has<br />
opened a new Family Centre at 12a Sandyford<br />
Place that will house a number of new community<br />
initiatives including a healthy eating initiative<br />
and health and fitness programme. Works with<br />
young people in partnership with Barnardos<br />
Riverside Project. Administration: Mon-Fri 9am-<br />
5pm. Tel: 0141-248 8285. Fax: 0141-248<br />
9285. E-mail: info@bodypositive.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.bodypositive.org.uk/<br />
BODY POSITIVE (TAYSIDE):<br />
11-15 Princes Street, Dundee. DD4 6BY. A charity<br />
that exists to empower HIV and HepC positive<br />
people and those affected thereby to eliminate the<br />
stigma and isolation they experience. Tel: Dundee<br />
(01382) 461555. Fax: Dundee (01382)<br />
461424. Tue-Thu (Drop In) Noon-3.30pm.<br />
E-mail: admin@bptayside.sol.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.bodypositivetayside.org/<br />
BROWNLEE CENTRE (GLASGOW):<br />
Gartnavel General Hospital, 1053 Great Western<br />
Road, Glasgow. G12 0YN. Confidential information,<br />
advice, counselling and direct access testing<br />
for HIV and Hepatitis. The Centre provides ongoing<br />
medical and social care plus psychological and<br />
emotional support for people living with HIV infection<br />
and one to one counselling for people at risk<br />
of HIV. Tel: 0141-211 1089. Fax: 0141-211<br />
1097. Mon-Thu 9am-5pm, Tue 5-7.30pm, Thu 5-<br />
7.30pm, Fri 9am-4.30pm.<br />
BROWNLEE COMMUNITY TEAM:<br />
1st Floor, Granite House, 31 Stockwell Street,<br />
Glasgow. G1 4RZ. Social work service for people<br />
with HIV/AIDS providing intensive community<br />
based support. General advice and information on<br />
community care and housing needs also provided.<br />
Mon-Thu 8.45am-4.45pm. Fri 8.45am-3.55pm.<br />
Tel: 0141-552 4488. Fax: 0141-552 2760.<br />
Also at Brownlee Centre: Tel: 0141-211 1090.<br />
FIFE MEN:<br />
5 South Fergus Place, Kirkcaldy. KY1 1YA.<br />
(Behind Sheriff Court). Information, advice and<br />
support on gay and health issues, free condoms,<br />
and much more! Mon-Fri 1-5pm, Sat 10am-3pm.<br />
Tel: Kirkcaldy (01592) 265666. Fax: Kirkcaldy<br />
(01592) 643866.<br />
E-mail: enquiries@fifemen.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.fifemen.co.uk/<br />
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GAY MEN’S HEALTH:<br />
10a Union Street, Edinburgh. EH1 3LU. A community<br />
led Lothian wide project for gay and bisexual<br />
men. Wide ranging volunteering opportunities<br />
which provide services including support and counselling,<br />
scene work, peer education and training,<br />
provision of condoms, lube and Safer Sex information.<br />
Tel: 0131-558 9444. Fax: 0131-558<br />
9060. E-mail: info@gmh.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.gmh.org.uk/<br />
GAY MEN’S HEALTH TAYSIDE:<br />
Exists to promote the sexual health of gay and<br />
bisexual men living in Angus, Dundee and Perth<br />
and Kinross, reduce the spread of HIV within those<br />
communities and challenge the discrimination that<br />
can be faced by gay and bisexual men, including<br />
HIV positive gay and bisexual men, and those<br />
affected by HIV. Tel: Dundee (01382) 424070.<br />
Fax: Dundee (01382) 424090.<br />
E-mail: admin@gaymenshealthtayside.com<br />
WWW: http://www.gaymenshealthtayside.com/<br />
GLASGOW BROWNLEE AIDS WELFARE FUND:<br />
Raises funds for people with HIV/AIDS in the<br />
Greater Glasgow area. Write: PO Box 3954,<br />
Glasgow. G45 9WB. E-mail: info@gbawf.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.gbawf.org.uk/<br />
GRAMPIAN AIDS LINE:<br />
Helpline for people with questions on HIV/AIDS.<br />
Tel: Aberdeen (01224) 574000 (Mon-Tue<br />
8.30am-5pm, Wed 8.30am-6pm, Thu 8.30am-<br />
12.30pm, Fri 8am-4pm).<br />
GRAMPIAN BUDDY GROUP:<br />
Befriending and support service for people living<br />
with HIV/AIDS. Write: PO Box 353, Aberdeen.<br />
AB9 8DD. Tel: Aberdeen (01224) 555406.<br />
HEALTHY GAY SCOTLAND:<br />
A national HIV prevention & sexual health promotion<br />
programme for gay and bisexual men. Offers<br />
a range of services including info on its website,<br />
campaigns and resources and a free condoms by<br />
post scheme.<br />
WWW: http://www.healthygayscotland.com/<br />
HIV-AIDS CARERS AND FAMILIES SERVICE<br />
PROVIDER SCOTLAND:<br />
10 Elderpark Workspace, 100 Elderpark Street,<br />
Glasgow. G51 3TR. Mon-Fri 10am-5pm.<br />
Telephone Support Service Mon-Fri 7pm-10pm.<br />
Tel: 0141-445 8797. Fax: 0141-445 8798.<br />
E-mail: hiv-aids_carers@lineone.net<br />
WWW: http://www.hiv-aids-carers.org.uk/<br />
HIV SCOTLAND:<br />
Suite 2, 27 Beaverhall Road, Edinburgh. EH7 4JE.<br />
Tel: 0131-558 3713. Fax: 0131-558 9887.<br />
Previously known as the Scottish Voluntary HIV<br />
and AIDS Forum, this independent Scottish Charity<br />
runs a number of initiatives including Healthy Gay<br />
Scotland. E-mail: info@hivscotland.com<br />
WWW: http://www.hivscotland.com/<br />
JUICE:<br />
Weekly support group for HIV+ gay and bisexual<br />
men in Edinburgh. Tel: 0131-661 0982.<br />
KLINEFELTER SYNDROME:<br />
An Intersex condition affecting 1 in 700 live born<br />
males. Also known as 47,XXY. Self-Help/Support<br />
group for Internet users. Tel: Steph on 07950<br />
850981. E-mail: k.xxy@medscape.com WWW:<br />
http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/klinefelterxxy<br />
LADDIES & LASSIES CLUB:<br />
Scottish Deaf Gay & Lesbian Club. Normally meets<br />
in Merchant Pride, 20 Candleriggs, Glasgow, from<br />
7pm-Midnight on last Fri of each month (except<br />
Dec). Write: c/o Glasgow LGBT Centre, 11 Dixon<br />
Street, Glasgow. G1 4AL. E-mail: LLSDGALC@hotmail.com<br />
WWW: http://www.laddiesandlassies.co.uk/<br />
LANARKSHIRE HIV, AIDS AND HEPATITIS CENTRE:<br />
Counselling Service, Monklands Hospital, Monks<br />
Court Avenue, Airdrie. ML6 0JS. One stop shop for<br />
HIV and Hepatitis health services. Mon-Fri 9am-<br />
5pm. Also Tue & Thu 7-9.30pm (appointments<br />
only). Tel: Airdrie (01236) 747960 or 712247.<br />
Fax: Airdrie (01236) 712449.<br />
LESBIAN & GAY CARERS NETWORK -<br />
ALZHEIMERS SOCIETY:<br />
Carers’ contacts for gay men and lesbians are<br />
trained and skilled volunteers able to offer a listening<br />
ear and understanding to gay and lesbian carers<br />
of people with Alzheimer’s disease or any<br />
other form of dementia. Tel: Arthur on Brighton<br />
(01273) <strong>62</strong>8047, Bruce on Oxford (01865)<br />
847471, Roger on Thanet (01843) 220932 or<br />
Vanessa on Newport, Gwent (01633) 215782.<br />
Alzheimer’s Society National Helpline - Tel: 0845<br />
3000336 (8.30am-6.30pm Mon-Fri). Write: Lisa<br />
Cooper, Development Officer, Lesbian and Gay<br />
Carers Network, North West Regional Office,<br />
Alzheimers Society, 4 Wilmslow Road, Cheadle.<br />
SK8 1BT. Tel: 0161-428 1556.<br />
E-mail: lcooper@alzheimers.org.uk WWW:<br />
http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/Gay_Carers/ind<br />
ex.htm<br />
LGBT CENTRE FOR HEALTH & WELLBEING:<br />
9 Howe Street, Edinburgh. EH3 6TE. Working in<br />
partnership with the LGBT community and health<br />
service providers to improve the physical, mental<br />
and social wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual and<br />
transgender people in south-east Scotland.<br />
Volunteering opportunities in many diverse areas.<br />
Tel: 0131-523 1100.<br />
E-mail: admin@lgbthealth.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.lgbthealth.org.uk/<br />
MAN FRIDAY:<br />
The GUM clinic at Woolmanhill, Aberdeen session<br />
for Gay and Bi men. Fri 1.20-3.50pm. Testing and<br />
advice on sexual health matters is available by<br />
appointment or on a drop-in basis. Tel: Aberdeen<br />
(01224) 555555.<br />
PHACE SCOTLAND:<br />
49 Bath Street, Glasgow. G2 2DL. HIV prevention<br />
and support support services in Lanarkshire,<br />
Ayrshire and Arran, Argyll and Clyde and Greater<br />
Glasgow including Buddying and the Crusaid<br />
Hardship Fund in Scotland. Also provides a range<br />
of health promotion services for Gay and Bisexual<br />
men throughout the West of Scotland and<br />
Grampian. Please contact for further details.<br />
Volunteers welcome! Tel/Fax: 0141-332 3838.<br />
E-mail: contact@phacescotland.org<br />
WWW: http://www.phacescotland.org/<br />
PHACE SCOTLAND - GAY MEN’S SERVICES:<br />
134a Douglas Street, Glasgow. G2 4HF. Tel:<br />
0141-332 3837. Fax: 0141-332 3755.<br />
E-mail: contact@phacescotland.org<br />
WWW: http://www.phacescotland.org/<br />
PHACE SCOTLAND - GRAMPIAN LGBT HEALTH<br />
PROJECT:<br />
21-23 Justice Mill Lane, Aberdeen. AB11 6EQ.<br />
(Moving to 11 Waverley Place, Aberdeen. AB10<br />
1XH.). Tel: Aberdeen (01224) 587166. Fax:<br />
Aberdeen (01224) 587167.<br />
E-mail: markt@phacescotland.org<br />
PILLAR MENTAL HEALTH LGBT GROUP:<br />
For members of the LGBT Community offering support<br />
and advice at times of difficulty. Tel: Aberdeen<br />
(01224) <strong>62</strong>1266.<br />
E-mail: info@pillaraberdeen.co.uk or<br />
michaelm@phacescotland.org<br />
POSITIVE HELP:<br />
13a Great King Street, Edinburgh. EH3 6QW.<br />
Practical help for people who are infected or<br />
affected by HIV and AIDS in Edinburgh, their families<br />
and carers. Tel: 0131-558 1122. Fax: 0131-<br />
558 3636. E-mail: posihelp@onetel.com<br />
POSITIVE VOICE:<br />
37-39 Montrose Terrace, Edinburgh. EH7 5DJ.<br />
Self help for people living with and affected by<br />
HIV/AIDS in Lothian, offering advocacy and peer<br />
support. Tel: 0131-652 0754. Fax: 0131-661<br />
9100. E-mail: enquiries@positive-voice.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.positive-voice.org.uk/<br />
REACH OUT HIGHLAND:<br />
34 Waterloo Place, Inverness. IV1 1NB. Supports<br />
people throughout the Highlands - whether living<br />
there or visiting - to take responsibility for, manage,<br />
and make informed choices about their sexual<br />
health and well-being. Tel: Inverness (01463)<br />
711585 (Mon-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm). Fax:<br />
Inverness (01463) 711793.<br />
E-mail: support@reachouthighland.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.reachouthighland.org.uk/<br />
ROAM OUTREACH:<br />
Free confidential NHS Lothian outreach service for<br />
men using cruising areas including the Internet and<br />
male sex workers. As well as sexual health advice,<br />
provides info and advice on drugs, safer sex, personal<br />
safety and legal issues (including remote<br />
reporting of crime). Offers free and confidential<br />
HIV testing - out of hours drop in Mon 5-7pm<br />
where you can be tested for Hepatitis and receive<br />
Hep B vaccinations. Outreach bus is parked outside<br />
Calton Cemetery most Mon nights from around<br />
9pm - drop in to access free safer sex supplies.<br />
Website has anonymous contact form. Tel: 0131-<br />
537 8300 and ask for Mark, Ronnie or George.<br />
E-mail: enquiries@roam-outreach.com<br />
WWW: http://www.roam-outreach.com/<br />
SANDYFORD INITIATIVE:<br />
2-6 Sandyford Place (old Eye Infirmary), Glasgow. G3<br />
7NP. Glasgow’s main sexual health centre. Free web<br />
access and health library with large LGBT lending collection.<br />
Specialist services for gay men (See separate<br />
<strong>ScotsGay</strong> Listing for Steve Retson Project) and lesbians<br />
(See separate <strong>ScotsGay</strong> listing for Centre for<br />
Women’s Health). Self-referreal genitourinary medicine<br />
service with open access clinic every weekday<br />
with registration from 8.30-10am or book on 0141-<br />
211 8601. Women’s counselling and groups for eating<br />
disorders etc at Centre for Women’s Health.<br />
E-mail: helpsandyford@glacomen.scot.nhs.uk.<br />
WWW: http://www.sandyford.org/<br />
SEX ADDICTS ANONYMOUS:<br />
Men’s Sexual Health Recovery Group for the sexually<br />
driven and those at risk. A fellowship of men<br />
who meet on a regular basis in Glasgow and<br />
Edinburgh to stop their compulsive sexual behaviour.<br />
Tel: Scottish Helpline on 0141-552 0154<br />
(24 hours). E-mail: info@saa-recovery.org<br />
WWW: http://www.saa-recovery.org/<br />
SEXUAL HEALTH LINE:<br />
Freephone 0800 567123. 24 hours. Confidential<br />
advice and information. Minicom: Freephone<br />
0800 521361.<br />
WWW: http://www.playingsafely.co.uk/<br />
STEVE RETSON PROJECT:<br />
Sandyford Initiative, 2-6 Sandyford Place (old Eye<br />
Infirmary), Glasgow. G3 7NP. A free sexual health<br />
screening and counselling service for gay and<br />
bisexual men. Clinics run Tue & Wed 5.30-<br />
8.30pm. Also Thu 5.30-8.30pm at the LGBT<br />
Centre, 11 Dixon Street. Same-day HIV test by<br />
appointment on Tue morn. Tel: 0141-211 8<strong>62</strong>8.<br />
E-mail: johnny.duffy@glacomen.scot.nhs.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.steveretsonproject.org.uk/<br />
WAVERLEY CARE:<br />
58a Queen Street, Edinburgh. EH2 3NS.<br />
Waverley Care is an agency responsible for a number<br />
of projects for people living with AIDS/HIV in<br />
the Lothians. Tel: 0131-226 2206. Fax: 0131-<br />
226 2209. E-mail: director@waverleycare.org<br />
WWW: http://www.waverleycare.org/<br />
WAVERLEY CARE BUDDY SERVICE:<br />
Waverley Care Buddy Service is a volunteer<br />
befriending service offering emotional and social<br />
1:1 support for individuals living with HIV in<br />
Edinburgh and the Lothians. Write: David Wright,<br />
Buddy Service Co-ordinator, c/o Milestone House,<br />
113 Oxgangs Road North, Edinburgh. EH14 1EB.<br />
Tel: 0131-441 5405 (a private and dedicated<br />
phone line). E-mail: buddy@waverleycare.org<br />
WAVERLEY CARE DAYCARE SERVICE:<br />
Offers a range of daycare activities to people with<br />
HIV/AIDS. Tel: 0131-441 2791.<br />
WAVERLEY CARE MILESTONE HOUSE:<br />
113 Oxgangs Road North, Edinburgh. EH14 1EB.<br />
Residential care (primarily respite and palliative<br />
care) for people with HIV/AIDS. Tel/Fax: 0131-<br />
441 6989. E-mail: milestone@waverleycare.org<br />
WAVERLEY CARE SOLAS HIV/AIDS<br />
INFORMATION CENTRE:<br />
2/4 Abbeymount, Edinburgh. EH8 8EJ.<br />
Information, support, advice, counselling and a<br />
café. Café: Fri, Mon-Wed 11am-4pm. Thu 11am-<br />
6.30pm. Information Centre: Fri, Mon-Wed 9am-<br />
5pm. Thu 9am-7pm. Tel: 0131-661 0982.<br />
E-mail: solas@waverleycare.org<br />
WWW: http://www.waverleycare.org/<br />
OLDER GAYS<br />
CAFFMOS:<br />
Nationwide Social and Contacts Club for the older<br />
gay gentleman and his admirers, both young and<br />
old. Write: PO Box 2273, Hove. BN3 2GF. Tel:<br />
Hove (01273) 220995.<br />
E-mail: Caffmos2@aol.com<br />
WWW: http://www.caffmoscommunity.com/<br />
ORDER OF<br />
PERPETUAL<br />
INDULGENCE<br />
The Sisters and Brothers of the OPI are part of a<br />
world wide order of queer men and women of all<br />
sexualities which is open to all who feel the habit.<br />
Its tenets are: The expiation of stigmatic guilt and<br />
the promulgation of universal joy.<br />
WWW: http://www.thesisters.org.uk/<br />
OPI CONVENT OF DUNN EIDEANN:<br />
The Edinburgh convent. Write: Sister Athletica de<br />
la Bain OPI, c/o PO Box 666, Edinburgh. EH7<br />
5YW. E-mail: sisterathletica@drink.demon.co.uk<br />
OUTDOOR<br />
PURSUITS<br />
GAY BIRDERS CLUB:<br />
For LGBT Birdwatchers. Write: Gay Birders Club,<br />
GeeBeeCee, BCM-Mono, London. WC1N 3XX.<br />
E-mail: info@gbc-online.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.gbc-online.org.uk/<br />
GAY CARAVAN & CAMPING CLUB:<br />
For men and women. Regular meets throughout<br />
the UK. Tel: Marcus on Polruan (01726)<br />
870088. E-mail: info@gaycaravanclub.com<br />
WWW: http://www.gaycaravanclub.com/<br />
GAY OUTDOOR CLUB:<br />
Holds regular events including walking, skiing,<br />
cycling, mountaineering, camping, youthhostelling,<br />
badminton and swimming. Monthly<br />
social evening in Edinburgh on 2nd Thu of month.<br />
Please send an A5 sae to PO Box 637,<br />
Skellingthorpe, Lincoln, LN6 5XD, or ring one of<br />
the Scottish contacts: EDINBURGH: Walks &<br />
Social: Grant on 0131-556 8705, Gym &<br />
Swimming: Colin on 0131-226 4476. GLAS-<br />
GOW: Walks: Robert on 0141-950 1081, Cycling<br />
& Swimming: Douglas on 0870 3215894,<br />
Climbing: Jonathan on 0141-334 0812,<br />
Badminton: Donn on 07919 410042. HIGH-<br />
LANDS: Walks & Weekend Trips: Alan on Dores<br />
(01463) 751258 & Les on Inverness (01463)<br />
238920. MOUNTAINEERING: Roger on York<br />
(01904) 659544. See website for full details<br />
about events and how to make contact by E-mail.<br />
WWW: http://www.gocscotland.co.uk/.<br />
GLASGOW GAY RAMBLERS GROUP:<br />
Leisurely walks in the countryside. Bring sensible<br />
footwear/clothing and packed lunch. 2nd Sat of<br />
each month. Meet at Mitchell Library, Berkeley<br />
Street. No membership - just turn up. Cars normally<br />
shared. Tel: Robert on 0141-950 1081.<br />
E-mail: robert@gocscotland.org.uk<br />
PARENTS<br />
EDINBURGH LESBIAN MOTHERS GROUP (ELMG):<br />
Informal network of parents and women trying to<br />
be parents. See listing for Lesbian Mothers<br />
Network (Scotland) for contact details.<br />
GAY DADS SCOTLAND:<br />
Meets on last Thu of each month at 8pm in Sala<br />
Café, 60 Broughton Street. Glasgow meetings on<br />
2nd Mon of each month at the Glasgow LGBT<br />
Centre, 11 Dixon Street. Also meets socially each<br />
month in different cities. Contact for details or<br />
view the web site. Tel: 07791 188742.<br />
E-mail: info@gaydadsscotland.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.gaydadsscotland.org.uk/<br />
GLASGOW LESBIAN MOTHERS GROUP:<br />
Meets last Sat of each month. Contact Ruth Black<br />
on 0141-221 7203.<br />
E-mail: admin1@glgbt.org.uk<br />
LESBIAN MOTHERS NETWORK (SCOTLAND):<br />
Tel: Sue Robertson on 0131-556 3899/4563.<br />
Fax: 0131-557 7899. Write: One Parent Families<br />
Scotland, 13 Gayfield Square, Edinburgh. EH1<br />
3NX. E-mail: suerobertson@opfs.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.opfs.org.uk/<br />
PARENTS’ ENQUIRY SCOTLAND:<br />
Support for parents of LGBT children. Write: c/o<br />
LGBT Youth Scotland, John Cotton Centre, 10<br />
Sunnyside, Edinburgh. EH7 5RA. Tel: 0131-556<br />
6047 before 10pm.<br />
E-mail: parentsenquiry@hotmail.com<br />
WWW: http://www.parentsenquiryscotland.org/<br />
RAINBOW FAMILIES HIGHLAND:<br />
Support, advice and information for LGBT parents<br />
and families. Regular newsletter. Phone Maria on<br />
Beauly (01463) 782797 after 6.30pm and at<br />
weekends. E-mail: maria@scotland-info.co.uk or<br />
write c/o Reach Out Highland, 34 Waterloo<br />
Place, Inverness. IV1 1NB.<br />
POLITICAL<br />
GAY CONSERVATIVES:<br />
Represents the gay community to the<br />
Conservative Party. Write: BM TORCHE, London<br />
WC1N 3XX.<br />
WWW: http://www.gayconservatives.com/<br />
INTERCOURSE:<br />
Group devoted to encouraging discussion about<br />
sex and sexuality. Activities include pub nights,<br />
discussions and trips to the cinema. Mix of ages,<br />
genders, sexualities, ethnicities etc. Write:<br />
Intercourse, c/o 17 West Montgomery Place,<br />
Edinburgh. EH7 5HA.<br />
E-mail: info@intercourse.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.intercourse.org.uk/<br />
LIBERAL PARTY LESBIAN AND GAY CAMPAIGN:<br />
Tel: 0151-259 5935 (Telephone Answering<br />
Machine). Write: 41 Sutton Street, Liverpool. L13<br />
7EG. E-mail: libgay@libparty.demon.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.liberal.org.uk/<br />
OUT FOR INDEPENDENCE:<br />
The SNP’s LGBT Group, has been established to<br />
bring together lesbians, bisexuals, gay men and<br />
transgender people who support Independence,<br />
and to act as a forum within the SNP to discuss LGBT<br />
issues. Write: Out for Independence, 107 McDonald<br />
Road, Edinburgh. EH7 4NW.<br />
PRISONERS<br />
FREE MAGAZINES FOR PRISONERS:<br />
Copies of <strong>ScotsGay</strong> are sent free of charge to prisoners<br />
in UK prisons and institutions. Please contact<br />
us if you wish to be added to the mailing list.<br />
REAL ALE<br />
LESBIAN AND GAY REAL ALE DRINKERS:<br />
Formerly Diverse Drinkers, this is the Edinburgh<br />
group of CAMRA’s Task Group for LGBT real ale and<br />
cider fans. Meets in The Regent 1st Mon of each<br />
month from 9pm to sample the brewers’ art<br />
(except Aug when it is the 2nd Mon to avoid<br />
GBBF). Tel: Karen on 0131-557 8790. E-mail:<br />
diversedrinkers@drink.demon.co.uk WWW:<br />
http://www.lagrad-edinburgh.org.uk/ UK LGBT<br />
real ale pub listings can be found at WWW:<br />
http://www.lagrad.org.uk/<br />
RESIDENTIAL<br />
EVENTS<br />
EDWARD CARPENTER COMMUNITY:<br />
Runs residential events for gay men in SW<br />
Scotland, and other places (mainly the English<br />
Lake District). ECC organises events for gay men to<br />
get together in a supportive environment as an<br />
alternative to the commercial scene. Write: Edward<br />
Carpenter Community, BM ECC, London. WC1N<br />
3XX. Tel: 08703 215121. E-mail: info@edwardcarpentercommunity.org.uk<br />
WWW:<br />
http://www.edwardcarpentercommunity.org.uk/<br />
SPORTS<br />
ABERDEEN GAY MEN’S SWIMMING GROUP:<br />
Swim every Wed from 8pm onwards. Tel: David<br />
on Aberdeen (01224) 317552.<br />
E-mail: agmsg@drink.demon.co.uk<br />
CALEDONIAN THEBANS:<br />
Caledonian Thebans Rugby Football Club is<br />
Scotland’s first gay friendly rugby club.<br />
Predominantly made up of gay/bi men, but all<br />
are welcome. Instruction and practice by experienced<br />
members. Learn the game and get fit. No<br />
experience necessary. Tel: 07074 843226.<br />
E-mail: membership@thebans-rfc.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.thebans-rfc.co.uk/<br />
GAY GOLF CLUB:<br />
Tel: Dan on 0141-946 8290.<br />
E-mail: tierney_daniel@hotmail.com<br />
GLASGOW GAY AND LESBIAN BADMINTON CLUB:<br />
Meets every Thu from 8-10pm. Come along and<br />
have fun and enjoy meeting the other members<br />
for a friendly game. All welcome. Tel: Donn on<br />
07919 410042 (6-11pm).<br />
GLASGOW LGB RUNNING GROUP:<br />
Every Tue eve: run starts at 8pm. Meets at the<br />
main entrance to Bellahouston Leisure Centre.<br />
Choice of distances around Bellahouston and<br />
Pollok parks to cater for various levels of fitness<br />
and motivation, and an informal social gathering<br />
for post-run refreshment afterwards. An admission<br />
for the use of changing room, lockers and showers<br />
only is available at the Leisure Centre for £2.<br />
We aim to be changed and ready to start running<br />
at 8pm. Contact Chris by E-mail: running@gocscotland.org.uk<br />
or Tel: 07786 263274 (or text).<br />
GLASGOW SWIMMING GROUP:<br />
Meets informally during adults-only session 7.30-<br />
9pm Thu at North Woodside Pool, Braid Square.<br />
Tel: Douglas on 0141-649 5896. See website for<br />
details of how to make contact by e-mail.<br />
WWW: http://www.gocscotland.org.uk/<br />
GAY FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS NETWORK:<br />
Write: GFSN Membership Secretary, c/o Central<br />
Station, 37 Wharfdale Road, London. N1 9SE.<br />
Tel: Barry on Stony Stratford (01908) 564085.<br />
E-mail: skyblueandwhite@btinternet.com<br />
WWW: http://www.gfsn.org.uk<br />
GOC CYCLING GROUP:<br />
Runs on 2nd Sun of each month (except Dec)<br />
throughout Central Scotland. Tel: Douglas on<br />
0870 3215894. See website for full details<br />
about events and how to make contact by e-mail.<br />
WWW: http://www.gocscotland.org.uk/.<br />
TEAM SCOTLAND BADMINTON CLUB:<br />
Glasgow based gay and lesbian badminton club<br />
meets twice weekly for competitive games.<br />
International tournaments and matches against<br />
clubs in London and Europe are held annually.<br />
Sorry - no beginners. Tel: Raymond on 0141-778<br />
9220.<br />
E-mail: teamscotland@gaysport.info<br />
WWW: http://www.gaysport.info/teamscotland/<br />
STUDENTS<br />
Many Universities and Colleges have Lesbian, Gay,<br />
Bisexual and Transgendered Societies.<br />
Contact these via your Student Union or Student<br />
Association. <strong>ScotsGay</strong> also links to a number of<br />
LGBT Soc websites from our own web page at<br />
http://www.scotsgay.co.uk/<br />
Many LGBT Socs are open to non-students living in<br />
the area. Tel: NUS Scotland LGBT Officer on 0131-<br />
556 6598. Fax: 0131-557 5679. Write: Scott<br />
Cuthbertson, LGBT Officer, NUS Scotland, 29<br />
Forth Street, Edinburgh. EH1 3LE.<br />
E-mail: mail@nus-scotland.org.uk<br />
TV/TS<br />
ABERDEEN:<br />
3G (Grampian Gender Group). Offers support,<br />
help and a safe environment for Transgendered<br />
People. Meets 3rd Sat of each month Noon-5pm.<br />
Tel: Gillian on 07050 5<strong>62</strong>175. Mon 7-9pm.<br />
E-mail: Gillian_abdn@yahoo.co.uk<br />
EDINBURGH:<br />
Edinburgh TV/TS Group meets 2nd Mon of each<br />
month from 7-10pm at the LGBT Centre for Health<br />
& Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, Edinburgh. Tel:<br />
Louise on New Oakley (01383) 852529 or<br />
Lorraine on Kinghorn (01592) 891344.<br />
EDINBURGH:<br />
TransAlba aims to support both pre and post-op<br />
transexuals, their families and friends. Helpline:<br />
07961 574880 (Mon-Fri 6-10pm). E-mail:<br />
transalba03@aol.com<br />
Trans Men Scotland - for all FTM’s, transmen,<br />
transsexual, transgender, pre-op, post-op, non-op,<br />
exploring options, living long term, in transition -<br />
WORKPLACE<br />
AFLAGA:<br />
The Armed Forces Lesbian & Gay Association (formerly<br />
Rank Outsiders). Support group for all serving<br />
and LGBT ex members. Write: BCM Box<br />
8431, London. WC1N 3XX. National Helpline:<br />
0870 740 7755 (24 hours). E-mail: info@aflaga.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.aflaga.org.uk/<br />
CAS:<br />
Support group for all LGBT people involved in<br />
Scottish Citizens Advice Bureaux. Tel: Gary on<br />
Eyemouth (018907) 52074.<br />
E-mail: cas@drink.demon.co.uk<br />
EIS GAY AND LESBIAN NETWORK:<br />
Write: Veronica Rankin, National Officer<br />
(Education and Equalities), 46 Moray Place,<br />
Edinburgh. EH3 6BH. Tel: Veronica Rankin on<br />
0131-225 <strong>62</strong>44. E-mail: vrankin@eis.org.uk<br />
FIRE BRIGADES UNION GAY AND LESBIAN<br />
SUPPORT GROUP:<br />
For firefighters and control staff. Write: National<br />
Gay And Lesbian Committee, PO Box 10555,<br />
LONDON. N1 8XT. Tel: 07801 047<strong>62</strong>0.<br />
E-mail: gal01@fbu-ho.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.fbu.org.uk/<br />
GAY POLICE ASSOCIATION IN SCOTLAND:<br />
Membership is open to all police officers and<br />
police staff, serving or retired. Write: Inspector<br />
David Lyle, Police Headquarters, Fettes Avenue,<br />
Edinburgh, EH4 1RB. Tel: 0131-311 3218. E-<br />
mail: alan@gpascotland.com (Strathclyde) or<br />
david@gpascotland.com (L&B and all other<br />
forces). WWW: http://www.gpascotland.com/<br />
GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL G&L EMPLOYEES<br />
FORUM:<br />
Tel: Charles Thompson on 0141-287 3744.<br />
E-mail: charles.thompson@land.glasgow.gov.uk<br />
or however else you might define. If you are or<br />
were born female bodied and define yourself as<br />
male some or all of the time you will be welcome<br />
to a new support group for all trans men in<br />
Scotland. Meets 7.30pm on the 2nd Sat of each<br />
month at the LGBT Centre for Health and<br />
Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, Edinburgh. For further<br />
info E-mail: transmenscotland@aol.com or Tel:<br />
Maxwell or Lewis on 0131-477 0525.<br />
GLASGOW:<br />
Crosslynx TV/TS/TG Group meets 2nd Wed of<br />
each month from 7-10pm. Tel: Crosslynx Helpline<br />
on 0141-847 0787 (Mon 7.30-9.30pm). Write:<br />
c/o 11 Dixon Street, Glasgow. G1 4AL.<br />
E-mail: caroltaylortg@tesco.net<br />
listings<br />
INVERNESS:<br />
Highland T Group 3rd Wed of each month at 7pm<br />
at 34 Waterloo Place, Inverness. Tel: Inverness<br />
(01463) 711585 (Mon-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm).<br />
E-mail: tgroup@reachouthighland.org.uk<br />
GMB SCOTLAND EQUAL RIGHTS GROUP:<br />
Write: Regional Equal Rights Officer, GMB<br />
Scotland, Fountain House, 1/3 Woodside<br />
Crescent, Glasgow. G3 7UJ. Tel: 0141-352<br />
8143. E-mail: richard.leonard@gmb.org.uk<br />
UNISON:<br />
Glasgow City Lesbian & Gay Group. Meets monthly<br />
on Payday Tuesday in the Glasgow LGBT Centre<br />
at 6pm. Tel: Neil MacInnes on 07810 358139.<br />
E-mail: macinnesneil@aol.com<br />
Scotland L&G Committee. Write: Neil MacInnes,<br />
Secretary, UNISON House, 14 West Campbell<br />
Street, Glasgow. G2 6RX. Tel: 0141-332 0006 or<br />
Neil MacInnes on 07810 358139. E-mail: macinnesneil@aol.com<br />
WWW: http://www.unisonscotland.org.uk/lesbiangay/<br />
West Network. For Unison members in the West<br />
of Scotland. Meets quarterly. Tel: Neil MacInnes<br />
on 07810 358139.<br />
E-mail: macinnesneil@aol.com<br />
SCOTSGAY:<br />
All of the words from the magazine can be found<br />
on our website as well as interactive Meet Market<br />
and our Listings which are updated nearly every<br />
day. WWW: http://www.scotsgay.co.uk/<br />
YOUTH GROUPS<br />
ARGYLL & CLYDE YOUTH SEXUALITY & SUPPORT<br />
GROUPS:<br />
If you are interested in getting involved in a local<br />
group that helps gay and bisexual men aged<br />
under 26 come to terms with their sexuality, Tel:<br />
Matt Johnston on 0141-332 3837 (Mon-Fri<br />
9am-5pm) or E-mail: mattj@phacescotland.org<br />
HIGHLAND GAY, LESBIAN AND BISEXUAL YOUTH<br />
GROUP:<br />
Meets 7.30pm 1st Wed of each month at 34<br />
Waterloo Place, Inverness. Tel: Inverness<br />
(01463) 711585 (Mon-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm).<br />
E-mail: support@reachouthighland.org.uk<br />
LGBT YOUTH SCOTLAND:<br />
John Cotton Centre, 10 Sunnyside, Edinburgh.<br />
EH7 5RA. Provides services and opportunities for<br />
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people<br />
(13-25) in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife,<br />
Borders and Tayside. The groups include drop-ins<br />
at their offices for under-18’s (Wed) and for over<br />
18’s (Thu). They also have a range of different<br />
opportunities to get involved with, including volunteering<br />
and projects involving video and arts work,<br />
and they offer training services. Advice, support<br />
and housing services are also available in<br />
Southeast Scotland. Nationally, they run regular<br />
events for young people to get involved in local<br />
and national decision-making, and to make new<br />
pals and have a laugh. So, if any of these sound<br />
good to you, get in touch. Confidential Youthline<br />
Tel: 0845 113 0005 (Tue 7.30-9pm). Office<br />
Tel/Fax: 0131-<strong>62</strong>2 2266 (Mon-Fri 9.30am-<br />
5pm). E-mail: info@lgbtyouth.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.lgbtyouth.org.uk/<br />
LIPS - LESBIANS IN PEER SUPPORT:<br />
Project supporting young lesbians and bisexual<br />
women aged 25 and under. Offers a safe space<br />
for young lesbian and bisexual women to meet,<br />
providing information, support and activities.<br />
Meets 2nd & 4th Thu of each month from 7-9pm<br />
at Glasgow Women’s Library, 109 Trongate,<br />
Glasgow. Group for lesbians and bisexual women<br />
who are 18 or under meets also at Glasgow<br />
Women’s Library 1st & 3rd Sat of each month<br />
from 2-4pm. Contact Shona for more details or<br />
just turn up. Tel: 0141-552 8345/7539.<br />
E-mail: gwl@womens-library.org.uk<br />
PHŒNIX LGBT YOUTH DUMFRIES:<br />
Group for lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender<br />
young people (13-25) in Dumfries & Galloway.<br />
Based in Dumfries, but with a group in Stranraer<br />
coming soon, this is an exciting new chance to get<br />
involved and meet new people. Tel: Youthline on<br />
0845 113 0005 (Tue 7.30-9pm) or Dumfries<br />
Youth Enquiry Service on Dumfries (01387)<br />
251322 and ask for Grace Cardozo.<br />
E-mail: info@lgbtyouth.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.lgbtyouth.org.uk/<br />
THIS WAY OUT:<br />
Group for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender or<br />
those who are unsure. For people aged 25 or<br />
under. Informal meetings held monthly on Wed<br />
eves. Phone Diversitay LGBT Switchboard on<br />
Dundee (01382) 202<strong>62</strong>0 Mon 7-10pm. Write:<br />
Diversitay LGBT Group, PO Box 53, Dundee, DD1<br />
3YG. E-mail: contact@diversitay.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.diversitay.org.uk/<br />
Confidentiality guaranteed.<br />
VIVIDYOUTH:<br />
For young LGBT people aged 15-25. Meets at the<br />
Glasgow LGBT Centre on Tue from 7.30-9.30pm.<br />
E-mail: nicola.thornton@cls.glasgow.gov.uk<br />
SCOTSGAY:<br />
All of the words from the magazine can be found<br />
on our website as well as interactive Meet Market<br />
and our Listings which are updated nearly every<br />
day. WWW: http://www.scotsgay.co.uk/<br />
29
venues and emporia<br />
ABERDEEN<br />
ABERDEEN WOMEN’S CENTRE*<br />
Shoe Lane, (next door to Lemon Tree). Tel:<br />
(01224) <strong>62</strong>5010. Tue-Wed 10am-2pm, Thu 5-<br />
9pm. A *women only space* where all women<br />
are welcome without prejudice. Free use of computers<br />
and Internet connection. Access for disabled.<br />
No smoking policy in Centre. Contact Maria<br />
Clark for more details at E-mail: awc@clara.co.uk<br />
BAR INDIGO*<br />
20 Adelphi. Sun-Thu 5pm-2am, Fri-Sat 5pm-3am.<br />
Gay bar/club in old Oh Henry’s premises. Free<br />
entry before Midnight - thereafter £2 entry Fri, £3<br />
entry Sat.<br />
WELLMANS HEALTH STUDIO*<br />
3rd Floor, 21-23 Justice Mill Lane. Tel: (01224)<br />
211441. Mon-Fri 11am-10pm, Sat-Sun 10am-<br />
5pm. Aberdeen’s first (and only) gay sauna. Two<br />
video booths, dark room, sauna, steam room,<br />
stand-and-tan sun cabin. Massages available from<br />
£20 - no need to book in advance.<br />
ABERDOUR<br />
FORRESTER’S ARMS*<br />
35 High Street. Tel: (01383) 860544. Sun<br />
12.30pm-Midnight, Mon-Sat 11.30am-Midnight.<br />
Gay-friendly venue operated by Mark (ex<br />
Edinburgh’s Holyrood Tavern). Real ale.<br />
ARBROATH<br />
INVERPARK HOTEL*<br />
42 Millgate Loan. Tel: (01241) 873378. Bar:<br />
Sun-Thu 11am-2pm & 5pm-11pm, Fri-Sat 11am-<br />
2pm & 5pm-1am. Restaurant: Noon-8pm.<br />
Recently taken over by Beverli and Tina and welcomes<br />
LGBT folk.<br />
DUNDEE<br />
BROOKLYN’S BAR*<br />
2 St Andrew’s Lane. Tel: (01382) 200660. 5pm-<br />
Midnight. Well appointed gay-friendly bar next<br />
door to Out and under the same management.<br />
Karaoke: Wed, Fri & Sun. DJ: Sat (Handbag<br />
Heaven Show).<br />
CHARLIE’S BAR*<br />
75-79 Seagate. Tel: (01382) 226840. Sun<br />
12.30-11pm, Mon-Sat 11am-Midnight. Gayfriendly<br />
bar with free disco Fri & Sat 8pm-<br />
Midnight. Free use of premises for pre-booked<br />
groups.<br />
OUT*<br />
124 Seagate. Tel: (01382) 200660. Wed-Sun<br />
11pm-2.30am. Good atmosphere, very popular<br />
disco with wide selection of sounds and the occasional<br />
act/PA.<br />
EDINBURGH<br />
THE AULD HOOSE*<br />
23-25 St Leonards Street. Tel: 0131-668 2934.<br />
Sun 12.30pm-1am, Mon-Sat 11.30am-1am.<br />
Everybody-friendly bar. Real ale. Food served all<br />
day.<br />
BAR JAVA*<br />
48-52 Constitution Street, Leith. Tel: 0131-553<br />
2020. Fax: 0131-552 9683. Sun 9am-1am,<br />
Mon-Sat 8am-1am. Gay-friendly bar and hotel.<br />
Meals served daily. Hotel rooms from £25 p/p. E-<br />
mail: enquiries@hotelbarjava.com WWW:<br />
http://www.hotelbarjava.com/<br />
BLACK BO’S<br />
57/61 Blackfriars Street. Tel: 0131-557 6136.<br />
Mon-Thu 6-10pm, Fri-Sat 6-10.30pm. Superb little<br />
mostly vegetarian restaurant. Friendly staff.<br />
Mixed clientele. E-mail: admin@blackbos.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.blackbos.co.uk/<br />
BLAZE<br />
eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434.<br />
11pm-3am. 1st, 3rd & 4th Fri of each month.<br />
Next dates: 25th Feb, 4th, 18th, & 25th Mar.<br />
Commercial/funky house & chart by James<br />
Longworth and guests. “Igniting the gay weekend”.<br />
£1.50 drinks promos all night. Entry £5. E-<br />
mail: info@jameslongworth.com WWW:<br />
http://www.jameslongworth.com/<br />
BLUE MOON*<br />
1 Barony Street/36 Broughton Street. Tel: 0131-<br />
556 2788 (Bar) or 0131-557 0911 (Office).<br />
Sun 10am-11pm, Mon-Thu 11am-11pm, Fri<br />
11am-11.30pm, Sat 10am-11.30pm. Food<br />
served until 10pm. Popular lesbigay café/bar<br />
complex.<br />
BOBBIE’S BOOKSHOP*<br />
220 Morrison Street. Tel: 0131-538 7069. Mon-<br />
Sat 10am-1pm, 2-5.30pm. Mixed bookshop selling<br />
a selection of UK and imported gay magazines.<br />
BOOTYLUSHOUS<br />
Medina Nightclub (Under Negociants), 45-47<br />
Lothian Street. Tel: 0131-225 8313. Info Line:<br />
07736 936650. Sun 10pm-3am. Hosted by DJ<br />
Dale Lush and Graeme F. R&B/Soul/Disco. £2<br />
entry before Midnight - £3 thereafter. E-mail:<br />
dale@lushmarketing.com<br />
WWW:<br />
http://www.lushmarketing.com/<br />
FRENCHIES BAR*<br />
89 Rose Street Lane North. Tel: 0131-225 7651.<br />
Sun 2pm-1am, Mon-Sat 1pm-1am. Vibrant gay<br />
bar (Edinburgh’s oldest) in the heart of Rose<br />
Street. Happy Hour 6-8pm every day.<br />
BURLY TOO<br />
The Commplex, 39-40 Commercial Street, Leith.<br />
Tel: 0131-555 5600. Info Line: 07930 357401.<br />
3rd Sat of each month (TBC). 10.30pm-3am.<br />
Launch Night: Fri 25th Mar. Aimed at lads 25+.<br />
Dress Code: Sportswear, denim, rubber, leather,<br />
uniform, kilts. DJ Hi-FI Sean. Introductory charge:<br />
Donation to Waverley Care. “Burly designed to be<br />
cruisy”. £7 on the door. E-mail: dv8scots@hotmail.com<br />
WWW: http://www.dv8scots.co.uk/<br />
C.C. BLOOM’S*<br />
23 Greenside Place. Tel: 0131-556 9331. Mon,<br />
Fri, Sat 6pm-3am, Sun, Tue-Thu 8pm-3am. Two<br />
floors. Karaoke on Thu and Sun. Cilla Slack on Fri<br />
10pm-3am. Disco every night from 11pm.<br />
E-mail: xanderfan82@hotmail.com<br />
WWW: http://www.ccblooms.com/<br />
CLAREMONT BAR & RESTAURANT*<br />
133/135 East Claremont Street. Tel: 0131-556<br />
56<strong>62</strong>. Fax: 0131-558 3539. Bar: Sun<br />
12.30pm-1am, Mon-Sat 11am-1am. Restaurant:<br />
Sun 12.30pm-6pm, Mon-Sat 11.30am-2.30pm<br />
and 6pm-10pm. “The Claremont is one of the<br />
most relaxed attitude bars in the city and has a policy<br />
that the customer always comes first.”<br />
Renowned for courtesy, comfort and good food.<br />
1st Sat: Bearscots for bears and bear lovers. 2nd<br />
Sat: Gaykilts & Sporran Clan. 3rd Sat: Fetish,<br />
leather and Scotskins). 4th Sat: Camouflage/uniform<br />
night. 5th Sat: Fetish night.<br />
E-mail: mail@claremontbar.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.claremontbar.co.uk/<br />
DISKO BLOODBATH<br />
eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434.<br />
11pm-3am. Monthly. 1st Wed of each month.<br />
Next date: Wed 2nd Mar. Edinburgh’s 1st<br />
Alternative Queer Night. Electro/Indie/Punk/<br />
Rock. Free badges. XXX projections. £3.<br />
E-mail: gregorlaird@hotmail.com<br />
WWW: http://www.diskobloodbath.myby.co.uk/<br />
EASYINTERNETCAFé<br />
58 Rose Street. Tel: 0131-220 3577. Sun 9am-<br />
10pm, Mon-Sat 7am-10pm. Large Internet Café<br />
from which many gay men seem to troll the net<br />
instead of just picking up each other! WWW:<br />
http://www.easyinternetcafe.com/<br />
EDINBURGH LGBT CENTRE*<br />
58a and 60 Broughton Street. Houses Sala Café-<br />
Bar and Pride Scotia (Edinburgh). Provides meeting<br />
and noticeboard space for many LGBT organisations.<br />
FEVER<br />
eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434. Info<br />
Line: 0131-557 4656. 11pm-3am. Monthly.<br />
Next dates: Sat 5th Mar, 2nd Apr, 30th Apr (1st<br />
Birthday with Special Guest Paul Heron). Taste’s<br />
monthly night featuring Taste resident DJs Fisher &<br />
Price and Martin Valentine in the ballroom and The<br />
Visitor and Kaupuss playing pophouseelectrodisconewwaveglam<br />
(basically anything goes) in the<br />
Cocteau Lounge. Pre-club party at The Street from<br />
9pm with DJs The Visitor and Kaupuss. Ask staff<br />
for discount passes. £8 Members/£10 - Taste<br />
members £5 before 11.15pm.<br />
WWW: http://www.taste-clubs.com/<br />
HABANA*<br />
22 Greenside Place. Tel: 0131-558 1270. Sun<br />
12.30pm-1am, Mon-Sat Noon-1am. Centrally<br />
located pre club bar. Open and bright as well as<br />
quite intimate. Busy. Drink promos throughout the<br />
month. E-mail: habana1@btinternet.com.<br />
WWW: http://www.gayscotland.com/habana/<br />
HEROES<br />
Rhythm Room, Below Q-Bar, 5-11 Leith Street.<br />
Tel: 0131-557 5830. 8pm-1am. 2nd & 4th Sat<br />
of each month. Next dates: Sat 26th Feb, 12th<br />
(Fractal Jack appearing! hot sweaty naked rock<br />
boys) & 26th Mar, 9th & 23rd Apr. New club<br />
night launches 26th Feb (note changed venue).<br />
Live Music, go-go dancers, movies, performance<br />
art, eclectic music policy.<br />
WWW: http://www.geocities.com/YRaHERO/<br />
JOY<br />
The Venue, 15 Calton Road. JOY Info Line: 0131-<br />
467 2551. 11pm-3am. Monthly. Next date: Sat<br />
12th Mar. Popular club night held on three levels<br />
and featuring DJs Maggie Joy, Alan Joy and Brett<br />
King in the main room, Trendy Wendy and Sally F<br />
downstairs in The Cooler. £8 Joy members/£10<br />
otherwise - look out for discount passes in the bars<br />
beforehand.<br />
LEATHER AND LACE*<br />
8 Drummond Street. Tel: 0131-557 9413. Fax:<br />
0131-557 8336.<br />
Sun Noon-9pm, Mon-Sat 10am-9pm. 25 Easter<br />
Road. Tel: 0131-<strong>62</strong>3 6969. Noon-6pm. 368-370<br />
Gorgie Road (Currently not licensed as a sex<br />
shop). Tel: 0131-468 6969. Sun Noon-8pm,<br />
Mon-Sat 11am-8pm. Scotland’s ORIGINAL<br />
licenced SEX shops! Toys galore, video rental too!<br />
Larger sizes stocked.<br />
MINGIN’<br />
The Venue, 15 Calton Road. Info Line: 0131-467<br />
2551. 11pm-3am. Monthly. Next dates: Sat 19th<br />
Mar, 16th Apr. Keep your eyes open for special<br />
passes in the bars over the next few weeks for<br />
FREE ENTRY to Mingin’ before midnight. Also as a<br />
wee twist to the night, Alan Joy will be playing first<br />
(11pm-1am) and Brian Dempster will be finishing<br />
off the night (1am-3am). £6 entry (£5 before<br />
midnight). E-mail: mingin@blueyonder.co.uk<br />
LUVELY<br />
The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street. Tel: 0131-<br />
225 2564. Info Line: 0131-657 4633.<br />
10.30pm-3am. Monthly. Next dates: 26th<br />
Feb, 19th Mar, 23rd Apr. Mega club night with<br />
resident DJs Tommy Kay, Newton & Stone,<br />
Jared and GP.<br />
WWW: http://www.luvely.net/<br />
NEWTOWN BAR*<br />
26B Dublin Street. Tel: 0131-538 7775. Fax:<br />
0131-539 1132. Sun 12.30pm-1am, Mon-Thu<br />
Noon-1am, Fri-Sat Noon-2am. Especially popular<br />
with men. Drinks Promotions Daily. Downstairs:<br />
Disco Bar is open Fri & Sat with resident DJ<br />
Malcolm from 10pm-2am - also available for hire<br />
Sun-Thu.<br />
E-mail: Webmaster@thenewtownbar.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.thenewtownbar.co.uk/<br />
No EIGHTEEN*<br />
18 Albert Place, Leith Walk. Tel: 0131-553 3222.<br />
Mon-Thu Noon-10pm, Fri-Sun Noon-11pm. Claims<br />
to be Edinburgh’s busiest men only sauna. Relaxed<br />
and friendly atmosphere with excellent facilities<br />
which include large sauna cabin, 14-man steam<br />
room, private rooms, 8-man filter Jacuzzi, communal<br />
and private showers, themed rooms, video<br />
area and TV lounge. Hot and cold refreshments<br />
available. £9 (£7 concessions). Manager’s special:<br />
admission £5 after 8pm.<br />
WWW: http://www.number18sauna.com/<br />
PLANET OUT*<br />
6 Baxter’s Place. Tel: 0131-524 0061. 4pm-<br />
1am. Popular and busy gay bar with friendly staff.<br />
Cheap drinks on a Mon!<br />
E-mail: planetout@btinternet.com<br />
POLYSUPER<br />
Mood Nightclub, Omni Leisure Development,<br />
Greenside Place. Tel: 0131-550 1640. Mon<br />
10pm-3am. A Polysuper selection of commercial<br />
R’n’B, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s hits and today’s Top Of The<br />
Pops blended with a cheezee assortment of the<br />
most popular camp anthems. Entry: free before<br />
11pm thereafter £2. Great Drinks Promos From<br />
£1.50.<br />
E-mail: petehimsworth@petehimsworth.com<br />
WWW: http://www.polysuper.com/<br />
Q-STORE*<br />
5 Barony Street. Tel/Fax: 0131-477 4756. Sun<br />
1-5pm, Mon-Fri 11am-7pm, Sat 11am-6pm.<br />
Scotland’s only licensed gay store. Not just feelthy<br />
pictures - lifestyle too!<br />
THE REGENT*<br />
2 Montrose Terrace. Tel: 0131-661 8198. Sun<br />
12.30pm-1am, Mon-Sat 11am-1am. Alan Joy’s<br />
dog-friendly gay bar, run in conjunction with Lisa<br />
from Luvely. Real ale, relaxed atmosphere, comfortable<br />
surroundings. Coffee and croissants.<br />
CAMRA’s Lesbian and Gay Real Ale Drinkers meet<br />
here on the 1st Mon of each month at 8pm<br />
(except Aug - 2nd Mon).<br />
WWW: http://www.lagrad-edinburgh.org.uk/<br />
SALA CAFÉ-BAR*<br />
60 Broughton Street. Tel: 0131-478 7069.<br />
Sun, Tue-Thu 11am-11pm, Fri-Sat 11am-1am.<br />
Relaxed and friendly gay café bar in the heart<br />
of Edinburgh’s Gay ‘district’ (directly above<br />
Edinburgh’s LGBT Centre). Fabby big window<br />
and sofas to watch world go by! Freshly prepared,<br />
wide ranging menu. Regular live music<br />
and party nights (contact Sala for more info).<br />
Gallery space with regularly changing exhibitions.<br />
Women’s group meet informally for<br />
drinkies/food every Wed eve. Room also available<br />
for private dinners/parties etc.<br />
E-mail: salacafebar@hotmail.com<br />
SHAME ALTERNATIVE CLUB<br />
The Commplex, 39-40 Commercial Street, Leith.<br />
Tel: 0131-555 5600. 10pm-2am. Last Sat of<br />
each month. Next dates: 26th Feb, 26th Mar,<br />
23rd (not 30th) Apr, 28th May. New Alternative<br />
Club Night. Music includes - Industrial, 80’s,<br />
Techno, Digital Hardcore and Punk. Music; Art;<br />
Airbrush Tattoos & Fetish. Come as you are! LGBT<br />
and straight friendly. £6/£5 conc. with ID. £5<br />
before 10.30pm. £4 GLAM & EDG&R.<br />
WWW: http://www.webflyers.co.uk/Flyer/2047<br />
E-mail: shame@hotmail.co.uk<br />
SOLAS CAFÉ*<br />
2/4 Abbeymount. Tel: 0131-661 0982. Mon,<br />
Wed, Fri 11am-4pm, Tue, Thu 11am-8pm.<br />
Attached to Solas HIV/AIDS Information Centre.<br />
Good home cooking (everything cooked on the<br />
premises). Vegetarians and carnivores catered<br />
for.<br />
STEAMWORKS*<br />
5 Broughton Market. Tel: 0131-477 3567.<br />
Daily 11am-11pm. Stylish sauna forming part<br />
of busy gay hotel & sauna complex in centre<br />
of gay quarter. State-of-the-art facilities<br />
including large spa pool, sauna cabin, large<br />
steam room, video room, labyrinth with<br />
themed areas, café lounge, free Internet<br />
access, tanning booth. Massage available<br />
daily. Choice of lockers or private cabins.<br />
Admission: Lockers £5, Cabins £10 before<br />
3pm Mon-Fri. Lockers £9, Cabins £14 at all<br />
other times. Students & under 25 £5 lockers<br />
all day, every day! No membership required.<br />
Proudly gay owned & operated.<br />
WWW: http://www.steamworks-sauna.co.uk/<br />
THE STREET*<br />
2 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-556 4272. Mon-Fri<br />
3pm-1am, Sat-Sun Noon-1am. Small but perfectly<br />
formed bar (formerly Pop Rokit) recently taken<br />
over and refurbished by Louise (ex-POut), Annie<br />
and Trendy Wendy.<br />
TACKNO<br />
eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434. Last<br />
Sun of each month. 11pm-3am.<br />
DJ Trendy Wendy. Mixed and crowded club night.<br />
Note new venue.<br />
TASTE<br />
The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street. Tel: 0131-<br />
225 2564. Info Line: 0131-557 4656. Sun<br />
11pm-3am. Edinburgh’s original and longest running<br />
gay-friendly club night that brings together<br />
like-minded people who enjoy a club environment<br />
free from hassle and bad attitudes and for whom<br />
sexuality is not an issue. Taste’s Main Room resident<br />
DJs Fisher & Price play an eclectic mix of the<br />
best dance music currently available. Back Room<br />
resident DJs Martin Valentine and Steven Wanless<br />
play Deep House and US House. Sun 6th Mar:<br />
Alex Anderson (The Gallery, London). Sun 27th<br />
Mar: Easter Weekend Special. Sun 17th April:<br />
Very Special Guest Dimitri from Amsterdam.<br />
Regular prices: £6 Members/£8 Guests £5 before<br />
11.30pm. Drink promos until 1am.<br />
WWW: http://www.taste-clubs.com/<br />
THAI ME UP<br />
4 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-558 9234. Lunch:<br />
Wed-Sat Noon-2.30pm. Dinner: Mon-Sun 5-<br />
11pm. Superb gay-friendly Thai restaurant situated<br />
in the middle of Edinburgh’s gay area. Friendly,<br />
efficient staff serving some of the best and most<br />
authentic Thai food in the UK.<br />
E-mail: management@tmeup.com<br />
WWW: http://www.tmeup.com/<br />
VELVET WOMEN’S CLUB NIGHT<br />
The Commplex, 39-40 Commercial Street, Leith.<br />
Tel: 0131-555 5600. 10pm-2am. First Sat of<br />
each month. Next dates: 5th Mar, 2nd Apr, 7th<br />
May, 4th Jun. Male guests welcome if invited and<br />
accompanied by a lady. New music & guest DJs.<br />
£6/£5 conc. with ID. Discount entry before<br />
10.30pm. E-mail: clubvelvet@blueyonder.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.webflyers.co.uk/Flyer/377<br />
VIBE*<br />
eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434. Tue<br />
11pm-3am. James Longworth plays charty/party<br />
upstairs, guest DJs R’n’B downstairs. Super-popular<br />
gay night. £1 drinks promos all night. £3<br />
before Midnight/£4 after.<br />
E-mail: info@jameslongworth.com<br />
WWW: http://www.jameslongworth.com/<br />
VITTORIA<br />
113 Brunswick Street. Tel: 0131-556 6171. Fax:<br />
0131-478 7009. Sun Noon-11pm, Mon-Sat<br />
10am-11pm. Mega-popular gay-friendly Italian<br />
restaurant. Best lasagne in Edinburgh!<br />
E-mail: info@vittoriarestaurant.com<br />
WWW: http://www.vittoriarestaurant.com/<br />
WIGGLE*<br />
eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434. Info<br />
Line: 0131-467 2551. 11pm-3am. Monthly.<br />
Next date: Sat 26th Feb. In the main hall, resident<br />
DJs Trendy Wendy and Jon Pleased blend camp<br />
with classics and new sounds. Dale Lush and DJ<br />
Michelle go a touch alternative downstairs. Entry<br />
to Wiggle is £10 (£8 for green card holders). E-<br />
mail: wiggle@blueyonder.co.uk<br />
WORD POWER*<br />
43 West Nicolson Street. Tel: 0131-6<strong>62</strong> 9112.<br />
Mon-Fri 10am-6pm. Sat 10.30am-6pm.<br />
Independent radical bookshop.<br />
E-mail: books@word-power.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.word-power.co.uk/<br />
GLASGOW<br />
BENNETS<br />
80-90 Glassford St. Tel: 0141-552 5761. Sun,<br />
Wed-Thu 11.30pm-3am, Fri-Sat 11.30pm-<br />
3.30am. Recently re-opened after disastrous fire.<br />
Currently only one floor (with no price reduction).<br />
E-mail: enquiries@bennets.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.bennets.co.uk/<br />
BURLY<br />
The Arches, 30 Midland Street. Infoline: 07930<br />
357401. 1st Fri of each month. 10.30pm-3am -<br />
entry after 1am at the discretion of the promoters.<br />
Next event: Fri 4th Mar from ££8 members/£10<br />
nightly membership. Strict Dress Code: rubber,<br />
leather, uniform, industrial, sportswear, kilts &<br />
denim. Designed to be cruisy.<br />
E-mail: dv8scots@hotmail.com<br />
WWW: http://www.dv8scots.co.uk/<br />
CCA*<br />
350 Sauchiehall Street. Admin Tel: 0141-332<br />
7521. Fax: 0141-332 3226. Box Office Tel:<br />
0141-352 4900. Café Tel: 0141-332 7959. Box<br />
Office: Tue-Thu 11am-10.30pm, Fri-Sat 11am-<br />
11.30pm, Sun 11am-6pm. Gallery: Tue-Sun<br />
11am-6pm, Thu 11am-8pm. Café: Tue-Thu 11am-<br />
11pm, Fri-Sat 11am-Midnight, Sun 11am-6pm.<br />
Bar: Tue-Thu 11am-11pm, Fri-Sat 11am-1am. The<br />
Centre for Contemporary Arts. 6 performance &<br />
exhibition spaces, Café/Bar, bookshop.<br />
E-mail: gen@cca-glasgow.com<br />
WWW: http://www.cca-glasgow.com/<br />
CLONE ZONE*<br />
45 Virginia St. Tel/Fax: 0141-553 2666. Sun<br />
Noon-6.30pm, Mon-Sat 10.30am-7pm. Clothes,<br />
videos, magazines, toys.<br />
E-mail: admin@clonezone.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.clonezone.co.uk/<br />
CLUB DEVOTION<br />
18 Jamaica Street. Tel: 0141-847 0820. Thu-<br />
Sun. 11pm-3am. Popular gay club. Now has two<br />
areas: Upstairs - carpeted and a nice relaxing place<br />
to sit down, Downstairs - main dance floor and<br />
stage.<br />
E-mail: clubbing@pinkdevotion.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.pinkdevotion.co.uk/<br />
CLUB EROS*<br />
1-3 Bridge Street. Tel: 0845 45<strong>62</strong>310. Sun-Fri<br />
Noon-10pm, Sat Noon-4am. Glasgow’s largest<br />
licenced sauna & gym for gay and bi men set over<br />
three floors. Entry from £7.50. Free Sunday<br />
breakfasts. E-mail: cluberos@hotmail.com<br />
COURT BAR*<br />
69 Hutcheson Street. Tel: 0141-552 2463. Sun<br />
12.30pm-Midnight, Mon-Sat 8am-Midnight.<br />
Intimate bar beside former Sheriff Court. Straight<br />
until mid-evening.<br />
CUBE<br />
34 & 44 Queen Street. Tel: 0141-226 8990.<br />
Mon-Tue 11.30pm-3am. Mon: Passionality@<br />
Cube44 with DJ Shawn Roberts. Tue: FunClub@<br />
Cube34 with DJ Shazza Halliwell. Various drinks<br />
promos. Entry £3.<br />
E-mail: thornleisure@yahoo.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.cubeglasgow.co.uk/<br />
CYBER*<br />
Unit 3, King’s Court, 107 King Street. Tel: 0141-<br />
553 0942. Sun Noon-5.30pm, Mon-Sat 10am-<br />
6pm. Alternative clothing specialising in corsetry.<br />
DELMONICA’S BAR<br />
68 Virginia Street. Tel: 0141-552 4803. Daily<br />
Noon-Midnight. Claims to be “Glasgow’s biggest<br />
and busiest Gay bar”. DJs nightly from 9pm. Thu:<br />
Quiz. Sun: Karaoke. Nice if your face fits. E-mail:<br />
delmonicas@g1group.co.uk WWW:<br />
http://www.g1group.co.uk/<br />
EASYINTERNETCAFÉ<br />
57/61 St. Vincent Street. Tel: 0141-222 2365.<br />
Sun 8am-8pm, Mon-Fri 7am-10pm, Sat 8am-<br />
10pm. Large Internet Café from which many gay<br />
men seem to troll the net instead of just picking up<br />
each other!<br />
WWW: http://www.easyinternetcafe.com/<br />
GLC CAFÉ/BAR*<br />
11 Dixon Street. Tel: 0141-226 5050.<br />
11am-Midnight. Full breakfast always available.<br />
Home cooking. Friendly and busy!<br />
Karaoke on Fri, Sat.<br />
GLASGOW LGBT CENTRE (GGLC)*<br />
11 Dixon Street. Tel/Fax: 0141-221 7203. Daily<br />
11am-Midnight. Welcomes lesbians, gay men,<br />
bisexuals and transgendered. Services include:<br />
Café Bar, Info Box, Health Info, Interest Groups,<br />
Free Newspapers, Diary of Events, Reading Room,<br />
Garden of Reflection, Function space for hire and<br />
innovative Art Gallery. Houses 18 user groups and<br />
organisations. Fully wheelchair accessible venue.<br />
E-mail: admin1@glgbt.org.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.glgbt.org.uk/<br />
THE LANE<br />
60 Robertson Street Lane (off Argyle Street). Tel:<br />
0141-221 1802. Noon-8pm. “Exotic Gay Men’s<br />
Club” with sauna and private cabins. Not very<br />
busy.<br />
MERCHANT PRIDE*<br />
20 Candleriggs. Tel: 0141-564 1285. Sun<br />
12.30pm-Midnight, Mon-Sat Noon-Midnight.<br />
Food: Noon-5pm. Upmarket bar in the heart of the<br />
Merchant City. Regular cabaret, karaoke and disco.<br />
MODA<br />
58 Virginia Street. Tel/Fax: 0141-553 2553.<br />
Mon-Thu 5pm-1am, Fri-Sun 5pm-3am.<br />
Fashionable pub/club.<br />
WWW: http://www.g1group.co.uk/<br />
THE POLO LOUNGE<br />
84 Wilson Street. Tel: 0141-553 1221. Mon-Thu<br />
5pm-1am, Fri-Sun 5pm-3am. Long established<br />
pub/club. Young crowd. Polo Club (downstairs<br />
dancefloor) open Fri-Sun, £5 after 11pm.<br />
E-mail: polo@g1group.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.pololounge.co.uk/<br />
RELAX CENTRAL*<br />
3rd Floor, 27 Union Street. Tel: 0141-221 0415.<br />
Noon-10pm. Established gay sauna. Fully licensed<br />
by Glasgow City Council. Entry £8.50.<br />
E-mail: info@relaxcentral.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.relaxcentral.co.uk/<br />
REVOLVER BAR*<br />
6a John Street. Tel: 0141-553 2456. Sun-Thu<br />
Noon-Midnight, Fri-Sat Noon-1am. A refreshing<br />
antidote to the current gay scene. Pool table, state<br />
of the art free jukebox (with over 8,000 tracks on<br />
it), reasonably priced drinks, good quality service,<br />
no karaoke. E-mail: info@revolverbar.com<br />
WWW: http://www.revolverbar.com/<br />
SILKS AND SECRETS*<br />
308 Argyle Street. Tel: 0141-572 1017. Fax:<br />
0141-221 0959. Sun Noon-5pm, Mon-Sat<br />
10am-6pm. Clothes and toys catering for gay,<br />
transvestite and fetish tastes. Larger sizes stocked.<br />
SPYKER*<br />
Unit 7, King’s Court, 99 King Street. Tel/Fax:<br />
0141-552 3111. Sun Noon-5pm, Mon-Fri 11am-<br />
5.30pm, Sat 11am-6pm. Fetish Wear. Violate<br />
members get 10% discount.<br />
-mail: spyker@blueyonder.co.uk<br />
TRON THEATRE CAFÉ BAR*<br />
Chisholm Street. Tel: 0141-552 8587. Fax:<br />
0141-552 6657. Sun 11am-Late, Mon-Sat<br />
10am-Late. Friendly theatre bar. Mixed. Good<br />
food. E-mail: morven.stewart@tron.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.tron.co.uk/<br />
THE TUNNEL<br />
84 Mitchell Street. Tel: 0141-204 1000. Wed.<br />
11.30pm-3am. Allure with DJ Darren. Entry £3.<br />
E-mail: thornleisure@yahoo.co.uk<br />
VICTORIA BAR*<br />
157-159 Bridgegait. Tel: 0141-552 6040. Sun<br />
12.30pm-Midnight, Mon-Sat 11am-Midnight.<br />
Basically straight, but justly popular with<br />
Glasgow’s many Real Ale queens and dykes.<br />
Convenient for the Citizens Theatre.<br />
VIOLATE<br />
PO Box 808, Glasgow. G71 7YN. Violate Club<br />
Line: 09099 108174 (60p per min at all times).<br />
BDSM and general pervery. Operates in Glasgow<br />
and Edinburgh. Runs regular clubs at the Big Joint<br />
in South Street, Glasgow on the first Sat of each<br />
month. Also holds special one off clubs called<br />
UltraViolate roughly every 3 months.<br />
E-mail: info@violate.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.violate.co.uk/<br />
THE WATERLOO*<br />
306 Argyle Street. Tel: 0141-229 5891. Sun<br />
12.30pm-Midnight, Mon-Sat Noon-Midnight.<br />
Semper idem! Popular, crowded, down to earth<br />
gay drinking shop. Scotland’s oldest gay bar - what<br />
more can we say? Busy, busy, busy! Awarded the<br />
Beti Hutton seal of approval.<br />
STIRLING<br />
BARNTON BISTRO*<br />
312 Barnton Street. Tel: (01786) 461698. Sun<br />
Noon-Midnight, Mon-Thu 10.30am-Midnight, Fri-<br />
Sat 10.30am-1am. Food: until 7.30pm. Near to<br />
railway station. Mixed, busy, bohemian and friendly<br />
bar/bistro. Popular with students and<br />
Sons/Daughters of the Rock alike.<br />
TWIST*<br />
Fubar, 6 Maxwell Place. Tel: (01786) 472619.<br />
Wed 11pm-2am. John Mclean plays charty/party<br />
mix to a gay crowd. £3 entry. £2 drinks promos<br />
all night. E-mail: fubar@clg.co.uk<br />
WWW: http://www.clg.co.uk/fubar/<br />
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