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Come and blow
your cobwebs
away with
Samantha
and Friends
MIND THE
STENCH!
An odd General Election - with
most of you reading this after the
result is known. For the first election since I came of age, I won't
be voting. Standing for the
Liberal Party (WWW:
http://www.liberal.org.uk/) in
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and
Selkirk, I'll be attempting to get
round the 80 polling stations in
15 hours. Feasible when there
were but 50 of them - but probably impossible in the new
enlarged constituency.
It's down to my boyfriend to
cast my Proxy vote so I'll never
know for sure how I actually
voted! At least I trust him - unlike
the uncertainties of Tippex on the
Postal Votes that get diverted!
So, it is he who will have to
hold his nose as he goes to the
Polling Booth and wields the Big
Black Pencil.
He's been told to cast my vote
for the LibDems. Their only saving
grace is that they're in second
place in Edinburgh North & Leith
and aren't the Labour Party although with them sharing the
same King Size in the Scottish
Parliament, it's difficult to tell the
difference most of the time.
Elsewhere in Edinburgh, a long
time SNP member tells me he too
is holding his nose and voting
Tory - another 2nd placer. I can
sympathise. Anything to reduce
what looks as if it will be another
Tony Majority.
There's so little to choose
between the three Tory Parties NuLabour,
LibDem
and
Conservative. The stench appalls.
ScotsGay
News
PRIDE AHOY
Despite having to move their event
to allow the G8 to continue unmolested, Pride Scotia (Edinburgh)
seems to be running up a nice little programme for their big day
on Sat 25th Jun.
As we go to press, a number of
the events were still unconfirmed,
but the order of proceedings looks
as if it will shape up rather like
this:
– Noon - Assemble in East Market
Street
(behind
Waverley
Station) for speeches before
departing for the Happy Walk
up Cockburn Street, up the High
Street, down The Mound, along
ScotsGay
Editorial
Editorial
At least, a lower parliamentary
majority might enable some of
the remaining Labour people to
have more of a say and spank
the NuLabourites who seem interested solely in "Jobs for the
Blairites" and haven't an ounce
of real political passion and conviction in their wretched bodies.
Only the LibDems have any
real enthusiasm for LGBT rights and, as we've seen over Gay
Marriage
in
the
Scottish
Parliament, they're quite prepared to wash their hands of the
matter and send it down to
London. Despite the recent
immensely entertaining Gay
Wedding Show in Edinburgh
(which provides our cover), it's
going to be 2nd Class
Citizenships all round come
December and the new Civil
Partnerships.
There are decent folk in all the
parties - folk with vision for a better Britain. But the perceived
"realities of politics" require a
bland adherence to what is
demanded by the Focus Groups
of Middle England. Result? We
get an incompetent and corrupt
management culture with the
Leaders we deserve, whilst the
visionaries are silenced.
Is it any wonder that fewer people can be arsed to vote every
year?
Princes Street, down Leith
Street, into Picardy Place, down
Broughton Street, finishing up in
Albany Street (which will be
specially closed for us). If you
fancy bringing a float, please
make sure you read the Float
Info Pack on Pride Scotia’s web
site and complete all the formalities!
– Marchers will arrive in time for
the Health and Community Fair
in eGo which will feature stalls
run by all manner of people
and even, it’s hoped, sessions
with a therapeutic masseur. The
venue, which is being donated
free of charge to Pride by the
owners, is on two levels and is
fully wheelchair accessible with
access to the lower floor via the
rear lane. It will be open from
Noon-5pm.
– Kids up to 12 will be catered
for by the Edinburgh Crêche
Co-op whose registered workers will provide a free service in
Macdonald Road Library during the afternoon.
– Then, come the evening, there
will be Ocean Pride - a massive
Party with Loud Popular Noise
at the Ocean Terminal in Leith.
Organised for Pride Scotia by
Alan Joy, it will feature DJs from
all the major clubs and will run
from 10.30pm until 3am.
Tickets will be £10 in advance
(from The Regent or Q Store)
and £15 on the day.
– Pride Scotia also hopes to be
running an exhibition of AIDS
Memorial Quilts (the first in 10
years) and are currently negotiating with a major West End
venue for a lengthy booking
which will take in Pride Day
and beyond.
John Hein
E-mail: editorial@scotsgay.co.uk
Other associated events, not run
by Pride Scotia, include a Youth
Space in Gayfield Square run by
LGBT Youth Scotland, a season of
LGBT films at the Filmhouse and a
Pilgrimage Picnic on Sun 26th Jun
organised by Novice Rosemary
Beads of the Order of Perpetual
Indulgence. And many of the
LGBT venues will be running their
own events throughout the day.
Elton John will also be playing
at Easter Road on the day but,
despite several requests to his
management, has yet to provide
the requested greeting for the
Pride Programme.
Stewards for the day are now
being recruited - get in touch by Email: stewards@pride-scotia.org
or leave your details an 0131556 9471 - the usual free T-shirt
and other incentives will be on
offer. WWW:
http://www.pride-scotia.org/
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First Saturday of every month
Womens club night
7th May, 4th June, 2nd July
PHACE-ING
FORWARD
April 2005 marked the 10 Year
anniversary of PHACE Scotland,
an innovative charity which provides support services to men and
women in Scotland who are
affected by HIV/AIDS. Fellow
Scots:
X-Men
actor
Alan
Cumming, novelist Iain Banks,
singer/ songwriter Horse and
MSP Patrick Harvie have kindly
expressed words of encouragement and support.
PHACE Scotland (Promoting
Health
And
Challenging
Exclusion) provides a wide range
of services including; support and
advocacy, 1-1 counselling, a
buddy programme, welfare rights
advice and gay men’s services,
which includes a condoms-bypost initiative, for people living in
rural areas of Scotland.
The
organisation began in Glasgow in
1995 as PHACE West and
expanded to national status in
2000 with the opening of a
regional office in Aberdeen. The
work of PHACE Scotland covers a
wide geographic area, also
including major projects in Argyll
and Clyde, Ayrshire and Arran
and Lanarkshire.
PHACE
Scotland
Chief
Executive, Susan Douglas-Scott
elaborates, “PHACE Scotland’s
overall aim is to support people to
be sexually healthy. Our work
addresses mental and emotional
well-being, alongside HIV prevention and safer sex messages. We
are very proud of the work done
at PHACE over the last 10 years
and the many HIV infections we
have helped to prevent. We also
work tirelessly to challenge
inequalities such as sexism,
racism and homophobia. We
cannot rest on our 10th anniversary laurels however, as we need
to do more, especially in an
increasingly diverse Scotland
where HIV and STIs remain a risk.
This year for the first time it’s been
great to have the support of public
figures; Alan Cumming, Iain
Banks, Horse and Patrick Harvie
MSP, as they can help to highlight
the issues for us all.”
A number of fundraising activities and events are planned
throughout the anniversary year
including; a fundraiser dinner at
The Tall Ship, Glasgow Harbour,
a sponsored Skydive, a benefit
evening at The Stand Comedy
Club and a host of charity collections at selected Glasgow venues.
There is an increased need for
HIV support services, with currently 4219 known cases of HIV infection in Scotland (74% male 26%
female) and 91 new cases reported in the last recorded quarter
(Oct-Dec 2004).
ScotsGay
News
BORDERING
The Scottish Borders LGBT
Barbeque will be held at Boleside
picnic site, Galashiels, by the
River Tweed (National Grid
Reference NT 502 337) from 25pm
on
Sat
4th
June.
Barbequeing facilities and basic
foodstuffs provided. Please bring
meat to eat, and something to
drink. Boleside is reached by car
from the mini-roundabout at the
bottom of Tweed Road and
Winston Road, near Heriot Watt
University (NT 509 348). Major
bus routes from Edinburgh to the
Borders pass nearby, on the A7
and the A6091 (Melrose bypass).
There is usually some kind of
social activity in the evening,
maybe a party or a night out in
Gala. For those with clear heads,
the Gay Outdoor Club has
arranged a walk over the nearby
Eildon Hills on Sun 5th.
For further details please contact Alastair on Galashiels
(01896) 757861, mobile 07763
850087.
PHWOARR...
An Edinburgh heat
for Mr Gay UK will
be held in eGo on
Sun 15th May.
Pictured here are
the winners of the
recent Dundee heat.
DOON RA
WATTER
There’s a new group for LGBT
people from Inverclyde. Info from
Sandra on Greenock (01475)
892197 or Matt on 0141-332
3838.
SPEED
Calum Irving has been appointed Director of Stonewall Scotland.
Calum was previously communications manager at the Scottish
Community Foundation.
An Edinburgh speed-dating event
for gay men will be held on Thu
5th May in Espionage. All the proceeds will go towards the costs of
building a community garden for
a small village in The Gambia this
summer.
SPACE
LGBT Youth Scotland have opened
a new office in the Glasgow LGBT
Centre.
ABERDEEN
PRIDE
Is now definitely on for Sat 4th Jun
in Duthie Park.
TOWN
WALKING IN CRYER
Undisputed ‘King of the one-liner’,
SUNSHINE
The Highlands and Islands
Equality Forum Conference is on
Wed 25th May at the Drumossie
Hotel,
Inverness.
WWW:
http://www.hief.org.uk/
Barry Cryer, will bring his muchacclaimed show The First Farewell
Tour to Edinburgh’s Queen’s Hall
on Sat 11th Jun at 7.30pm for a
one-off performance in support of
Waverley Care.
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SCOTLAND’S FIRST LICENSED SEX
SHOPS ARE HERE FOR YOU!
dùn eideann
edinburgh
scene
The clocks have gone back, the
weather has got nicer – summer is
nearly here!
Edinburgh’s trendiest bar, The
Street, situated at the top of
Broughton Street, is now serving
food every day 11.30am-7.30pm
in association with Devil’s Kitchen
http://www.devilskitchen.co.uk/
Opening hours are 11.30am-1am
and Happy Hours are Mon-Fri 48pm on selected drinks. Wed is
Quiz Night with Harry Ainsworth
(Perrier award winner), which
starts at 9pm downstairs. A new
theme on fortnightly Thursdays
‘creating a scene’ is now on offer
– see
http://www.borntobewide.co.uk/
Every Fri has a top DJ downstairs
from 10pm and Sat sees the Street
hosting the very best of Pre Club
Parties for the likes of FEVER, JOY
& WIGGLE. Not forgetting that
one of the owners, Trendy Wendy,
also has her club Tackno’s pre
club party there on the last Sun of
each month with DJ Rodger
McSandwiches.
Downstairs at The Street is available for hire for all kinds of functions – speak to one of the staff for
more info or call 0131-556 4272.
Feeling stressed out, in need of
some TLC?? Why not check out
PURE WORKS an alternative
Health Fair which is going to be
held at St Georges West Church,
situated at the West End of
Edinburgh (Shandwick Place,
beside Prêt a Manger and Boots).
The fair will take place over a
whole weekend on Sat 7 and Sun
8 May (Sat 11.30am-5.30pm &
Sun 1.30-5.30pm). Entry is a
mere £2. A wide variety of treatments are on offer including;
Massage, Reiki, Aromatherapy,
Reflexology, Psychic Readings,
Holistic Advice and much more!
Full treatments are available as
well as taster sessions and one-toone advice. A café providing
refreshments will be on offer over
the weekend – go on treat yourself!
More
info?
E-mail:
alan_reiki@hotmail.com
Planet Out is now running a
movie afternoon every Sun 2-7
(ish) when all the best movies from
all genres will be on offer from
very old to very new – if you are
nice, the staff may even let you
bring your own. Wee goody bags
with popcorn and sweets are on
offer as well as the usual drink promos on selected spirits and shooters. DJs are now on in Planet Out
on most evenings. Thu sees popular DJ Michelle (Wiggle, Joy) on
the decks with all the best in
dance music past present and
future. Thu is pre club for new
club night FUR BURGER, a new
girls’ night which is held over at
eGo. The night is designed for
girlies and guy pals to go along
for a no holds barred night of fun
and frolics with a selection of
Edinburgh’s best DJs catering for
every music need. The opening
night was so popular last month
that the LIST mag ran a feature on
it! Excellent drink promos run
throughout the night – see a member of PLANET OUT Staff for
more info/flyers and dates.
ALFRESCO restaurant is sponsoring the FUR BURGER goings
on and promoting itself as a gay
friendly joint to dine out in. Why?
It offers excellent service with gorgeous waiters (male and female),
a selection of dishes to satisfy any
appetite and affordable prices
too. Alfresco always supports the
LGL Ball and will be working with
Planet Out during Pride Scotia for
a big extravaganza! The cosy
wee restaurant is situated opposite
Planet Out just down from big
brother Guilianos.
Habana seems to be the place
where all the tourists hang out
when in Edinburgh so head along
if you want a bit of foreign willy.
Habana seems to be the venue for
supporting any charity night that
comes up from Waverley Care
through Gay Men’s Health to
Pride Scotia, Habana backs its
community 100%. Our pic shows
our Editor losing 10 year’s worth
of hair there to raise funds for
Pride! A big ‘Hello’ to Samantha
Swallows who is now hosting a
drag-e-oke every second Thu from
9pm. Catch wee cutie Chris DJing
most night with all the camp classics (Chris was runner up with
BENT Mag for DJ of the Year).
Fabulous drink promos run
throughout the whole week on
shooters, spirits and bottles, and
now the summer months are in,
the tables and chairs will be outside – wo hoo! Habana also
has fabby new plasma screens
although I have to admit if I see
Kylie live in Sydney one more
time!!!!!!! Habana is Edinburgh’s
busiest gay bar with excellent bar
staff and the best prices for booze.
On Sun May 1st, ‘2 Cherish’
ran a unique event at the Apex
International Hotel in The
Grassmarket to promote the civil
partnership
shenanigans
in
December. If you are into that kind
of thing, then this was the place to
be for the best advice on clothing,
hairstyles, and any other advice
you would need for a civil partnership, blessing, gay wedding or
whatever you want to call it.
Seems like every gay couple is on
the starting blocks for December!
2 Cherish has been set up to cater
for those who want a partnership
to be every bit as recognised as a
heterosexual wedding and the
guys at the Claremont Bar are
the brains behind it all. 2 Cherish
has a fantastic new website if you
would like more information – this
isn’t amateur either, it is a professional company here to help those
who are genuinely wanting help
with their civil partnership –
http://www.2cherish.com/
Bars I forget to mention:
The Newtown, situated in
Dublin St, fabulous spacious bar
with excellent drink promos and a
wicked downstairs which is open
for disco goings on with a top DJ
on Fri and Sat.
Frenchies is still going strong
in Rose St Lane - small but cosy,
the bar has a unique atmosphere
with mostly regulars but staff will
make you feel welcome - ideal if
you want to chill without all the
hustle and bustle of other venues.
The Regent on Montrose
Terrace, slightly older crowd with
Real Ale on offer as well as all the
usual bar stuff.
Other:
Feeling peckish? Like you don’t
already know, the Blue Moon is
still Edinburgh’s number one LGBT
Eating Out Joint with daily specials.
Sala, Edinburgh’s finest Tapas.
Hang out with live acts at the
weekend - Wed is Women’s
Night.
La Favorita has just opened
up at 325 Leith Walk and I hear
good reports of this new pizzeria
owned by the folk from Vittoria.
Anything else:
Steamworks in Broughton
Market is Edinburgh’s newest
sauna with a hot masseur, whilst
Number 18 on Leith Walk is as
dependable and friendly as ever.
OK, that’s your lot, have a good
one.
Alan
E-mail:
weealan@drink.demon.co.uk
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international news
1. Barcelona activists Marc Corral, Jordi Petit, Albert Barberà and Antonio Guirado 2, 3. Activists and politicians celebrate
outside the Congress of Deputies in Madrid April 21
Spanish Parliament OKs
same-sex marriage
Spain’s Congress of Deputies voted
to legalize same-sex marriage and
adoption on 21st Apr. The vote was
183 to 136 with six abstentions.
The bill now moves to the Senate
where it should pass as well,
although the Senate’s approval is
not necessary for the bill to become
law.
The measure modifies the Civil
Code in 16 places, mostly replacing
the words “husband” and “wife”
with “spouse,” and the words
“father” and “mother” with “parent.”
It also states: “Matrimony will have
the same requirements and effects
when both parties are of the same
sex or of different sexes”.
Spain will be the third country to
legalize full same-sex marriage, following the Netherlands and
Belgium. Eight Canadian provinces
and territories and one US state also
allow same-sex couples full access to
marriage.
Lawyer beats up gay
activist
A leading Greek gay activist has
been beaten up in a public square
by a well-known lawyer.
MP sues gay organization
“This is an important first step in
what we hope will be a productive,
collaboration between Televisa and
the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community”, said Televisa
General Programming Director
Xavier Labrada.
Hong Kong police raid
gay fashion show
Homosexual Initiative Vienna SecretaryGeneral Kurt Krickler
Austrian People’s Party Member of
Parliament Walter Tancsits has sued
the gay group Homosexual Initiative
Vienna (HOSI Wien) in both civil
and criminal court for accusing him
of “taking ideological views of the
Nazis”.
“It’s a disgrace for the country that
even today mental descendants of
the brown Nazi myrmidons, such as
Tancsits, are sitting in the
Parliament”, the group said.
HOSI’s president, Christian Högl,
and its secretary-general, Kurt
Krickler, also are named in the
actions, which seek a retraction and
damages for libel and defamation.
Televisa network to get
gay-sensitivity training
Hong Kong’s Police Tactical Unit has
raided a gay fashion show in a bar
at King’s Hotel. Officials later
claimed they were executing a
search warrant against the premises
and were not targeting the attendees
or the fashion show, which featured
men in swimsuits and underwear.
The show was stopped only 10 minutes after it began and the 300
guests were searched and had their
IDs checked for about an hour.
Nepalese police beat up
transgenders
Police officers from the Durbar Marg
station in Kathmandu, Nepal, beat
up a group of 18 transgender males
who were walking on Kantipath
Road on 13th Apr, Human Rights
Watch said. Nine of the “metis”
(Nepalese men who dress and identify as women) were severely beaten
with batons, gun butts and sticks, the
organization said.
“This attack is only the latest of a
string of police assaults in Nepal
against transgender people”, said
Scott Long, director of HRW’s
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Programme. “In a
country where political and civil
rights have been suspended, the violence sends a message that no one
who looks or acts differently can feel
safe”.
French marriage rejected
An appeals court in Bordeaux,
France, has upheld the annulment of
a same-sex marriage performed last
year by Bègles Mayor Noël
Mamère. Mamère and the gay couple — Stéphane Chapin and
Bertrand Charpentier — had argued
that the French civil code does not
prohibit same-sex marriage. The
spurned grooms plan an appeal to
the European Court of Human
Rights.
Bavaria to fight against
gay adoption
The German state of Bavaria will
challenge a new federal law that
allows registered same-sex couples
to adopt each other’s children.
“The deciding factor in an adoption cannot be the wish of same-sex
couples to have children but must be
what is in the best interest of the children”, said Premier Edmund Stoiber.
Beijing holds gay film
festival
China’s second gay film festival was
recently staged in Beijing by the Film
Association of Beijing University.
Seven movies and five documentaries from China, Taiwan and Hong
Kong were screened, along with two
French films. Information about the
films is online at
http://bglff.byhoo.com.cn.
Gregory Vallianatos
Attorney Alexis Kougias reportedly
has a history of making antigay
statements in the media. Earlier this
year, activist Gregory Vallianatos
said that Kougias’ homophobic
remarks “are probably due to some
failed homosexual relationship
Alexis Kougias had when he was
younger”.
When the two men encountered
each other in Athens’ Kolonaki
Square recently, Kougias reportedly
called Vallianatos a “faggot” and
began punching him.
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MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!
GLAAD People of Color Media Director
Mónica Taher
Activists from the US Gay and
Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and Mexico City’s Pride
Committee Mexico will train staff of
Mexico’s biggest TV network,
Televisa, in hopes of improving its
depictions of gays and lesbians.
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Hi there, and here is what’s happening North of anywhere this
month and it’s all happening here!
The biggest news has to be that
Pride in Aberdeen is definitely going
ahead on Sat 4th Jun in Duthie Park
as originally planned. It’s coming at
you faster than a pope’s election in
the Vatican and promises to be a
bigger and better event than any
previous Pride in Aberdeen. There
will be a mixture of bands and DJs
and headline acts are due to be confirmed very soon. As well as a day
filled with fun and entertainment, the
Pride in Aberdeen event seek to provide an opportunity for individuals,
organisations, service providers,
professionals and anyone interested
to gain information and support on
maters such as sexuality, sexual
health, youth issues, health and wellbeing and much more. Many local
and national organisations from the
voluntary and public sector will be
present in the Information Tent for
the majority of the afternoon with the
chance to take away information
resources and answer any questions. Once again Bar Indigo will be
providing a beer tent and I’m sure
there will be a party atmosphere in
Indigo’s after the event.
The organisers of Pride in
Aberdeen 2005 are giving members of the public the chance to
become the star of the show. Half an
hour has been set aside for a lucky
competition winner to play their own
selection of tunes under the banner
of Camp is Back! and the Pride team
is calling on potential DJs to draw
together an outrageous set list for
judging before the big day.
“Anybody can enter, regardless of
age, or musical taste!” said Pride in
Aberdeen
convener
Matthew
Middler. “We want this half hour to
be camper than camp, so whether
that’s bubblegum pop or disco classics, we want to hear what you’ve
got to play. The winner will take to
the stage to play their selection on
4th Jun, so we’re looking for someone who’s not afraid to play up to
the crowd”. Entrants should draw
together their collection on a single
cassette or CD, and send it Pride in
Aberdeen at: Camp is Back, Pride in
Aberdeen, c/o PHACE Scotland, 11
Waverley Place, Aberdeen, AB10
1XH. The judge’s decision is final
and, unfortunately, entries cannot be
returned. In addition, entrants
should be available for a training
session prior to the event.
May was due to kick off with a
Pride volunteer recruitment and
fundraising night in Bar Indigo on
the bank holiday weekend, hosted
by the raunchy Miss Demeanour.
Later in the month on Thu 12th May
there will be an ‘A-coo-stic’ open
mic night at Cellar 35 (beneath the
Noose and Monkey) on Rosemount
Viaduct, Aberdeen. Come along
and join in or sit back and enjoy the
great atmosphere and musical per-
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obar dheadhainn
formers. There will be opportunities
to donate to Pride throughout the
evening and the evening starts at
8pm.
The Belmont Cinema continue
their Rainbow season of films with
But I’m a Cheerleader (15) showing
on Fri 3rd Jun at 6.45pm. The film is
described as ‘An endearing, camp,
sweet, outrageous, sympathetic,
uplifting and hilarious comedy
about gender stereotypes and the
need to be who you need to be.’ For
tickets please contact the box office
on Aberdeen (01224) 343536.
There will be a Pride event Karaoke
session in the bar afterwards for all
to enjoy.
Remember, Pride in Aberdeen is
in Duthie Park from Noon until
7.30pm and note that this year it is
being held on a Saturday so you
can make a weekend of it. So put
the date in your diary and join us for
a weekend of fun here in the pink
granite city. Pride in Aberdeen can
be contacted for queries, donations
or offers of help at the new Phace
Offices on Waverley Place on their
own dedicated line Aberdeen
(01224) 644101 or visit their website http:
//www.prideinaberdeen.org.uk/
Ab Fab have announced a
Gayleidh on Sat 14th May in the
Aberdeen City Hotel (formerly just
about every hotel chain there ever
was) on Market Street. The band is
the Gordonaires and the evening
starts at 8pm so it’s a good opportunity to put on your kilt and Strip your
Gay Gordon. Tickets are available
from Ab Fab or Phace price £6 or
£5 concession.
Wellmans Health Suite is now
under new management and I
caught up with the new owners to
find out what their plans are. The
message is business as usual with
some enhancements. They are starting a four week trial of late night
openings on Fridays until 3am – last
admission will be 2am. They also
want to attract more of the younger
clientele and are also investigating
the possibility of a ladies day to
attract the women. On the Sat 4th
Jun they will be open until Midnight
to coincide with the Pride celebrations.
The Equality Conference –
‘Conversations at the Edge’ – on Sat
9th Apr was well attended and
deemed to be a success. John
Wilkes from the Equal Opportunities
Commission opened the conference
by paying tribute to Pride in
Aberdeen Ltd, Aberdeen City
Council and Grampian Police for
the superb work they were doing for
the LGBT community in the North
East of Scotland. He went on to say
that ”The last ten years has seen
tremendous advancements in the
aberdeen
scene
a
rights and protections for LGBT people in Britain. We have seen the
equalisation of the age of consent,
the gender recognition act, the introduction of protection in employment
for lesbians and gay men and later
this year the legal recognition of our
relationships with civil partnerships.
In Scotland devolution and the
establishment of the Scottish
Parliament has also been highly significant. From the start the
Parliament and Executive have put
equalities at the core of their work.
In many other areas of life and society we have seen advances in the
position of LGBT equality. In the TV
and media LGBT issues have
become more mainstreamed. There
are more openly visible gay men
and lesbians and transgender people than ever before. Many of our
public services such as in health and
the police are trying to positively
address the issues that LGBT communities face and move this agenda
forward. However it is not all positive of course. There are still many
barriers to equality. People are still
being discriminated against daily in
employment, homophobic bullying
is still rife in schools and our education system, with young lesbians and
gay men six times more likely to
attempt suicide or self harm. There is
also still the tension between some
religions and faiths and sexuality
which has exhibited itself most
recently here in Scotland. Of course
this difficulty between faith and sexuality is not universally true of all religions and churches and many, such
as the Scottish Episcopal Church,
have made many positive advances
in the acceptance of lesbians and
gay men”.
He recognised that ”there is still a
reservoir of prejudice and negative
attitudes resident in Scottish society.
You could argue that why should it
matter. Mainstream opinion and
particularly political opinion is on
our side and we have, or will have,
the legislative protections and guarantees that we need. It matters
because I believe that while
absolutely fundamental and hugely
important, legislation in itself is not
enough to bring about change. It
matters because as the section 28
campaign demonstrated it is easy to
stir up that latent prejudice with misinformation and fear which can pro-
voke increases in violence and intimidation and give legitimacy to discriminatory attitudes statements and
positions. I think we only have to
look across the Atlantic to America
to see the battles that can so easily
develop over these issues of equality
and morality”.
He concluded ”We need to
ensure that in every workplace,
every school and education institution, all public and private services
and in policing and the justice system that LGBT issues are mainstreamed into every day life and we
create an environment of respect
and acceptance LGBT people and
intolerance of discrimination. It
requires the work of all activists and
all LGBT people and our allies and
friends - all people in fact – should
seek to become equality activists.
We need to check and challenge
and nag and lobby and encourage
institutions and organisations into
effecting change – into putting our
rights into institutional practice – to
make it second nature. We can all
do it. Sometimes it is about the little
things that can effect change. I
realise of course that it is not always
as easy as that and that this is a difficult, challenging and tough agenda for the next 10 years”.
The rest of the day was spent in
Open Space discussions. Numerous
topics were posted on a board and
assigned to different tables at different times. The idea being that you
could moved between discussions
and contribute as and when needed. This method worked very well
and encouraged discussion while
allowing you to move on when you
had heard or said enough. Topics
discussed included ‘Homophobia in
Schools’, ‘Where are all the
Women?’, ‘Parenting Issues’, ‘Why
are so few Gay People Out in
Sports?’, ‘Is there a Gay
Community?’ Suggestions and comments were recorded by staff from
the Equality Network and will be
taken back to Edinburgh to help
plan future initiatives. The day was
rounded off with a social event at
the new Phace offices on Waverley
Place and thanks go to Mark and
the guys for a lovely buffet with plenty of wine.
Tivoli
E-mail: Tivoli_abdn@yahoo.co.uk
glasgow
scene
And so to Glasgow, perchance to shag ...
As Angharad has gone off in postures new, it falls to me to present
a jaundiced Edinbugger's view of
the Glasgow scene this month.
But first, a few words from the
Boys at Burly:
'We wanted on behalf of the
"Burly Boys" to publicly thank
Fiona for the support she has
given Burly over the last 2 and a
half years. We have enjoyed her
scene reports and appreciated her
comments about how she experiences the scene. She has always
said it as she sees it and pulls no
punches when it comes to stating
what she likes and doesn't like
about certain "gay" establishments. Her committment to her column and writing style has not
gone unnoticed. Although she
"shall return in another guise", she
will be missed and we wish her
well with her new column.
Our launch night at The
Commplex in Edinburgh was a
great success and we were able to
make a donation of £250 to
Waverley Care. Our follow up
night on Sat 16th Apr proved to
be a popular night with many
guys donning football strips and
rugby tops and looking damn sexy
too. We will be able to make a
donation of £200 to Gay Men's
Health as a result of this well
attended night.
We're looking forward to
"Uniform Month" with a "Boot
Camp" theme. We will be engaging the services of a "Shoe shine
boy" and "barber". Discipline will
be the prder of the night!
"Uniform Month" takes place on
Fri 6th May at The Arches,
10.30pm-3am £10/£8 and The
Commplex on Sat 14th May,
10.30pm-3am (tbc) £8 door entry.
The Cockpit is a fortnightly men
only club which launched on Thu
28th Apr at Basura Blanca downstairs in the Brunswick Hotel to a
reasonable crowd.
It's run by a well kent face:
Craig Wilde who will be glad to
welcome you to his website at
http://www.warholandqueen.co
m/cockpit/ The club benefits from
the discographic arts of DJ Atlas
who has the world about his head
if not upon his shoulders.
We still await news of Bennets
new floor - or rather, the re-opening of one of the old ones. It has
been long promised, but as we
went to press, it was still the one
floor at the old prices. Come on,
Bobby - you won't have room for
Mr Gay UK if you don't get it
open!
Talking of Mr Gay UK,
nobody has yet picked up the
Glasgow heat for this popular contest. Now, there's an opportunity
for some enterprising night spot
promoter!
Down at the Waterloo, I stuck
my nose in the door and could
hardly move for the crowd of
happy punters - no change there
then!
Revolver Bar also seems to
be pretty much the same despite
the change in management - but
the loss of the final opening hour is
a bit of a scunner.
The Poo is still running its Shag
Tag on the last Sun of each month
- that's what everybody seems to
G
glaschu
call it even though for legal reasons it's now marketed as The
Mating Game. Sadly, I was neither
Mated or Shagged.
Moda is due to re-launch its
cocktail menu on Thu 4th May.
Which should be nice, if you like
cocktails. But not a bundle of use
to us Real Ale drinkers who are
catered for rather more adequately by the Victoria Bar!
Vivid Youth are on a mission
to reduce stress in the city - they're
running a Stress Management
Course for young folk which will
run from Tue 3rd May in the LGBT
Centre from 7pm. The course will
probably run for ten weeks by
which time Glasgow will be a
totally stress managed city! They
are also running a basic Spanish
course. Y porque no?
Down also at the GLGBT
Centre the latest exhibition in the
Centre by artist Jo Morris entitled
Summerland is well worth a look.
And that's me back on the train
to Civilisation in Edinburgh - hopefully having insulted you lot
enough to consider providing a
new scene reporter for Glasgow.
Justin Milne
E-mail: justin@scotsgay.co.uk
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THE SCOTTISH PRESS
ENJOYS A GOOD
FUNERAL
says Garry Otton
So the pope is deid! It sparked a
media spectacle of breast-beating,
stomach-churning, media-fawning
obsequiousness not seen since Mrs
Thatcher found Jenny Lives With
Eric and Martin in a Hackney library.
Reliably swinging her burning handbag up the aisle, Mrs Katie Grant, an
Ovalteenie in a Bacardi Breezer
world, wailed in The Scotsman:
“…The simplicity of that small, cypress
wood coffin lying open to the elements
under the forbidding, overbearing front
façade of St Peter’s would have melted a
heart of stone, it is easy to get carried
away”. A naughty Alan Taylor in The
Sunday Herald saw it differently:
“Instead of the whole shebang being
shrouded in mystery it should be televised as a reality show… with the candidates seen in situ, as real human
beings, cooking meals for one another
while slurping wine, wandering
around in their undies, their foibles
open to all and sundry. Registered
Catholics could digest their views on
contraception, abortion and divorce,
and vote accordingly; a puff of black
smoke announcing the exit from the
Sistine Chapel of each of the rejected
candidates. Eventually, only one
Cardinal would remain and he would
emerge blinking into the sunshine of St
Peter’s Square to be quizzed over his
ordeal by Davina McCall. Is Pope Idol
too obvious a title?” After watching
impatient Hearts fans chastised in
media reports for not observing a
minute’s silence before their match
with Celtic, I retched into the remote
control’s sofa pocket. The outcome
was as predictable as a minute’s
silence after chucking-out time at the
Dog and Duck! There was mayhem!
The one-minute had to be cut to a
channel-hopping 20 seconds. Similar
protests at the fixture between
Dundee and Hibernian attracted
fewer reports. At the match in
Glasgow at Hampden Park, there
were five arrests. But what if those
arrested were protesting at the human
rights abuses of the Catholic Church?
Unlikely, I know. Politically incorrect
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knuckle-scrapping Union Jack wavers
will do what they always do at matches: Bring the male species into disrepute, but for one brief moment I felt
myself standing in solidarity with the
bleak and hopeless world of sectarian
hate. Paul Stokes severed the join in
Scotland on Sunday: “The creation of
new hate crimes appears to be a miniindustry in Scotland. Did you know we
have a Working Group on Hate Crime
which is advising the Scottish Executive?
It wants the current legislation, which is
only a couple of years old, expanded so
that we can’t ‘hate’ gay, transgender or
disabled people either. But what if they
hate each other? Given that we already
have laws to deal with discrimination
against minority groups and laws to protect our persons, it is difficult to escape
the view that the ‘hate crime’ industry is
less interested in protecting its chosen
groups than it is in finding hatred wherever it can”. Are they? A ‘hate crime’ is
crime motivated by malice or spite
towards a particular group, usually
involving assault and vandalism, not
to the sort of ‘thoughtcrime’ Stokes
refers. ‘Hate crimes are, for example,
graffiti messages scrawled on the door
of a mosque; designed to spread a
message amongst this community to
be afraid. If it can be proved that these
actions were part of a wider intent,
then punishment can be extended
under laws referring to ‘statutory
aggravation’. In Scotland, queers don’t
have the protection of ‘hate crime’
legislation. The law refers only to
racial or religious groups. Uefa had
requested that a minute’s silence be
observed before a whole week’s
Champions’ League and UEFA Cup
matches. Lars-Christer Olsson, Uefa’s
chief executive insisted the pope commanded enormous respect and
demanded his work be properly
recognised, clearly considering the
middle of a Scottish football match a
good place to start. Amidst nonsensical outbursts that old man Karol ‘was
a saint’ that had ‘died for our sins’ our
supposedly impartial media unfurled
such sycophantic headlines as “He’s
with the Lord now” (The Metro). It
looked like “the world” - albeit one
just a wee bit over-represented by the
citizens of Poland and the world’s
media – had flocked to Rome before
the priests had a chance to fight over
the red slippers! Through the frosted
glass of media manipulation and censorship it was a lovely service. And he
was a lovely man. Out of ‘respect’ we
were reduced to the occasional aside
over his ‘moral conservatism’. Mrs
Katie Grant explained in The
Scotsman: “Where outsiders, and even
some in our own church, saw authoritarianism, many of us saw certainty,
and although he did not try to make life
easy for us – no movement on birth control and no moral loopholes to slide
through – we were left with on ever-riding impression, which was that John
Paul searched harder and more openly
than almost any previous pope, not for
popularity or for respect, but for truth”.
Business tycoon Sir Tom ‘Kwik-Fit’
Farmer, Papal Knight and sponsor of
Brian Souter’s ‘Keep the Clause’ opinion poll in the The Sunday Mail
added: “While you may not agree with
everything the Pope said, you could be
sure that he would do as he said and he
believed what he said. He was someone
you could really look up to”. Ron
Ferguson was one preacher man who
was having none of it in The Herald.
His column started off with a string of
apologies and excuses that entailed
reminding us of his glowing tribute to
the pope in The Herald, (“I expressed
my admiration for the integrity and
spiritual stature of John Paul”) and his
“genuine admiration and affection for
Catholicism…” which led him to
describe Karol Wojtyla as “one of the
champions of the free world”. Getting
down to business, Ferguson finally
registered his unease at the “uncritical
adulation which has bordered on the
idolatrous” and reminded us of the
plain daft scenario of a church that
tells its priests they can’t marry, yet
welcomes married, Anglican priests
who have left their church in opposition to the ordination of women. The
day before the funeral, Ferguson’s real
anguish was thinly disguised: “How
will tomorrow’s funeral tributes sound to
an African woman dying of Aids, knowing that her church has banned the use
of condoms to prevent the spread of the
HIV virus? What will be the feelings of
devoted Catholic single-sex couples, who
not only plead in vain for a Christian
blessing, but are described as ‘evil’? Or
how about the mother of one of Chile’s
‘disappeared’, knowing that the Vatican
secretly lobbied for General Pinochet’s
release from Britain? There is a contradiction at the heart of the legend which
is John Paul II… And it is impossible to
parody the giving of a papal knighthood
to Rupert Murdoch, that Dark Knight
of the soul who produces ‘family values’
newspapers like The Sun.” Cardinal
Ratzinger, the man now in charge is
God’s rottweiler; a 78-year-old former
member of the Hitler Youth who
believes homosexuality is a ‘tendency
towards moral evil’. He has castigated
the elected Spanish government for
introducing gay marriage. I’m sure
Spanish premier José Luis Rodriguez
Zapatero carries the Church’s alliances
with dictator Franco clear in his head
as he turns Spain into a secular country and strips the church of its privileges. What government will do the
same for Scotland? Not Labour,
Conservative or SNP, I’m sure!
The TES Scotland (The Times
Education Supplement) said it all
really, splashed over the front page:
“BISHOP SLAPPED
DOWN OVER
GAYS”.
(Of course, the Bishop of Motherwell,
Joseph Devine should have been
slapped a long time ago). He heads
the Catholic Education Commission
and said gay staff should be barred
from schools and face obstacles to
promotion. Trouble is, if I’m to
believe the gay priests who have spoken to me, if that ever came about, it
would be the end of the Catholic
Church as we know it! ‘Miss’ Devine,
at her best when the subject of homosexuality is doing the rounds, was last
seen eagerly gathering signatories to a
petition to help Cardinal Winning
‘Keep the Clause’ after the Scottish
Executive announced it would repeal
Section 28, the law that banned local
authorities from ‘promoting’ homosexuality. Methinks the lady doth
protest too much. Thomas Donnelly
had a brainwave in The Herald’s
Letters to the Editor when he wrote:
“It is now time to ask questions about
openly Roman Catholic teachers in nondenominational schools. It seems to me
that their Roman Catholic ethos makes
it impossible for them to treat openly gay
teachers and students fairly and without
discrimination. As a result, in line with
the bishop’s philosophy, I feel that openly
Roman Catholic teachers should have no
place in the anti-discriminatory ethos of
non-denominational schools. Perhaps
we could swap the openly gay teachers in
Roman Catholic schools for the openly
Roman Catholic teachers in nondenominational schools”.
One of the last bastions of licensed
homophobia, The Scottish Daily
Mail exposed: “Rights for gay crofters”.
This has to be one of the biggest
pieces of non-news since Jade Goody
was evicted from the Big Brother
house. “Gay crofters are to be recognised
in law for the first time, ministers
announced yesterday”. What they
meant was that co-habiting couples of
any sex were now so dominant in society that to ignore their legal right to
inherit would seriously threaten the
existence of crofters. It was nonetheless, in the twisted world of The Mail,
a “controversial move” but more
importantly, one that helped boost a
dwindling rural population. Patrick
Krause, chief executive of the Scottish
Crofting Foundation was used to justify The Mail’s homophobia, saying:
“I don’t really know where the Executive
is coming from on this one. I suppose it
is updating the law. I certainly don’t
know if we will see a Gay Crofters’
Association springing up in the
Highlands any time soon’.” (Stupid
oik!)
Whenever you stop over in a hotel,
(the Marriott is a favourite), the first
thing to do is grab the Gideon Bible,
usually stuffed in a drawer in a bedside cabinet, and rip out offending
pages in Leviticus. These days, I tend
to just drop it in the bin. It was
refreshing to read that students –
albeit out of consideration for a string
of other faiths – have taken action and
“banned” Bibles – some 6,000 of
them – from halls of residence at
Stirling University. A motion to have
them removed was passed 15-1 at a
student council meeting with seven
abstentions.
ITV’s
Reporting
Scotland ‘balanced’ the story with
former – was the current one all for
the idea? - Rev John Munro of
Kinross Parish Church who spoke in
tongues, spouting passages from The
Daily Mail: “I think there’s an agenda
here, seemingly politically correct. But
there’s actually a hostility towards faith
by those who have none…” Alan
Massie, columnist in The Scottish
Daily Mail was miffed. “Scotland and
the United Kingdom may still be nominally Christian countries but the young
students of Stirling disapprove of any
manifestation of this fact”. Well, hardly! They just felt the library was the
best place for storing books! Massie
wasn’t having any of it. “Now I am
quite sure that if some Islamic charity
arranged that copies of the Koran were
placed in every student’s room, there
would have been no such protest. It
would have been unthinkable”. In his
piece entitled: “Why it’s time to stand
up for Jesus”, he ranted: “On page 75 of
The Scottish Book of Common Prayer,
approved by the bishops of the Episcopal
Church of Scotland in 1929 and
reprinted in 1986, you can find a prayer
‘for
the
Conversion
of
the
Mohammedans’ (as we used to call
Muslims) ‘and all who know not Christ.
Extend thy mercy, we beseech thee,’ it
runs, ‘to the nations of the world that
still walk in darkness. Enlighten the
Muslims with the knowledge of thy
truth…’ I don’t suppose this prayer is
often offered in churches today. It would
doubtless be thought politically incorrect, offensive to immigrants in our
multi-cultural society and possibly even
dangerous. Yet there it is, in the Prayer
Book, evidence of the confidence of our
Christian churches only two or three
generations ago”. Yes, and evidence of
the same mindset that had Little
Black Sambo shining his master’s
shoes. And remind me, how long did
it take us to peel the golliwog off the
side of jam-jars? Students were forced
to buckle after “a storm of protest”
(The Daily Record) from religionists
and offered all religions to submit
their holy works.
When the Scottish Media Monitor
began nearly ten years ago I remember
the paedesteria that mushroomed
around the massacre of schoolchildren
by Thomas Hamilton in Dunblane.
One leisure centre staff told the press
he wanted patrols in swimming pool
changing areas. It’s no laughing matter now. The Scottish Sun reported:
ScotsGay
media monitor
a popular haunt for older members of
Edinburgh’s gay community, claimed
Williams was their tea-boy…” And
you’re a tea-bag, Jane!
One last thing before I go…
COME ON THE GREENS! Yup!
It’s election time once again when
everybody pours out to vote Labour.
Come on Scotland; use your imagination! Failing that, there is always the
Liberal Democrats, I suppose. But
whatever you do ...
DON’T LET IN
THE TORIES!
Nothing wrong with a bit of free
enterprise, but not with the sort of
morally conservative baggage trumpeted by the likes of Gerald Warner,
John MacLeod or Mrs Grant! USE
YOUR GAY VOTE ON MAY 5th!
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CUT IT OUT…
‘Outed’ gay columnist
John MacLeod in The
Scottish Daily Mail:
“There is not a single
MSP with the guts to
take on the gay
lobby…”
Oh, and that’s not all… (John
MacLeod; The Scottish Daily Mail):
“For 40 years, an arrogant, Left-leaning, tuned-in, right-on intellectual aristocracy has embedded itself in power
throughout Britain. Its members are
marked by complacency and naïve
Europeanism, a clucking café society
with no time for orthodox Christianity
or hard world, common thrift or social
decency, sexual restraint or family values, rural realities or private enterprise,
voluntary endeavour or the monarchy –
or even the best and most decent things
of their own country”.
Old Mother (Joan) Burnie, The
Daily Record’s agony aunt: “If I had
my way, the age of consent would be
hiked up to 18 and boys – yes boys –
would be tied into chastity Y-fronts at
the first sign of a pimple”.
“LEISURE STAFF
TO LOOK FOR
PERVS”,
like it was an everyday occurrence.
They “revealed… leisure centre staff are
to be trained – to look out for paedophiles… People seen hanging around
near kids or approaching young ones
they don’t know will be confronted by
staff about their behaviour… Those
without an innocent explanation for
their activities will be reported to cops”.
The Leisurewatch initiative is being
rolled out across Midlothian. A police
spokesman was quoted: “The scheme is
designed to protect children and vulnerable adults”. Given the aggressive
nature of kids to manipulate these situations, at least he got that right!
The Sunday Mail’s story of former
PC Delwyn Williams hadn’t quite
gone away. (Scottish Media Monitor,
March 2005). Neither, it seemed had
some dated clichés of gay life not seen
since the Tory press used them to garnish outrageous lies over porn mags
for children in school libraries during
the eighties! ‘Reporter’ Jane
Hamilton, still living in a world where
gay men ‘haunted’ basement bars and
upstairs
function
rooms
on
Wednesday nights, reported on the
“astonishing double life” of “a policeman caught moonlighting in a gay
sauna…”, adding: “Bosses at the sauna,
13
Hello everybody! This month I
had been hoping to offer an indepth political exposé of local candidates for the General Election
and what they could offer the local
LGBT community. Only one of the
parties responded to my e-mail
however: the SNP. Other parties
either have not checked their emails or are too busy to respond to
some part-time amateur journalist
such as myself! Anyway Joe
Fitzpatrick, SNP candidate for
Dundee West did respond with his
party’s belief that “all of Scotland’s
citizens have a right to participate
fully in society and to share in out
nation’s prosperity” and that if successfully gain seats in Westminster
would “work to ensure that all legislation promotes equality of
opportunity” including equality on
sexuality, gender and status.
Diversitay – the Dundee LGBT
switchboard – have their next icebreaker evening on Wed 18th
May (every 3rd Wed of the month)
at 8pm for 8.30pm in Braes on
Perth Road. Other news from the
switchboard is that they hope to
host a drop-in meeting on the afternoon of Sat 11th Jun. I’m not
entirely sure what the topic is but
look out for details either here or in
Diversitay’s newsletter nearer the
time. There will be some disturbance to the switchboard’s usual
operating hours while they search
for new premises. They will be
operating fortnightly only with the
next night being on Mon 2nd May.
Diversitay also urgently need volunteers. No matter what skills or
experience you have, chances are
you have something to offer this
worthy organisation, and they can
offer you training and expenses
paid. Some of the work that volunteers take part in include staffing
the telephone lines that still play an
active part in Dundee LGBT life,
writing articles for the Diversitay
newsletter, helping with the youth
group and assisting in raising
funds for the LGBT cause in
Dundee and Tayside. Details on
how to volunteer are available on
the website or by calling
Diversitay.
Over at Out Mr Gay UK was
won by Brian who works the bar
in the club. Over the next month
the club will be offering all the
usual nights and offers, including
having Brooklyn’s Bar prices in the
club on Thursday’s and some extra
drinking hours on the May day
holiday
weekend.
Wicked
Wednesday has also been extended from the club to include promot-
Whether you are buying or
selling a house, need a Will
drawn up, Investment Advice
or are bereaved and need help
winding up an estate and want
a gay solicitor to do the work,
call Donald Reid.
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Tel: 0131-228 2828
Fax: 0131-228 2861
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dùn deagh
D
ing the drink in Brooklyn’s Bar,
also on offer in the bar is
Carlsberg £1 a pint every day
from 5-9pm. The Show Bar is also
making a return, opening the last
Saturday of the next two months
and possibly beyond. For those
not in the know this is a small intimate bar accessed via Brooklyn’s
that gives you the opportunity to
see and hear some of your
favourite musicals.
Further along the Seagate at
Charlie’s Bar all the usual offers
dundee
scene
are on the go, including the quiz
night on the first Tuesday of the
month and DJ Ross providing disco
on Friday and Saturday nights. It is
possible the dance floor will be
temporarily unavailable whilst
some refurbishment goes on, but
I’m sure it will be back up and running soon.
Chris
E-mail: courier_chris@yahoo.co.uk
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OUT in the sticks
EXTREME
NON-SCENE:
THE HEBRIDES
by Adrian Gillan for ScotsGay
The Outer Hebrides, or
Western Isles: literally –
as well as metaphorically
– amongst the most
isolated parts of the
British Isles. Far from the
madding crowd, plucky
gay explorer Adrian
Gillan makes his Great
Gay Getaway: fab for
queer solo detox or
remote romantic retreat.
Scotland’s pro-gay tourist authority,
VisitScotland, swiftly deleted a
“family run” Highland guest house
from its records recently, after its
owner branded a gay couple “sexual deviants” whilst (alas still legally) refusing them a double room
because of their “perversion”.
Chucking this rotten apple has – not
surprisingly – helped ensure a
warm gay welcome in even the
remotest of peaks or glens.
And you can’t get much more
remote than the Outer Hebrides, off
the North West coast of Scotland.
In many ways, more Scandinavian
or Gaelic than Scottish – though
falling fully under UK and Scottish
laws – the Outer Hebrides have
struggled more recently with the
influence of the Free Presbyterian
church, who abhor Sunday openings. Rest assured: all accommodation in this feature is completely
gay-friendly.
Lewis
The Isle of Lewis, together with
adjoining Isle of Harris – 55 miles
long and 30 miles at their greatest
width – form the largest island in
the Outer Hebrides. It has a declining population of approximately
20,000, a third of whom live in
main settlement Stornoway, on the
north east coast.
In a single day, you can witness
a magical kaleidoscope of history,
nature and wildlife – from dramatic
cliffs and barren peat moor;
through mountain passes via lochs
and breathtaking beaches; to
ancient standing stones and
brochs, plus the odd fleeing otter or
playful seal.
Start off at main settlement
Stornoway (population 6,000).
Spy families of seals lolling and
basking in the small harbour; stroll
through the hilly Castle Park
grounds for fine views back across
the bay; and grab a bite at trendy,
modern eatery HS1 (Cromwell
Street). If you’re late in town on a
weekend, you might check out the
main nightlife at The Clachan bar
(North Beach; T: 01851 703653)
or The Heb club (South Beach) –
best apply the same coy discretion
you would at any straight venue in
central London. But you’ve probably come up here to avoid noisy
clubs! That said, horny, harmless
men have been known to loll
around in the car park behind
Euroclean; or along Castle Park
paths after dark.
Stay the night at Doune Braes
Hotel (Carloway, Isle of Lewis; T:
01851 643252; www.dounebraes.co.uk), a short drive over, on
the west coast, just south of tiny
Carloway: an utterly gay-friendly
hotel near major archaeological
sites, with bar, lounge and restaurant (open Sundays). Doune Braes
is ruled by the friendly, feisty Eileen
MacDonald and her team of dogs –
prime movers behind Sunday opening on the islands, still prayed
against in certain die-hard pews.
Refreshed, head north and you’ll
soon
stumble
upon
Dun
Carloway
(www.historic-scotland.gov.uk), one of the most miraculously -preserved broch towers
(fortified homesteads) in Scotland,
whose poetically-proportioned drystone walls date back to around
500BC, the same age as the
Parthenon in Athens, and scarcely
less archaeologically important.
No entry fee, no guards or gates:
just chewing, knowing sheep, and
stunning views across an inland
bay!
Gorged on human history, head
right up to the enticingly-named
Butt of Lewis with its Phallic lighthouse on the Isles’ northernmost tip.
Witness raw Atlantic breakers
crash against cliffs whose folded
strata expose Lewisian Gneiss,
some of the oldest rock in the
world, dating back 3 billion years –
almost as ancient as the very Earth!
Heading back south again, stop
off for a timeless moment at low-key
and only recently exposed
Steinacleit Stone Circle, dating
back to around 2500BC. Warmed
up, pop back past Carloway – and
yet further back in time – to Lewis’
undisputed man-made glory: the
famous Standing Stones of
Calanais, dating back beyond
3000BC – older than Stone Henge.
Harris
After the abundance of moorland
on Lewis, you’ll by now be yearning southwards to Harris – “high
heart of the Hebrides” – via mountains and lochs, like mini great
Italian lakes. Having crossed the
peaks, as you briefly bypass
Tarbert onto South Harris, you suddenly encounter beach after expansive beach of fine shell-crushed
sands, webbed out in snow-white
arcs to your right.
A little out to sea, you see the sandfringed island of Taransay
(www.visit-taransay.com), location
for BBC series Castaway 2000.
Weather permitting, take a boat
over! Continuing south, Scarista is
as good a Harris beach as any to
lay your towel. Lavish yourself with
5-star self-catering at nearby Blue
Reef
Cottages
(www.stayhebrides.com), complete with
Jacuzzi and sauna.
And so down to generally
unlocked, beautifully proportioned,
atmospherically carved, 16th
Century St Clement’s Church at
Rodel, on the southernmost tip of
South Harris. Continue round, on
the single-track road, along the
haunting and heart-achingly barren
rocky eastern coast of South Harris
– location for film classic Space
Odyssey 2001.
Follow this ring-of-a-road round
to end up back at Tarbert (population 1500) – second largest settlement in the Isles after Stornoway.
Settle into Harris Hotel (Tarbert,
Isle of Harris; T: 01859 502154;
www.harrishotel.com): a recently
renovated mid-Victorian mansion
with bar and fine restaurant (open
Sundays) overlooking a neat lawn
and Tarbert harbour itself. Peter
Pan creator J.M. Barrie stayed here
in the 20’s. His signature initials –
carved on the dining room windows – can still be clearly seen.
Transport:
British Airways (www.ba.com)
– From most main Scottish airports,
flights in cute little twin-prop
planes take 45-60 minutes to
Stornoway, the main town on
Lewis
Mackinnon Self Drive
(www.mackinnonselfdrive.co.uk) –
Main hire car firm on Lewis &
Harris – the only way to get
around.
Useful links:
www.visitscotland.com
www.visithebrides.com
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Only gay in
the village?
Compiled by Adrian Gillan
for ScotsGay
The Outer Hebrides, off
the North West coast of
Scotland: amongst the
most isolated parts of
the British Isles. 31-year
old Glenn from tiny
Stornoway on the Isles
of Lewis – male nursery
nurse, part-time local
radio host, creator of a
now sadly defunct local
LGBT support website
and just about the only
out queer in the Western
Isles – shares his thoughts
exclusively with ScotsGay.
“Growing up gay in a remote
place, you do begin to think
you’re alone – especially in my
youth, because the internet hadn’t
quite taken off then. The web is so
important nowadays, both for
accessing information and for
making contacts – so you know
you’re not alone. Even though
we’re part of the UK – with its shift
in attitudes and legal advances –
you can still feel cut off over the
water on these Isles.”
“The only real form of gay community that I have seen here has
been through the internet, especially with websites such as
Gaydar. To hook up – whether for
friends, sex or to find someone
special – online is the way now. I
met my first boyfriend through a
website. Plus, there are a few outdoor places where guys can meet
in and around Stornoway [see
‘Extreme non-scene’ feature on
page 16].”
“So one way or another, I know
lots of other gay guys round about
but only a handful of us are ‘out’.
My first ex and myself are – plus
a mutual friend is too, but only to
close friends. This is such a tight
community most guys are scared
about what people will say and
how quickly the gossip will
spread.”
“I’ve had three proper ex’s up
here, although one of them’s
moved away. Of the other two,
one I still talk to; and the other –
well, he doesn’t talk to me. Only
once – almost by accident – did
several of us local gay guys meet
up together; but there’s no regular
organised LGBT social group up
here. We may be aware of each
other through our common sexuality, the web and hearsay, but
that’s about it.”
“I’m not really interested in gay
scenes per se anyway. I occasionally meet up with a friend of mine
over in Glasgow and go out
there, but I’m not fussed. I once
snogged a guy I was seeing in
The Heb club here in Stornoway.
We were both very drunk and
copped off on the dance floor.
Apparently, you could see us at it
on the big screen upstairs – or so
I was told by one of my nursery
parents I later bumped into! No
problem. Not sure I’d have done
it without the booze though – my
boy kept mixing my drinks.”
on my own local radio station!
One national newspaper even
ran an item suggesting we’d shut
due to homophobia – untrue!”
“I’ve never had any trouble
because of my sexuality. That
said, I don’t shove it down anyone’s throat but if they ask me
then – yeh – I tell them. I’m out to
family, friends and those that ask.
I’m totally out at my nursery; and
more or less out at the radio station – although I’ve never discussed my sexuality on air and
can’t think why I would – unless
some big local issue flared up,
then I would.”
“It’s a highly religious community
and you have to be sensitive to
that. The Churches have a very
big stranglehold on the way
things move up here. I don’t really follow a specific faith – I’m
agnostic – and tend to believe
that religion rules many people’s
lives and can repress them in
many ways, not just their sexuality. Up here, we’re stuck in a time
warp and things change – but at
a snail’s pace.”
“A decade ago, the children’s
play swings in the park were
chained up on Sundays – not
now! Pubs, restaurants and petrol
stations are now opening on
Sundays! My radio station still
doesn’t broadcast live on a
Sunday – we’ve an automated
service – but we will some day.”
“Many things, including sexuality,
have been repressed here for generations but people’s attitudes are
gradually changing and gays are
starting to feel more confident
about being a little more open in
public. But the transformation will
happen in ‘Lewis Time’ – extremely slowly.”
Reach Out Highland
(www.reachouthighland.org.uk):
Inverness-based organisation
providing support, advice and
friendship to gay and bi guys
throughout the Scottish Highlands
& Islands. Call 01463 711585
or email
gheb@reachouthighland.org.uk
in the strictest confidence.
OUT
in the sticks
“www.gayhebrides.co.uk’ [now
defunct] started off with about
three or four of us local gay guys
– good intentions – but we didn’t
have the time to maintain it. We
never really got that much feedback but I think it provided a valuable service. When it closed
down, I had to read the news out
ScotsGay
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ScotsGay
Bound & gagged
Street, in the centre of town. It takes
place on the 4th Thu of the month
and normally runs from 8pm until
kicking out time. Your meeters and
greeters are Bumhug and Black
Valeria, lovely people and very welcoming. Dress code is street clothes
or casual wear.
You will notice from the above
example that people often use a
pseudonym, mine for example is
Mistress Anya.
There is also a well attended
munch in Edinburgh. It is held Ryries
on the corner of Dalry Road and
Haymarket Terrace on the third Thu
of each month, from 8pm until
close. Dress code is street clothing
or casual wear.
The oldest and longest running
Munch is Fife and Tayside Munch in
The Auld Hoose, Whitenhill,
Tayport, Fife DD6 9BZ. Next due to
be held on Wed 4th May, it runs
from 8pm until Midnight, located in
the lounge bar (to the left inside
front door) and can be identified by
the Fife and Tayside poster which
features our infamous mascot Bert.
As the pub only sells pies and
toasties there will be sandwiches
served at “half time”. Dress code –
vanilla.
WWW:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Fi
fe_and_Tayside/
E-mail:
fifeandtaysidemunch@yahoo.co.uk
Some of the club venues have
previously been listed on their
respective city ‘scene’ pages.
However from now on they will be
listed here.
So first up is an old favourite of
mine, club ‘Violate’ it next takes
place on Sat 7th May at the Big
Joint, 1084 South Street, Scotstoun,
G14 0AP. A very popular event this
club welcomes a mixed crowd of all
ages. Music is provide by DJ
Loveless a mix of Dance and Rock.
A play area is set up in the large
back room and food is included in
the ticket price. Doors open at 8pm,
club runs until 2am, doors close at
Midnight. Tickets are £10 on the
door or £5 for members.
Annual membership is available
on the door at £10. Discount news,
Pic: DV8, Sin Syndicate
Welcome pervs and pervesses
to the spanking new ScotsGay
BDSM/Fetish column – in which I
shall endeavour to unmask the dark
arts of a good thrashing and the
places you can inflict and enjoy
such things.
Okay over simplification, but it’s a
start. The scene in Scotland is actually quite active. Even though it
keeps a reasonably low profile. So
what’s it all about then, Guv? Well
here is a brief overview of what it
means to most people within the
scene.
The acronym BDSM breaks down
as follows: BD – Bondage and
Discipline. Ds – Domination and
submission.
SM – Sadism and
Masochism. As you can see there is
some overlap and hence the use of
this particular acronym.
Many of the specific practises in
BDSM are those which, if performed
in neutral or nonsexual contexts, are
widely considered unpleasant,
undesirable, or disadvantageous.
For example, pain, physical restraint
and servitude are traditionally inflicted on persons against their will and
to their detriment. In BDSM, however, these activities are engaged in
with the mutual consent of the participants, and typically for mutual
enjoyment.
This emphasis on informed consent and safety is also known as
SSC (safe, sane and consensual),
though others prefer RACK (Risk
Aware Consensual Kink), which
places the emphasis more on
informed consent, and acknowledges the fact that all activities are
potentially risky.
OK, so now you know more than
most people about BDSM. Like a lot
of things in life, it has been going on
behind closed doors forever. Like
most such things it is frowned on in
public by the ‘great and the good’
and practised by them in private!
So where can you go to explore
your darkest desires, I hear you cry?
Well there are a number of well
established clubs in Scotland, which
I shall list in a moment.
There is also a strictly social arm
of the scene referred to by the ghastly Americanism of ‘a Munch’! A
munch normally takes place mid
week in a pub or other public space,
though occasionally they are held in
someone’s home. This is a chance
for people to meet up, have a drink
and a chat and generally chill out. It
is also a great way for newbies to
get introduced to people on the
scene before attending a club night.
The Glasgow munch is a movable
feast, currently it is held upstairs in
the Hogshead on North Frederick
you can get 10% off products from
the Juju website. Don’t forget that
your Violate membership card will
also get you 10% off in Spyker and
Cyber on Kings Street – also Melicious, Joy 4 Us and all UK outlets
of Clone Zone.
Next up is club ‘Rebound’ another popular Glasgow club. Next date
is Fri 11th May. Rebound is ideal for
those who like their perversions
served straight with a twist! Doors
open at 8pm and close at 2am, the
entrance fee is £10 on the door.
Location is the Brunswick Hotel,
106-108 Brunswick Street (off
Ingram Street) Glasgow (5 mins
walk from George Square and
Queen Street Station). Dress code is
fetish and/or black.
The next is more of a fetishy, dress
up and have blast kinda place. BEDLAM Goth Club where the next
event is Sat 28th May. Usually takes
place the last Sat of the month. The
Doors open from 9pm-2am at the
Qudos, Main Floor, Queen
Margaret
Union,
Glasgow
University, Hillhead, Glasgow.
Bedlam Tickets usually available
from: Osiris, 487 Great Western
Road, Glasgow & Missing Records,
Wellington Street, Glasgow and on
the door on the night or E-mail:
brian@cantara.demon.co.uk
or gg@nakedtruth.co.uk or
bedlamcorp@bedlamcorp.plus.com
WWW:
http://www.bedlamcorp.co.uk
(Pansexual – Suitable for alternative
sexualities.)
Now we move on to a club based
in Edinburgh. ‘Nightshade’ is held
on dates that are not fixed throughout the month, next date is Fri 13th
May!
They’re based at The
Commplex in Leith, Edinburgh. A
converted church on two levels, it’s
a very atmospheric and spacious
venue, which allows enough room
to fit in loads of good sturdy equipment. Doors open 8.30pm until
2am, doors close at 11pm. Entry is
£8 non members and £6 members
(including Club Lash, Nemesis, and
Tension card carrying members)
Fetish dress code or choose to wear
the monthly theme. No jeans!
Background music, with no dance
area.
WWW: www.nightshade-club.org
There is also a club called appropriately enough DV8, but more of
that in the next issue.
Okay a word of warning, a small
club in Perth, the so called ‘House of
Principals’ is at the Plough Inn,
Jeanfield Road, Perth. Regular
monthly club on 4th Sat of the
month. It is run by a clique of disaffected individuals who have worn
out their welcome in Glasgow. So
this venue comes with a health
warning, I would not advise attending solo. They are also averse to
being reviewed in person and have
issued threats to myself and this
magazine. But as always you pays
your money and takes your choice.
WWW: http://www.houseofprincipals.co.uk/
Okay folks, that’s your lot for this
instalment. More next time, any
questions or venues you would like
listed, contact me on my E-mail
address below. You can also reach
me on the following forums:
http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/
or http://www.bondage.com/
– I am registered as Mistress_Anya.
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by Dirk Kriete
Friendly Fire
By Patrick Gale
Published by Fourth Estate
£ 10.99
Patrick Gale has done it again, this
is a superb novel, full of charm and
humanity. I must admit that since
reading “A Sweet Obscurity” not so
long ago I’ve been chasing up the
back catalogue of this inspired
writer, whether it is his the biography of Armistead Maupin or the
strangely titled “Aerodynamics of
Pork”. I’ve not come across anything written by him I didn’t devour
with the greatest pleasure. This
book tells the story of Phil, who is an
exceptionally bright child who has
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she wins a scholarship to Tatham’s,
a kind of Oxbridge university for
teenagers, but this is only the start of
an education as much emotional as
intellectual. She falls hopelessly in
love with Lucas, adored gay son of
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and disgrace. Through other people’s families, and especially other
people’s mothers, she learns as
much about the mysterious laws of
class and love as she learns from her
teachers about the Latin and Greek
that will prove to be her passport to
security.
A Young Man’s Passage
By Julian Clary
Published by Ebury Press
£ 17.99
Do you remember ”Fanny, the
Wonder Dog” and the outrageous
shows of Julian Clary’s early career?
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I do, and I must admit that I never
fell foul of the gay political correct
scene who despised his sort of
humour. I loved his shows, rarely
missed one and laughed like there
was no tomorrow at his sometimes
shocking gags. And here we have
an autobiography that shows us that
there is more to Julian Clary then the
celebrity, it’s the promising debut of
an exciting writer. He lets his reader into ‘the suburban semi where he
grew up and propagated a new
and exciting self that few knew
about. The clear-skinned schoolboy,
who doffed his cap, brushed his hair
and polished his black slip-on shoes
every Sunday had a secret alter
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his wings and opened his legs. He
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sorrow, money and boys, revenge
and adoration. He wanted to be
Jean Genet, Miss Jean Brodie and
Larry Grayson...’ But he doesn’t shy
away from the describing the pain
of losing his lover, or from the devastation of depression. Of course, the
odd double entendre is never too far
away though.
Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now
By Andrew Collins
Published by Ebury Press
£ 10.99
The Quotable Queer
By Minnie van Pileup
Published by Fair Winds Press
£ 4.99
If you’ve been reading this column
for a while you must realise that I’ve
got a penchant for reading little bits
and bobs in the loo. Here’s a great
book for just that activity with memorable quotes such as “I’m a do-ityourselfer. Usually two or three
times a day.” – Thom Filicia, “Queer
Eye for the Straight Guy” or
“Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s
just common.” – Author, poet and
wit Dorothy Parker. The Quotable
Queer is one of the most comprehensive collection of the overheard and
heretofore underappreciated snippets from the gays, their lesbian sisters, and anybody who has something to say. The only thing I might
say not in it’s favour is that the overwhelming majority of quotes here
are from the TV series “Queer Eye
for the Straight Guy”. Remember –
I don’t mind straight people as long
as they act gay in public.
Still Barking, Despite the Lithium
By “Old Doc Runningduck”
Published by Butterscotch Mammoth
£ 7.95
I think I might be just a little old to
see this book as the “Unashamed
nostalgia fest” promised on the
cover, but as the saying goes, never
judge a book by it’s etc. pp.
Maybe I should have made an
exception with this one though,
because when I read the blurb on
the back I thought to myself ‘oh no,
not another coming of age story’…
And sure enough that it is, complete
with awful poetry, moany music and
wannabe political activists in the universal tale of trainee hedonism, girl
trouble, wasted grants and begging
letters to parents. I dare say if you
grew up in the 70’s and had your
teenage years in the 80’s you might
like to revisit places in this book, but
I had to force myself to honour the
promise to myself of finishing any
book I start to read.
This is a book that very much defies
description and I’m only sorry that
I’ve not come across it sooner. It
was published in 2001, but as far
as I can tell it was never in the catalogues of any major publishing
house. And have they missed out
here… This is a tour de force for
your laugh muscles, a work-out for
your belly laugh and definitely not
recommended to read on a bus,
plane or train or any other public
place unless you don’t mind being
carted off and force fed Lithium. I
don’t usually print verbatim what the
cover says on a book, but here I’ll
make the exception to that rule:
“Still Barking, Despite the Lithium
is a collection of non-heterosexually
orientated oddments and giggly
vignettes. It will appeal to those who
have occasionally sat on the moon
and poked fun at the human race, to
those who love and respect our
politicians (the best that money can
buy, all of whom have passed rigorous self-selection processes), and to
those who notice the daily abrasions
of established assumptions (just for a
change, could all those who do fit
the established paradigm please do
all they can to make themselves
known...). The collection opens with
the evolution of mankind (‘Trevor the
Axe Grinder’) and closes with the
true cause of this paradoxical anomaly (‘Ooh, Bless Me!’): a couple of
cavemen go out of their way to
incite hostility by inventing caves,
the wheel and the Labrador dog,
while Adam and Eva join the ‘more
divorces than marriages’ set after
carelessly propagating an entire
species for which they have made
no domestic provision (incidental
children). Cucumber-sandwiched
between these covers is a representative confection of stock-broking
cows, mooning Martians, huntin’shootin’-fishin’ New Labour MPs,
bread-baking Orang-utans, frockenabled space-captains and humanist Beelzebubs. ‘Just the thing for
everyone’s off-white ruminant woolly-animal to identify with.”
Hunt down a copy of this book,
you’ll love it…
Pint-sized Ireland
By Evan McHugh
Published by Summersdale
£ 7.99
This is a book for all you lovers of
the perfect pint of Guinness. It tells
the story of Evan McHugh, an
Australian raised on Vegemite and
his hitch around Ireland with his travelling companion Twidkiwodm (thewoman-he-didn’t-know-he-wouldone-day-marry). You’ll meet all sorts
of weird and wonderful characters
on this quest like a German bagpiper (did you know that the
German
for
bagpipe
is
“Dudelsack”) and a one armed
windsurfer. He survives getting very
drunk on Poteen, but ultimately gets
told that the best Guinness gets
brewed somewhere else. It’s an
entertaining book, well written and
definitely worth reading whether
you’re planning a trip to the Emerald
Isle or not.
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FilmScotsGay
by Malcolm Epstein
1930's. It is a joy for anyone who
knows the play having Helen Hunt
as Mrs Erlynne, an older woman
of ill repute surrounded by youth
and beauty of both sexes. The
Wilde wit has been expertly featured from the lips of perfectly cast
character faces and it is an
engrossing time trip to another
world.
Matthew
McConaughey
in
SAHARA
Current Releases
Debra Messing has developed a
vast TV fan following by playing
Grace in the "Will And Grace"
series for years now. That is why it
is surprising she accepted the
script of "THE WEDDING
DATE" (12a). She is living in
America and invited to the London
wedding of her sister whose best
man is Debra's still stunning former boyfriend. She wants to arrive
with an impressive guy who is
clearly mad about her and she
chooses to pay escort Dermot
Mulroney $6,000 to accompany
her. Anyone with her looks and
intelligence would clearly have
chosen a good looking gay friend
with acting ability who would
pass as straight and could have
been happy to have a free trip to
London without payment.
It is quite amazing that the production team on "The Wedding
Date", plus Debra, didn't notice
the incredible incongruity of the
script. Otherwise it is an amusing
wedding comedy.
"ANDREW & JEREMY GET
MARRIED" (15) is a humble
British movie about two mature
gay guys, a former bus driver and
one time teacher, who decide on
a legal agreement. It takes us
through their relationship, their
parties, a cruise on a luxury liner
and American holidays. Nobody
has made anything
like this before.
"A GOOD WOMAN" (PG) is a
very pleasant surprise - a version
of the Oscar Wilde play "Lady
Windermere's Fan" updated to
the Italian coast at Amalfi
amongst the wealthy in the
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Every so often a phenomenon
happens in films and "TARNATION" (15) is one of those. It is a
documentary filmed by a boy of
ten years of age on his mentally
unstable mother and grandmother
over almost twenty years.
American audiences have been
flocking to it and one wonders if it
is because the boy
grew up to be gay filming himself
with his lovers. The most surprising
hit of the year at US box offices.
"DOWNFALL" (15) covers Adolf
Hitler's last days in his 1945
Berlin basement bunker as the
Russian army arrives and he
decides suicide is the best way
out. It is a compelling film. But
nowhere does it point out the
Germans who had died in years
of air raids as Hitler felt they
deserved it for not winning the
war for him.
If tall, tanned unshaven men with
developed bodies are your hobby
you must see
Matthew
McConaughey in "SAHARA"
(12a). Penelope Cruz found him
so irresistible they developed a
relationship away from the cameras. Some women get all the
luck. They are righting wrongs
against villains in the desert is all
you need to know about the plot.
Fancying one of the two leads
here is worth the seat money.
"THE INTERPRETER" (TBC) has
Nicole Kidman as a translator at
the United Nations building in
New York who overhears a plan
to assassinate an African politician. Reporting it leaves her in
danger of being murdered. Sean
Penn is brought in to protect her. It
is a gripping thriller made by
director Sydney Pollack who
knows exactly how to keep an
audience in suspense.
DVD World
If you enjoy watching someone
reap terrifying revenge on those
who deserve it you are about to
experience ecstasy in studying
DVDs of two British movies. "I'LL
SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD" has
the magnificent Clive Owen, with
a beard this time, seeking out who
is responsible for raping his young
brother. The advantages of DVDs
is you often get interviews with the
makers after the feature film and
the astute director, Mike Hodges,
who made his name years ago
with "Get Carter", talks about the
production.
"DEAD MAN'S SHOES" needs
a strong stomach as director
Shane Meadows and leading
man Paddy Considine have written a script together that is memorable for having first time actors
who bring breathtaking authenticity with the two leads Paddy and
Gary Stretch. Set in a quiet provincial town Paddy returns from
years in the army to deal with
local drug dealers who had
enjoyed bullying his simple minded younger brother. You've seen
nothing quite like this before.
In total contrast film directors
across the world have raved
about the work of French director
Jean Vigo who died at 29 in
1934 after making four films.
Now "THE COMPLETE JEAN
VIGO" is on a 2 disc collectors'
edition. This 160 minutes is a
time trip to yesteryear with subtitles that will interest far more than
aspiring directors who want to
copy his style.
If stand up comedians are your
thing you must see "RICHARD
PRYOR - LIVE AND SMOKING" , a black guy revered by
comedians everywhere for breaking new ground in comedy that
nobody had touched. He was
swearing 40 years ago onstage.
He didn't need to as much of his
humour is clever. It becomes desperate when he details his drug
taking and womanising. When
one of his wives was leaving
because of it he emptied a gun of
bullets into her car to stop her. He
admits it all here. A brilliant performer if you can put up with his
excesses.
"CIRCUIT" is a Peccadillo
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tanned and tempting policeman
from a small town who leaves his
uniform behind to holiday in Los
Angeles. On the gay club circuit
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LOOKING FOR MORE THAN A
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24, slim, 5’7”, brown hair/eyes, into politics, classical music (esp. Handel), theology, clubbing and travelling seeks similar for
strictly-faithful LTR. Box SG63015.
YOUNG AND HANDSOME
Looking for an experienced man, 50 plus
please, to show me and to teach me. Box
SG63016.
ABERDEEN YOUNG GUY
Bi guy looking for someone 18-24 to teach
me the ropes. Box SG63017.
DUNDEE AREA
5’4” TV, medium build, seeks older male
for fun and friendship. Box SG63018.
HORNYBOY REQUIRED.
Uncomplicated no strings fun and friendship
offered to young guy 16-22 by 45 year old
guy. Come and go as you like. Box
SG63002.
Mid 30’s guy, medium build, n/s, straight
acting, seeks younger guys 18-30 for horny
fun. Anywhere. Asian guys especially welcome. Box SG63019.
LOOKING FOR 50 PLUS GUYS
A GOOD CATCH
Bi sub guy, 44, 5’11”, slim, looking for 50
plus guys in the Glasgow area for mild
spanking bondage fun. Can travel. Box
SG63004.
Aberdeen guy, 35, attractive, muscular,
GSOH, seeks male 18+ for fun friendship
and 1-2-1. So, if you are genuine and honest, then get in touch. Box SG63020.
DAD FOR SON/COMPANION
GLASGOW - LEAN - SMOOTH
40’s masculine, down to earth, attractive,
great personality, wide range of interests,
generous. Looking for son/companion for
nights out/in (paid) regular basis. Prefer
skinny, young, straight acting/looking.
Please send pic. Box SG63005.
BAD BOY NEEDS SPANKING
37, slim fit Essex guy, all year light body
tan, was last caned bare at 17 years. I’m
37 but look 20ish. I’m a very, very bad lad
and need to be punished often. If you can
help me, please respond. Box SG63006.
GLASGOW CP UNCLE
Tall, slim physically fit guy, 29, seeks confident fit guy(s) for discreet play sessions.
Into all the good things. E-mail only, no hesitant time wasters please. Box SG63021.
PERTH GUY SEEKS COMPANY
45 year old gay guy looking for company of
similar, aged 25-34. I am active so seek
passive. Can accommodate or travel within
reason. VGSOH. Box SG62024.
BUTCH BODYBUILDER
16st, 5’8”, short brown hair, green eyes,
seeks strong sporting types. Am versatile.
Photo please. Box SG63066.
Uncle, 50’s, seeks slim built naughty
nephew for traditional CP sessions at my
place. Discretion assured/expected. Box
SG63007.
SLAVE - LOOKING FOR HARD
USE
PAISLEY GUY SEEKS
SOULMATE
MARRIED GUY MISSING OUT
63 year old old Buddy WLTM 60+ ordinary
down to earth guy for friendship/relationship. Enjoy videos, mutual O, W. Box
SG63008.
GAY COUPLE LOOKING FOR
FRIENDS
We are a gay male couple (been together
for 14 years) fairly new to Aberdeenshire
and looking for friends to increase our social
circle. Friendship only. Box SG63009.
DOUBLE UP!
Genuine, friendly, not bad looks, horny couple (39/40), Glasgow/Central Scotland,
seek decent guy(s) (18-40) for uncomplicated discreet horny fun. Can travel or
accommodate. Box SG63010.
UP, UP AND AWAY
Frequent Ryanair/easyJet international
traveller, 50, seeks younger (16-25) companions for short jaunts abroad or in UK.
Don’t do the gay scene generally. More into
local food, drink and culture. Box
SG63011.
GIVE ME A GOOD TIME, BOYS.
Hi guys, I’m a slim, convincing TV looking
for a guy who knows how to give a lady a
good time. I’m 36, single, bisexual and will
fill you with desire when fully dressed. I live
in the Highlands and can accommodate or
travel. Interested? I hope so. E-mail me and
I’ll send you a pic so you can judge for yourself. Sara x. Box SG63012.
WANT A BIT MORE?
Single 29 year old guy in Glasgow looking
for friends and more. I like both the scene
and non scene. I like smart, single, genuine
guys with a sense of humour. Movies, dinner, etc. Let’s see what happens! Box
SG63013.
AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS
WANTED
Looking for male or female photographer to
video or photograph top-shelf style shots
(indoors and out) for own website.
Experience not neccessary. Must be relaxed
and friendly. E-mail reply only. Box
26
39 year old slave looking to be used in
heavy scenes. Box SG63025.
Wanted: no strings occasional meetings
with active guy. Box SG63026.
OLDER TOP SEEKS YOUNG
BOTTOM
Do you fancy older guys? This one is 46,
5’7”, ready to teach new nephew types
16-26 who are hot and willing to learn. Shy
boys and any race welcome. Box
SG63027.
CURIOUS SEEKS FUN
49 year old curious guy wants to experiment with another guy, will try anything
safe. Couple with bi guy welcome. Also
party invites. 100 mile radius of Glasgow.
Will meet all who reply. Box SG63028.
SUB GAY/TS/TV/CD
REQUIRED
Male, early fourties, looking for a submissive guy for fun at my place. I am a large in
the waist person, you should be a maximum of 5’10” high willing to perform O on
me and allow A on you. If you’re interested,
please get in touch. Box SG63030.
WHEELY HORNY INSCH GUY
Active 39 year old wheelchair user looking
for safe clean honest horny fun with like
minded well hung guys. Box SG63032.
into passion. Photo ensures mine. WWW:
http://www.gaydar.co.uk/anal_bhoy/ Email: passivepaul_69@yahoo.co.uk or
Write: Box SG63042.
creet liaisons at mine (Fife - not the pits!)
or yours. Box SG63058.
SLIM FIFTY YEAR OLD FIFER
Passive guy, mid 30’s, tall, slim redhead,
sorted, no baggage, GSOH, NS, SA, SL, fit,
looking for top for no strings fun. Can
accommodate or travel. Box SG63059.
Seeks guy similar age for fun, friendship
and more. 6ft tall, fair hair, glasses, smoker, likes pint, holidays and doing something
different. ALA. Box SG63043.
IRELAND CALLING
Handsome Irishman, 45 years old, regular
visitor to Scotland, seeks goodlooking sexy
Scotsman, same age or younger for horny
fun. Your place or mine. Box SG63044.
ANY GAY NUDISTS OUT
THERE?
40+ looking for guys similar age who he
can share naked days/nights with indoors
or out. Not like other gays. Fat guys welcome. Friendship could lead to LTR.
Glasgow. Box SG63045.
ATTRACTIVE GUY
36, slim, dark hair, blue eyes, 5’9”, versatile. In need of financial help. Anything considered within the Ayrshire/Glasgow area.
decorating, cooking, cleaning, gardening.
Rob. Box SG63046.
EDINBURGH - GLASGOW
Attractive gay male, 40, medium build,
likes gym, music, meeting new people,
seeks men 30-50 for friendship and maybe
lots of fun. ALA. Box SG63047.
GAY NUDE PARTY
At a private house, 13 miles from Glasgow.
Sunday 15-22 May. No mobile phone numbers. Phone number or full name and
address. Box SG63048.
GLASGOW MATURE STUDENT
FOR YOUNGER
Southside based mid 40’s, fit, hairy, looking for other students or professional guys
(non smokers) to share work outs, badminton, etc. Box SG63068.
EDUCATED SOCIABLE MALE
39, handsome, WE, seeks confident, nonalcoholic, sorted guy for friendship and
more. Enjoys art and travel. WE, slim and
sensual. Box SG63050.
WANTED: GENUINE LOVER
I’m a 24 year old virgin who wishes he
could find a slim, fit, svelte, 18-32. Would
also like uniformed men. Send photo and
letter. No E-mails. Box SG63051.
TO BE AND TO BE ABUSED
AND MORE
Are you young, fit, NSm, non effeminate,
inexperienced, needing challenged and
degraded? My satisfaction is all that concerns you. Present yourself to have your flexibility and versatility tested. Letter! Photo!
Phone! Edinburgh. Box SG63052.
FORCEFUL MASTER REQUIRES
SLAVES
SCOTS GUYS
Sought to exchange visits. 33, attractive, fit,
Italian/Scots origin in London, seeks guys
Slave man/boy seeks master, TV or elegant
type, any age or weight. Spank and train
me for massage duties plus bondage, CD,
wrestle match. Central Belt, anywhere. Box
SG63061.
EDINBURGH SKINHEAD
Seeks guys into W/S, gob, rubber, leather,
army gear, gas masks, poppers. Phone
number for quick reply. Box SG63062.
ATTRACTIVE
Slim young 60, 5’7”, smart appearance,
totally passive, WLTM visit discreet active
top guy, for friendship and more, good
clean safe fun, likes O and A, videos, letters
please. Box SG63063.
GLASGOW
35 year old guy would like to meet young
guys for safe pleasure and nights out, pubs,
clubs, etc. I can accommodate. Box
SG63064.
REFLECTIVE MALE (GLASGOW)
Narcissist seeks similar for mutual disappointment. Box SG63049.
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO
FRICTION IN THE END
Cynical 46 year old seeks equally cynical
16-26 year old for fun and friendship.
Strictly non scene. Box SG63069.
BISEXUAL
BI CURIOUS?
There has to be a first time for everything!
Aged 16-21: get in touch? Considerate
experienced versatile older guy will talk you
through things at your own pace before getting down to some safe fun. Your limits
respected. Total discretion assured. Live in
Edinburgh but will travel if required. Box
SG63001.
EDINBURGH TV
Would like to visit other TVs or males interested, males looking for mistress for CP or
other needs. Females or male/female couples. Age/size not important just discretion
and friendship. Box SG63041.
BI CURIOUS LOOKING FOR
FUN
I WANT TO LOVE
For fun and friendship by randy guy, 48, but
looks younger, with 28” waist, 5’11”,
clean shaven, very friendly with good sense
of humour, Genuine replies only. Box
SG63054.
FAST AND FURIOUS
FIFE
Shetland gay, 38, looking to meet visitors
to our islands for action. Anything goes.
Island games. Guys who want company
contact me for discreet times at my Lerwick
flat. Box SG63036.
SLAVE HUNK
UNIFORMED GUYS WANTED
HAIRY 40
WANT A HOLIDAY
Rural dedicated man-servant, passive and
subservient, will submit to dominat mastertype guy for training and general household
duties leading to total control. Letter only.
No E-mails accepted. ALA. Box SG63060.
Edinburgh master, 36, requires house
slaves for all duties including full bondage,
restraint and humiliation. Age/looks unimportant. Box SG63053.
Genuine gay male, 35, looking for anyone
interested in visiting Shetland for a holiday.
Any nationality welcome. Box SG63034.
Wants young studs. Gay farmer in Shetland,
40, stocky build and hairy, seeeks young
lads or students to visit me in Shetland.
Own place. Can accommodate. Travel
expenses can be paid. Box SG63035.
ANYWHERE
I am a 23 year old male, bi, 5’9”, glasses,
medium build, looking to experience the
other side. I am looking for guy aged 18-40
for a discreet relationship. Interested? Then
drop me a line. Box SG63023.
Seeking guy(s) who would like to get off
on hard core heavy duty steamy fun, ie
O/A, toys, FF, Y/B. Come take a walk on
the wild side! Box SG63055.
SHETLAND WANTS FUN TIMES
GLASGOW - WEST OF
SCOTLAND
Quiet non scene 44 year old seeks nephew
for uncomplicated fun and friendship. Can
accommodate and travel. Discreet. Photo if
possible. Box SG63056.
SUB GUY - GLASGOW ANYWHERE
50, genuine, needs further training by dom
master. Your age/looks unimportant but
your ability to control and abuse is. You
won’t be disappointed, Sir! Box SG63057.
TACTILE PASSIVE ACTIVELY
LOOKING
Genuine experienced gent would like to
meet active non-smoker, any age, for dis-
I’m Andrew. I’m from Poland. Now I live in
Southampton. Still I speak English no good
but I all the time improve it. I’m crossdresser without practice. I’m looking someone
men or woman who’ll want to have me
only for oneselfs on rest life, who to make
with me oneselfs housewife and will be
wear me in restricted cloths, chastity belt,
corset, bloomers, bonet, dress. Someone
50-60 year old. I’m a loyal, honest, nice,
good-looking, sensitive and spiritual man.
Box SG63031.
EDINBURGH FUN FRIENDS
WANTED
Male and female mates wanted, 20’s 30’s, for cinema, pool, drinks, gigs. Me:
male, 29, friendly and likes a laugh. ALA.
Box SG63040.
FRIENDLY BI GUY - GLASGOW
- ANYWHERE
Want to pull your briefs down or kilt up.
Welcome new friends 25-55. I’m medium
build 50’s. Not tall. Cannot accommodate
and don’t drive. Photos appreciated
(returned). Box SG63067.
STRAIGHT
DUNDEE - PERTH
Friendly, fit, 50something silver bear seeks
morally relaxed women of all ages for fun
and friendship. Box SG63003.
COLD TURKEY
SPERM DONOR NEEDED
Lesbian, Edinburgh, wanting to become a
parent, seeks genuine male to donate
sperm. Subsequent level of involvement
negotiable. Must be willing to undergo
health checks. If interested, let’s meet and
talk. Box SG63039.
FRIENDS ABROAD
INTERGAY
Penpal contacts with gay men all over the
world. Over 120 subscribers in 30 countries. To join is free: send your ad. Only subscribers get the booklet with all data and
addresses by enclosing £5. INTERGAY,
Voorstraat 12-A, 4033 AD Lienden,
Netherlands.
BELGIUM - HOT HOUSEBOY
FOR HOLIDAY
Or full time living in. I take fully care and
teach you to serve well. From 16-25.
Slender or well built. Box SG63065.
I NEED A WEEKEND DADDY!!
30 year old very fit total bottom looking for
a top to pound my ass hard as hell. You can
use both my holes all you want. No questions except no bareback. Hit me up if you
are in the US (Los Angeles area).
Embarrased by Bush and I want to be dominated by a European. Your pic gets mine.
Write: Michael Reinstein, 2121 Ave of the
Stars, #2950, Los Angeles, CA 90067,
USA. E-mail: mar@usntvg.com
LOOKING 4 REAL ‘N’ FOREVER
FRIENDS
I’m Kiran, 22, gay from India looking 4
young and slim smart gay boys 20-29 from
USA or Europe. I want to date first and then
marriage. That guy come to India and stay
with me. I love travelling. We will travel
everywhere. Who wanna marry me? Plz
mail me. Write: Kiran Gopu, 3-181
Huzurabad, 505468, State AP, India. E-mail:
kiran_gopu@yahoo.co.in
LOOKING FOR SCOTTISH
PRINCE!
2nd generation Scot looking for young, slim
boi for long term in the States! Mature professional in beautiful Seaport Community!
Let’s Talk!!! R U the One? Write: Frank
Mitchell, 234 Low St #5, Newburyport,
Massachusetts, 01950, USA. E-mail:
tg2891@webtv.net
UKRAINE
I like Scottish guys and would love to meet
them and see maybe we got a future if the
chemistry between us works out. So am
hoping that you guys in Scotland are willing
to give it a try. Write: Livingstone Mukiite,
Ludviga Svobodi 51, Dom 9, Kharkov,
Ukraine. E-mail: stonystny@yahoo.com
PARTING GLANCES
CUPAR
You: tall blond nurse on train to Edinburgh
14th April. Me: Sitting opposite you. Love
to see more of you. Contact me. Box
SG63029.
JOBS OFFERED
£100 PER HOUR
We are recruiting attractive guys to work as
escorts in our highly respected escort
agency. Earn up to £100 per hour for doing
what you enjoy. You will be well looked
after and supported in your work, and will
be involved with a progressive, dynamic
agency. Models also required. For more info
call Ross on 08444 170134 or E-mail:
ross@scotsguys.com [63]
ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES
AVAILABLE
In the comfort of your own home or clinics
throughout Edinburgh. Therapies available:
Reiki treatments/teaching, Indian Head
Massage, Spiritual Readings and Hopi Ear
Candles. Fully qualified and insured therapist. Please contact Alan on 07747
714005 for clinics and appointments. [99]
ANIMAL LOVER
Unique opportunity for horse and circus
lover. Live in and learn to ride a High School
Andalucian Horse. Possibility of waged UK
tour summer 2005. Meals and accommodation provided with training. NE Scotland.
Tel: Bobby on St Colms (01346) 583145.
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ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR
Required for the summer season by busy
sailing school on West Coast of Scotland.
Applicants must be young, fit, cheerful and
reasonably broadminded. Experince not necessary as full training will be provided. Good
terms and conditions including free private
accommodation. Night suit student or
school leaver. E-mail: swl121@aol.com or
Tel: 07831 846025 for further details.
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BEDTIME READERS WANTED
Take your ScotsGay to bed with you
tonight!
CASH FOR YOUR BODY
Photogenic guys can earn £100 cash posing for Mike Arlen who has had 14 glossy
magazines published called Mike Arlen’s
Guys. Send snapshots of your magnificent
body to him: Mike Arlen, Wetherby Studios,
23 Wetherby Mansions, Earls Court Square,
London. SW5 9BH or Phone: 020-7373
1107.
E-mail:
mikearlen@btopenworld.com [99]
LOOKING FOR STAFF
Seeking salespeople for Spanish property
shows in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and
Inverness areas. Sundays only. Do you have
transport, access to PC, someone to work
with? Commission only. £700 a day
expected with approximately 15 week
delay of payments. Full training given to
right person. Contact Sales Manager: 0141229 1693. [63]
OVERSPENT AT CHRISTMAS?
Money for a better lifestyle or want to
escape from it all? Want to beat the bills?
Earn £50 - £500+ per week. Part Time or
Full Time. No boss. Hours to suit. For free
information pack call 24 hours 0800
0934705 quoting ref 498859 ScotsGay or
check
out
http://www.4freeBMWcar.com/ [63]
MODELS WANTED
Previously published photographer needs
good looking guys (18-25) who want to
earn £20 per hour for publication work. For
details please phone Stuart on 0141-636
6556 (No withheld numbers please) or Email: xpozure4u@shaws2000.fsnet.co.uk
[99]
VOLUNTEER CARE ASSISTANT
WANTED
Live-in care assistant urgently needed to
assist with daily care. 18+, fit, slim build.
You must drive. Please send photo with letter for quick response. Box SG63033.
SERVICES
CAFFMOS
Contacts and friendships for men over sixty.
The organisation for the more mature gentleman and his admirers. Write to:
CAFFMOS, PO Box 2273, Hove. BN3 2GF.
Or phone Hove (01273) 220995 for info.
[99]
CONTACT MAG
Contact Mag for adults: over 900 photos.
Approval copy from: Matchmaker (K38),
Chorley, PR7 4BS. Or ring 01257 483335
(24 hours). [99]
CP CONTACT PAPER
CP contact paper for spanking, skins, discipline, etc. SAE to TD Monthly, PO Box 352,
Manchester. M60 2PG. [99]
FREE TV/TS NEWS
A Tranny not for profit newsletter. Views,
news, venues and free personal adverts. A5
sae: BM Box 2534, London. WC1N 3XX.
[99]
GOLDEN WHEEL
Seeking discreet gay or bisexual new
friends, male or female? Long standing
service, all areas and worldwide. Send
stamp for details to: (Sadie), The Golden
Wheel, Liverpool. L15 3HT. [99]
HOME IN SPAIN
GLASGOW & EDINBURGH!
SCOTSGUYS ESCORT AGENCY
For letting or investment. Superb villas, bungalows or apartments with pool direct from
builder from £65,000 (60 per cent mortgage available). Call Let’s Live Abroad on
0845 2255777. WWW: http://www.letsliveabroad.com/ [99]
The best gay escorts in Scotland are at
ScotsGuys!
Visit http://www.scotsguys.com/ for pictures and details or call 08444 170134
(local rate) for all enquiries and bookings.
New Escorts always wanted. [63]
LIMITED COMPANIES
MASSAGE FOR MEN EDINBURGH
Only £90 for your own Limited Company.
PLCs £100. Charitable and Unlimited
Companies also available. Freephone 0800
526421 for our free ‘Guide To Limited
Companies’.
E-mail:
cosun@drink.demon.co.uk
WWW:
http://www.quick-companies.co.uk/ [99]
Great relaxing, holistic, sensual, tantric,
full body pampering in nurturing masculine environment. Soft candles, music,
incense, warm towels, shower, cologne,
refreshments. £20 session. Jim:
Qualified, experienced, caring. 0131556 7199. [64a]
PROOFREADING AND TUITION
In English (including TEFL), French, Latin,
Greek and Gaelic, Typing Services, Historical
and Genealogical Research. Charles S
Coventry, 23/9 Viewcraig Street,
Edinburgh. EH8 9UJ. Tel: 0131-558 8785.
E-mail: charlie_cov@yahoo.co.uk [99]
Kyle - 18 year old boyish and cute gay
escort in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Slim,
toned, hung and horny. Versatile/passive
and can accommodate in Glasgow or visit
you. Will travel. Call 07043 368505. [63]
TD MONTHLY
MASSAGE TIME
The UK’s fastest-growing contact publication
for gay men into spanking/CP and all related interests. Please send SAE for details.
Write: TD Monthly, PO Box 310,
Manchester. M15 6WT. WWW:
http://geocities.com/tdmonthly/homepage.html [99]
If you need a strong relaxing full body oil
massage then call me now. Fife/Perth
area. 01577 830386. Bill. [63]
HOT NEW GUY!
Qualified translator based in Dundee offers
translation services between the following
languages: English, Ukrainian, Russian,
Turkish
and
French.
E-mail:
trots2@drink.demon.co.uk or Write: Box
SG63000. [99]
WORLDWIDE PENFRIENDS
Regular lists. Make friends, exchange holidays, improve your languages. For general
and music lovers’ lists send £3: “The
Penpal List”, c/o 221B Merton Rd,
Southfields, London. SW18 5EE. [99]
Anton - 24 year old sexy guy with toned,
smooth body. Good looking and professional guy giving a friendly, relaxed service at
my place or yours. Available in Glasgow,
Edinburgh and throughout Central Scotland.
Tel: 07050 174700 for details. [63]
JAMES - 21 EDINBURGH/EAST LOTHIAN
James, 21, Edinburgh/East Lothian based
escort and masseur. 5’7”, slim and defined,
sexy, versatile and straight acting. In calls or
out calls. Travel by arrangement throughout
the UK and further. Call or text 07891
487550, pictures and more info at
http://www.gaydar.co.uk/jcmmc or
E-mail: jcmescort@btinternet.com [63]
Hot 22-year-old boy, young, fit, handsome.
Private and friendly service in a safe and discreet flat. In/Out. Tel: 07981 922651.
[63]
NEW GLASGOW &
EDINBURGH
B&B
Mon 7.30-9.30pm. Phone: 0141-847 0787
WWW: http://www.crosslynx.org/
CUMBRIA AND THE BORDERS GAY HELPLINE
Nightly 6-9pm. Phone: Bassenthwaite Lake (01768) 776244
DIVERSITAY LGBT SWITCHBOARD (DUNDEE)
Mon 7-10pm. Phone: Dundee (01382) 202620 Write: PO Box 53, Dundee. DD1 3YG.
E-mail: contact@diversitay.org.uk
WWW: http://www.diversitay.org.uk/
FIFE HATE CRIME REPORTING HELPLINE
24 hours. Phone: Freephone 0800 3891425
A freephone number for people who wish support in reporting to Fife Constabulary crime motivated by hate. For further information about the service or becoming a trained helpline volunteer, phone us now!
HOMOPHOBIC CRIME LINE
Nightly 7-10pm. Phone: 0141-847 0647 or Stirling (01786) 469483
WWW: http://www.centralscotland.police.uk/gblt/
LOTHIAN GAY AND LESBIAN SWITCHBOARD
Nightly 7.30-10pm. Phone: 0131-556 4049
E-mail: switchboard@rapidial.co.uk WWW: http://www.lgls.co.uk/
LOTHIAN LESBIAN LINE
Mon, Thu 7.30-10pm. Phone: 0131-557 0751
E-mail: switchboard@rapidial.co.uk WWW: http://www.lgls.co.uk/
STRATHCLYDE LESBIAN AND GAY SWITCHBOARD
Nightly 7-10pm. Phone: 0141-847 0447
E-mail: info@sgls.co.uk WWW: http://www.sgls.co.uk/
Main High Street, Clachnaharry, Inverness.
£14.50pppn. Double or single. Breakfast
and light supper included. Tel: Inverness
(01463) 229662. Ask for Murdo. [63a]
STRATHCLYDE LESBIAN LINE
INVERNESS - GLENUIG GUEST
HOUSE
LONDON LESBIAN AND GAY SWITCHBOARD
Close to City Centre. Welcoming, gay-friendly atmosphere. Spacious ensuite rooms. Off
street parking. Substantial continental
breakfast served until noon. Rates from
£18pppn. Tel: Inverness (01463)
250938. [64a]
24 hours. Phone/Minicom: 020-7837 7324. FAX: 020-7837 7300. WWW: http://www.llgs.org.uk/
NEAR PERTH
Guest House. En suite rooms B&B £25.
Dinner to order. Also massage, hairdressing head and body. For a discreet personal service, call Ron on 07730 876454.
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Wed 7.30-10pm. Phone: 0141-847 0547
WWW: http://www.sgls.co.uk/services1.htm
ScotsGay
Friendly and relaxed small B&B with spectacular mountain views & wilderness surroundings.
For the best relaxing massage, full body
plus head massage, in relaxing atmosphere.
Cal me now. Remedial treatments and
tuition in relaxing massage given. Tel:
07986 465474. [65a]
IDEAL FOR WALKING,
CLIMBING, CYCLING OR
ENJOYING THE PEACE & QUIET
IN AN “AWAY FROM IT ALL”
EDINBURGH
Picturesque location. Martin and Ken. Tel:
(01809 511315).
WWW:
http://www.poulary.co.uk/
[68a]
Large, cuddly, chubby gay man gives massage. Call Kenny on 0131-661 1477 or
07880 658324. [99]
EDINBURGH EBONY ESCORT
EDINBURGH GAY ESCORT
Holiday/break. Fabulous serviced apartment, near all gay venues. 5 mins to
main rail/bus stations and Princes St.
Sleeps 1-5 people. 1 double bedded
room. 1 single bedroom. Very large
lounge/dining room - inc double sofabed.
Kitchen inc all mod cons and bathroom.
From £90 per night. Tel: 0131-557
1910 or 07966 938055 or E-mail:
dublinstreetstay@hotmail.com for bookings.
WWW: http://www.dublinstreet.co.uk/
[62a]
CROSSLYNX NATIONAL TV/TS/TG HELPLINE
NORTH WEST HIGHLANDS
DUNDEE
Good looking, tall, black male, muscular
and toned, intelligent, easy nature, VWE,
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noon. Non-smoking houses. Easy parking.
Room rates: £29-£49 per night. Call 0131558 1382 or Fax 0131-556 8279.
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Small, gay-friendly, period hotel situated
with own parking in town centre. Rooms
available en-suite.
WWW: http://www.cliffhotelpz.co.uk/
Tel: (01736) 368888. [99]
PERTH
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Phone 07715 180157.
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NESS
EDINBURGH
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Ness just 8 miles from Inverness. Call John
or Glen: 01463 751267. WWW:
http://www.potteryhouse.co.uk/ [64a]
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NATIONAL
ORGANISATIONS
OUTRIGHT SCOTLAND:
Scotland’s oldest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights organisation. It was founded in
1969 as the Scottish Minorities Group, later
became the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group
and changed its name to OUTRIGHT SCOTLAND in
December 1992. Currently focusing on work
around the Scottish Parliament, Scottish Executive
and Scottish Public Institutions such as the NHS,
Police and Justice System. Write: The Secretary,
OUTRIGHT SCOTLAND, PO Box 23253, Edinburgh.
EH1 3XD. E-mail: convenor@outrightscotland.org.uk WWW: http://www.outrightscotland.org.uk/ Why not support OUTRIGHT
SCOTLAND’s work? Membership is £15 waged,
£9 low-waged (under £10,000 pa) and £5
unwaged. Life membership is £150. Affiliation
from Trades Union and Political Party Branches
also welcome: £100 (Local Branches), £150
(National Organisations). Please make out your
cheque/Postal Order to OUTRIGHT SCOTLAND
and send to The Secretary, OUTRIGHT SCOTLAND,
PO Box 23253, Edinburgh. EH1 3XD.
EQUALITY NETWORK:
Working for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality in Scotland. Write: 30 Bernard Street,
Edinburgh. EH6 6PR. Tel: 07020 933952. Fax:
07020 933954. E-mail: en@equalitynetwork.org WWW: http://www.equality-network.org/ We hold weekly meetings, regular
forums and an annual conference; contact us for
more details. Join the campaign network!
LESBIAN ARCHIVE AND INFORMATION CENTRE:
The UK’s largest and most significant collection of
materials relating to lesbian lives. LAIC (at
Glasgow Women’s Library) 109 Trongate,
Glasgow. G1 5HD. Tel/Fax: 0141-552 8345.
Open Tue-Fri 1-6pm and Sat 2-5pm. E-mail:
gwl@womens-library.org.uk
WWW:
http://www.womens-library.org.uk/laic.htm
PRIDE SCOTIA (EDINBURGH):
Now busily organising Pride Scotia 2005 for Sat
25th June 2005! Tel: 0131-556 9471. Write:
58a Broughton Street, Edinburgh. EH1 3SA. Email: edinburgh@pride-scotia.org WWW:
http://www.pride-scotia.org/
PRIDE SCOTIA (GLASGOW):
Organised Pride Scotia 2004 and now taking a
few days off before starting work on Pride Scotia
2006! Write: 11 Dixon Street, Glasgow. G1 4AL.
E-mail: glasgow@pride-scotia.org WWW:
http://www.pride-scotia.org/
STONEWALL SCOTLAND:
Scottish office of the London based campaigning
group. Write: 11 Dixon Street, Glasgow, G1 4AL.
Tel: 0141-204 0746. Fax: 0141-204 5110. Email: scotland@stonewall.org.uk WWW:
http://www.stonewall.org.uk/
LOCAL
ORGANISATIONS
ABERDEEN:
Pride In Aberdeen: An umbrella group for voluntary LGBT organisations in the North East of
Scotland (formerly North East LGBT Forum).
Working towards opening an LGBT Centre in
Aberdeen. Aberdeen Pride: Sat 4th Jun 2005.
WWW: http://uk.geocities.com/equalityforum/
North East Scotland Gay Group: A befriending
group for gay and bisexual men, meets 3rd Sun of
each month at 7.30pm. Write: c/o 11 Waverley
Place, Aberdeen. AB10 1XH. Tel: 0845
2412151. E-mail: nesgg@phacescotland.org
AYRSHIRE:
Ayrshire Social & Sexuality Support Group: Meets
3rd Wed of each month at 7pm in Irvine. Details
of venue from David Bingham on 0141-332
3837 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm), Irvine (01294)
323473 or Strathclyde Switchboard. E-mail:
davidb@phacescotland.org
EDINBURGH:
Icebreakers: Social group for guys and gals who
want to make friendships and feel more at ease in
the company of other gay people. Run by
Switchboard volunteers. Takes place from 7.309pm in CC Blooms on the 2nd & 4th Wed of each
month. If you’re recently out or new to Edinburgh
or just feel a bit cut off and want a break, come
along. A welcoming and non-threatening environment. First timers can be met outside. Phone
Lothian Switchboard for details.
ELGIN:
Moray LGBT Group: Meets at Health Point, 239
High Street, Elgin. Write: c/o 11 Waverley Place,
Aberdeen. AB10 1XH. Tel: 0845 2412151. Email: moraylgbtgroup@phacescotland.org
FALKIRK:
FLAGS LGBT Centre: 56-58 Cow Wynd, Falkirk.
FK1 1PU. Tel: Falkirk (01324) 617717. Situated
near the centre of town. Resource area with latest
magazines, leaflets etc. Free safer sex supplies for
men and women. Tea and coffee area. Various
groups meet in the Centre each week. For further
information: telephone or E-mail and speak to one
of the volunteers. E-mail: flagslgbt@hotmail.com
GLASGOW:
Glasgow LGBT Centre: The Centre Board manages
Glasgow LGBT Centre Limited, which is registered
as a Scottish charity and as a Scottish company.
Centre Administrator and Manager are on duty
(9.30am-5pm Mon-Fri). Membership criteria for
Glasgow LGBT Centre Limited is available to all
interested people agreeing to the code of conduct.
See press for notice of the Annual General meeting of Members - childcare and BSL interpreter can
be organised, but please give advance notice.
Membership is closed in the last month. Write:
Glasgow LGBT Centre, 11 Dixon Street, Glasgow,
G1 4AL. Tel/Fax: 0141-221 7203.
E-mail: admin1@glgbt.org.uk
WWW: http://www.glgbt.org.uk/
Icebreakers Group: For lesbians, gays and bisexuals new to the scene. 12.30-3pm on 1st Sun of
each month at LGBT Centre, 11 Dixon Street.
Details from Strathclyde Switchboard.
INVERCLYDE:
Greenock LGBT Group: Are you interested in meeting LGBT people from in and around Greenock?
The Phoenix Community Health Project are running an occasional group for LGBT people from
Inverclyde. These meetings are a chance to
socialise with local people and to find out more
about what’s on offer for Inverclyde’s LGBT community. The group is relaxed, informal and is also
open to friends and family. Meets at the Phoenix
Project, 19 Bogle St, Greenock on some Thu eves
from 7-9pm. Tel: Sandra on Greenock (01475)
892197 or Matt on 0141-332 3838.
INVERNESS:
Highland Gay Men’s Group: Meets at 7.30pm on
4th Wed of each month at 34 Waterloo Place. Tel:
Inverness (01463) 711585 (Mon-Fri 9.30am4.30pm).
E-mail: hgmg@reachouthighland.org.uk
Highland Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
Forum. Write: c/o Reach Out Highland, 34
Waterloo Place, Inverness. IV1 1NB.
E-mail: forum@gay-ness.org.uk
WWW: http://www.gay-ness.org.uk/
LANARKSHIRE:
Lanarkshire Gay Group: An LGBT group which
meets most Weds from 8pm in or around
Hamilton. We are a small group of gay people
who get together for support and friendship over
a cup of tea or coffee. Join us for genuine friendship, we welcome new members, Gay, Lesbian,
Bi, Transgender and their friends. Come along,
give it a try, what have you got to lose? Write:
LGG, 10 Bartie Gardens, Ashgill, Larkhall. ML9
3FB. Tel: Larkhall (01698) 887532 (7-10pm).
E-mail: LGG@bartie.fsnet.co.uk WWW:
http://www.geocities.com/lanarkshiregaymensgroup/
CAITHNESS:
Caithness Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Group: A friendly informal group which meets irregularly. Write:
Box 689, Journal Office, 42 Union Street, Wick.
KW1 5ED. Tel: 07808 814007 (Fri 7-9pm). Email: caithnessglb@yahoo.co.uk WWW:
http://members.lycos.co.uk/caithnessglc/index
.htm
STIRLING:
Stirling Gay Men’s Group meets monthly from
Sep-Jun (generally 3rd Fri) in private houses. Email: Forthfriend@lademill.force9.co.uk WWW:
http://www.lademill.f9.co.uk/Forthfriend.html
DUNDEE:
Disco:very: The newsletter from Diversitay.
Available from: Diversitay (LGBT Group), PO Box
53, Dundee, DD1 3YG.
SCOTTISH NETWORK FOR LESBIAN STRENGTH:
To further lesbian issues, follow a lesbian agenda
and foster lesbian visibility. E-mail:
High_Les@bigfoot.com
DUNFERMLINE:
FifeFLAGS: Fife Free Lesbian and Gay Society.
Based in Dunfermline, provides a welcoming and
safe meeting space and drop-in centre near the
town centre for the LGBT community, our friends,
family and supporters. Regular social group meets
on Mon and Thu eve from 7pm. Youth group for
people up to age 25, coordinated by LGBT Youth
Scotland, meets on first Mon of each month from
7-9 pm. Support for parents of recently out children can also be arranged - contact for details.
Various groups meet in comfortable surroundings
and arrange activities and outings or just hang out
and meet new friends over coffee and biscuits.
Safer sex information and supplies available as
part of the Fife Health Board condom distribution
scheme. Tel: Dunfermline (01383) 738517.
E-mail: Info@FifeFLAGS.org.uk
WWW: http://www.fifeflags.org.uk/
ABERDEEN:
Aberdeen Lesbian Group: A small social group of
lesbian and bisexual women who meet every fortnight in the Women’s Centre, Shoe Lane (next to
the Lemon Tree). They aim to bring together likeminded women into a friendly atmosphere
focussing on fun and enjoyment. Tel: Aberdeen
(01224) 625010 or 07786 795568. E-mail:
aberdeenlesbiangroup@yahoo.co.uk WWW:
http://www.geocities.com/aberdeenlesbiangroup/
AroundAB-out 2001: A free monthly online
newsletter primarily for lesbians in Aberdeen and
the North-East of Scotland but has a mixed readership of gender, sexuality and age throughout the
UK and internationally. It contains a mix of articles, humour, information and regular features.
Personal copies are sent free via e-mail if requested, and the website is updated during the month
with time related news. WWW:
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WOMEN’S
LISTINGS
http://www.about2001.com/ For individual
free
subscriptions,
E-mail:
Subscriptions@About2001.com with the word
“subscribe” either in the subject or in the body of
the e-mail.
Granite Sisters: Aberdeen based social and cultural group for lesbians throughout Scotland.
Meetings and events held in both the private
homes of members and public venues.
Confidentiality and privacy are regarded as very
important to this group as many members are not
out, and you will find the members respect these
values at gatherings. Website also contains news
and information about gay issues, gay friendly
holidays in Scotland etc. Further details: Maria
Clark Manager/Secretary. Tel/Fax: Aberdeen
(01224) 713336 (day/eve). Write: PO Box
18230, Aberdeen. AB2 9YN.
E-mail: 13@clara.co.uk
WWW: http://www.13.clara.co.uk/
Lesbian And Friends Lunch Club: 1st Sat of each
month in Aberdeen Women’s Centre, Shoe Lane.
Come along and be treated to a tasty lunch while
enjoying a nice relaxing atmosphere in the company of like minded women. Tel: Aberdeen (01224)
625010. E-mail: savanah@clara.co.uk WWW:
http://www.geocities.com/aberdeenlesbiangroup/lunch.html
DUNDEE:
Ellesbelles: Dundee’s women only drumming
group. Meets every Thu from 5.30pm at Michelin
Athletic Club, Drumgeith Road. Tel: Dundee
(01382)
330131.
E-mail:
ellesbellesdundee@hotmail.com
WWW:
http://www.ellesbelles.com/
We Bissums: A regular newletter for women in
and around Dundee. Write: PO Box 6819,
Dundee. DD1 2YG. E-mail: we_bissums@hotmail.com
EDINBURGH:
AD Group: For lesbians 40+. Monthly meeting and
frequent social events. For details, phone
Edinburgh Lesbian Line.
Edinburgh Gay Women’s Group: Weekly social
group to chat, laugh, do crazy things or more
relaxed ones. Go to the movies, pub, theatre,
dancing, whatever you fancy. Meets every Wed
8pm onwards at Sala, LGBT Centre, 60 Broughton
St. For details, phone Edinburgh Lesbian Line.
Lesbian Book Group: Meets monthly (Wed 7.309.30pm) in basement of LGBT Centre for Health
& Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, Edinburgh. Contact
Kerry for further details / next book by E-mail:
kjmcdoll@yahoo.co.uk or Tel: 07739 324046.
LGBT Centre For Health & Wellbeing: 9 Howe
Street, Edinburgh. EH3 6TE. Social events,
women’s health consultation, groups, classes and
volunteering for lesbian, bisexual and transgender
women. Tel: 0131-523 1100.
E-mail: allie@lgbthealth.org.uk
WWW: http://www.lgbthealth.org.uk/
LIBRA: Help for women concerned about their
drinking. Free 1-2-1 counselling and groupwork.
Tel: 0131-661 0111. Write: 4 Norton Park,
Edinburgh. EH7 5RS. E-mail: libra@libralothian.fsnet.co.uk
FALKIRK:
Forth Valley Gay Women meet 7.30-9pm every
2nd Thu at FLAGS LGBT Centre, 56-58 Cow Wynd,
Falkirk. FK1 1PU. Tel: Falkirk (01324) 617717.
GLASGOW:
Centre For Women’s Health: Sandyford Initiative,
2-6 Sandyford Place (old Eye Infirmary),
Glasgow. G3 7NB. Tel: 0141-211 6700.
Minicom: 0141-211 6703. Fax: 0141-211
6702. Sappho @ Sandyford: Sappho promotes
positive health for lesbians and easier access to
sexual, reproductive and women’s health services.
A monthly well-woman clinic and screening service
is provided in a lesbian friendly setting. Tel: 0141211 8130 for appointment. Counselling at the
Centre for Women’s Health takes place fortnightly
on Tue eve. Women Only Space and Reference
Library: Mon-Thu 10am-8.30pm, Fri 10am-4pm.
Tel: 0141-211 6700 for info. There is a crêche
within Sandyford Initiative - Tel: 0141-211 8647
for info.
E-mail: sandyfordlib@glacomen.scot.nhs.uk.
WWW: http://www.sandyford.org/
Glasgow Women’s Library: 4th/5th Floors, 109
Trongate, G1 5HD. Tel/Fax: 0141-552 8345.
Open Tue-Fri 1-6pm. Sat 2-5pm. Closed Mon.
Lending and reference library - books, magazines,
journals, videos, leaflets and information. UK and
overseas feminist and lesbian publications.
Contains the Lesbian Archive and Information
Centre - a unique national collection of publications, journals and ephemera by and for lesbians.
E-mail: gwl@womens-library.org.uk WWW:
http://www.womens-library.org.uk/
Glasgow Women’s Library Lesbian Outreach
Service: A new group and two drop-in sessions are
running for lesbian and bisexual women over 25.
The group meets in the Library every second Wed
eve, and afternoon drop-in sessions are in the
Library or Glasgow LGBT Centre. For more information on dates and times contact the Library on
0141-552 8345.
OLGA - Older Women’s Group: Meets monthly. Tel:
Jenny or Alex on Kilwinning (01294) 558171 or
Rose on 0141-423 3025.
E-mail: roseodoherty@hotmail.com
Personal safety and confidence building courses
for women are offered by Wise Women, 120
Sydney Street, Glasgow. G31 1JF. Tel: 0141-550
7557. Quertyphone: 0141-550 7558.
INVERNESS:
GirlZone: Formerly Girls @ The Gate. Friendly,
informal social group for LBT and friends - all welcome. Meets 3rd Sat of each month. Tel: Joanne
on 07792 223 687 for details and venue. E-mail:
girlzone@gay-ness.org.uk
WWW: http://www.gay-ness.org.uk/
Highland Lesbian Group: A friendly lesbian social
group which offers support and information.
Organises fundraisers for Womankind Worldwide:
http://www.womankind.org.uk/
WWW:
http://www.freewebs.com/highlandlesbiangroup/ E-mail: High_Les@bigfoot.com
LESBIAN INFORMATION SERVICE:
E-mail: jan@lesbianinformationservice.org
WWW:
http://www.lesbianinformationservice.org/
LILLIDOTS:
Lesbian Feminist Walking Group. Contact via
Dundee Switchboard, Lothian Lesbian Line or
Strathclyde Switchboard.
YOUNG LESBIANS:
See our Youth Groups listings.
BISEXUALS
BI EDINBURGH:
A monthly space for bisexuals and those questioning their sexuality. Meets 3rd Wed of month from
8pm at the Edinburgh LGBT Centre, 58a
Broughton Street for informal discussion followed
by drinks. Tel/text: 0796 396 0321.
E-mail: info@biscotland.org
WWW: http://www.biscotland.org/
BI GLASGOW:
Glasgow’s own bisexual group, for information,
support and socializing, for bisexuals and those
questioning their sexuality. Meets 1st Wed of
month, from 7.30-9.30pm in the Ian Dunn Room
at Glasgow LGBT Centre, followed by drinks. Also
organises training and activist activities in support
of bisexual visibility and pride. Tel/text: 0796
396 0321. Write: Bi Glasgow, c/o Glasgow LGBT
Centre, 11 Dixon Street, Glasgow, G1 4AL.
E-mail: info@biscotland.org
WWW: http://www.biscotland.org/
ABUSE
BROKEN RAINBOW LGBT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
SERVICE (UK):
Works to change the situation for LGBT people facing domestic violence. Runs a listening, information and signposting Helpline Service, staffed by
LGBT people. Tel: 020-8539 9507 (Mon-Fri 9am1pm & 2-5pm). E-mail: mail@brokenrainbow.org.uk WWW: http://www.broken-rainbow.org.uk/
MALE SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN
GRAMPIAN:
Support and Advice. Write: PHACE Scotland, 11
Waverley Place, Aberdeen. AB10 1XH. Tel: 0845
2412151. E-mail: grampian@phacescotland.org
MEN AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE:
MASA offers a unique 1-2-1 counselling service for
adult male survivors of childhood abuse. MASA
can also provide Hypnotherapy and Electric
Stimulation Therapy (a form of acupunture). Tel:
0141-550 2048 (Tue 7-9pm). E-mail: abusedmen@aol.com
RAPE AND ABUSE LINE:
For male and female survivors. Women answer
the Tel: Freephone 0808 8000123 (or Dingwall
(01349) 865316) hours as advised on telephone answering machine. Men answer the Tel:
Freephone 0808 8000122 (or Dingwall
(01349) 862686) hours as advised on telephone answering machine. Callers are welcome to
phone either line. Write: PO Box 10, Dingwall.
IV15 9HE.
THRIVE:
Counselling service for male survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Write: The Sandyford
Initiative, 4 Sandyford Place, Glasgow. G3 7NB.
Tel: 0141-211 8133.
E-mail: thrive@glacomen.scot.nhs.uk
ATHEISTS/
HUMANISTS
GAY AND LESBIAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION:
GALHA is a national membership group promoting
the gay-friendly Humanist outlook and gay and
lesbian rights as human rights. Write: 34 Spring
Lane, Kenilworth, Warwickshire. CV8 2HB.
Tel/Fax: Kenilworth (01926) 858450. E-mail:
secretary@galha.org
WWW: http://www.galha.org/
BDSM
MSC SCOTLAND:
A club for men interested in Leather, Rubber,
Uniform. Meets at the Regent Bar, Edinburgh, on
the 3rd Sat of each month from 9pm. Write: PO
Box 28, Edinburgh. EH3 5JL. E-mail: msc@mscscotland.net
WWW:
http://www.mscscotland.net/
SCOTTISH GAY SKINS:
Information Site for Scottish Gay Skinheads. Email: scotsskinsinfo@fsmail.net WWW:
http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/scotsskin
s/ ScotsSkins meet informally in The Claremont in
Edinburgh on the 3rd Sat of each month.
SM GAYS:
E-mail:
info@smgays.org
http://www.smgays.org/
WWW:
SM PRIDE:
Scottish
contact
druidic_goddess@yahoo.com
http://www.uksmpride.org/
E-mail:
WWW:
BEARS
BEARSCOTS:
For hairy, moustached, bearded or bulky men and
their admirers. Edinburgh: Meets 1st Sat of each
month from 2pm in No. 18 Sauna and then from
9pm in the Claremont Bar. Write: PO Box 12785,
Edinburgh, EH6 7YU. Tel: Dundee (01382)
640059. E-mail: info@bearscots.org.uk
Glasgow: Meets 2nd Fri of each month from 8pm
in
the
Revolver
Bar.
E-mail:
glasgow_bear@yahoo.co.uk For details of other
social events across Scotland contact BearScots or
check
the
website.
WWW:
http://www.bearscots.org.uk/
BIKERS
GAY BIKERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB:
A UK-wide club for women and men. Active
Scottish section. Write: PO Box 33, Long Eaton,
Nottingham. NG10 2BF.
E-mail: info@gaybikers.co.uk
WWW: http://www.gaybikers.co.uk/
CHRISTIANS
EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP:
Lesbian, gay or bisexual? From an Evangelical tradition? So are we. Tel: Andrew on Mid Calder
(01506) 499926. Write: c/o 13 Westbrook
Drive, Macclesfield, Cheshire. SK10 3AQ.
E-mail: info@eflgc.org.uk
WWW: http://www.eflgc.org.uk/
HOLY TRINITY METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY
CHURCH:
An inclusive church of the lesbigay and trangendered community open to all irrespective of sexuality. Services: Every Sun at 6pm (11am during
Aug) at Augustine United Church, 41 George IV
Bridge, Edinburgh (opposite the Central Library).
Relationship blessings conducted by arrangement.
Tel: 0131-226 1691. Write: Metropolitan
Community Church, 41 George IV Bridge,
Edinburgh. EH1 1EL.
E-mail: mail@mccedinburgh.com
WWW: http://www.mccedinburgh.com/
OPEN EPISCOPAL CHURCH:
A small gay friendly denomination in the Old
Catholic tradition. Regular Masses and other sacraments in Edinburgh. Also Relationship Blessings,
Hand-fastings, and Healing. Contact Fr Alistair SSB
on 07817 767445.
E-mail: alistair_bate@hotmail.com WWW:
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/drebstuart/index.ht
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QUAKERS:
Quaker Lesbian and Gay Fellowship is a welcoming and supportive national group for people of all
sexual orientations and their friends. Write: Ruth
(SG), 46 The Avenue, Starbeck, Harrogate. HG1
4QD. E-mail: qlgfcontact@btclick.com
WWW: http://www.qlgf.org.uk/
QUEST:
Organisation for lesbian and gay Catholics.
Monthly meetings are held in different regional
groups throughout Britain. Scottish meetings held
in Glasgow. Quest Linkline - The Helpline for Gay
and Lesbian Catholics - Tel: (Freephone) 0808
808 0234. Write: BM Box 2585, LONDON.
WC1N 3XX.
E-mail: quest@questgaycatholic.org.uk
WWW: http://www.questgaycatholic.org.uk/
ROMAN CATHOLIC CAUCUS OF THE LESBIAN &
GAY CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT:
Local group meets in Central Edinburgh. Write: RC
Caucus, PO Box 24632, London. E9 6XF. Tel:
020-7226 0847. E-mail: lgcm_rccaucus@hotmail.com
HUMANIST CEREMONIES:
Celebrate your love and commitment with a
meaningful ritual or ceremony that you will
always remember. Non-religious blessings/affirmation ceremonies, funerals and baby namings/welcomes. Woman Humanist Society registered officiant. Tel: 07739 826377 or
E-mail: gerrie.ds@ntlworld.com
CREATIVE ARTS
PINK TRIANGLE TRUST:
PTT is a gay charity which can arrange non-religious ceremonies of love and commitment for lesbian and gay couples at very reasonable rates in
most parts of Scotland. Details from: Write: 34
Spring Lane, Kenilworth, Warwickshire. CV8 2HB.
Tel/Fax: Kenilworth (01926) 858450.
E-mail: ceremonies@pinktriangle.org.uk
WWW: http://www.pinktriangle.org.uk/
CULTURAL
DIVERSE ARTISTS:
An opportunity for Artists from all Art Disciplines,
to meet, discuss their Art and develop projects and
workshop opportunities. Membership is open to
all diverse artists. Tel: Aileen on 07931 309093.
E-mail: admin1@glgbt.org.uk
CELTIC MUSIC GAY GROUP:
Mixed LGB group. Scottish/Irish music/culture
fans (Wolfstone, Runrig, Wolfe Tones, Athenry,
Aire Og, Christy Moore, etc). Watch and swap
videos/cassettes. Write: BM Box 7970, LONDON.
WC1N 3XX.
EAST MEETS WEST:
Are you Asian, and interested in forming a social
group in the Glasgow/Edinburgh area with guys
who are genuinely interested in Asians and Asian
culture? If so, please either Tel: 07748 183626
or E-mail: gordino666@hotmail.com
GAYKILTS:
A friendly social group of men promoting the wearing of the traditional kilt. Regular meetings at
Claremont Bar, Edinburgh, 2nd and last Sun of
each month lunch times and 2nd Sat of each
month from 8pm. Other kilted weekend get
togethers and visits throughout Britain. Tel:
07800 891702. E-mail: info@gaykilts.co.uk
WWW: http://www.gaykilts.co.uk/
GLASGAY!:
Scotland’s annual celebration of queer culture.
Next dates: 1st-20th Nov 2005. Write: GALA
Scotland Ltd, PO Box 16812, Glasgow. G12 9ZU.
Tel: 0141-334 7126 or 07762 722460. E-mail:
info@glasgay.co.uk WWW: http://www.glasgay.co.uk/
INTERNATIONAL KILT APPRECIATION SOCIETY
(IKAS):
Contact and social group for guys interested in
viewing/wearing kilts. Regular newsletter. Write:
Mervyn Tacy, `Ziveli’, 20 Ordsall Park Road, RETFORD. DN22 7PA. Please enclose sae. Tel: 01777
708270. E-mail: IKILTas@aol.com
REMEMBER WHEN PROJECT:
Documenting the collective history of Edinburgh’s
LGBT communities, recording life-stories and personal memories across the generations, and celebrating our rich and varied contributions to the
quality of life in the city. Write: Brian Thompson,
Remember When Project, 14 Forth Street,
Edinburgh. EH1 3LH. Tel: 0131-558 2820. Email: brian@rememberwhen.org.uk WWW:
http://www.rememberwhen.org.uk/
SCOTTISH BORDERS GAY FILM GROUP:
Meets monthly during autumn through to the
spring, and views videos/DVDs with a gay theme
or character. For more details please contact
Alastair on Galashiels (01896) 757861.
SCOTTISH GAY VEGGIE GROUP:
Social group. Tel: 0141-883 2715 or 07963
540356.
THE SPORRAN CLAN:
Social group that promotes the wearing of the kilt
and love of guys who wear kilts. Meetings and
events throughout the year. E-mail: sporranclan@mac.com WWW: http://www.sporranclan.org/
CYBERSPACE
LAMBDA BOARD — EDINBURGH:
The UK’s oldest lesbigay 24 hour computer based
bulletin board system. Private mailboxing, areas
for Women, Gay Men, Bisexuals, Leather
Enthusiasts, TV/TSs, etc. 0131-556 6316.
Scrolling (8N1) and Viewdata (Prestel) formats
at speeds up to V22bis (2400/2400).
SCOTSGAY:
All of the words from the magazine can be found
on our website as well as interactive Meet Market
and our Listings which are updated nearly every
day. WWW: http://www.scotsgay.co.uk/
HEALTH AND
ABILITIES
(including Sexual
Health)
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS:
Whilst AA runs the following LGBT meetings in
Edinburgh and Glasgow, please note that it is a
non restrictive organisation and LGBT people are
welcome at any meeting. Edinburgh: Tue 7.30pm
(Edinburgh LGBT Centre, 58a Broughton Street).
Glasgow: Tue 8pm (Phace Scotland, 2nd Floor,
49 Bath Street), Thu 7.30pm (Nye Bevan House,
20 India Street), Fri 8pm (Glasgow LGBT Centre,
11 Dixon Street). National Helpline: 0845
7697555 (24 hours). Scottish Office: 0141-226
2214. Edinburgh Office: 0131-225 2727.
BODY POSITIVE (GRAMPIAN):
A self help group offering support and assistance
for individuals with HIV/AIDS in the Grampian
area. Write: PO Box 83, Aberdeen. AB9 1AA.
BODY POSITIVE (TAYSIDE):
11-15 Princes Street, Dundee. DD4 6BY. A charity that exists to empower HIV and HepC positive
people and those affected thereby to eliminate the
stigma and isolation they experience. Tel: Dundee
(01382) 461555. Fax: Dundee (01382)
461424. Tue-Thu (Drop In) Noon-3.30pm. Email: admin@bptayside.sol.co.uk WWW:
http://www.bodypositivetayside.org/
BROWNLEE CENTRE (GLASGOW):
Gartnavel General Hospital, 1053 Great Western
Road, Glasgow. G12 0YN. Confidential information, advice, counselling and direct access testing
for HIV and Hepatitis. The Centre provides ongoing
medical and social care plus psychological and
emotional support for people living with HIV infection and one to one counselling for people at risk
of HIV. Tel: 0141-211 1089. Fax: 0141-211
1097. Mon-Thu 9am-5pm, Tue 5-7.30pm, Thu 57.30pm, Fri 9am-4.30pm.
BROWNLEE COMMUNITY TEAM:
1st Floor, Granite House, 31 Stockwell Street,
Glasgow. G1 4RZ. Social work service for people
with HIV/AIDS providing intensive community
based support. General advice and information on
listings
community care and housing needs also provided.
Mon-Thu 8.45am-4.45pm. Fri 8.45am-3.55pm.
Tel: 0141-552 4488. Fax: 0141-552 2760.
Also at Brownlee Centre: Tel: 0141-211 1090.
FIFE MEN:
5 South Fergus Place, Kirkcaldy. KY1 1YA.
(Behind Sheriff Court). Information, advice and
support on gay and health issues, free condoms,
and much more! Mon-Fri 1-5pm, Sat 10am-3pm.
Tel: Kirkcaldy (01592) 265666. Fax: Kirkcaldy
(01592)
643866.
E-mail:
enquiries@fifemen.co.uk
WWW:
http://www.fifemen.co.uk/
GAY MEN’S HEALTH:
10a Union Street, Edinburgh. EH1 3LU. A community led Lothian wide project for gay and bisexual
men. Wide ranging volunteering opportunities
which provide services including support and counselling, scene work, peer education and training,
provision of condoms, lube and Safer Sex information. Tel: 0131-558 9444. Fax: 0131-558
9060. E-mail: info@gmh.org.uk WWW:
http://www.gmh.org.uk/
GAY MEN’S HEALTH TAYSIDE:
Exists to promote the sexual health of gay and
bisexual men living in Angus, Dundee and Perth
and Kinross, reduce the spread of HIV within those
communities and challenge the discrimination that
can be faced by gay and bisexual men, including
HIV positive gay and bisexual men, and those
affected by HIV. Tel: Dundee (01382) 424070.
Fax: Dundee (01382) 424090. E-mail:
admin@gaymenshealthtayside.com WWW:
http://www.gaymenshealthtayside.com/
GLASGOW BROWNLEE AIDS WELFARE FUND:
Raises funds for people with HIV/AIDS in the
Greater Glasgow area. Write: PO Box 3954,
Glasgow. G45 9WB. E-mail: info@gbawf.org.uk
WWW: http://www.gbawf.org.uk/
GRAMPIAN AIDS LINE:
Helpline for people with questions on HIV/AIDS.
Tel: Aberdeen (01224) 574000 (Mon-Tue
8.30am-5pm, Wed 8.30am-6pm, Thu 8.30am12.30pm, Fri 8am-4pm).
GRAMPIAN BUDDY GROUP:
Befriending and support service for people living
with HIV/AIDS. Write: PO Box 353, Aberdeen.
AB9 8DD. Tel: Aberdeen (01224) 555406.
HEALTHY GAY SCOTLAND:
A national HIV prevention & sexual health promotion programme for gay and bisexual men. Offers
a range of services including info on its website,
campaigns and resources and a free condoms by
post scheme. WWW: http://www.healthygayscotland.com/
HIV-AIDS CARERS AND FAMILIES SERVICE
PROVIDER SCOTLAND:
10 Elderpark Workspace, 100 Elderpark Street,
Glasgow. G51 3TR. Mon-Fri 10am-5pm.
Telephone Support Service Mon-Fri 7pm-10pm.
Tel: 0141-445 8797. Fax: 0141-445 8798. Email: hiv-aids_carers@lineone.net WWW:
http://www.hiv-aids-carers.org.uk/
HIV SCOTLAND:
Suite 2, 27 Beaverhall Road, Edinburgh. EH7 4JE.
Tel: 0131-558 3713. Fax: 0131-558 9887.
Previously known as the Scottish Voluntary HIV
and AIDS Forum, this independent Scottish Charity
runs a number of initiatives including Healthy Gay
Scotland. E-mail: info@hivscotland.com WWW:
http://www.hivscotland.com/
JUICE:
Weekly support group for HIV+ gay and bisexual
men in Edinburgh. Tel: 0131-661 0982.
KLINEFELTER SYNDROME:
An Intersex condition affecting 1 in 700 live born
males. Also known as 47,XXY. Self-Help/Support
group for Internet users. Tel: Steph on 07950
850981. E-mail: k.xxy@medscape.com WWW:
http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/klinefelterxxy
LADDIES & LASSIES CLUB:
Scottish Deaf Gay & Lesbian Club. Normally meets
in Merchant Pride, 20 Candleriggs, Glasgow, from
7pm-Midnight on last Fri of each month (except
Dec). Write: c/o Glasgow LGBT Centre, 11 Dixon
Street, Glasgow. G1 4AL. E-mail: LLSDGALC@hotmail.com WWW: http://www.laddiesandlassies.co.uk/
LANARKSHIRE HIV, AIDS AND HEPATITIS CENTRE:
Counselling Service, Monklands Hospital, Monks
Court Avenue, Airdrie. ML6 0JS. One stop shop for
HIV and Hepatitis health services. Mon-Fri 9am5pm. Also Tue & Thu 7-9.30pm (appointments
only). Tel: Airdrie (01236) 747960 or 712247.
Fax: Airdrie (01236) 712449.
LESBIAN & GAY CARERS NETWORK ALZHEIMERS SOCIETY:
Carers’ contacts for gay men and lesbians are
trained and skilled volunteers able to offer a listening ear and understanding to gay and lesbian carers of people with Alzheimer’s disease or any
other form of dementia. Tel: Arthur on Brighton
(01273) 628047, Bruce on Oxford (01865)
847471, Roger on Thanet (01843) 220932 or
Vanessa on Newport, Gwent (01633) 215782.
Alzheimer’s Society National Helpline - Tel: 0845
3000336 (8.30am-6.30pm Mon-Fri). Write: Lisa
Cooper, Development Officer, Lesbian and Gay
Carers Network, North West Regional Office,
Alzheimers Society, 4 Wilmslow Road, Cheadle.
SK8 1BT. Tel: 0161-428 1556. E-mail: lcooper@alzheimers.org.uk
WWW:
http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/Gay_Carers/ind
ex.htm
LGBT CENTRE FOR HEALTH & WELLBEING:
9 Howe Street, Edinburgh. EH3 6TE. Working in
partnership with the LGBT community and health
service providers to improve the physical, mental
and social wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender people in south-east Scotland.
Volunteering opportunities in many diverse areas.
Tel:
0131-523
1100.
E-mail:
admin@lgbthealth.org.uk
WWW:
http://www.lgbthealth.org.uk/
MAN FRIDAY:
The GUM clinic at Woolmanhill, Aberdeen session
for Gay and Bi men. Fri 1.20-3.50pm. Testing and
advice on sexual health matters is available by
appointment or on a drop-in basis. Tel: Aberdeen
(01224) 555555.
PHACE SCOTLAND:
134 Douglas Street, Glasgow. G2 4HF. HIV prevention and support support services in
Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Arran, Argyll and Clyde
and Greater Glasgow including Buddying and the
Crusaid Hardship Fund in Scotland. Also provides a
range of health promotion services for Gay and
Bisexual men throughout the West of Scotland
and Grampian. Please contact for further details.
Volunteers welcome! Tel: 0141-332 3838. Fax:
0141-332 3755. E-mail: contact@phacescotland.org WWW: http://www.phacescotland.org/
PHACE SCOTLAND - GRAMPIAN LGBT SERVICE:
11 Waverley Place, Aberdeen. AB10 1XH. Tel:
0845 2412151. Fax: 0845 2412152. E-mail:
grampian@phacescotland.org
PILLAR MENTAL HEALTH LGBT GROUP:
For members of the LGBT Community offering support and advice at times of difficulty. Tel: Aberdeen
(01224)
621266.
E-mail:
info@pillaraberdeen.co.uk
or
michaelm@phacescotland.org
POSITIVE HELP:
13a Great King Street, Edinburgh. EH3 6QW.
Practical help for people who are infected or
affected by HIV and AIDS in Edinburgh, their families and carers. Tel: 0131-558 1122. Fax: 0131558 3636. E-mail: posihelp@onetel.com
POSITIVE VOICE:
37-39 Montrose Terrace, Edinburgh. EH7 5DJ.
Self help for people living with and affected by
HIV/AIDS in Lothian, offering advocacy and peer
support. Tel: 0131-652 0754. Fax: 0131-661
9100. E-mail: enquiries@positive-voice.org.uk
WWW: http://www.positive-voice.org.uk/
REACH OUT HIGHLAND:
34 Waterloo Place, Inverness. IV1 1NB. Supports
people throughout the Highlands - whether living
there or visiting - to take responsibility for, manage, and make informed choices about their sexual health and well-being. Tel: Inverness (01463)
711585 (Mon-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm). Fax:
Inverness (01463) 711793. E-mail:
support@reachouthighland.org.uk
WWW:
http://www.reachouthighland.org.uk/
ROAM OUTREACH:
Free confidential NHS Lothian outreach service for
men using cruising areas including the Internet
and male sex workers. As well as sexual health
advice, provides info and advice on drugs, safer
sex, personal safety and legal issues (including
remote reporting of crime). Offers free and confidential HIV testing - out of hours drop in Mon 57pm where you can be tested for HIV, Hepatitis
C,Syphilis and receive Hep B vaccinations.
Outreach bus is parked outside Calton Cemetery
most Mon nights from around 9pm - drop in to
access free safer sex supplies. Website has anonymous contact form. Tel: 0131-537 8300 and ask
for Mark, Ronnie or George. E-mail:
enquiries@roam-outreach.com
WWW:
http://www.roam-outreach.com/
SANDYFORD INITIATIVE:
2-6 Sandyford Place (old Eye Infirmary),
Glasgow. G3 7NP. Glasgow’s main sexual health
centre. Free web access and health library with
large LGBT lending collection. Specialist services
for gay men (See seperate ScotsGay Listing for
Steve Retson Project) and lesbians (See seperate
ScotsGay listing for Centre for Women’s Health).
Self-referral genitourinary medicine service with
open access clinic every weekday with registration
from 8.30-10am or book on 0141-211 8601.
Women’s counselling and groups for eating disorders etc at Centre for Women’s Health. E-mail:
helpsandyford@glacomen.scot.nhs.uk. WWW:
http://www.sandyford.org/
SEX ADDICTS ANONYMOUS:
Men’s Sexual Health Recovery Group for the sexually driven and those at risk. A fellowship of men
who meet on a regular basis in Glasgow and
Edinburgh to stop their compulsive sexual behaviour. Tel: Scottish Helpline on 0141-552 0154
(24 hours). E-mail: info@saa-recovery.org
WWW: http://www.saa-recovery.org/
SEXUAL HEALTH LINE:
Freephone 0800 567123. 24 hours. Confidential
advice and information. Minicom: Freephone
0800 521361. WWW: http://www.playingsafely.co.uk/
SMASH:
Support for Mental and Sexual Health is a support
group for LGBT people in Grampian with mental
health issues around their sexuality. Meets twice
monthly in the PHACE Scotland offices, running in
tandem with the Pillar Mental Health Group.
Write: c/o 11 Waverley Place, Aberdeen. AB10
E-mail:
be parents. See listing for Lesbian Mothers
Network (Scotland) for contact details.
STEVE RETSON PROJECT:
Sandyford Initiative, 2-6 Sandyford Place (old Eye
Infirmary), Glasgow. G3 7NP. A free sexual health
screening and counselling service for gay and
bisexual men. Clinics run Tue & Wed 5.308.30pm. Also Thu 5.30-8.30pm at the LGBT
Centre, 11 Dixon Street. Same-day HIV test by
appointment on Tue morn. Tel: 0141-211 8628.
E-mail: johnny.duffy@glacomen.scot.nhs.uk
WWW: http://www.steveretsonproject.org.uk/
GAY DADS SCOTLAND:
Meets on last Thu of each month at 8pm in Sala
Café, 60 Broughton Street. Glasgow meetings on
2nd Mon of each month at the Glasgow LGBT
Centre, 11 Dixon Street. Also meets socially each
month in different cities. Contact for details or
view the web site. Tel: 07791 188742. E-mail:
info@gaydadsscotland.org.uk
WWW:
http://www.gaydadsscotland.org.uk/
1XH. Tel: 0845 2412151.
grampian@phacescotland.org
WAVERLEY CARE:
58a Queen Street, Edinburgh. EH2 3NS.
Waverley Care is an agency responsible for a number of projects for people living with AIDS/HIV in
the Lothians. Tel: 0131-226 2206. Fax: 0131226 2209. E-mail: director@waverleycare.org
WWW: http://www.waverleycare.org/
WAVERLEY CARE BUDDY SERVICE:
Waverley Care Buddy Service is a volunteer
befriending service offering emotional and social
1:1 support for individuals living with HIV in
Edinburgh and the Lothians. Write: David Wright,
Buddy Service Co-ordinator, c/o Milestone House,
113 Oxgangs Road North, Edinburgh. EH14 1EB.
Tel: 0131-441 5405 (a private and dedicated
phone line). E-mail: buddy@waverleycare.org
WAVERLEY CARE DAYCARE SERVICE:
Offers a range of daycare activities to people with
HIV/AIDS. Tel: 0131-441 2791.
WAVERLEY CARE MILESTONE HOUSE:
113 Oxgangs Road North, Edinburgh. EH14 1EB.
Residential care (primarily respite and paliative
care) for people with HIV/AIDS. Tel/Fax: 0131441 6989. E-mail: milestone@waverleycare.org
WAVERLEY CARE SOLAS HIV/AIDS
INFORMATION CENTRE:
2/4 Abbeymount, Edinburgh. EH8 8EJ.
Information, support, advice, counselling and a
café. Café: Fri, Mon-Wed 11am-4pm. Thu 11am6.30pm. Information Centre: Fri, Mon-Wed 9am5pm. Thu 9am-7pm. Tel: 0131-661 0982. Email:
solas@waverleycare.org
WWW:
http://www.waverleycare.org/
OLDER GAYS
CAFFMOS:
Nationwide Social and Contacts Club for the older
gay gentleman and his admirers, both young and
old. New Scottish group meets in Edinburgh.
Write: PO Box 2273, Hove. BN3 2GF. Tel: Hove
(01273) 220995. E-mail: Caffmos2@aol.com
Edward is the Scottish Contact - E-mail:
ebsc18624@blueyonder.co.uk
WWW:
http://www.caffmoscommunity.com/
ORDER OF
PERPETUAL
INDULGENCE
The Sisters and Brothers of the OPI are part of a
world wide order of queer men and women of all
sexualities which is open to all who feel the
habit. Its tenets are: The expiation of stigmatic
guilt and the promulgation of universal joy.
WWW: http://www.thesisters.org.uk/
OPI CONVENT OF DUNN EIDEANN:
The Edinburgh convent. Write: Sister Athletica de
la Bain OPI, c/o PO Box 666, Edinburgh. EH7
5YW. E-mail: sisterathletica@drink.demon.co.uk
OUTDOOR
PURSUITS
GAY BIRDERS CLUB:
For LGBT Birdwatchers. Write: Gay Birders Club,
GeeBeeCee, BCM-Mono, London. WC1N 3XX. Email:
info@gbc-online.org.uk
WWW:
http://www.gbc-online.org.uk/
GAY CARAVAN & CAMPING CLUB:
For men and women. Regular meets throughout
the UK. Tel: Marcus on Polruan (01726)
870088. E-mail: info@gaycaravanclub.com
WWW: http://www.gaycaravanclub.com/
GAY OUTDOOR CLUB:
Holds regular events including walking, skiing,
cycling, mountaineering, camping, youthhostelling, badminton and swimming. Monthly
social evening in Edinburgh on 2nd Thu of month.
Please send an A5 sae to PO Box 637,
Skellingthorpe, Lincoln, LN6 5XD, or ring one of
the Scottish contacts: EDINBURGH: Walks &
Social: Grant on 0131-556 8705, Gym &
Swimming: Colin on 0131-226 4476. GLASGOW: Walks: Robert on 0141-950 1081, Cycling
& Swimming: Douglas on 0870 3215894,
Climbing: Jonathan on 0141-334 0812,
Badminton: Donn on 07919 410042. HIGHLANDS: Walks & Weekend Trips: Alan on Dores
(01463) 751258 & Les on Inverness (01463)
238920. MOUNTAINEERING: Roger on York
(01904) 659544. See website for full details
about events and how to make contact by E-mail.
WWW: http://www.gocscotland.co.uk/.
GLASGOW GAY RAMBLERS GROUP:
Leisurely walks in the countryside. Bring sensible
footwear/clothing and packed lunch. 2nd Sat of
each month. Meet at Mitchell Library, Berkeley
Street. No membership - just turn up. Cars normally shared. Tel: Robert on 0141-950 1081. E-mail:
robert@gocscotland.org.uk
PARENTS
EDINBURGH LESBIAN MOTHERS GROUP (ELMG):
Informal network of parents and women trying to
GLASGOW LESBIAN MOTHERS GROUP:
Meets last Sat of each month. Contact Ruth Black
on
0141-221
7203.
E-mail:
admin1@glgbt.org.uk
LESBIAN MOTHERS NETWORK (SCOTLAND):
Tel: Sue Robertson on 0131-556 3899/4563.
Fax: 0131-557 7899. Write: One Parent Families
Scotland, 13 Gayfield Square, Edinburgh. EH1
3NX. E-mail: suerobertson@opfs.org.uk WWW:
http://www.opfs.org.uk/
PARENTS’ ENQUIRY SCOTLAND:
Support for parents of LGBT children. Write: c/o
LGBT Youth Scotland, John Cotton Centre, 10
Sunnyside, Edinburgh. EH7 5RA. Tel: 0131-556
6047 before 10pm. E-mail: parentsenquiry@hotmail.com WWW: http://www.parentsenquiryscotland.org/
RAINBOW FAMILIES HIGHLAND:
Support, advice and information for LGBT parents
and families. Regular newsletter. Phone Maria on
Beauly (01463) 782797 after 6.30pm and at
weekends. E-mail: maria@scotland-info.co.uk or
write c/o Reach Out Highland, 34 Waterloo
Place, Inverness. IV1 1NB.
POLITICAL
GAY CONSERVATIVES:
Represents the gay community to the
Conservative Party. Write: BM TORCHE, London
WC1N 3XX. WWW: http://www.gayconservatives.com/
INTERCOURSE:
Network devoted to encouraging discussion about
sex, sexuality and relationships. Send SAE for free
leaflets. Write: Intercourse, c/o 17 West
Montgomery Place, Edinburgh. EH7 5HA. E-mail:
info@intercourse.org.uk
WWW:
http://www.intercourse.org.uk/
LIBERAL PARTY LESBIAN AND GAY CAMPAIGN:
Tel: 0151-259 5935 (Telephone Answering
Machine). Write: 41 Sutton Street, Liverpool. L13
7EG. E-mail: libgay@libparty.demon.co.uk
WWW: http://www.liberal.org.uk/
OUT FOR INDEPENDENCE:
The SNP’s LGBT Group, has been established to
bring together
lesbians, bisexuals, gay men and transgender people who support Independence, and to act as a
forum within the SNP to discuss LGBT
issues. Write: Out for Independence, 107
McDonald Road, Edinburgh. EH7 4NW.
PRISONERS
FREE MAGAZINES FOR PRISONERS:
Copies of ScotsGay are sent free of charge to
prisoners in UK prisons and institutions. Please
contact us if you wish to be added to the mailing list.
REAL ALE
LESBIAN AND GAY REAL ALE DRINKERS:
Formerly Diverse Drinkers, this is the Edinburgh
group of CAMRA’s Task Group for LGBT real ale and
cider fans. Meets in The Regent 1st Mon of each
month from 9pm to sample the brewers’ art
(except Aug when it is the 2nd Mon to avoid
GBBF). Tel: Karen on 0131-557 8790. E-mail:
diversedrinkers@drink.demon.co.uk WWW:
http://www.lagrad-edinburgh.org.uk/ UK LGBT
real ale pub listings can be found at WWW:
http://www.lagrad.org.uk/
RESIDENTIAL
EVENTS
EDWARD CARPENTER COMMUNITY:
Runs residential events for gay men in SW
Scotland, and other places (mainly the English
Lake District). ECC organises events for gay men
to get together in a supportive environment as an
alternative to the commercial scene. Write:
Edward Carpenter Community, BM ECC, London.
WC1N 3XX. Tel: 08703 215121. E-mail:
info@edwardcarpentercommunity.org.uk WWW:
http://www.edwardcarpentercommunity.org.uk
/
SPORTS
ABERDEEN GAY MEN’S SWIMMING GROUP:
Swim every Wed from 8pm onwards. Tel: David
on Aberdeen (01224) 317552. E-mail:
agmsg@drink.demon.co.uk
CALEDONIAN THEBANS:
Caledonian Thebans Rugby Football Club is
Scotland’s first gay friendly rugby club.
Predominantly made up of gay/bi men, but all
are welcome. Instruction and practice by experienced members. Learn the game and get fit. No
experience necessary. Tel: 07074 843226. Email: membership@thebans-rfc.co.uk WWW:
http://www.thebans-rfc.co.uk/
GAY GOLF CLUB:
Tel: Dan on 0141-946 8290. E-mail:
tierney_daniel@hotmail.com
GLASGOW GAY AND LESBIAN BADMINTON CLUB:
Meets every Thu from 8-10pm. Come along and
have fun and enjoy meeting the other members
for a friendly game. All welcome. Tel: Donn on
07919 410042 (6-11pm).
GLASGOW LGB RUNNING GROUP:
Every Tue eve: run starts at 7.30pm. Meets at the
main entrance to Bellahouston Leisure Centre.
Choice of distances around Bellahouston and
Pollok parks to cater for various levels of fitness
and motivation, and an informal social gathering
for post-run refreshment afterwards. An admission
for the use of changing room, lockers and showers only is available at the Leisure Centre for £2.
We aim to be changed and ready to start running
at 7.30pm. Contact Chris by E-mail:
running@gocscotland.org.uk or Tel: 07786
263274 (or text).
GLASGOW SWIMMING GROUP:
Meets informally during adults-only session 7.309pm Thu at North Woodside Pool, Braid Square.
Tel: Douglas on 0141-649 5896. See website for
details of how to make contact by e-mail. WWW:
http://www.gocscotland.org.uk/
GAY FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS NETWORK:
Write: GFSN Membership Secretary, c/o Central
Station, 37 Wharfdale Road, London. N1 9SE.
Tel: Barry on Stony Stratford (01908) 564085.
E-mail: skyblueandwhite@btinternet.com WWW:
http://www.gfsn.org.uk
GOC CYCLING GROUP:
Runs on 2nd Sun of each month (except Dec)
throughout Central Scotland. Tel: Douglas on
0870 3215894. See website for full details
about events and how to make contact by e-mail.
WWW: http://www.gocscotland.org.uk/.
TEAM SCOTLAND BADMINTON CLUB:
Glasgow based gay and lesbian badminton club
meets twice weekly for competitive games.
International tournaments and matches against
clubs in London and Europe are held annually.
Sorry - no beginners. Tel: Raymond on 0141-778
9220. E-mail: teamscotland@gaysport.info
WWW: http://www.gaysport.info/teamscotland/
STUDENTS
Many Universities and Colleges have Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgendered Societies. Contact
these via your Student Union or Student
Association. ScotsGay also links to a number of
LGBT Soc websites from our own web page at
http://www.scotsgay.co.uk/
Many LGBT Socs are open to non-students living in
the area. Tel: NUS Scotland LGBT Officer on 0131556 6598. Fax: 0131-557 5679. Write: Scott
Cuthbertson, LGBT Officer, NUS Scotland, 29
Forth Street, Edinburgh. EH1 3LE. E-mail:
mail@nus-scotland.org.uk
TV/TS
ABERDEEN:
3G (Grampian Gender Group). Offers support,
help and a safe environment for Transgendered
People. Meets 3rd Sat of each month Noon-5pm.
Tel: Gillian on 07050 562175. Mon 7-9pm. Email: Gillian_abdn@yahoo.co.uk
EDINBURGH:
Edinburgh TV/TS Group meets 2nd Mon of each
month from 7-10pm at the LGBT Centre for Health
& Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, Edinburgh. Tel:
Louise on New Oakley (01383) 852529 or
Lorraine on Kinghorn (01592) 891344.
EDINBURGH:
TransAlba aims to support both pre and post-op
transexuals, their families and friends. Helpline:
07961 574880 (Mon-Fri 6-10pm). E-mail:
transalba03@aol.com
WWW:
http://www.transalba.org/
Trans Men Scotland - for all FTM’s, transmen,
transsexual, transgender, pre-op, post-op, non-op,
exploring options, living long term, in transition or however else you might define. If you are or
were born female bodied and define yourself as
male some or all of the time you will be welcome
to a new support group for all trans men in
Scotland. Meets 7.30pm on the 2nd Sat of each
month at the LGBT Centre for Health and
Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, Edinburgh. For further
info E-mail: transmenscotland@aol.com or Tel:
Maxwell or Lewis on 0131-477 0525.
GLASGOW:
Crosslynx TV/TS/TG Group meets 2nd Wed of
each month from 7-10pm. Tel: Crosslynx Helpline
on 0141-847 0787 (Mon 7.30-9.30pm). Write:
c/o 11 Dixon Street, Glasgow. G1 4AL. E-mail:
caroltaylortg@tesco.net
INVERNESS:
Highland T Group 3rd Wed of each month at 7pm
at 34 Waterloo Place, Inverness. Tel: Inverness
(01463) 711585 (Mon-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm). Email: tgroup@reachouthighland.org.uk
WORKPLACE
AFLAGA:
The Armed Forces Lesbian & Gay Association (formerly Rank Outsiders). Support group for all serving and LGBT ex members. Write: BCM Box
8431, London. WC1N 3XX. National Helpline:
0870 740 7755 (24 hours). E-mail: info@aflaga.org.uk WWW: http://www.aflaga.org.uk/
EIS GAY AND LESBIAN NETWORK:
Write: Veronica Rankin, National Officer
(Education and Equalities), 46 Moray Place,
Edinburgh. EH3 6BH. Tel: Veronica Rankin on
0131-225 6244.
E-mail: vrankin@eis.org.uk
FIRE BRIGADES UNION GAY AND LESBIAN
SUPPORT GROUP:
For firefighters and control staff. Write: National
Gay And Lesbian Committee, PO Box 10555,
LONDON. N1 8XT. Tel: 07801 047620.
E-mail: gal01@fbu-ho.org.uk
WWW: http://www.fbu.org.uk/
GAY POLICE ASSOCIATION IN SCOTLAND:
Membership is open to all police officers and
police staff, serving or retired. Write: Inspector
David Lyle, Police Headquarters, Fettes Avenue,
Edinburgh, EH4 1RB. Tel: 0131-311 3218. Email: alan@gpascotland.com (Strathclyde) or
david@gpascotland.com (L&B and all other
forces). WWW: http://www.gpascotland.com/
GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL G&L EMPLOYEES
FORUM:
Tel: Charles Thompson on 0141-287 3744. Email: charles.thompson@land.glasgow.gov.uk
GMB SCOTLAND EQUAL RIGHTS GROUP:
Write: Regional Equal Rights Officer, GMB
Scotland, Fountain House, 1/3 Woodside
Crescent, Glasgow. G3 7UJ. Tel: 0141-352
8143.
E-mail: richard.leonard@gmb.org.uk
UNISON:
Glasgow City Lesbian & Gay Group. Meets monthly on Payday Tuesday in the Glasgow LGBT Centre
at 6pm. Tel: Neil MacInnes on 07810 358139.
E-mail: macinnesneil@aol.com
Scotland L&G Committee. Write: Neil
MacInnes, Secretary, UNISON House, 14 West
Campbell Street, Glasgow. G2 6RX. Tel: 0141332 0006 or Neil MacInnes on 07810
358139. E-mail: macinnesneil@aol.com
WWW:
http://www.unisonscotland.org.uk/lesbiangay/
West Network. For Unison members in the West
of Scotland. Meets quarterly. Tel: Neil MacInnes
on 07810 358139.
E-mail: macinnesneil@aol.com
YOUTH GROUPS
ABERDEEN LGBT YOUTH GROUP:
New LGBT group for people between the ages of
16 & 25. Meets every Wed from 7.30-9.30pm
at 11 Waverley Place, Aberdeen. Tel: 0845
2412151. E-mail: grampian@phacescotland.org
ARGYLL & CLYDE YOUTH SEXUALITY & SUPPORT
GROUPS:
If you are interested in getting involved in a
local group that helps gay and bisexual men
aged under 26 come to terms with their sexuality, Tel: Matt Johnston on 0141-332 3837
(Mon-Fri
9am-5pm)
or
E-mail:
mattj@phacescotland.org
HIGHLAND GAY, LESBIAN AND BISEXUAL YOUTH
GROUP:
Meets 7.30pm 1st Wed of each month at 34
Waterloo Place, Inverness. Tel: Inverness
(01463) 711585 (Mon-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm). Email: support@reachouthighland.org.uk
LGBT YOUTH SCOTLAND:
John Cotton Centre, 10 Sunnyside, Edinburgh.
EH7 5RA. Provides services and opportunities
for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
young people (13-25) in Edinburgh, the
Lothians, Fife, Borders and Tayside. The groups
include drop-ins at their offices for under-18’s
(Wed) and for over 18’s (Thu). They also have
a range of different opportunities to get involved
with, including volunteering and projects involving video and arts work, and they offer training
services. Advice, support and housing services
are also available in Southeast Scotland.
Nationally, they run regular events for young
people to get involved in local and national decision-making, and to make new pals and have a
laugh. So, if any of these sound good to you,
get in touch. Confidential Youthline Tel: 0845
113 0005 (Tue 7.30-9pm). Office Tel/Fax:
0131-622 2266 (Mon-Fri 9.30am-5pm). Email:
info@lgbtyouth.org.uk
WWW:
http://www.lgbtyouth.org.uk/
LIPS - LESBIANS IN PEER SUPPORT:
Project supporting young lesbians and bisexual
women aged 25 and under. Offers a safe space
for young lesbian and bisexual women to meet,
providing information, support and activities.
Meets 2nd & 4th Thu of each month from 7-9pm
at Glasgow Women’s Library, 109 Trongate,
Glasgow. Group for lesbians and bisexual women
who are 18 or under meets also at Glasgow
Women’s Library 1st & 3rd Sat of each month
from 2-4pm. Contact Shona for more details or
just turn up. Tel: 0141-552 8345/7539. E-mail:
gwl@womens-library.org.uk
PHŒNIX LGBT YOUTH DUMFRIES:
Group for lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender
young people (13-25) in Dumfries & Galloway.
Based in Dumfries, but with a group in Stranraer
coming soon, this is an exciting new chance to
get involved and meet new people. Tel:
Youthline on 0845 113 0005 (Tue 7.30-9pm)
or Dumfries Youth Enquiry Service on Dumfries
(01387) 251322 and ask for Grace Cardozo.
E-mail: info@lgbtyouth.org.uk WWW:
http://www.lgbtyouth.org.uk/
VIVIDYOUTH:
For young LGBT people aged 15-25. Meets at
the Glasgow LGBT Centre on Tue from 7.309.30pm.
E-mail: nicola.thornton@cls.glasgow.gov.uk
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ABERDEEN
ABERDEEN WOMEN’S CENTRE*
Shoe Lane, (next door to Lemon Tree). Tel:
(01224) 625010. Tue-Wed 10am-2pm,
Thu 5-9pm. A *women only space* where
all women are welcome without prejudice.
Free use of computers and Internet connection. Access for disabled. No smoking policy
in Centre. Contact Maria Clark for more
details at E-mail: awc@clara.co.uk
BAR INDIGO*
20 Adelphi. Sun-Thu 5pm-2am, Fri-Sat 5pm3am. Gay bar/club in old Oh Henry’s premises. Free entry before Midnight - thereafter
£2 entry Fri, £3 entry Sat.
WELLMANS HEALTH STUDIO*
3rd Floor, 21-23 Justice Mill Lane. Tel:
(01224) 211441. Mon-Fri 11am-10pm,
Sat-Sun 10am-5pm. Aberdeen’s first (and
only) gay sauna. Two video booths, dark
room, sauna, steam room, stand-and-tan
sun cabin. Massages available from £20 no need to book in advance.
ABERDOUR
FORRESTER’S ARMS*
35 High Street. Tel: (01383) 860544. Sun
12.30pm-Midnight, Mon-Sat 11.30amMidnight. Gay-friendly venue operated by
Mark (ex Edinburgh’s Holyrood Tavern).
Real ale.
DUNDEE
BROOKLYN’S BAR*
2 St Andrew’s Lane. Tel: (01382) 200660.
5pm-Midnight. Well appointed gay-friendly
bar next door to Out and under the same
management. Karaoke: Wed, Fri & Sun. DJ:
Sat (Handbag Heaven Show).
CHARLIE’S BAR*
75-79 Seagate. Tel: (01382) 226840.
Sun 12.30-11pm, Mon-Sat 11am-Midnight.
Gay-friendly bar with free disco Fri & Sat
8pm-Midnight. Free use of premises for prebooked groups.
OUT*
124 Seagate. Tel: (01382) 200660. WedSun 11pm-2.30am. Good atmosphere, very
popular disco with wide selection of sounds
and the occasional act/PA.
EDINBURGH
ABSOLUTELY DRAGULOUS*
Claremont Bar, 133/135 East Claremont
Street. Tel: 0131-556 5662. Fax: 0131558 3539. 9pm-late. 3rd Fri & 5th Sat of
each month. Next dates: 15th & 30th Apr.
Club for trannies, admirers, anybody with an
open mind. Entertainment, Dancing. Entry
£5 (Trannies £3). WWW:
http://www.claremontbar.co.uk/absolutelydragulous.htm
THE AULD HOOSE*
23-25 St Leonards Street. Tel: 0131-668
2934. Sun 12.30pm-1am, Mon-Sat
11.30am-1am. Everybody-friendly bar. Real
ale. Food served all day.
BLACK BO’S
57/61 Blackfriars Street. Tel: 0131-557
6136. Mon-Thu 6-10pm, Fri-Sat 610.30pm. Superb little mostly vegetarian
restaurant. Friendly staff. Mixed clientele.
E-mail: admin@blackbos.co.uk
WWW: http://www.blackbos.co.uk/
BLAZE
eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434.
11pm-3am. 1st, 3rd & 4th Fri of each
month. Next date: 25th Mar, 1st, 15th &
22nd Apr. Commercial/funky house & chart
by James Longworth and guests. ‘Igniting the
gay weekend’. £1.50 drinks promos all night.
Entry £5. E-mail: info@jameslongworth.com
WWW: http://www.jameslongworth.com/
BLUE MOON*
1 Barony Street/36 Broughton Street. Tel:
0131-556 2788 (Bar) or 0131-557 0911
(Office). Sun 10am-11pm, Mon-Thu 11am11pm, Fri 11am-11.30pm, Sat 10am11.30pm. Food served until 10pm. Popular
lesbigay café/bar complex.
BOBBIE’S BOOKSHOP*
220 Morrison Street. Tel: 0131-538 7069.
Mon-Sat 10am-1pm, 2-5.30pm. Mixed
bookshop selling a selection of UK and
imported gay magazines.
BOOTYLUSHOUS
Medina Nightclub (Under Negociants), 45-47
Lothian Street. Tel: 0131-225 8313. Info
Line: 07736 936650. Sun 10pm-3am.
Hosted by DJ Dale Lush and Graeme F.
R&B/Soul/Disco. £2 entry before Midnight £3 thereafter. E-mail: http://www.lushmarketing.com/
BURLY TOO
The Commplex, 39-40 Commercial Street,
Leith. Tel: 0131-555 5600. Info Line:
07930 357401. 10.30pm-3am. Launch
Night: Fri 25th Mar (to benefit Waverley
Care). Next event: Sat 16th Apr
“Sportswear” and then every 3rd Sat of
each month. Aimed at lads 25+. Dress
Code: Sportswear, denim, rubber, leather,
uniform, kilts. No designer or trendy gear.
Entry after 1am at the discretion of the promoters/door security. “Burly designed to be
cruisy”. £7 on the door (introductory offer).
30
E-mail: dv8scots@hotmail.com
WWW: http://www.dv8scots.co.uk/
C.C. BLOOM’S*
23 Greenside Place. Tel: 0131-556 9331.
Mon, Fri, Sat 6pm-3am, Sun, Tue-Thu 8pm3am. Two floors. Karaoke on Thu and Sun.
Cilla Slack on Fri 10pm-3am. Disco every
night from 11pm.
E-mail: xanderfan82@hotmail.com
WWW: http://www.ccblooms.com/
CLAREMONT BAR & RESTAURANT*
133/135 East Claremont Street. Tel: 0131556 5662. Fax: 0131-558 3539. Bar: Sun
12.30pm-1am, Mon-Sat 11am-1am.
Restaurant: Sun 12.30pm-6pm, Mon-Sat
11.30am-2.30pm and 6pm-10pm. ‘The
Claremont is one of the most relaxed attitude
bars in the city and has a policy that the customer always comes first.’ Renowned for courtesy, comfort and good food. 3rd Fri: Drag
night. 1st Sat: Bearscots for bears and bear
lovers. 2nd Sat: Gaykilts & Sporran Clan. 3rd
Sat: Fetish, leather and Scotskins. 4th Sat:
Camouflage/uniform night. 5th Sat: Drag
night.
E-mail: mail@claremontbar.co.uk
WWW: http://www.claremontbar.co.uk/
DISKO BLOODBATH
eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478
7434. 11pm-3am. Monthly. 1st Wed of
each month. Next date: Wed 6th Apr.
Edinburgh’s 1st Alternative Queer Night.
Electro/Indie/Punk/Rock. Free badges.
XXX projections. £3. WWW:
http://www.diskobloodbath.myby.co.uk/
EASYINTERNETCAFÉ
58 Rose Street. Tel: 0131-220 3577. Sun
9am-10pm, Mon-Sat 7am-10pm. Large
Internet Café from which many gay men
seem to troll the net instead of just picking
up each other!
WWW: http://www.easyinternetcafe.com/
EDINBURGH LGBT CENTRE*
58a and 60 Broughton Street. Houses Sala
Café-Bar and Pride Scotia (Edinburgh).
Provides meeting and noticeboard space for
many LGBT organisations.
FEVER
eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434.
Info Line: 0131-557 4656. 11pm-3am.
Monthly. Next dates: Sat 2nd Apr, 30th Apr
(1st Birthday with Special Guest Paul Heron).
Taste’s monthly night featuring Taste resident
DJs Fisher & Price and Martin Valentine in
the ballroom and The Visitor and Kaupuss
playing pophouseelectrodisconewwaveglam
(basically anything goes) in the Cocteau
Lounge. Pre-club party at The Street from
9pm with DJs The Visitor and Kaupuss. Ask
staff for discount passes. £8 Members/£10 Taste members £5 before 11.15pm.
WWW: http://www.taste-clubs.com/
FRENCHIES BAR*
89 Rose Street Lane North. Tel: 0131-225
7651. Sun 2pm-1am, Mon-Sat 1pm-1am.
Vibrant gay bar (Edinburgh’s oldest) in the
heart of Rose Street. Happy Hour 6-8pm every
day.
HABANA*
22 Greenside Place. Tel: 0131-558 1270.
Sun 12.30pm-1am, Mon-Sat Noon-1am.
Centrally located pre club bar. Open and
bright as well as quite intimate. Busy. Drink
promos throughout the month. E-mail:
habana1@btinternet.com. WWW:
http://www.gayscotland.com/habana/
HEROES
Rhythm Room, Below Q-Bar, 5-11 Leith
Street. Tel: 0131-557 5830. 8pm-1am.
2nd & 4th Sat of each month. Next dates:
26th Mar, 9th & 23rd Apr. New club night.
Live Music, go-go dancers, movies, performance art, eclectic music policy. WWW:
http://www.geocities.com/YRaHERO/
JOY
The Venue, 15 Calton Road. JOY Info Line:
0131-467 2551. 11pm-3am. Monthly.
Next date: Sat 9th Apr. Popular club night
held on three levels and featuring DJs
Maggie Joy, Alan Joy and Brett King in the
main room, Trendy Wendy and Sally F
downstairs in The Cooler. £8 Joy members/£10 otherwise - look out for discount
passes in the bars beforehand.
LEATHER AND LACE*
8 Drummond Street. Tel: 0131-557 9413.
Fax: 0131-557 8336.
Sun Noon-9pm, Mon-Sat 10am-9pm. 25
Easter Road. Tel: 0131-623 6969. Noon6pm. 368-370 Gorgie Road (Currently not
licensed as a sex shop). Tel: 0131-468
6969. Sun Noon-8pm, Mon-Sat 11am-8pm.
Scotland’s ORIGINAL licenced SEX shops! Toys
galore, video rental too! Larger sizes stocked.
LUVELY
The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street. Tel:
0131-225 2564. Info Line: 0131-657
4633. 10.30pm-3am. Monthly. Next dates:
23rd Apr, 14th May. Mega club night with
resident DJs Tommy Kay, Newton & Stone,
Jared and GP.
WWW: http://www.luvely.net/
MINGIN’
The Venue, 15 Calton Road. Info Line:
0131-467 2551. 11pm-3am. Monthly.
Next date: Sat 16th Apr. Keep your eyes
open for special passes in the bars over the
next few weeks for FREE ENTRY to Mingin’
before midnight. Also as a wee twist to the
night, Alan Joy will be playing first (11pm1am) and Brian Dempster will be finishing
off the night (1am-3am). £6 entry (£5
before midnight). E-mail: mingin@blueyonder.co.uk
NEWTOWN BAR*
26B Dublin Street. Tel: 0131-538 7775.
Fax: 0131-539 1132. Sun 12.30pm-1am,
Mon-Thu Noon-1am, Fri-Sat Noon-2am.
Especially popular with men. Drinks
Promotions Daily. Downstairs: The dark and
cruisy Disco Bar is open Fri & Sat with resident DJ Malcolm from 10pm-2am - also
available for hire Sun-Thu
E-mail: Webmaster@thenewtownbar.co.uk
WWW: http://www.thenewtownbar.co.uk/
No EIGHTEEN*
18 Albert Place, Leith Walk. Tel: 0131-553
3222. Mon-Thu Noon-10pm, Fri-Sun Noon11pm. Claims to be Edinburgh’s busiest men
only sauna. Relaxed and friendly atmosphere
with excellent facilities which include large
sauna cabin, 14-man steam room, private
rooms, 8-man filter Jacuzzi, communal and
private showers, themed rooms, video area
and TV lounge. Hot and cold refreshments
available. £9 (£7 concessions). Manager’s
special: admission £5 after 8pm.
WWW: http://www.number18sauna.com/
PLANET OUT*
6 Baxter’s Place. Tel: 0131-524 0061.
4pm-1am. Popular and busy gay bar with
friendly staff. Cheap drinks on a Mon!
E-mail: planetout@btinternet.com
POLYSUPER
Mood Nightclub, Omni Leisure Development,
Greenside Place. Tel: 0131-550 1640. Mon
10pm-3am. A Polysuper selection of commercial R’n’B, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s hits and
today’s Top Of The Pops blended with a
cheezee assortment of the most popular
camp anthems. Entry: free before 11pm
thereafter £2. Great Drinks Promos From
£1.50. E-mail:
petehimsworth@petehimsworth.com
WWW: http://www.polysuper.com/
Q-STORE*
5 Barony Street. Tel/Fax: 0131-477 4756.
Sun 1-5pm, Mon-Fri 11am-7pm, Sat 11am6pm. Scotland’s only licensed gay store.
Not just feelthy pictures - lifestyle too!
THE REGENT*
2 Montrose Terrace. Tel: 0131-661 8198.
Sun 12.30pm-1am, Mon-Sat 11am-1am.
Alan Joy’s dog-friendly gay bar, run in conjunction with Lisa from Luvely. Real ale,
relaxed atmosphere, comfortable surroundings. Coffee and croissants. CAMRA’s
Lesbian and Gay Real Ale Drinkers meet
here on the 1st Mon of each month at 8pm
(except Aug - 2nd Mon). WWW:
http://www.lagrad-edinburgh.org.uk/
SALA CAFÉ-BAR*
60 Broughton Street. Tel: 0131-478 7069.
Sun, Tue-Thu 11am-11pm, Fri-Sat 11am1am. Relaxed and friendly gay café bar in
the heart of Edinburgh’s Gay ‘district’
(directly above Edinburgh’s LGBT Centre).
Fabby big window and sofas to watch world
go by! Freshly prepared, wide ranging
menu. Regular live music and party nights
(contact Sala for more info). Gallery space
with regularly changing exhibitions.
Women’s group meet informally for
drinkies/food every Wed eve. Room also
available for private dinners/parties etc. Email: salacafebar@hotmail.com
SOLAS CAFÉ*
2/4 Abbeymount. Tel: 0131-661 0982.
Mon, Wed, Fri 11am-4pm, Tue, Thu 11am8pm. Attached to Solas HIV/AIDS
Information Centre. Good home cooking
(everything cooked on the premises).
Vegetarians and carnivores catered for.
STEAMWORKS*
5 Broughton Market. Tel: 0131-477 3567.
Daily 11am-11pm. Stylish sauna forming
part of busy gay hotel & sauna complex in
centre of gay quarter. State-of-the-art facilities including large spa pool, sauna cabin,
large steam room, video room, labyrinth
with themed areas, café lounge, free
Internet access, tanning booth. Massage
available daily. Choice of lockers or private
cabins. Admission: Lockers £5, Cabins £10
before 3pm Mon-Fri. Lockers £9, Cabins
£14 at all other times. Students & under
25 £5 lockers all day, every day! No membership required. Proudly gay owned &
operated. WWW: http://www.steamworkssauna.co.uk/
THE STREET*
2 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-556 4272.
Mon-Fri 3pm-1am, Sat-Sun Noon-1am.
Small but perfectly formed bar (formerly
Pop Rokit) recently taken over and refur-
bished by Louise (ex-POut), Annie and
Trendy Wendy.
TACKNO
eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478
7434. Last Sun of each month. 11pm-3am.
DJ Trendy Wendy. Mixed and crowded club
night. Note new venue.
TASTE
The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street. Tel:
0131-225 2564. Info Line: 0131-557
4656. Sun 11pm-3am. Edinburgh’s original
and longest running gay-friendly club night
that brings together like-minded people who
enjoy a club environment free from hassle
and bad attitudes and for whom sexuality is
not an issue. Taste’s Main Room resident
DJs Fisher & Price play an eclectic mix of
the best dance music currently available.
Back Room resident DJs Martin Valentine
and Steven Wanless play Deep House and
US House. Sun 27th Mar: Easter Weekend
Special. Sun 17th April: Dimitri from
Amsterdam. Sun 1st May: Tanya von Pear
(Going Places, Turnmills). Sun 29th May:
Josh the Funky One (Chicago). Regular
prices: £6 Members/£8 Guests £5 before
11.30pm. Drink promos until 1am. WWW:
http://www.taste-clubs.com/
THAI ME UP
4 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-558 9234.
Lunch: Wed-Sat Noon-2.30pm. Dinner: MonSun 5-11pm. Superb gay-friendly Thai
restaurant situated in the middle of
Edinburgh’s gay area. Friendly, efficient staff
serving some of the best and most authentic Thai food in the UK. E-mail: management@tmeup.com WWW:
http://www.tmeup.com/
VELVET WOMEN’S CLUB NIGHT
The Commplex, 39-40 Commercial Street,
Leith. Tel: 0131-555 5600. 10pm-2am.
First Sat of each month. Next dates: 2nd
Apr, 7th May, 4th Jun. Male guests welcome if invited and accompanied by a lady.
New music & guest DJs. £6/£5 conc. with
ID. Discount entry before 10.30pm. E-mail:
clubvelvet@blueyonder.co.uk WWW:
http://www.webflyers.co.uk/Flyer/377
VIBE*
eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434.
Tue 11pm-3am. James Longworth plays charty/party upstairs, guest DJs R’n’B downstairs. Super-popular gay night. £1 drinks promos all night. £3 before Midnight/£4 after.
E-mail: info@jameslongworth.com WWW:
http://www.jameslongworth.com/
VITTORIA
113 Brunswick Street. Tel: 0131-556 6171.
Fax: 0131-478 7009. Sun Noon-11pm,
Mon-Sat 10am-11pm. Mega-popular gayfriendly Italian reataurant. Best lasagna in
Edinburgh!
E-mail: info@vittoriarestaurant.com
WWW: http://www.vittoriarestaurant.com/
WIGGLE*
eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478
7434. Info Line: 0131-467 2551. 11pm3am. Monthly. Next date: Sat 26th Mar. In
the main hall, resident DJs Trendy Wendy
and Jon Pleased blend camp with classics
and new sounds. Dale Lush and DJ Michelle
go a touch alternative downstairs. Entry to
Wiggle is £10 (£8 for green card holders).
E-mail: wiggle@blueyonder.co.uk
WORD POWER*
43 West Nicolson Street. Tel: 0131-662
9112. Mon-Fri 10am-6pm. Sat 10.30am6pm. Independent radical bookshop.
E-mail: books@word-power.co.uk
WWW: http://www.word-power.co.uk/
GLASGOW
BENNETS
80-90 Glassford St. Tel: 0141-552 5761.
Sun, Wed-Thu 11.30pm-3am, Fri-Sat
11.30pm-3.30am. Recently re-opened after
disastrous fire. Currently only one floor
(with no price reduction).
E-mail: enquiries@bennets.co.uk
WWW: http://www.bennets.co.uk/
BURLY
The Arches, 30 Midland Street. Infoline:
07930 357401. 1st Fri of each month.
10.30pm-3am - entry after 1am at the
discretion of the promoters. Next event:
Fri 1st April - “Sportswear”. £8 members/£10 nightly membership. Strict
Dress Code: rubber, leather, uniform,
industrial, sportswear, kilts & denim.
Designed to be cruisy.
E-mail: dv8scots@hotmail.com
WWW: http://www.dv8scots.co.uk/
CCA*
350 Sauchiehall Street. Admin Tel: 0141332 7521. Fax: 0141-332 3226. Box
Office Tel: 0141-352 4900. Café Tel:
0141-332 7959. Box Office: Tue-Thu
11am-10.30pm, Fri-Sat 11am-11.30pm,
Sun 11am-6pm. Gallery: Tue-Sun 11am6pm, Thu 11am-8pm. Café: Tue-Thu
11am-11pm, Fri-Sat 11am-Midnight, Sun
11am-6pm. Bar: Tue-Thu 11am-11pm, FriSat 11am-1am. The Centre for
Contemporary Arts. 6 performance & exhi-
bition spaces, Café/Bar, bookshop.
E-mail: gen@cca-glasgow.com
WWW: http://www.cca-glasgow.com/
CLONE ZONE*
45 Virginia St. Tel/Fax: 0141-553 2666.
Sun Noon-6.30pm, Mon-Sat 10.30am-7pm.
Clothes, videos, magazines, toys. E-mail:
admin@clonezone.co.uk WWW:
http://www.clonezone.co.uk/
CLUB DEVOTION
18 Jamaica Street. Tel: 0141-847 0820.
Thu-Sun. 11pm-3am. Popular gay club. Now
has two areas: Upstairs - carpeted and a
nice relaxing place to sit down, Downstairs main dance floor and stage. E-mail: clubbing@pinkdevotion.co.uk WWW:
http://www.pinkdevotion.co.uk/
CLUB EROS*
1-3 Bridge Street. Tel: 0845 4562310.
Sun-Fri Noon-10pm, Sat Noon-4am.
Glasgow’s largest licenced sauna & gym for
gay and bi men set over three floors. Entry
from £7.50. Free Sunday breakfasts. Email: cluberos@hotmail.com
COURT BAR*
69 Hutcheson Street. Tel: 0141-552 2463.
Sun 12.30pm-Midnight, Mon-Sat 8amMidnight. Intimate bar beside former Sheriff
Court. Straight until mid-evening.
CUBE
34 & 44 Queen Street. Tel: 0141-226
8990. Mon-Tue 11.30pm-3am. Mon:
Passionality@Cube44 with DJ Shawn
Roberts. Tue: FunClub@Cube34 with DJ
Shazza Halliwell. Various drinks promos.
Entry £3. E-mail: thornleisure@yahoo.co.uk
WWW: http://www.cubeglasgow.co.uk/
CYBER*
Unit 3, King’s Court, 107 King Street. Tel:
0141-553 0942. Sun Noon-5.30pm, MonSat 10am-6pm. Alternative clothing specialising in corsetry.
DELMONICA’S BAR
68 Virginia Street. Tel: 0141-552 4803. Daily
Noon-Midnight. Claims to be ‘Glasgow’s biggest
and busiest Gay bar’. DJs nightly from 9pm.
Thu: Quiz. Sun: Karaoke. Nice if your face fits.
E-mail: delmonicas@g1group.co.uk
WWW: http://www.g1group.co.uk/
EASYINTERNETCAFÉ
57/61 St. Vincent Street. Tel: 0141-222
2365. Sun 8am-8pm, Mon-Fri 7am-10pm,
Sat 8am-10pm. Large Internet Café from
which many gay men seem to troll the net
instead of just picking up each other!
WWW: http://www.easyinternetcafe.com/
GLC CAFÉ/BAR*
11 Dixon Street. Tel: 0141-226 5050.
11am-Midnight. Full breakfast always available. Home cooking. Friendly and busy!
Karaoke on Fri, Sat.
GLASGOW LGBT CENTRE (GGLC)*
11 Dixon Street. Tel/Fax: 0141-221 7203.
Daily 11am-Midnight. Welcomes lesbians, gay
men, bisexuals and transgendered. Services
include: Café Bar, Info Box, Health Info,
Interest Groups, Free Newspapers, Diary of
Events, Reading Room, Garden of Reflection,
Function space for hire and innovative Art
Gallery. Houses 18 user groups and organisations. Fully wheelchair accessible venue.
E-mail: admin1@glgbt.org.uk
WWW: http://www.glgbt.org.uk/
THE LANE
60 Robertson Street Lane (off Argyle
Street). Tel: 0141-221 1802. Noon-8pm.
‘Exotic Gay Men’s Club’ with sauna and private cabins. Not very busy.
MERCHANT PRIDE*
20 Candleriggs. Tel: 0141-564 1285. Sun
12.30pm-Midnight, Mon-Sat Noon-Midnight.
Food: Noon-5pm. Upmarket bar in the heart
of the Merchant City. Regular cabaret,
karaoke and disco.
MODA
58 Virginia Street. Tel/Fax: 0141-553
2553. Mon-Thu 5pm-1am, Fri-Sun 5pm3am. Fashionable pub/club. WWW:
http://www.g1group.co.uk/
THE POLO LOUNGE
84 Wilson Street. Tel: 0141-553 1221.
Mon-Thu 5pm-1am, Fri-Sun 5pm-3am. Long
established pub/club. Young crowd. Polo
Club (downstairs dancefloor) open Fri-Sun,
£5 after 11pm. E-mail:
polo@g1group.co.uk WWW:
http://www.pololounge.co.uk/
RELAX CENTRAL*
3rd Floor, 27 Union Street. Tel: 0141-221
0415. Noon-10pm. Established gay sauna.
Fully licensed by Glasgow City Council. Entry
£8.50. E-mail: info@relaxcentral.co.uk
WWW: http://www.relaxcentral.co.uk/
REVOLVER BAR*
6a John Street. Tel: 0141-553 2456. MonFri Noon-Midnight, Sat-Sun 1pm-Midnight. A
refreshing antidote to the current gay scene.
Pool table, state of the art free jukebox (with
over 8,000 tracks on it), reasonably priced
drinks, good quality service, no karaoke.
SILKS AND SECRETS*
308 Argyle Street. Tel: 0141-572 1017. Fax:
0141-221 0959. Sun Noon-5pm, Mon-Sat
10am-6pm. Clothes and toys catering for gay,
transvestite and fetish tastes. Larger sizes
stocked.
SPYKER*
Unit 7, King’s Court, 99 King Street. Tel/Fax:
0141-552 3111. Sun Noon-5pm, Mon-Fri
11am-5.30pm, Sat 11am-6pm. Fetish Wear.
Violate members get 10% discount.
E-mail: spyker@blueyonder.co.uk
TRON THEATRE CAFÉ BAR*
Chisholm Street. Tel: 0141-552 8587. Fax:
0141-552 6657. Sun 11am-Late, Mon-Sat
10am-Late. Friendly theatre bar. Mixed.
Good food. E-mail:
morven.stewart@tron.co.uk
WWW: http://www.tron.co.uk/
THE TUNNEL
84 Mitchell Street. Tel: 0141-204 1000.
Wed. 11.30pm-3am. Allure with DJ Darren.
Entry £3. E-mail: thornleisure@yahoo.co.uk
VICTORIA BAR*
157-159 Bridgegait. Tel: 0141-552 6040.
Sun 12.30pm-Midnight, Mon-Sat 11amMidnight. Basically straight, but justly popular with Glasgow’s many Real Ale queens
and dykes. Convenient for the Citizens
Theatre.
VIOLATE
PO Box 808, Glasgow. G71 7YN. Violate
Club Line: 09099 108174 (60p per min at
all times). BDSM and general pervery.
Operates in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Runs
regular clubs at the Big Joint in South
Street, Glasgow on the first Sat of each
month. Also holds special one off clubs
called UltraViolate roughly every 3 months.
E-mail: info@violate.co.uk WWW:
http://www.violate.co.uk/
THE WATERLOO*
306 Argyle Street. Tel: 0141-229 5891.
Sun 12.30pm-Midnight, Mon-Sat NoonMidnight. Semper idem! Popular, crowded,
down to earth gay drinking shop. Scotland’s
oldest gay bar - what more can we say?
Busy, busy, busy! Awarded the Beti Hutton
seal of approval.
STIRLING
BARNTON BISTRO*
312 Barnton Street. Tel: (01786) 461698.
Sun Noon-Midnight, Mon-Thu 10.30amMidnight, Fri-Sat 10.30am-1am. Food: until
7.30pm. Near to railway station. Mixed, busy,
bohemian and friendly bar/bistro. Popular with
students and Sons/Daughters of the Rock alike.
TWIST*
Fubar, 6 Maxwell Place. Tel: (01786)
472619. Wed 11pm-2am. John Mclean
plays charty/party mix to a gay crowd. £3
entry. £2 drinks promos all night
E-mail: fubar@clg.co.uk
WWW: http://www.clg.co.uk/fubar/
STRATHYRE
MUNRO INN*
Strathyre, Callander. Tel: Strathyre (01877)
384333. Sun-Thu Noon-Midnight, Fri-Sat
Noon-1am. Gay-friendly bar and hotel. Full
menu served all day. Sunday roast.
E-mail: bookings@munro-inn.com
WWW: http://www.munro-inn.com/
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