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There's been much amusement
here at ScotsGay Towers over the
hoax Scottish Executive press
release which contained a coming out message from Malcolm
Chisholm,
the
Communities
Minister, in which he claimed that
he was “gay and in love”.
Would that it were true - we
could do with some more out and
proud politicians at the top of the
pile - fuck knows, there are
enough of the closeted variety.
Anyway, the media and political fallout was predictable: this
was treated as a slur on a
respectably married family man
and Police and IT experts are still
running around like headless
chickens trying to catch the evil
person responsible.
Some years ago, I took not
inconsiderable flack for outing an
MP although I was merely reporting a public meeting where a list
of gay MPs had been read out.
The MP, now retired, was not a
happy man and indignantly wrote
to me about the upset it had
caused him and his wife.
Recently, Ilearned that, prior to
their marriage, his wife had perjured herself at the trial of a well
known gay activist charged with
public naughtiness where a
gullible Court believed her tale
that she was his girlfriend and
ScotsGay
News
had stopped and the sun came
out. At this stage people started to
enjoy themselves.
After the barbeque many of the
group headed into Galashiels for
afternoon tea/wine, followed by
a fun night out in the town.The lesson for next year: hire a marquee.
Borders Outing
The sixth annual Borders LGBT
barbeque was another washout!
Sat 4th Jun dawned bright, but by
1 pm the rain had started. A lesson from last years event was to
get at least one barbeque lit and
burning well. This was achieved in
the now traditional way by using
locally gathered dampish kindling.
By the time we had savoured such
treats as Cumbrian pork satay and
Glaswegian nan bread, the rain
WaterAid
Munro
Challenge
ScotsGay
Editorial
Editorial
that he couldn't possibly be a
player of the Pink Oboe. Good on
her! I wish them both a happy
retirement together - if their marriage is a sham, it's not really any
of our business. If the fluidity of
human sexuality has caused their
boundaries to shift, then even better - it's always nice to see people
being happy together.
Things have moved on quite a
bit since then and it is a surprise
to many that getting it wrong
about somebody's sexuality
should be such a big deal. If the
hoax release had related to Mr
Chisholm's (as far as I am aware
non-existent) collection of garden
The Gay Outdoor Club fielded a
team of five people in the
WaterAid Munro Challenge on
Sat 11th Jun.
gnomes, would there have been
such a stushie?
It's all very silly
On the other hand, if a national
newspaper were to describe me
as heterosexual, I would be
deeply hurt and have no alternative than to lodge an immediate
action for defamation seeking
large damages for the ruination of
my life. One's principles should
never stand in the way of Free
Money!
John Hein
E-mail: editorial@scotsgay.co.uk
everyone
who
contributed
towards the success of this event.
Old Pooves
The team along with five GOC
supporters climbed A' Chailleach
(3051ft), Carn Sgulain (3018ft)
and Carn Dearg (3100ft), to the
north of Newtonmore.
The group were blessed with dry
weather, sunny spells and a cooling breeze: perfect hillwalking
conditions. The target hill, Carn
Sgulain, was reached at 1236
pm. After a hard walk, the party
even had the energy to enjoy a
ceilidh in the evening.
WaterAid achieved its target of
getting teams on the summits of all
the 284 mountains over 3000 feet
high in Britain and Ireland. The
charity hopes to have raised over
£300,000, which will be used to
provide clean water, sanitation
and hygiene education to needy
people in Africa and Asia.
Overall the GOC team raised
£470: together with a giftaid
rebate (£130) this should provide
40 people with a lifetime’s supply
of safe water. A big thank you to
Caffmos, the Mature Gentleman's
Club, has recently become active
in Scotland (our pic is of their
April meeting). It's an organisation focusing on the older, more
mature gay gentleman and his
many admirers, be they young or
old. In addition to a regular
newsletter, contacts list and diary
of events and social gatherings,
Caffmos has an online community
(http://caffmoscommunity.com/)
which is not just another dating
site but offers a platform for older
gay men and their admirers to
find support and form new contacts and friendship. For more
information, see the Caffmos listing at the back of the magazine.
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Alec Deary & Frank Watson
of Kirkcaldy Fife
are please to announce their intention to affirm their
partnership in a civil ceremony on Wednesday 21st
December at 15:00 at the Victoria Hotel, Kirkcaldy.
The civil partnership agreement will be followed by
a ceremony and reception for family and friends.
Evening entertainment from 19:30 for the great
and the good and quite a few not so good and
really evil will be at the same venue.
The theme for the celebration will be “FODS”
(Friends of Dorothy)
Alec & Frank
T: 01592 655392
Email: alecd@blueyonder.co.uk
IN SICKNESS
and in HEALTH
By Roger Burg
Why enter a civil partnership?
Lots of reasons. But this is only concerned
about
wills,
pensions,
Inheritance Tax and Capital Gains Tax.
If you are not civil partners, and your
partner dies, you can loose out seriously, losing pension and savings, and
possibly losing your home. That’s why
married couples are exempted from
these taxes and that’s why civil partners are too.
Any state benefits you receive may
be reduced. For instance when a couple on state pension gets hitched, they
will get only the joint pension, a loss of
nearly a quarter, and other government
departments have not yet worked out
how benefits will be affected. But that’s
another matter.
Why is failing health so
critical?
When one partner is in failing health,
the other partner soon becomes worn
out physically and emotionally with the
constant burden of care, 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week. They won’t have
the time or energy to investigate civil
partnership. Their minds will be on
other things.
While you are reading this, rack
your brains to think of partners who
really need civil partnership and may
miss out, for health reasons. They are
the couples we easily forget when they
disappear from our social life.
They certainly won’t know about
Scotland’s procedure for partners who
are seriously ill and not likely to recover.
Registrars can’t help
You can phone your local Registrar’s
Office - just use directory enquiries and
ask. But at the time of writing (July
2005) they are unsure how their duties
will apply to civil partners or what they
need to be telling us now. They are not
expecting any instructions until late
summer. (Weddings are often booked
up six months to a year in advance,
and one of those weddings might be
using the slot that is really needed by
an elderly same-sex couple.)
So why trust this article?
Don’t. I’ve read the Act, questioned the
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
and got several responses from them,
the Scottish Executive (SE) and from
other knowledgeable legal authorities.
Experts differ, and it’s a complicated
area. So this is the best information that
most of us are likely to get hold of. But
please ask your MSP and a lawyer.
Now. Don’t leave it.
Start by contacting your local
Registrar now
A couple where one is frail or otherwise likely to die, needs to tell the
Registrar well in advance. If you turn
up at the Registrar’s office at Midnight
on Dec 5th (the earliest day you can
give notice) because your partner has
suddenly taken a turn for the worse the
Registrar will not have time to take the
necessary steps, and, may not be in the
office anyway.
But the Registrar General for
Scotland can invoke Section 91 of the
Act and dispense with the 15 day
‘waiting period’. The registration can
take place ‘on the same day’ and ‘within a matter of hours’ just as happens for
marriage. So you can get hitched on
Dec 5th if you desperately need to.
The Registrar will need ‘the certificate of a registered medical practitioner’ to support claims of ill health, so get
a doctor’s appointment well in
advance. Normally the certificate
would be expected to have been
issued a couple of days before, but in
some parts of the country it can take
weeks to get your doctor to call. The
doctor may not consider civil partnership to be a medical emergency, and
the locum may not be well informed on
the finer points of the Civil Partnership
Act 2004. (The doctor’s certificate is
valid for up to three months when the
registrar registers the couple in hospital, and there is no better guideline for
invoking the special procedure at the
time of writing.)
The doctor’s certificate must state
that the sick partner understands the
nature and purport of civil partnership.
The partner who makes the application
must show that there is no legal impediment to you forming a civil partnership
with each other, and that there is sufficient reason to grant a licence for the
partnership to be formed. The application must be in writing.
(Quite separately from this, the waiting period may be reduced where
there are exceptional circumstances.
These need not be related to health at
all. This is at the discretion of the
Registrar General and there will be
Regulations about this.)
There are four specific problems that
may apply, and you need to ask your
local Registrar about them now:
1) If the health of a partner is failing,
ask to reserve an early date, preferably
21st Dec (the first possible date to register under normal circumstances).
Registrars can not take applications to
form a civil partnership until Dec 5th.
But they can leave time from Dec 5th to
register couples who will have a pressing need, of which failing health is
common. Ask the Registrar now to take
your personal circumstances into
account when taking Dec bookings for
(e.g.) marriages. (Same-sex couples
have not had legal or civil recognition
for their partnerships for 350 years.
Heterosexual couples have not had to
wait so long!)
2) If one prospective civil partner is in
failing health, and has a medical certificate to say that they should not be
moved from (e.g.) the hospital, the
Registrar may go to the hospital to register the couple.
Consider asking whether they have
enough staff to attend local hospitals,
hospices or other locations to register
you personally, bearing in mind that
there may be several such couples in
their district.
3) If one prospective civil partner is
seriously ill the Registrar may shorten
the 15 day waiting period (which
could bring the earliest registration
date from 21st Dec to 5th Dec). But
Dec 5th could place a sudden and
urgent demand on their resources. The
Scottish Executive is confident that it
has the staff and experience to cope
with this demand, so let them know if
you think you may need this provision.
4) In some cases, one partner may be
suffering from problems that increasingly impair their ability to communicate.
For instance, someone who suffers from
Motor Neurone Disease or Parkinson’s
disease may think clearly, communicate fairly well on good days but not
on bad days - and the bad days
increase. The Registrar will claim that
he or she has to be satisfied that the
partner intends to enter a civil partnership and understands what they are
doing. In case the date of your registration is a bad day, write to the Registrar
now, and ask that the Registrar keeps
your letter as sufficient evidence of your
understanding and intent - and request
an undertaking that they will do this.
If they will not, ask whether the
Registrar will accept signed statements
from friends who know you that your
intent has been consistent. Ask whether
a doctor’s letter would be sufficient.
Would your oath, sworn in front of a JP
or Notary Public, be sufficient?
Alternatively ask if you will need to
come to the Registrar’s office on a
good day in advance, so the Registrar
can be confident of your intent. Will the
Registrar be able to come to you, in
advance? If you or your partner has difficulty communicating, the answers to
these questions are critical to you. So
get the answers in writing, and send
copies of inadequate answers to your
MSP to clarify with the SE.
For Scotland, section 86 of the Act
says that to be eligible to register, a
person must be capable of understanding the nature of civil partnership and
consenting to it, so being capable of
signing or making a mark is not in itself
sufficient. A Registrar might refuse registration if they believed that, at the time
of intended registration, one person
was not capable of understanding and
consenting - under the Scots legislation
they would not be eligible to register.
You will not necessarily get answers to
the questions above, but it is important
that MSPs are being asked, and passing the questions back to the SE. You
might ask that if your Registrar is uncertain of the answers, they refer your
questions to the Office of the Registrar
General for Scotland.
Having other friends to work with
you would help, and the local papers
and radio might be interested in you as
they were interested in prospective civil
partners generally at earlier stages of
the legislation. If you get some public
attention you are more likely to get the
attention you need.
If you have been a couple for a long
time or if you were campaigning for
civil partnerships, especially if you
have been campaigning for many
years, this could add weight to any letter that you write.
Different from marriage?
No, there are no special deals for gay
couples that married couples don’t get.
But same-sex couples have been
denied the opportunity of a legal union
and its financial benefits until now, and
for some, it will be too late. Mixed-sex
couples have had hundreds of years to
get married and they generally don’t
need to bother about the special provisions, although they are available to
mixed-sex couples.
Gay couples need to be told. That’s
why these same opportunities are so
important to gay couples in 2005.
Wills
Finally and separately, in Scotland,
your will is not ‘revoked’ when you
form a civil partnership, but it is wise to
put something in your will if you expect
to be getting hitched. If your health is
failing this is more important. The
Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 will
apply to civil partnership as it applies
to marriage. It may take time for your
solicitor to get up to speed, for you to
update your wishes, to get an appointment, and to approve or amend the
solicitor’s first draft. So this is something to get started on as soon as possible.
I’m single - what’s it got to do
with me?
You need to think, hard, now, about the
couples you may have forgotten, the
people who are sick or just elderly and
infirm. Some have fallen out of gay life.
These are the people who are looking
after their partners, often worn out, and
too busy or too exhausted to think
about the taxes that are about to hit
them when their partner dies, what will
happen to their partner’s pension, and
the complexities of writing wills. If you
do a little thinking for them now, the
survivor could be saved unnecessary
hardship or real poverty.
If you find this article helpful, if it you
find inaccuracies, if you want help, or
if you just want to talk about this issue,
E-mail: civilp@titipu.demon.co.uk
General information about civil
partnership is available at
http://www.womenandequalityunit.
gov.uk/
Thanks to Tim Hopkins at Equality
Network for his help with this article.
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Hi there and here is this month’s
round up of what’s happening
North of anywhere.
Pride in Aberdeen has come
and gone and despite the cool temperatures, it attracted a reasonable
sized crowd to Duthie Park. Each
year the organisation has become
more slick and it is becoming an
established event in the Aberdeen
calendar. It was good to see a
mixed crowd there and the entertainment and alcohol flowed freely
throughout the day. It has to be a
unique event in Scotland as
nowhere else has provided a single focus for the LGBT community
where everyone can meet and
enjoy the atmosphere. A big
thanks must go to all those involved
in making the day a success and to
all those that thought it wasn’t what
you wanted I’m sure the demand
for volunteers to organise next
year’s event will happen very soon.
Mark Thomson would like to thank
Bar Indigo for providing the buffet
at the Phace Grampian awards on
Thu 2nd Jun. He would also like to
thank everyone who attended and
collected their awards.
One of the topics discussed at
the Conference at the Edge in
Aberdeen a couple of months back
was the lack of LGBT people taking
part in sport. How many of you
know an out LGBT sportsperson in
your favourite sport? Not many I
expect. But how many of you actually take part in sport in Aberdeen
as part of a club or organisation?
A questionnaire was distributed at
Pride asking people what sports
they took part in. A meeting at the
Phace offices recently discussed
the results of these questionnaires
with a view to forming a sports
club in Aberdeen. A wide range of
responses came back covering
everything from team and individual sports to mainstream and
extreme. We are in the process of
compiling a list of all the sports
available locally and where they
are held. It would also be good to
obar dheadhainn
have people’s names against these
sports that would be willing to act
as point of contact for other LGBT
people who wish to join in. Half
the battle of getting new people to
take up a sport is having someone
there who can introduce them to
the sport and get them started. As
a start, it was decided to hold two
social events.
The first was due to be a be a
Midnight swim at Stonehaven
Outdoor Pool on Wed 6th Jul. The
second is a hill walk at Bennachie
on Sun 10th Jul, meeting either at
the Phace offices on Waverley
Place at 10.15am or at the
Bennachie Visitor Centre (Essons
Car Park) at 11am. There is no
charge for the walk but a contribution towards petrol may be requested if you are getting a lift. Please
bring suitable clothing, food and
drink with you. Please contact
Phace for details.
If you take part in sport and
would like to help others join in or
if you are interested in seeing an
LGBT sports club started in
Aberdeen please contact the Phace
Office on 0845 241 2151
or
E-mail markt@phacescotland.org
Robert Gordon’s University LGBT
Society is looking to recruit new
members and committee and have
recently updated their website.
Over the summer, the society is
forming a brand new committee for
next year. Everything the current
society has will be at your disposal
including the support of the Student
Association and the rest of the committee. It’s a great opportunity to
turn things round and it’ll be great
fun as well. Show your interest by
E-mail:
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For some time now, Grampian
Police have worked with the LGBT
community in an attempt to
address the problem of homophobic/transphobic crime and any
other issues concerning the community. In an effort to improve the current service provided and identify
the policing needs of the LGBT
community a survey has been produced. The purpose of this survey
is three fold. First, to establish the
community’s
perception
of
Grampian Police in terms of service provision. Secondly, to identify
how they can build on their current
links with the community and develop those to improve effective twoway communication. Finally, to
provide the community with information on the current work
Grampian Police is undertaking
and the services they provide that
are of specific importance to the
LGBT community. The survey is
available from the Phace Office in
Aberdeen and also from Constable
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ce.uk. If you have ever had to deal
with the police for LGBT issues or
felt too afraid to contact the police
then it is worth filling in a copy of
this survey. Included with the survey is an information sheet on the
work done by Grampian Police for
the LGBT community and I will
cover what they already do in next
month’s article.
Tivoli
E-mail: Tivoli_abdn@yahoo.co.uk
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Did you all enjoy
Pride Scotia?
All those pretty, pretties from all
parts, big and small! And what a
nice day with all those police and
stewards, “Yes, Sir”!
The Midsummer Carnival was in
Queens Park the day after (how I
suffer for all of you, cruising a
park!). Barrd in the park, Botanics
this time, are doing Romeo an
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glaschu
scene
Juliet (let’s hope this warm spell
lasts) so a wee picnic, or pic’n’mix
if that’s your bag, with a big box
of hankies - tears and snotters a’m
tellin’ ye! Butterfly is a new bar in
the west of the city (3a Park
Terrace, overlooking Kelvingrove
Park, near the Youth Hostel) open
from the 5th of Jul, it will serve
food and have karaoke. The bar is
semi-subterranean, in a beautiful
setting, opening hours are 8am till
11pm, so coffee and ‘Baileys
cheese cake!’
To the pubs! Sad news first: Sun
night in the Merchant Pride will
never be the same after the departure of my beloved Angelo. Yes, he
did a ‘Russel’, Oz will never be the
same! Hope you enjoyed your trip
pet and I, for one, am glad you’re
back. Burly is still going strong.
The ‘tattoo night’ was a great success and all power too the ‘portal
technicians’ (door staff) who were
a joy at the Arches, the more topless men with body illustrations the
better, I say! Next time it’s leather,
‘bicker babies’ and ‘scooter scallies’, I wonder if my cycling shorts
count! (Do so have a mountain
bike!). So, if you like a bit of, uniform, real men and guys that
appreciate them then pop along
(details on the Venues page).
The Waterloo (our oldest and
most used of watering holes!) is
open again, or is it closing, or
going (sorry for the bad language
kiddies) STRAIGHT!! As soon as I
get a straight answer, I will pass it
on. The Revolver Bar has had a
‘face lift’! Well, some scatter pillows and some purple drapes! DJs
Michelle and Neil, are doing turn
about on Sat nights, techno and
soul. We still have the ‘net trani
thingi’, that I still can’t work, so I
have to ask that nice bar person to
change it for me (I’m sure they’re
all used to this as an excuse to
‘chat them up’ by now!) Mamas &
Papas please!
On a different note! Has anyone
ever popped into the 13th Note in
King Street? Veggie food, ‘saggers’, ‘gig girls’ and ‘band boys’!
I knew that all the hot talent was
hiding somewhere but who knew!
Bands with names like ‘Lucerna’,
‘Dead Fly Buchowski’, ‘Stigma’
and ‘Injuns’. ‘STIGMA’ may not be
everyone’s ‘cup of green tea’ but
they are GORGEOUS, as are
many who eat, drink and play
there. Close enough to the Tron,
as well as the Merchant Pride, it
offers a different type of scene
(couples and those looking to be
in a relationship that lasts longer
than the song that the DJ has just
played for the umpteenth time!).
Yes, I bit the bullet that is the
new improved Bennetts! Girls on
Top and all the old ‘favourites’ are
back with a vengeance! Its still a
little ‘thin on the ground’ most
nights, but who said the ‘tribe’
were the sharpest tools in the box!
Once word gets round it’s bound
to fill up again.
Pink is still running and you can
still get tickets from the LGBT
Centre Café. Cube is still pulling
in its ‘younger’ crowd on Mon and
Tue, don’t they have school or uni
or jobs too get up for!
Last, but not least, the AGM
took place for the LGBT Centre, or
did it? Postponed due to something or other. Anyway, the new
board is as follows; George
Butler, Eric Kay, Brenda O’Neil,
Paul Barton, Gordon Pike and
Brenda Colvin. Something was
said of the Centre’s future and I
will have more information, about
that, after the next members’ meeting.
Well, that’s all I have heard,
seen, been told and had
screamed at me, for this month
anyway! Until our next merry
meeting, this witch must fly!
Criz
E-mail: criz@drink.demon.co.uk
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ing various musicals and performances on the screen all skillfully
brought together throughout the
night by DJ Ross. Look out for up
coming events as the guys develop
this idea!
Ross has also been back at the
Dundee University Students Union
with “Does your mother know” in
June. I’m not sure if it was a one off
night, so keep your eyes peeled for
the possibility of future nights.
Apologies for anybody who went
out looking for the ShowBar
based on last month's article. Turns
out the bar isn’t actually open again
as I thought, but the night involving
the showing of various musicals has
been resurrected and takes place in
Brooklyn’s Bar. Also happening
in the bar is the usual mix of good
offers, karaoke and the quiz night
with some great prizes. Out also
has a good mix of nights and offers
on, look out for details in the bar
and club.
I’m keeping an eye on how
things develop in Aberdeen as they
look to set up an LGBT sports club
(full details in the gorgeous
Duncan’s Aberdeen article), and
keep an open mind about how it
might work out if brought to
Dundee. Anyone else who would
consider this a good idea should
get in touch!
Chris
E-mail: courier_chris@yahoo.co.uk
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LEATHER & LACE
Hello everybody. Time for a
quick tour once again of the LGBT
scene in Dundee.
Diversitay are expanding upon
their monthly ice-breaker night by
also holding a quiz! They will still
be meeting on the third Wed of the
month - next one being the 20th Jul
- at Braes on Perth Road. Now however they have the use of the downstairs function room (down the stairs
just to the right of the entrance), to
create a completely safe, discreet
area for those coming out for the
first time, looking to meet friends or
just out for some fun. First prize is
£50 cash. This is also a great
chance to meet the Diversitay team,
discuss what you would like to see
for the future of the Dundee scene
or indeed to volunteer and contribute to the good work carried out
by this organisation. The switchboard is now back to operating
weekly, Monday nights 7-10pm on
Dundee (01382) 202620.
Over the next month, Charlie’s
Bar will be a Charlie and Ian less
zone as holiday season for the pair
approaches. Joyce will once again
be taking the helm, with the help of
the usual suspects Gary and James!
The next quiz night was due for Tue
the 5th July, a £100 first prize and
various other prizes and novelties
up for grabs. There will also be the
disco on Fri and Sat nights, 8pm to
Midnight. This now includes a combination of music and video cover-
dùn eideann
edinburgh
scene
We were graced with fantastic
weather on the day of the Pride
Scotia March which was led by
Edinburgh's Lord Provost, Lesley
Hinds. In comparison with the
march two years previously not
only was the weather fantastic but
the crowd was almost trippled.
Everone had a fantastic time and
full support was given by the local
police. The march finished in
Albany Street and participants
descended on the Blue Moon or
Sala for a nibble and drink. A big
massive thank you to the staff for
coping with such a large number
of hungry people.
For those brave enough to start
drinking mid afternoon, floods of
folk headed up to the Street,
Habana and Planet Out.
All three bars had various drinks
promos on throughout the day and
were filled to capacity - so much so
that people could hardly reach the
bars which resulted in the
newsagent on London Road running special promos on carry out
drinks! And the streets were full
with folk sitting around having an
impromptu picnic.
All good fun, but not to the taste
of the Glasshouse Hotel who
won't have made any friends in
the gay community for their attitude in trying to reclaim the street
in front of their overpriced establishment.
A big pat on the back to
Habana regular Kitty who put on
a fantastic Beach Party at the
Hallion.
The Health and Community
Fair in eGo proved to be very
popular with boys and girls of all
ages. There were lots of stalls and
amongst local organisations, only
Gay Men's Health was really
notable for its absence!
Speaking of local organisations,
the LGBT Centre for Health
e
and Wellbeing will be running
an LGBT Active programme over
the next few months with various
activities including An Introduction
to Reiki, Drumming and various
Art Workshops. For more information:
http://www.lgbthealth.org.uk/
Anyway, enough about all that.
How about all you tourists over for
the summer? And, before I go any
further, the LGBT businesses in
Edinburgh are NOT looking for
any more staff. Fancy a nibble or
a bite to eat while you sit outside
people watching? Why not try a
snack from The Street where the
kitchen is run by
http://www.thedevilskitchen.co.uk
/ (By the way, a happy 40th birthday to Lou).
Another place which may prove
interesting in the comestibles
department is the Holyrood
Tavern which has re-opened
under its old landlord Mark. Food
will apparently be entirely vegetarian! The real ale there opens up an
interesting little alternative circuit
for beer drinkers as a welcome
stop between the Regent and the
Auld Hoose.
Also in the changing hands
department
has
been
The
Commplex where the new owners'
desire to spruce up has caused the
cancellation of dates for Velvet
and Burly. I hear that the place
will re-open in time for Burly's next
gig on Sat 23rd Jul but, by then, it
will have changed its name to the
Mariners Club.
I hear rumours that Planet Out, The
Street and Habana will have
extended opening hours over the
summer - or at very least during the
Festival. Planet Out has had a few
pots of paint applied to the walls
and is looking much fresher for it.
They've also started serving teas
and coffees for the caffeine
addicts amongst you.
Miss Cilla Slack is now a resident
DJ (well, somebody had to give
her a home) on the top deck at CC
Blooms. But, at weekends, DJ
Blondie is your host with all the
best in Dance Music downstairs.
Please don't forget that CC's is
Edinburgh's own gay night club
open 7 days a week! Entry is free
and drink prices are as reasonable
as anywhere else on the scene.
Feeling stressed by this column?
Then why not check out an
Holistic Health and Psychic
Fair at the St George's West
Church in Shandwick Place on Sat
16th and Sun 17th Jul. A weekend
of alternative health and psychic
readings - entry free. See
http://www.pureworks.co.uk/
This cosy little church is also the
venue for the AIDS Quilt
Exhibition which runs until Wed
13th Jul and is open 10am-4pm
daily.
Wee Alan
E-mail: weealan@drink.demon.co.uk
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Garry Otton says
GAYS CAN NO
LONGER WAR
WITH RELIGIONISTS
“In one of the most illiberal
measures attempted even by
this prescriptive
Government… anyone who
challenges the tenets of religious faith could risk criminal prosecution… (Up to
seven years imprisonment). Once this measure is
law, Ministers will come
under pressure to act any
time a religious group feels
affronted… Rather than
creating new legislation to
censor what people think,
isn’t the answer to abolish
the seldom used blasphemy
laws and rely on the existing
rules banning offences
against public order –
which protect people whatever their religion? For if
free speech means anything,
it means freedom to criticise, to challenge and even
to mock. If religions are
strong they have nothing to
fear from open debate”.
The Daily Mail.
Be they the politicised religionists
who dragged Gay News to the
courts – (Do not blaspheme)! – or
those who pasted homophobic
posters on every billboard they
could find in Scotland – (Keep the
Clause)! Gays have been at war with
religionists for years. Can we chide
such groups for being generous
providers of media rent-a-gobs;
accuse them of spluttering quotes
backing an iffy moral conservatism
on matters sexual, or name those
who hijack the media for their own
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pernicious ends? Will it be easier to
challenge those who promote female
genital mutilation, physical chastisement, forced marriage or child
abuse in the name of religion? I
remain sceptical! I don’t like selfcensorship, but hey! Like a gay priest
mincing up the aisle in a loose-fitting frock, a few beads and a sensible smoking handbag, we have to
conform! And that means, for now,
being nice to religionists. (Not that I
wasn’t already to those precious few
who put their heart before the ballot
box). This month The Scottish
Daily Mail found a new friend: The
Kirk’s new Moderator, the Not Very
Knee-jerking Rev David Lacy. Praise
Be! The Church of Scotland unfairly estimated by anti-Church
propagandists to be extinct within
50 years - has a new mouthpiece.
Lacy wants politicians to back policies promoting marriage. OK! So
let’s give it a makeover. First off,
congratulations to Martin Reijns
and Karen Watts who were married
in Scotland’s first humanist wedding
ceremony. Some people were bound
to find change a bit difficult. Take
The Sunday Times Scotland, which
exposed the level of dignity they
wanted to attach to the ceremony
with a condescending: “Zoo hosts
UK’s first humanist marriage”. Gays
too will be marrying by the end of
year. (Not in the UK. Civil
Partnership is NOT Marriage. Ed.)
Where is the Church now to stop us
doing to marriage what TV style
gurus, Justin Ryan and Colin
McAllister have done to the spread
of laminated mahogany-effect, flatpack wardrobes? Come on Kearney
and O’Brien, we can’t hear you in
Motherwell! Get out of The Herald
and into The Scottish AdTrader!
The Church of Scotland’s Rev Lacy
swooned with admiration of the
Caths, praising them in The Sunday
Herald for having been “more coherent” than his Church in their moral
positions. (I know, weren’t they just
fab the way the handled the repeal
of Clause 28)? The Kirk’s Lacy
agrees “absolutely” with those who
say the Executive mustn’t grant
same-sex couples equal rights in
adoption law. Praise the Lord! He
said he was convinced only a man
and a woman could bring up children. The Very Lovely Lacy added:
“It is a traditional Christian doctrine
and I hold to it. I don’t know if God
has blessed any other way”. Calling on
all the old stereotypes, he added that
the idea of a “loving, faithful and not
promiscuous” gay couple adopting
children was “one point of view” he
understood, but did not accept.
“The other point of view is that it
takes a male and female in the same
loving relationship, that the child
needs both to be properly grown”. And
this is based on…. What? Old
Moore’s
Almanac?
Doctor
Culpepper? Something Elvis said?
Lacy didn’t say. It wasn’t in the
Bible, but then, it wouldn’t be…
These days such ‘truths’ are found
spilling out of Christian bookshops.
Bless them! And Praise be! I
repeat… Lacy said he looked forward to giving his opinion on controversial issues, so we can look out
for him in our Scottish newspapers
and other media that thankfully
support me in thinking that it’s
vitally important to trumpet the
opinion of a religionist whenever
they report on issues that affect gays.
One of the most right-wing
Moderators in years, Lacy thinks
openly gay ministers would “rip” the
Church apart. Indeed we would and
must resist the temptation to try on
their frocks. Our place is on our
knees, in the pews, begging for forgiveness and a good thrashing when
we deserve it. I’m pleased the Kirk
has at last found someone to turn
back the clock to an age when
Britain was proud to colour the
world pink and we sorted out our
problems over a nice cup tea.
“Shame on the Rev Lacy, and shame
on the Kirk for electing this latter-day
witchhunter to his present office”,
cried a very naïve Roz Paterson
through Your Voice in The Scottish
Socialist Voice. Get a grip, girl!
There has never been a law that has
ever stopped kids having a gay mum
or dad because no one had ever
thought of anything to stop a gay
person being a mum or dad, or a
mum or dad being gay. That was
before the Church and media found
it all “gravely immoral”. In Scotland,
the law is being tweaked to allow
not just gays, but unmarried couples
to adopt instead of the messy business of just one adopting and the
other seeking a residence order. The
Caths and Kirks are both using the
media to guide us to the decision
that children are best brought up
within marriage. Heterosexual marriage. Former Scottish Daily Mail
reporter, Hamish MacDonell gasped
in The Scotsman: “Shake-up may
open door for gay couples to adopt”.
He reported it as a “radical overhaul
of Scotland’s adoption laws” which
was “expected to pave the way for gay
couples to adopt”. Ian Smith also
echoed down the cavern of The
Scottish Daily Mail with a “radical
shake-up” that was going to spark a
“moral backlash across Scotland”. Few
reports went without warning how
such moves would spark protests
from the Church and Mr
MacDonell’s report was no exception. “Such a move is expected to trigger a furious reaction from some
church groups, who claim children
have the right to be brought up within a stable married life”. Cardinal
Keith O’Brien, commander of the
Scottish Catholics told the eagerly
awaiting press and The Scottish
Daily Mail that these Executive proposals were “contrary to the common
good”. Good man. Praise be! He
added: “Support for such proposals
would distort the understanding of the
family, cause harm to children and
promote the status of homosexual relationships. The small number of homosexual couples living together and the
instability of homosexual relationships
make the arguments about increasing
the number of potential adoptive parents unrealistic”. In a revealing
insight on how Catholics might
treat young gays in their schools, he
added: “Where homosexual adoption
has been allowed, news coverage has
revealed that potential parents who
refuse to support homosexual relationships are being classed as unsuitable to
adopt”. O’Brien has also claimed
that gays adopting children was in
open contradiction to a principle,
recognised in the UN Convention
on the rights of the child, (although
the rights of people of a middle sex
are clearly not recognised in
Catholic schools – which is right, of
course, isn’t it)? Sorry, I don’t want
to offend, but in fairness to Deputy
Education Minister Euan Robson,
who is responsible for the issue, he
had already declared that the
emphasis would remain on heterosexual families, which supports the
idea that gay families are somehow
second-rate. The group recommending an update of Scotland’s
adoption laws have insisted that
unmarried couples would have to
prove an enduring family relationship with a rigorous examination of
their relationship to ensure it provided stability for the child and to
explore in depth their parenting
abilities. Efforts would be made to
ensure that all decisions were to be
made in the best interests of the
child. Such ‘permanence orders’
were to be a cornerstone of the proposal to allow gay couples to adopt.
Heterosexual married couples like
Fred and Rosemary West or Victoria
Climbie’s mother, Marie Kouao and
her boyfriend Carl Manning would,
of course, be exempt from such
scrutiny by way of their sexual status. The Scottish Daily Mail featured a shocking quote from
Glasgow West End style queen,
Justin Ryan who confessed: “I’d love
to give a home to a disadvantaged kid
who’s had a bad start in life”.
Catholic top dog, Cardinal Keith
O’Brien, who was in a far better
position to judge what would be
best for the kiddies, was able to see
through Mr Ryan’s shallow reasoning and told Scotland on Sunday:
“Sadly, demands for
parental rights for homosexual partners are more to do
with fulfilling their wish for
status rather than meeting
needs of children”.
The Church dashed into the nearest
second-hand Christian bookstore to
open the 1978 study, ‘Homo-sexualities: A Study of Diversity Among
Men and Women’. The study,
nowhere near as old as the Church
and already out of date was not as
helpful as the Church’s long-term
plan to denigrate gay relationships.
The message was clear: Straights are
good people who live as committed
married couples and gays are intrinsically evil and hopelessly promiscuous. The Scottish Daily Mail
opened a hole at the bottom of the
page for Norman Wells, director of
Family and Youth Concern who
pointed out that “research evidence
overwhelmingly confirms that the
two-parent family consisting of a
father and mother who are committed
to each other for life provides children
with the best start in life”. I’m not
going to go to the trouble of questioning his theory because he found
it in a good Christian bookshop, but
might I suggest we wait until gays
are able to marry and officially
adopt before the Family and Youth
Concern releases any more ‘truths’?
Wells added: “We need to stop treating our most vulnerable children as
guinea-pigs and abandon what is, at
the end of the day, a ideology rather
than a policy with a proven track
record for which there is firm empirical evidence”. With opinions that
soothe people with roses up their
arbours and kid-locks on their garden gates, Wells insisted: “Fathers
and mothers complement each other
and, together, they are able to offer a
richness of care that will not be found
in any other setting. It is grossly irresponsible to deprive needy children of
what is best for them”. Without a gay
to turn to, Scotland on Sunday was
forced to turn to columnist Fiona
Leith to lend us some support, but it
wasn’t all plain sailing. On celebrity
interior designers, Colin McAllister
and Justin Ryan’s confessed hopes
on raising kids, she added bleakly:
“…Frankly, having seen what they do
to people’s homes – hammering some
golden lamé lettering over a double
bed to spell out ‘utopia’ – I dread to
think what aesthetic taste some poor
wee pup of theirs would end up with”.
I’m pleased The Herald always
ensures religionists have a voice in
Scotland. They need to be heard.
The Herald rattles out stories from
religionist sources on an almost
daily basis. In a recent edition of one
paper I counted four reports about
religion. The first, by Raymond
Duncan, was an interesting piece
about some breakaway branch of the
Wee Frees who claimed the media
was promoting blasphemy. Two further stories were supported by comments from religion-friendly spokespeople; there was also a bishop’s
obituary, an opinion piece, a reader’s
letter and a picture of two anoraks
standing outside the Church of
Scotland assembly. They had reason
to be sour-faced, standing in the
cold, wrapped in something that
looked like it was pulled out of a
jumble sale with their eyes closed.
One was in a black, nylon quilted
jacket that looked like it had been
filled with floor insulation, while his
partner shivered in an interesting
square-patterned, grey woollen cardi
and matching nylon tie. They were
ScotsGay
media monitor
holding banners addressed to the
Kirk’s new right-wing Moderator:
“Lacy – should gays
minister in C of S?
Bible says no”.
Something else I couldn’t find in the
Bible. But I did find something
nicer for religionists to wear when
they protest outside churches in the
new Grattan’s catalogue. And what
about something from Clone Zone
to compliment those homophobic
banners, as there’s nothing like waving things like that in the air to tell
everybody you’re really gay! A fortnight later and readers were bowled
over by another amazing report in
The Herald from Cameron
Simpson on a new theory that suggested Jesus might’ve died the same
way as people in Shettleston: Deep
Vein Thrombosis! Now isn’t that
amazing?
In the face of the Scottish media’s
uncomfortable relationship with
sexual morality, Nick Mayhew has
released ‘Bare Britain’, a guidebook
on the best places to strip off. A full
page in The Daily Mail was a magnificent coup for the publishers of
Mayhew’s book who were braver
than Clintons; the greetings cards
firm who recently baulked at releasing a set of gay greeting cards in
Scotland. In The Sunday Times
Scotland, “a fully clothed Adrian
Turpin” was forced to “investigate”
why Scottish beaches got such “rave
reviews”. Unfortunately, he was not
so interested in how a polluted, litter-strewn beach like Stevenston,
nestling in front of a former ammunitions factory, spoke volumes on
Scottish attitudes to nudity and
focused instead on the crabbit opinion of Scottish Daily Mail columnist, John MacLeod. A sexually
repressed son of a minister of the
‘Free Church’, MacLeod’s comments were comical if not sad.
Asked what the reaction of a typical
minister would be to a nudist invasion of the west coast, he scoffed:
“Horror, pity and disgust I should
imagine… It is difficult to think of a
nudist invasion without an awful lot
of hilarity. The horizontal rain. The
icy chill of the Atlantic. Bumpy, wobbly flesh. Unspeakable…” He
launched himself into a tirade of
Biblical references, hinting at the
wonderful imaginative and colour-
ful nature of such a large section of
the people on Harris: “After the Fall
of Man, one of the very first things in
the new order was clothing. First fig
leaves, then animal skins”. Clutching
a large beach towel round him he
verbally struggled to remove his
smalls: “The fact is we are meant to be
clothed… The English language suggests that. ‘Stripped’, ‘naked’, ‘nude’
are all synonyms for diminished. The
whole point of clothing is that it’s a
social discipline. To put it crudely, it’s
there to cover signs of sexual arousal.
Men and women, boys and girls,
naked together is an affront on many
levels. The naturist thing is an assault
on decency. There is something very
aggressive about it”. Not at all, on the
contrary, there is something very
Scottish about being in the scud. Far
from satisfying Mr MacLeod’s preferences for swimming cossies, as
Mayhew pointed out, like so many
of his contemporaries, Rob Roy
MacGregor preferred to sunbathe
on the banks of Loch Voil in the
altogether. And, oh dear! Has Mr
MacLeod so quickly forgotten that
homoerotic piece he once wrote for
The Herald about the youth that
flicked a few of his switches whilst
cutting the grass?
E-mail: garry@scottishmediamonitor.com
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CUT IT OUT…
Bitching Tory, Gerald Warner
in Scotland on Sunday:
“The post-devolution
Scottish Tory party has
chosen to miss every bus –
literally, when it allowed
Brian Souter to hijack
the Keep the Clause
campaign…”
Columnist Gerald Warner in
Scotland on Sunday:
“Aids has its origins in acts
of personal irresponsibility”.
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wandered round the Health and Community Fair in
eGo before heading off in the evening to Ocean
Pride down in Leith.
And a very few even made their way to Reggie
Dwight's over-rated gig at Easter Road.
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international news
by Rex Wockner
Spain legalises same-sex
marriage
Spain legalised full same-sex marriage
and gay adoption on 30th Jun.
The vote in the Congress of
Deputies was 187 to 147 with four
abstentions. The Senate had rejected
the bill, but it is the Congress that has
final say.
Gay couples were allowed to begin
the process of getting married on 3rd
Jul, when the law change was published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado.
Hundreds of thousands of people celebrated at Madrid’s gay-pride parade
on 2nd Jul.
“Today, Spanish society is responding to a group of people who for years
have been humiliated, whose rights
have been ignored, their dignity
offended, their identity denied and
their freedom restricted”, said Prime
Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
... “Today Spanish society grants them
the respect they deserve, recognises
their rights, restores their dignity,
affirms their identity and restores their
liberty.
“We are not the first [country to do
this] but I am sure we will not be the
last”, he said. “After us will come
many other countries, driven, ladies
and gentlemen, by two unstoppable
forces: freedom and equality.
“[This is] a small change in wording
that means an immense change in the
lives of thousands of citizens. We are
not legislating, ladies and gentlemen,
for people who are far away and
unknown to us. We are expanding
opportunities for the happiness of our
neighbours, our work colleagues, our
friends, our relatives.
“It is true that [gays] are only a
minority but their triumph is a triumph
for everybody. ... Their victory makes
us all better, makes our society better.”
Gay campaigners were elated.
“Finally, gays and lesbians are no
longer second-class citizens”, said the
Spanish COLEGAS Federation of
Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and
Transsexuals. “We pridefully see ourselves as citizens of this great nation
that is Spain where liberty and equality have triumphed at last.
“Gays and lesbians are now going
to take a well-deserved rest after these
past several months of suffering being
viewed as strange animals — and
having ourselves and our families
observed under a magnifying glass”,
the group said. The European Region
of the International Lesbian and Gay
Association called the law’s passage a
blow to the Roman Catholic Church.
“Spain proved that it is a modern
and outward-looking society and there
is no reason or justification for discriminating against LGBT people”, said
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Executive Director Patricia Prendiville.
“It has also proved that even strong
Roman Catholic roots and heritage is
not a barrier for building an inclusive
and equal society. We believe the
Spanish marriage victory will have a
significant positive impact in other
European countries where religious
arguments are used to oppose the
legal recognition for same-sex partners.”
Canadian lawmakers OK
same-sex marriage
Following rowdy debate, Canada’s
House of Commons voted 158 to 133
on 28th Jun to legalise full same-sex
marriage nationwide.
Courts already had forced legalisation of same-sex marriage in nine of
Canada’s 13 provinces and territories
— everywhere but Alberta, the
Northwest Territories, Nunavut and
Prince Edward Island. The measure
now moves to the Senate, where it
faces quick and easy passage.
“[This] is about the Charter of
Rights”, said Prime Minister Paul
Martin. “In a nation of minorities, it is
important that you don’t cherry-pick
rights. A right is a right.”
“It’s about the right to love,” gay
Bloc Québécois MP Réal Ménard told
The New York Times. “When you are
in love, things are different, and everyone is entitled to that.”
Czech parliament gives preliminary approval to partner bill
The Czech Republic’s Chamber of
Deputies has passed a same-sex registered-partnership bill on first reading
and sent it to a committee, the Prague
Daily Monitor reported.
The measure grants limited rights in
areas such as health information and
support payments. Civil unions would
be registered and dissolved at the
birth registry.
Ruling extends German partner benefits
Berlin’s Administrative Court has ruled
that people united under Germany’s
same-sex partnership law are entitled
to each other’s pension when one of
them dies.
Pride around the planet
About 500 people marched in the first
large-scale gay-pride parade in
Athens, Greece. “The only way to
safeguard our rights is for everyone to
understand that homosexuality is a
reality and that people should not
behave as if we don’t exist”, marcher
Maria Gouma told The Scotsman
newspaper.
About 300,000 people turned out
for pride in Paris. The procession
snaked from the Montparnasse train
station to the Bastille. The parade was
so massive that some marchers waited
hours to step off from the Left Bank
starting point.
About 250 people marched in
Kolkata (Calcutta), India, “dressed in
gaudy, revealing clothes”, said
Rediff.com. Police made no effort to
halt the parade even though homosexuality is illegal. “We want to tell the
world we exist”, said Teesta, a 27year-old student.
More than 125,000 people turned
out for Toronto’s 25th parade —
including Police Chief Bill Blair.
According to CTV.ca, “The parade
showcased everything from bronzed,
scantily-clad dancers gyrating on floats
to pounding dance music to the more
sedate groups, like Grandparents for
Gays and Lesbians.” Mayor David
Miller told the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation: “To me, it sums up so
much of what Toronto is about.
Everyone’s welcome here, everyone’s
respected. We’re very proud we’re the
place where same-sex marriage, the
first one [in Canada], was performed.”
Panama saw its first gay-pride parade
June 25. About 70 people marched,
with at least an equal number walking
along on the sidewalks, out of view of
media cameras. Six newspapers, five
radio stations, two TV stations and
numerous Web sites covered the
parade.
“For being our first-ever march, that
was quite a turnout — definitely
beyond what we were expecting”,
said Javier Rodríguez of the New Men
and Women Association of Panama,
which organised the parade.
“This, for me, is the first time that
I’ve been able to gauge an actual ‘gay
community’ in Panama”, Rodríguez
said. “All these years, everyone’s been
talking about such a community. To
me, it had never existed until now. ...
This is the first time that the different
actors — from the clubs to the boutique
to the bathhouse to the bars to the
Web sites — have responded to the
call of one actor, our group, and
joined efforts to make something, anything, happen!”
Pride marchers stabbed in
Jerusalem
An ultra-Orthodox man stabbed three
marchers during Jerusalem’s fourth
gay-pride parade on 30th Jun, the
Jerusalem Post reported.
The attack occurred at Ben Yehuda
and Hahistradrut streets. A woman
was stabbed in the arm; a man was
stabbed in the arm, hand and chest;
and a third marcher received a minor
injury. All three were taken to Bikur
Holim Hospital. Two were treated and
released. Adam David Russo was
moved to Shaare Zedek Medical
Center where he is recovering from
deep gashes to his arm, the back of
his hand and his chest.
“They tried to murder me because
I’m gay”, Russo told the Haaretz newspaper. “In the ambulance I thought I
wouldn’t dare set foot again in
Jerusalem. Now I’ve calmed down,
but I still think I won’t go downtown
alone. On the other hand, now I view
my community activism almost as a
mission, so I want to stand out.”
Yishai Schlissel, 30, was arrested
for the attack and police say othersmay have been involved.
Separately, police arrested 13 religious Jews who tried to block the
march. More than 1,000 people
demonstrated against the parade —
throwing bottles of urine and bags of
faeces at the marchers, the Post said.
Mayor Uri Lupolianski had tried to
prevent the parade, which drew about
10,000 marchers, but he was thwarted by the Jerusalem District Court.
Gay activists blamed Lupolianski’s
“incitement” for the violence. Interior
Minister Ophir Pines-Paz agreed, saying, “The heads of the Jerusalem
municipality should self-reflect on their
contribution to the incitement leading
up to today’s violence.”
Muslims disrupt transvestite
pageant
About 10 members of Indonesia’s
Islamic Defenders’ Front barged into a
Jakarta nightclub during the recent
Miss Transvestite pageant.
They left after 20 minutes, when
pageant organisers agreed to wrap
up the contest earlier than planned.
“We were all traumatised. They
said we were immoral, but God created us this way”, organiser Megi
Megawati told the AP.
Venezuelans stage kiss-in at
Supreme Court
Gay activists staged a kiss-in outside
Venezuela’s Supreme Court of Justice
in Caracas on 14 Jun, demanding
marriage rights for same-sex couples.
Dozens of people took part in the
protest,
chanting,
“We’re
Venezuelans, too” and “Marriages
now, no more fucking around.”
“We had to repeat the protest 10
times because every 15 minutes another journalist showed up”, said
Santiago Farías from the gay group
Affirmative Union.
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FILMS to KNOW ABOUT
by Malcolm Epstein
Growing up gay in this world is a big
enough problem. It is a far bigger
one to have the body of a man, but
have an intense obsession to be
female. "BEAUTIFUL BOXER" is
based on the true story of a boy in
Thailand who gained fame as a
transvestite kickboxer only to save
the money for his sex change operation. It opens early in August and will
make many of us realise in comparison our lives are hardly a problem at
all.
Early September brings the best
boxing film ever made "CINDERELLAMAN" (tbc) in which Russell
Crowe is in a true story of the thirties
about the fighter, James L Braddock.
In the American depression years millions had a very hard time and
Braddock, whose boxing career had
not been exceptional, was reduced
to begging to feed his wife and
three children. Dire necessity makes
him return to the ring to face the
heavyweight champ of the world,
Max Baer, who has already killed
two men in the ring.
There have been objections in
America as the scripts depict Baer as
an all time villain when, in fact, he
supported the families of the two men
who lost their lives to him. The sensitivity Russell Crowe shows in this film
is ten times more impressive than the
tough roles he has played in the past.
For many years there has been
enough publicity about such brain
damage that happens to professional
boxers they can go into comas for
months and finally emerge to sit in
wheelchairs for the rest of time. That
is why I am horrified to hear of
fathers who encourage their sons into
boxing.
I was amazed a few years ago to
meet a bricklayer who made sparetime cash in bareknuckle boxing. As
it is not legal tickets are not printed
and halls are hired for six bouts as, it
seems, there are vast numbers who
delight in seeing oceans of blood
run.
Jamie Bell, unforgettable as Billy
Elliot, is almost grown up in two new
titles. The best of these is "DEAR
WENDY" (15) set in an American
mining town in which Jamie rejects
19
mine working to be a shop assistant.
But coming across a handgun one
day he decides to explore an empty
mineshaft one night for target practise. He becomes such a good shot
he admits to a friend his new hobby.
Before long he is taking several shop
assistants down at night who develop
a new confidence with their newly
acquired guns the more they practise.
It is three quarters of an imaginative
film. But the Danish director Thomas
Vinterberg and writer Lars Von Trier
change Jamie's commonsense personality to make him persuade his
friends into a shootout with authority.
Maybe they ran out of ideas.
Jamie's other new movie on
release now is "UNDERTOW" (15).
After his mother dies his father,
Dermot Mulroney, goes west to run a
farm which is backbreaking as a ten
year old fragile brother can do little
work. Dermot's problem brother,
Josh Lucas, tracks them down after
years in prison as he knows their
father left Dermot a box of gold
coins. A nightmare fight develops in
which Dermot is murdered. The boys
witness all and flee across country
knowing if caught their uncle will
murder them too. Both films prove
Jamie is an efficient actor whose
maturing looks will appeal to many.
Late in July "THE SKELETON KEY"
(tbc) is set in the swamplands backwoods of New Orleans where Kate
Hudson gets a job nursing a dying
patient, John Hurt. It rains much of the
time bringing the swamp waters closer to the decaying mansion. Slowly
Kate begins to accept John's wife,
Gena Rowlands, is willing his death
with voodoo. The atmosphere is skilfully maintained to make me wonder
what the truth could be.
"DARK WATER" (15) is a horror
movie less skilfully contrived in which
Jennifer Connolly is estranged from
her husband, Dougray Scott, and battling over the custody of their young
daughter. She takes her to live in a
rundown block of flats where water
leaks from above and ominous
sounds haunt them. The daughter
keeps talking to an imaginary friend
and the script implies Jennifer's husband is paying to have her tormented. The main disappointment is that
Dougray Scott is one British actor
with the charisma to be a world star
and is wasted in a secondary role
here. I don't know if he is not ambitious enough or lucky enough to get
the right parts in the right pictures.
It helps to be obsessed with the
female form to appreciate the French
"SECRET THINGS". A brilliant nude
dancer in a Paris nightclub forms a
bond with the barmaid there and,
incongruously, they get jobs as secretaries for the same company
manouvering and manipulating the
men there to claw their way to the
top. Shot with style and taste it could
keep you intrigued.
"LOS DEBUTANTES" (18) is much
more humble fare from Chile in
which girls strip in a nightclub massaging cream over their bodies. A
gangster atmosphere is combined
with luxury houses and limousines
which almost makes up for a trip to
Chile.
The comedy "WEDDING CRASHERS" (15) shows how confirmed
bachelors Owen Wilson and Vince
Vaughan have devised the perfect
way to meet girls until the unplanned
happens and they get emotionally
involved. Shot with a big budget and
amusing script it will please many.
CURRENT RELEASES
Any Steven Spielberg film is worth
scrutiny
and "WAR OF THE
WORLDS" (12a) has Tom Cruise and
the most expensive special effects
ever put onscreen. He plays an inadequate father who only sees his ten
year old daughter and 17 year old
son on rare weekends when they stay
with him and they happen to be there
when a crisis hits this planet. How he
tries to protect them is worth your
money. It will be one of the hits of the
year.
"A LOT LIKE LOVE" (12a) tells
how Ashton Kutcher and Amanda
Peet meet on a flight, instantly fancy
each other, and grab hold. Location
keeps them apart, but they get together every few years to calm animal
desires. My favourite scene is at a
Hollywood party as Ashton knows his
teenage sister is fixated with Eminem
and, to infuriate her, phones to say "I
just met him here and he has been
running his hand over my legs."
"13 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
ONE THING" (15) is an economical
curiousity with intermixed storylines
showing how people regret their
actions
and
make
amends.
Principally of interest for Matthew
McConaughey showing if the part
interests him he doesn't just make big
budget movies.
"INSIDE DEEP THROAT"
(18)
shows how a $25,000 sex movie
became a $600 million phenomenom. Made over 30 years ago
"Deep
Throat"
changed
the
American censorship laws and originated a vast sex industry.
DVD WORLD
In the sixties Andy Warhol picked up
a spectacular young man in New
York City, Joe Dallesandro, who was
on the game and became so
obsessed he told him he would make
him a movie star. Although Andy was
wealthy he chose to employ an amateur to write and direct films for him.
"Flesh", "Trash" and "Heat" from
1968 to 1972 gave the impression
the dialogue was thought up on the
set. However, Joe's charisma is
strong throughout. He is playing a
hustler (which we call escorts here), a
drug addict and simply a guy on the
make with women and men. The
advantage of this Tartan collectors
box set is they are fully uncut for the
first time and the Dallesandro body is
very pleasing to study although the
frontal nudes don't have the expertise
our Mike Arlen would have brought
to them. "THE PAUL MORRISSEY
COLLECTION" is worth seeing for
Joe's incredible sex appeal.
Parasol Peccadillo have chosen to
import "SUGAR" from Canada about
the sexual awakening of an 18 year
old guy. Speeding on his skateboard
he happens to notice the best looking
guy in Toronto who is happy to bring
him out of his shell. You will either be
impressed or irritated by the amateur
edge of this type of film. But you are
likely to fancy either of the two guys.
One of the most amazing films I
never saw on release is "DOT THE I"
that has the most plot twists in the history of cinema. There is a dinner
party of girls at a Paris restaurant
and the manager announces to
everyone this is a hen party and as
one of them will soon be married it is
a French tradition she can choose to
kiss any man of her choice there
tonight. The man she chooses and the
kiss are so memorable it changes her
life. This DVD is so recommendable I
will never forget the name of the new
writer/director Matthew Parkhill.
A TV series earlier this year "The
Lost World Of Mitchell And Kenyon"
featured black and white movies shot
between 1900 and 1913 that had
been lovingly restored by the British
Film Institute after being found in a
Blackburn basement in a barrel. Its
popularity made them issue it in
DVD. Vast numbers of people were
so fascinated in our ancestors they
have now issued "ELECTRIC EDWARDIANS". As there were no cinemas
in those days films of local people
were shown in town halls on the
evening they were shot. The latest
one has a Birmingham university
procession on degree day in 1901. I
have replayed it many times and
freezeframed
it
when
faces
appeared whom I would love to
have met on a time trip. It proves that
at any age there were incredible
men, and women who had taken
their degrees in this procession,
whom we would have been grateful
to meet.
The BFI have also issued a unique
1929 German movie "PEOPLE ON
SUNDAY", a silent about unknowns
in Berlin which is an engrossing view
of life 75 years ago. It is made by
names who later found fame in
Hollywood like Billy Wilder and Fred
Zimmerman. I was enthralled watching Berliners before Hitler came to
power.
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colour would be most welcome. Phone
09068 556612 - Number 5232.
BELTING MEMORIES
“I am looking for a genuine retired or
former teacher, living in Scotland, over
the age of 50 to give me the belt as
per my schooldays. I need my hands
warmed again”. Phone 09068
556612 - Number 5252.
PISSABLE MEETING IN
ABERDEEN
Aberdeen area. Slim, tanned, 38 year
old Sub, into bondage and yellow, looking for other guys 40+. Phone 09068
556612 - Number 5199.
COLOURFUL ABERDONIAN
Aberdeen area, submissive 42 year old,
into yellow or brown, into dominant
guys, any age. Phone 09068 556612
- Number 5082.
YELLOW SUB38 year old slim, submissive guy, into
yellow, is looking for dominant guys
any age. Phone 09068 556612 Number 5060.
PROFESSIONAL AND NONSCENE
31 year old professional, non-scene
gay guy, non-smoker, 5’8”, 10.5
stone, 33” waist. Hobbies include cinema, theatre, reading, country walking
and swimming. Looking to meet
gay/bi guys up to 45 years old for a
possible 1-2-1 with the right guy.
Phone 09068 556612 - Number
4775.
PETER FROM EDINBURGH
Peter from Edinburgh is a 51 year old,
clean-shaven guy with dark hair. He
enjoys, music, cinema, theatre, country
walking, swimming, briefs and
Speedos and he is looking to meet people for fun. Phone 09068 556612 Number 4710.
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LOOKING FOR
STEPHEN SMITH
Can Stephen Smith (or anybody who knows
where to contact him) please get in touch.
Stephen was involved with Pride Scotia in
Glasgow last year. Box SG64040.
WOMEN
LOOKING FOR LOVE
A slightly butch woman looking for fem or
butch lady to share my life with, someone to
want me as I am, and that I can trust. Had a
lot of hurt in my life so I’d like to meet someone that is serious about starting a relationship
up. I’m romantic, loving, and open minded
and love surprising my lady. If you would like
to get to know me more then let me know.
Box SG64024.
YOUNG 30ISH FEMALE AYRSHIRE AREA
Down to earth and loves a good laugh, enjoys
nights out in Glasgow and Edinburgh and
nights in wherever you fancy. Looking for
down to earth happy female, must like kids.
Can travel or accommodate. Box SG64032.
MEN
KILT APPRECIATION SOCIETY
Founded 1991. Kilt group for guys with fetish
of what lies beneath. Bi-monthly magazine,
socials, horny photos, contacts. Tel: Mervyn
01777 708270.
EDINBURGH
Uncomplicated no strings fun and friendship
offered to young guy 16-22 by 45 year old
guy. Come and go as you like. Box SG64002.
LIVE-IN HOUSEBOYS WANTED
One or two live-in houseboys wanted aged 1630. Slim build. Some duties need doing but
lots of humiliation. Send nude/semi photo
with detailed letter now. Box SG64004.
MALES WANTED FOR
PUNISHMENT
I would like to meet males in the Edinburgh
area, preferably under the age of 60 for a
tawsing session. I cannot accommodate so it
would have to be your place. I own a genuine
heavy Lochgelly two tail tawse. Any men who
think they are up to taking 12 strokes of my
tawse on their bared buttocks please get in
touch. I am not looking for a sexual relationship. I just want to punish another male’s
bared buttocks. Incidentally, the tawse I have
was actually used by a deputy headmaster in
a secondary school... want to feel its sting on
your bare bum? Box SG64005.
ISLAND MAN WANTS
Hi. 30 years old, well built, surfer type in the
islands. Want O and A for O and A. No pic, no
dick. Box SG64006.
DAD/SON RELATIONSHIP
35 year old guy, cheeky and fun loving, looking for mature older guy (possibly Daddy
type). Must believe in traditional
values/domestic discipline. Looking for long
term commitment. Lanarkshire but happy to
travel for right guy. Box SG64007.
ABERDEEN - SLIM - HAIRY BEARDED
Near Aberdeen. Slim, hairy, neatly bearded,
good-looking professional, age 48, 5’11”,
11st, 31” waist. Looking to meet with similar
but larger hairy bear-types, 35-60. Non-smokers essential! Many interests including music
and art. Box SG64008.
COUPLE FOR FUN
Sincere, friendly and not bad looks couple
(40/41) seek similar guy(s) under 40 for
uncomplicated safe but horny fun.
Glasgow/Central Scotland. Can travel or
accommodate. Box SG64009.
THREESOME/MORESOME
WANTED!
I’m a single 32 year old shaven headed W/E
guy who wants to have a threesome! Am
happy to meet couples and would really love
to do some group action. Box SG64010.
EAST MEETS WEST
Good-looking student, 23, looking for honest
genuine straight acting man, with strong arms
and broad chest for a cuddle. Please reply with a
photo. You won’t be disappointed. Box
SG64011.
OF SANE MIND AND STILL
LOOKING!
Hi, 45 and fit. Use the gym. Educated. GSOH.
Like reading, classical music, walking, gardens
and coastlines. Like to travel, do concerts,
cycling. Attractive ordinary bloke looking for
same. Age parameters don’t impinge. Box
SG64012.
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 SG64013.
ORDINARY TOP WANTED
Any genuine down to earth top guys out there
in the Greenock/Glasgow area? Age, race not
important, but a guy that looks after himself is
a plus, I have a liking for muscle, bikers, rugby
(not fat) types, no fems, camp types. I’m
average, 48, 5’9”, 32w, 42c, zero crop balding, hairy, and bottom. Asian, Latinos, Turks,
Arabs, Asylum seekers welcome. Box
SG64014.
HIGHLAND DOMINANT WITH
PLAYROOM
I am a well experienced dominant 41 year old
living in the very far North of Scotland. I have
a well equipped playroom with loads of equipment, toys and restraints. I am looking for submissive guys to visit in August/September
2005. I can cater for most aspects of BDSM,
with all limits respected. Experienced and
novice players considered. Any interested parties reply with age and stats and list experiences if any. Box SG64015.
MATURE MASSEUR
Edinburgh slim 50 year old looking for a
mature masseur with strong, sensitive, soothing, expressive hands. Box SG64016.
HUNG SEEKS HAIRY
Tall, slim-built, very well hung guy seeks hairy
guys between 20 and 40 years for hot,
sweaty fun in Falkirk. I’m a 40 year old guy
who loves guys with hairy chests and
untrimmed pubes and armpits, especially
younger lads. Box SG64017.
LOOKING FOR HOT ACTION
GLASGOW
HI BI GUYS IN FIFE
Two guys in Dumfries looking for hot no strings
action, can travel to Glasgow or Edinburgh and
places in between. Our pics at be found at
http://jimrjallan.mysite.wanadoomembers.co.uk/ Box SG64018.
Relaxed humourous positive male, 40, slim
build, WE, enjoys driving, gardens, romance,
swimming pools, looking for fun and friendship. Box SG64045.
46 year old bi guy in Central Fife seeks guys
25-40 for fun and friendship. Box SG64026.
NEW TO TOWN LOOKING FOR
FUN
I’m new to town and I’m very bored, looking for
some fun, I’m a first timer and very virgin. I’m
new to this, so looking for someone to be kind to
me for the first time. I’m a guy who likes to
laugh, have fun and run around doing things.
Hope to hear from you! Box SG64019.
GLASGOW AREA
Mature 57 year old gay TV/CD, loves dressing
sexily, looking for girly times with same types.
Must be able to accommodate in Glasgow or
surrounding area. Discretion assured and
required. Yours, Nancy. Box SG64020.
LOOKING FOR FUN
39 year old guy looking for some fun in the
Glasgow area, 6ft, med build, discrete, s/a
and s/l. Looking to meet guys between 20-45
for some safe fun. Box SG64021.
ISLAND BEAR
40’s Bear living in the Western Isles. Looking
to meet mature top guys visiting the islands for
fun. Box SG64022.
YOU’RE LOOKING FOR ME
Alone too often these days. Want someone to do
things with, go places, share. 40 something.
Time passing by. Non scene, wide interests. If in
same boat, please get in touch. Box SG64023.
BI CURIOUS TRANSVESTITE
43 year old married, non smoker from
Dundee, very bi curious. Looking for someone
similar to break me in. Reply then we can
meet for some intimate fun. Safe sex and discretion a must. Box SG64027.
OLDER TOP SEEKS YOUNG
BOTTOM
Do you fancy older guys? This one is 47,
5’7”, ready to teach new nephew types 1626 who are hot and willing to learn. Shy boys
and any race welcome. Box SG64028.
For hot sexy fun with late 40’s guy, 5’11”,
slim with good body, very fit and clean shaven,
short hair. If interested please contact me.
Genuine replies only, please. Box SG64046.
BLACK EYED BOY SEEKS
COMPANY
Attractive Asian guy, 30, seeks fun/friendship,
leading to more with right person in the Dundee
area. Letters only. ALA. Box SG64047.
GAY FLATSHARE WANTED GLASGOW
Passive gay man, 53, seeks flatshare with top
gay/bi man 35-50 - prefer bi man. Have own
furniture. Prepared to have regular fun in part
payment of rent. Smoker. Box SG64048.
GLASGOW
35 year old Glasgow guy would like to meet
guys 30-50 who are into leather, denim and
are open minded and into safe fun. No time
wasters please. Box SG64050.
SOUTHSIDE - GLASGOW
GWM, 32, VGL, masculine, dark, 5’10”, slim
hard body, VWE, very horny, passionate, non
scene, no BS, seeks very under endowed, affectionate, 18-28 slim/skinny build. Hopefully looking for long term. Box SG64051.
ATTRACTIVE
Slim young 60, 5’7”, smart straight appearance, WLTM visit discreet active guy for friendship and more, good clean safe fun, likes O
and A, videos, letters please. Box SG64052.
OLD SPORTS MASTER
With sports club requires new students and
members for new tricks and fun. Cumbernauld
area. No mobile numbers. Full name and
address please. Box SG64053.
GLASGOW BOTTOM SEEKS REAL
TOP MAN
MORAY FRIENDS
Curious lady seeks bi/gay ladies to explore
own sexuality. Have boy friend willing to join
us in fun and games. Age 35-50. We are 46
and 50+. For more details please write soon.
Box SG46036.
FRIENDS AND LOVERS SOUGHT
By late 50’s male bi smoker. Travel limited but
can accommodate. All ages welcomed. For
more details please write. Photo appreciated.
Grampian Region. All things considered.
Thanks in advance. Box SG64037.
BABY GIRL
Post op M to F TS wants Daddy/Uncle, TV or
Baby Boy for no strings fun. Can travel. Box
SG64038.
SUB BOTTOM NEEDED
Young slim 57 year old looking for lads 16-19
for anything goes fun. Over knee incl. North
Lanarkshire area. Have modern single flat. Can
transport. Box SG64039.
SAY “UNCLE”
Handsome bi boy (28) and cute bi girl (26)
looking for older masculine dom man,
daddy/uncle type for 3 way fun, CP, role play.
Both live in Glasgow. Box SG64049.
NON COMPETETIVE BODY
BUILDER
40, 5’8”, 16 st, seeks training partners.
Photo please. Glasgow/anywhere. Box
SG64060.
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 œ5. INTERGAY, Voorstraat 12-A,
4033 AD Lienden, Netherlands.
NEW TOWN BAR
22 year old male enjoys scene and socialising,
looking for someone to make me want to
come home. Age 20-30. Personality a bonus.
Box SG64031.
Late 20’s, fit, slim, healthy and horny, flat in
Town Centre, GSOH, SA/SL, genuine, searching for similar to spend some time with. Can
accommodate. ALAWP. I’m hard and waiting.
Box SG64055.
Were you in the New Town Bar, Edinburgh on
Pride Day? We kissed downstairs a few times.
Wearing light coloured shirt, jeans. Me just
passing through. Would like to meet again,
please. Box SG64035.
GLASGOW - CENTRAL BELT
COLD TURKEY
SHETLAND WANTS FUN
Young gay Shetland male looking to meet
young guys wanting to visit Shetland for a holiday. Can pay travel costs. Box SG64034.
NO STRINGS JUST FUN
I am looking for a genuine, down to earth, discreet, average guy, rubber or leather lover
friend, for occasional visit to have a good safe
horny fantasy light bondage, nothing too
heavy in our leathers or rubber. You must be
non smoker, non scene, 30-50, genuine and
an average guy. Me: 5’7”, blond, 39, own
home, non smoker, horny in my leathers or my
rubbers. ALAWP and please no time wasters
and leather queens, just genuine replies only
please. Box SG64041.
Let’s career into a new opening, Enter a contract of employment commencing at the
botom and work all the way around the world
until the two pole melt. Phone no, letter, pic.
edinburgh. Box SG64042.
DUNDEE - TAYSIDE
Slim mature gay man from Dundee, 50’s,
straight acting/looking, enjoys wine, music,
walking, is looking for a gay male for fun and
friendship leading to a possible relationship.
Box SG64043.
GAY SKINHEAD PRISONER
Sexy, horny, SA, SL, lots of tats, 5’11”, lean
and firm, hazel eyes, clean shaven. Is there
anyone out there who can see past the prisoner part? Box SG64044.
Guy, mid 30’s, tall, slim, short hair, GSOH,
passive, NS, SA, SL, sorted, seeks active top
man for fun and lots of sex. Can accommodate
if needed. Box SG64056.
LOOKING FOR HOUSE SLAVES
36 year old Edinburgh master looking for
house boys and slaves for duties, etc. Full letter required. Age not important. Box
SG64057.
LET IT ALL HANG OUT - NO
HANG UPS
Big burly belly blokes with spare tyres to die
for. Tidgy todgers a bonus. Mega bellies micro
dicks main proviso. I’m single, 45, 6ft and
prowl Scots hot spots regularly. Box
SG64058.
EDINBURGH SKINHEAD
Seeks guys into W/S, gob, rubber, leather,
army gear, gas masks, poppers. Phone number
for quick reply. Box SG64059.
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO
FRICTION IN THE END
Cynical 47 year old seeks equally cynical 1626 year old for fun and friendship. Strictly non
scene. Box SG64061.
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 SG64001.
Required for the summer season by busy sailing school on West Coast of Scotland.
Applicants must be young, fit, cheerful and reasonably broadminded. Experience 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. [64]
CASH FOR YOUR BODY
Photogenic guys can earn œ100 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]
GAY EMPLOYMENT
LOOKING FOR STAFF
Friendly, fit, 50something silver bear, recently
moved to Edinburgh, seeks morally relaxed
women of all ages for fun and friendship. Box
SG64003.
GLASGOW
Guy, 35, looking for guys to visit me. Own
place, can accommodate. Young guys welcome. Box SG64033.
ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR
EDINBURGH
FIT AND FUNKY
SHETLAND WANTING COMPANY
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. [64]
STRAIGHT
48 year old Paddington is looking for cub (1626) to stroke. No strings. Can accommodate
or travel. Box SG64030.
PLEASE TAKE THIS BEAR HOME
AND ENJOY IT!
ANIMAL LOVER
Looking for young gay guy to work in the construction industry in Highlands of Scotland.
Accommodation is available if required. Box
SG64025.
Glasgow guy, 56, 5’10”, average build, fit,
experienced, versatile, seeks a real man,
WE/VWE experienced top. Age, looks, colour
not important if up for it. Can
accommodate/travel. Discretion assured. Box
SG64054.
JOBCENTRE PLUS
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GAY POLICEMEN AND FIREMEN
WANTED
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]
LOOKING FOR
SPERM DONOR NEEDED
Lesbian couple Central Scotland, wanting to
become a parents. Seeks genuine male to
donate/co-parent. Level of involvement negotiable. Must be willing to undergo health
checks. If interested let me know. Box
SG64029.
JOBS OFFERED
£100 PER HOUR
We are recruiting attractive guys to work as
escorts in our highly respected escort agency.
Earn up to œ100 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 [64]
ADULT FILMS
BlueBoy Studios is a dynamic new project
bringing together the top gay and bisexual
models and crew to produce quality adult gay
films here in Scotland. We currently invite
applications from Models aged 18-28 who
want to work in an exiting industry with high
earning potential. You will be able to provide
photo ID to prove your age, and be willing to
be screen-tested. We also require additional
Photographers and Videographers, preferably
with your own professional camera equipment.
In all instances please E-mail
recruitment@blueboystudios.co.uk or call
0845 120 5979 for more information. [64]
ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES
AVAILABLE
In the comfort of your own home or clinics
throughout Edinburgh. Therapies available:
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. œ700 a day expected with
approximately 15 week delay of payments.
Full training given to right person. Contact
Sales Manager: 0141-229 1693. [64]
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 E-mail:
xpozure4u@shaws2000.fsnet.co.uk [99]
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
For letting or investment. Superb villas, bungalows or apartments with pool direct from
builder from œ65,000 (60 per cent mortgage
available). Call Let’s Live Abroad on 0845
2255777. WWW: http://www.letsliveabroad.com/ [99]
LIMITED COMPANIES
Only œ90 for your own Limited Company.
PLCs œ100. Charitable and Unlimited
Companies also available. Freephone 0800
526421 for our free ‘Guide To Limited
Companies’.
E-mail:
cosun@drink.demon.co.uk [99]
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]
EDINBURGH - IN CALLS!
and horny. Versatile/passive and can accom in
Glasgow or visit you. Will travel. Call 07043
368505. [64]
NEW EDINBURGH JAKE
New Jake, 30, fit muscle lad, XVWE, VGL,
tanned, offers discreet escort service, fully versatile, CP, leather available. Based Edinburgh
can travel. In/out hotels. Tel: 07979
803934. [64a]
TD MONTHLY
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]
TEN INCH - GLASGOW
WORLDWIDE PENFRIENDS
Regular lists. Make friends, exchange holidays,
improve your languages. For general and
music lovers’ lists send œ3: “The Penpal List”,
c/o 221B Merton Rd, Southfields, London.
SW18 5EE. [99]
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/
Carlos. 26 year old attractive escort in Central
Edinburgh. Can accom or visit you. Fit, toned
body. Versatile, sensual, tactile and fun.
Quality escort for discerning gents. Call 07043
368250 for info. [64]
FIFE HATE CRIME REPORTING HELPLINE
JAMES - 22 EDINBURGH/EAST
LOTHIAN
DUNDEE
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!
Craig - 21 year old Glasgow Gay Escort. Tall,
slim and smooth lad with ten inches to play
with. Versatile and horny. Can accom in
Glasgow or visit you. Call Craig 0141-876
1442. [64]
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]
EDINBURGH
WHATEVER YOU WANT!
Chubby gay man offers erotic massage for
men (œ20) in Central Edinburgh. Call Kenny
on 0131-661 1477 or 07880 658324. [99]
EDINBURGH & GLASGOW
James, 22, Edinburgh/East Lothian based
escort and masseur. Good looking, straight acting, 5’7”, slim and defined, sexy and sensual,
versatile and straight acting. Available throughout UK and further for in or out calls. Also available for Webcam shows. Can travel - own
transport. Call or text me 07921149654.
Pictures and more info at http://www.gaydar.co.uk/jcmmc or E-mail: jcmescort@btinternet.co.uk [64]
NEW! FESTIVAL FUN!
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. [64]
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/
WHERE TO STAY
LOTHIAN LESBIAN LINE
ALL NEW, ALL GAY
GUESTHOUSES - EDINBURGH
Mon, Thu 7.30-10pm. Phone: 0131-557 0751
E-mail: switchboard@rapidial.co.uk WWW: http://www.lgls.co.uk/
Two great locations. Exclusively gay. Easy walk to
nightlife. Stylish rooms, all with TV and video (tapes
available). Shared and private bathrooms.
Breakfast available till noon. Non-smoking houses.
Easy parking. Room rates: œ29-œ49 per night. Call
0131-558 1382 or Fax 0131-556 8279. WWW:
http://www.gayscotland.com/alvahouse/ [63a]
APARTMENT - EDINBURGH CITY
CENTRE
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 œ90 per night. Tel: 0131-557
1910 or 07966 938055 or E-mail: dublinstreetstay@hotmail.com for bookings. WWW:
http://www.dublinstreet.co.uk/ [68a]
Main High Street, Clachnaharry, Inverness.
œ14.50pppn. Double or single. Breakfast and
light supper included. Tel: Inverness (01463)
229662. Ask for Murdo. [63a]
If your body needs a good kneading call me for
a strong full body massage with oils.
Fife/Perth area. Bill. 01577 830386. [64]
HOMOPHOBIC CRIME LINE
Versatile, male, female, what you will. Take
ScotsGay to bed with you tonight!
B&B
MALE KNEADS
STRATHCLYDE LESBIAN AND GAY SWITCHBOARD
Nightly 7-10pm. Phone: 0141-847 0447
E-mail: info@sgls.co.uk WWW: http://www.sgls.co.uk/
STRATHCLYDE LESBIAN LINE
Wed 7.30-10pm. Phone: 0141-847 0547
WWW: http://www.sgls.co.uk/services1.htm
LONDON LESBIAN AND GAY SWITCHBOARD
24 hours. Phone/Minicom: 020-7837 7324. FAX: 020-7837 7300. WWW: http://www.llgs.org.uk/
ScotsGay
INVERNESS - GLENUIG GUEST
HOUSE
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GLASGOW/EDINBURGH
Mon 7.30-9.30pm. Phone: 0141-847 0787
WWW: http://www.crosslynx.org/
Nightly 6-9pm. Phone: Bassenthwaite Lake (01768) 776244
BACK RUBS
Two guys, 31 (active) 35 (passive) offer hot
horny duo experience. Can travel locally or
accommodate. Call 07796 964526 for
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boxes
HELPLINES AND SWITCHBOARDS
Zander - 18 year old gay escort. Cute, trendy and
very sexy guy. Book now for Festival fun. I’m
passive/versatile and well-hung. Sensual and
tactile and great company for an hour or more.
Call ScotsGuys: 07050 030424 for info. [64]
NEW IN EDINBURGH
Close to City Centre. Welcoming, gay-friendly
atmosphere. Spacious ensuite rooms. Off
street parking. Substantial continental breakfast served until noon. Rates from œ18pppn.
Tel: Inverness (01463) 250938. [64a]
NEAR PERTH
Guest House. En suite rooms B&B œ25.
Dinner to order. Also massage, hairdressing
head and body. For a discreet personal service,
call Ron on 07730 876454. [67]
NORTH WEST HIGHLANDS
Friendly and relaxed small B&B with spectacular
mountain views & wilderness surroundings. Ideal
for walking, climbing, cycling or enjoying the
peace & quiet in an “away from it all” picturesque
location. Martin and Ken. Tel: (01809) 511315.
WWW: http://www.poulary.co.uk/ [68a]
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Professional full body massage £35 (in calls)
£50 (outcalls) from a 30 year old black, gym
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07765 308757. [65a]
MASSAGE FOR MEN EDINBURGH
Great relaxing, holistic, sensual, tantric, full
body pampering in nurturing masculine environment. Soft candles, music, incense, warm
towels, shower, cologne, refreshments. £20
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0131-556 7199. [64a]
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SCOTLAND’S TOP ESCORT!
Kyle - 18 year old boyish and cute gay escort
in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Slim, toned, hung
64
Small, gay-friendly, period hotel situated with
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WWW:
http://www.cliffhotelpz.co.uk/ Tel: (01736)
368888. [99]
PERTH
We are a gay and lesbian friendly guest house in
Perth. 10 mins from city centre amenities.
Comfortable rooms recently refurbished and
ensuite. 24 channel televideo. All diets catered for.
Excellent rates. Full Scottish breakfast. See you
soon. Phone 07715 180157. E-mail:
enquiries@rosebankguesthouseperth.co.uk [67]
PORTGOWER - HELMSDALE
Self catering accommodation to let. Fully furnished house. Double bedroom, bathroom and
shower, sitting room, kitchen/diner. Back and
front door, Front and back garden. Parking for
three cars. Tel: Murdo for further particulars on
Inverness (01463) 229662. [63a]
POTTERY HOUSE B&B - LOCH
NESS
Small, friendly B&B on the shores of Loch Ness
just 8 miles from Inverness. Call John or Glen:
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listings
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@outright-scotland.org.uk
WWW:
http://www.outright-scotland.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@equality-network.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 2007! Tel:
0131-556 9471. Write: 58a Broughton Street,
Edinburgh. EH1 3SA. E-mail: edinburgh@pridescotia.org
WWW:
http://www.pridescotia.org/
PRIDE SCOTIA (GLASGOW):
Organising Pride Scotia 2006 which is provisionally planned for Sat 24th Jun 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. E-mail: scotland@stonewall.org.uk
WWW: http://www.stonewall.org.uk/
LOCAL
ORGANISATIONS
ABERDEEN:
Icebreakers: A support group for members of the
LGBT community who are new to the Grampian
area or the local scene. Meets monthly. Write:
c/o Phace Scotland, 11 Waverley Place,
Aberdeen. AB10 1XH. Tel: 0845 2412151.
Fax:
0845
2412152.
E-mail:
grampian@phacescotland.org
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
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. Write: Pride in Aberdeen Ltd, c/o
PHACE Scotland, 11 Waverley Place, Aberdeen.
AB10
1XH.
E-mail:
info@prideinaberdeen.org.uk
WWW:
http://www.prideinaberdeen.org.uk/
ARGYLL & CLYDE:
If you are interested in getting involved in a local
group for gay and bisexual men anywhere in the
Argyll and Clyde area get in touch! PHACE
Scotland are involved in a range of social and
support groups across the West of Scotland. Tel:
Matt Johnston on 0141-332 3838 (Mon-Fri
9am-5pm) or E-mail: mattj@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 0141332 3838 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm) or Irvine
(01294) 323473. E-mail: davidb@phacescotland.org
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). E-mail: caithnessglb@yahoo.co.uk
WWW: http://members.lycos.co.uk/caithnessglc/index.htm
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DUNDEE:
Disco:very: The newsletter from Diversitay.
Available from: Diversitay (LGBT Group), PO Box
53, Dundee, DD1 3YG.
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/
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. E-mail: moraylgbtgroup@phacescotland.org
FALKIRK:
FLAGS LGBT Centre: 56-58 Cow Wynd, Falkirk.
FK1 1PU. Tel: Falkirk (01324) 638218.
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 Email 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: 0141221 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 0141332 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 (MonFri 9.30am-4.30pm). 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/
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.htm
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WOMEN’S
LISTINGS
SCOTTISH NETWORK FOR LESBIAN
STRENGTH:
To further lesbian issues, follow a lesbian agenda and foster lesbian visibility. E-mail:
High_Les@bigfoot.com
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 like-minded women into a friendly
atmosphere focussing on fun and enjoyment.
Tel:
07914
151920.
E-mail:
savanah@clara.co.uk
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:
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
(from Sep 11 Waverley Place). Come along and
be treated to a tasty lunch while enjoying a nice
relaxing atmosphere in the company of like
minded women. Tel: 07914 151920. E-mail:
savanah@clara.co.uk
WWW:
http://www.geocities.com/aberdeenlesbiangroup/lunch.html
CAITHNESS:
GirlZone in Caithness, is a new social group, for
gay and bi-sexual women of all ages. E-mail:
GirlZoneCaith@aol.com
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
We Bissums: A regular newletter for women in
and around Dundee. Write: PO Box 6819,
Dundee. DD1 2YG.
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
7.30-9.30pm) 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@libra-lothian.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: 07849 082761.
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: 0141211 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: 0141-211 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@womenslibrary.org.uk WWW: http://www.womenslibrary.org.uk/
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: 0141550 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: 07963 960321. Email:
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: 07963 960321. 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
9am-1pm & 2-5pm). E-mail: mail@broken-rainbow.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). Email: 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. Email:
secretary@galha.org
WWW:
http://www.galha.org/
HUMANIST SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND:
Same gender (LGBT) commitment ceremonies/weddings. Lesbian Humanist Society
registered celebrant. Scotland wide. Tel 07739
826377 or E-mail: gerrie.ds@ntlworld.com
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. Email: ceremonies@pinktriangle.org.uk WWW:
http://www.pinktriangle.org.uk/
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.msc-scotland.net/
SCOTTISH GAY SKINS:
Information Site for Scottish Gay Skinheads. Email: scotsskinsinfo@fsmail.net WWW:
http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/scotssk
ins/ 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. Email: 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/
and workshop opportunities. Membership is
open to all diverse artists. Tel: Aileen on 07931
309093. E-mail: admin1@glgbt.org.uk
CULTURAL
GAYKILTS:
A friendly social group of men who admire men
in kilts and promote the wearing of the traditionally constructed kilt. Regular monthly meetings
alternating between Edinbrugh and Glasgow.
Other kilted meetings and weekend get togethers and visits throughout Britain. See web site
for details. 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: 20th Oct-20th Nov 2005. Write:
The Q! Gallery, 87-89 Saltmarket, Glasgow G1
5LE. Tel: 0141-552 7575 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 lifestories 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: 0131558
2820.
E-mail:
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.
BIKERS
SCOTTISH GAY VEGGIE GROUP:
To unite gay veggies. Tel: 0141-883 2715 or
07963 540356.
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/
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/
CHRISTIANS
CYBERSPACE
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/
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).
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/
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/
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.html
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
CREATIVE ARTS
DIVERSE ARTISTS:
An opportunity for Artists from all Art Disciplines,
to meet, discuss their Art and develop projects
HEALTH AND
ABILITIES
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) Noon3.30pm. E-mail: 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 57.30pm, Thu 5-7.30pm, 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
listings
based support. General advice and information
on community care and housing needs also provided. Mon-Thu 8.45am-4.45pm. Fri 8.45am3.55pm. 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 10am3pm. 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. Email: 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. The independent voice for HIV in
Scotland, this charity is a plicy and strategic
body and runs Healthy Gay Scotland and Black
Minority Ethnic-related HIVwork. 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.
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. Email: LLSDGALC@hotmail.com
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
9am-5pm. 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 MonFri). 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/i
ndex.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:
0131-558 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 free complementary therapies, advocacy and peer support. Tel:
0131-652 0754. Fax: 0131-661 9100. Email: 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 9.30am4.30pm). Fax: Inverness (01463) 711793. Email: 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 5-7pm 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. Email: 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 Edinburgh
and Glasgow to stop their compulsive sexual
behaviour. Tel: Scottish Helpline on 0141-552
0154 (24 hours). E-mail: info@saarecovery.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 1XH. Tel: 0845 2412151. Email: grampian@phacescotland.org
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 Tue
morning 8.30-10am. Tel: 0141-211 8628. Email: johnny.duffy@glacomen.scot.nhs.uk
WWW:
http://www.steveretsonproject.org.uk/
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: 0131-226 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: 0131-441 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: Mon-Fri 11am-4pm. Information
Centre: Mon-Fri 11am-4pm. Many support
groups and activities outwith these hours, please
enquire. Tel: 0131-661 0982. E-mail:
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: Steve on 07785 338812. 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 be parents. See listing for Lesbian Mothers
Network (Scotland) for contact details.
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. Email: info@gaydadsscotland.org.uk WWW:
http://www.gaydadsscotland.org.uk/
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:
Coming out? Information and support for parents of LGBT people. Helpline and admin: Tel:
0131-556 6047 before 10pm. Write: c/o
ScotsGay Magazine, PO Box 666, Edinburgh.
EH7 5YW. 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.
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. Email: 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 7pm. 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. 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
7pm. Contact Chris by E-mail: running@gocscotland.org.uk or Tel: 07786 263274 (or text).
GLASGOW SWIMMING GROUP:
Meets informally during adults-only session
7.30-9pm Thu at North Woodside Pool, Braid
Square. Tel: Douglas on 0141-649 5896. See
website for details of how to make contact by Email. 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 email. 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 0141778
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 0131-556 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 Noon5pm. Tel: Gillian on 07050 562175. Mon 79pm. E-mail: Gillian_abdn@yahoo.co.uk
EDINBURGH:
Edinburgh TV/TS Group. Tel: Louise on
Dunfermline (01383) 852529 or Lorraine on
Kinghorn (01592) 891344. E-mail:
louisewight1@yahoo.co.uk
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, nonop, 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 Tel: Maxwell or Lewis on 0131-477
0525. WWW:
http://www.transmenscotland.org.uk/
GLASGOW:
Crosslynx TV/TS/TG Group meets 2nd Wed of
each month from 7-10pm. Tel: Crosslynx
Helpline on 0141-847 0787 (Mon 7.309.30pm). Write: c/o 11 Dixon Street, Glasgow.
G1 4AL. E-mail: caroltaylortg@tesco.net
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/
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: 0141-332 0006
or Neil MacInnes on 07810 358139. E-mail:
macinnesneil@aol.com
WWW:
http://www.unison-scotland.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
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).
E-mail: 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, Tayside and Dumfries & Galloway. The
groups include drop-ins at their Edinburgh 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 - Tel: Dumfries (01387) 739888.
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. Confidential Youthline Tel: 0845 113
0005 (Tue 7.30-9pm). Office Tel/Fax: 0131622 2266 (Mon-Fri 9.30am-5pm). E-mail:
info@lgbtyouth.org.uk
WWW:
http://www.lgbtyouth.org.uk/ The website
has details of Youth Groups throughout Scotland.
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 79pm at Glasgow Women’s Library, 109
Trongate, Glasgow. Contact Genevieve for more
details or just turn up. Tel: 0141-552
8345/7539.
E-mail:
gwl@womenslibrary.org.uk Calendar online at WWW:
http://www.womens-library.org.uk/
VIVIDYOUTH:
For young LGBT people aged 15-25. Meets at
the Glasgow LGBT Centre on Tue from 7.309.30pm.
INVERNESS:
Highland T Group 2nd Wed of each month at
7pm at 34 Waterloo Place, Inverness. Tel:
Inverness (01463) 711585 (Mon-Fri 9.30am4.30pm).
E-mail:
tgroup@reachouthighland.org.uk
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venues and emporia
* DENOTES SCOTSGAY AVAILABLE
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, SatSun 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.
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. Gayfriendly bar with free disco Fri & Sat 8pmMidnight. Free use of premises for pre-booked
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: 0131-558
3539. 9pm-late. 3rd Fri & 5th Sat of each
month. Next dates: Fri 15th Jul, Sat 30th Jul
(Summer/Beach Theme). Club for trannies,
admirers, anybody with an open mind.
Entertainment, Dancing. Entry £5 (Trannies
£3). WWW: http://www.absolutely-dragulous.com/ and
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: Mon-Fri 11.30am-1.30pm
& 5pm-8.30pm, Sat 11.30am-7.30pm, Sun
12.30-6.30pm.
BLACK BO’S
57/61 Blackfriars Street. Tel: 0131-557
6136. Mon-Thu 6-10pm, Fri-Sat 6-10.30pm.
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.
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. “It’s
our duty to please your booty”. DJs Dale Lush,
Simmone Black, Michelle, Isla Blige, Arran
Jay. R&B/Soul/Disco. £3 entry before
Midnight - £4 thereafter. E-mail: dale@lushmarketing.com WWW: http://www.bootylushous.com/
BURLY TOO
Mariners (formerly The Commplex), 39-40
Commercial Street, Leith. Info Line: 07930
357401. 10.30pm-3am. 3rd Sat of each
month. Next dates: Sat 23rd Jul “Bikers and
Leather Night”. Usual dress code. DJ Hi-Fi
Sean and guest Stuart Purdie 10.30-3am
(tbc). Sat 20th Aug: “Burly vs Tonker” Top
London DJ Tim Jones from Tonker will be battling it out on the turntables with Burly DJ HiFi Sean 10.30-4am (tbc).
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.
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“Burly designed to be cruisy”. £8 on the door.
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/
DÉ VILS*
9 Seafield Road East, Portobello. Tel: 0131657 5575. Mon-Thu Noon-10pm. Fri-Sat
Noon 8pm. Sun 2-8pm. New gay sauna. Entry
£5.
DISKO BLOODBATH
eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434.
11pm-3am. Monthly. 1st and 3rd Wed of
each month. Next dates: Wed 17th Jul, 1st &
14th Aug. Edinburgh’s 1st Alternative Queer
Night. Hard boys, hard girls, hard rock, punk,
electro-alternative with Party Monster atmosphere. £3.
DIZZY
eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434.
11pm-3am. Monthly. 1st Thu of each month.
Next date: Thu 7th Jul. Charty - Party - R’n’B Classic Oldies - Disco Anthems from DJ Pete
Himsworth, DJ Niniev & Guests. Prizes For
Best Dancers. E-mail: petehimsworth@petehimsworth.com WWW: http://www.dizzyclub.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 23rd Jul (Residents’
Night), Sat 20th Aug (Oscar Lopez (Ibiza)
with Residents). 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.tasteclubs.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.
FUR BURGER
eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434.
11pm-3am. 2nd Thu of each month. Next
date: Thu 14th Jul. “I’m Lickin It” - new
women’s club. £3. Pre club at Planet Out.
WWW:
http://mm.dfilm.com/mm2s/mm_route.php
?id=2323325
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/
HOLYROOD TAVERN*
9a Holyrood Road. 0131-556 5044 (tbc).
Mon-Sat Noon-1am. Sun 12.30pm-1am. A
welcome re-opening under previous landlord
Mark. Real ale. Mixed clientele. Kitchen will
be re-opening soon doing vegetarian food.
JOY
The Venue, 15 Calton Road. JOY Info Line:
0131-467 2551. 11pm-3am. Every 4 weeks.
Next date: Sat 30th Jul, 27th Aug. 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. Joy will be celebrating its
12th birthday on 27th Aug and will be running until 5am too! £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: Sat
27th Aug, 24th Sep. 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: 0131467 2551. 11pm-3am. Fortnightly. Next
date: Sat 9th & 23rd Jul, 6th & 13th Aug.
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
(11pm-1am) 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, MonThu 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: 0131-556 5551. 4pm1am. 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: £3/£2 student/flyer. 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 11am-1am.
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-Fri 11am-4pm. 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.
11.30am-1am. Small but perfectly formed bar
(formerly Pop Rokit) recently taken over and
refurbished by Louise (ex-POut), Annie and
Trendy Wendy. Food served 11.30am7.30pm.
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 resident DJs Fisher & Price play
an eclectic mix of the best underground dance
music currently available in the Big Room,
while resident DJ Martin Valentine plays Deep
House and US House in the Wee Room. Sun
14th Aug: Per and MC P.Pholl (Amsterdam)
with Fisher & Price and Martin Valentine. Sun
21st Aug: Oscar Lopez (Ibiza) with Fisher &
Price and Martin Valentine. Sun 29th Aug:
Bank Holiday Special with residents Fisher &
Price and Martin Valentine and Steven
Wanless. Regular prices: £6 Members/£8
Guests £5 before 11.30pm. Drink promos
until 1am. WWW: http://www.tasteclubs.com/
THAI ME UP
4 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-558 9234. Lunch:
Wed-Sat Noon-2.30pm. Dinner: Mon-Sun 511pm. 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
Mariners (formerly The Commplex), 39-40
Commercial Street, Leith. 10pm-2am. First Sat
of each month. Next date: Sat 6th Aug. Male
guests welcome if invited and accompanied by
a lady. New music & guest DJs. £6/£5 conc.
with ID. £3 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, MonSat 10am-11pm. Mega-popular gay-friendly
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. 11pm-3am.
Monthly. Next dates: Sat 16th Jul, 13th Aug.
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. Some big
changes are afoot at this busy club. Oops a
daisy it’s all gone upside down at Wiggle.
Look out for cheap entry passes in the bars
beforehand. 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. E-mail:
enquiries@bennets.co.uk WWW:
http://www.bennets.co.uk/
BURLY
The Arches, 30 Midland Street. Infoline:
07930 357401. 10.30pm-3am - entry after
1am at the discretion of the promoters. Next
event: Fri 5th Aug “Burly’s Nearly Naked
Foam Party” - Get down to your
briefs/swimwear and boots and boogie on
down to Hi-Fi Sean’s sounds (changing facilities available). Usual dress code applies £10.
Guest DJ Raymo. 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: 0141-332
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 11am-6pm, Thu 11am-8pm. Café:
Tue-Thu 11am-11pm, Fri-Sat 11am-Midnight,
Sun 11am-6pm. Bar: Tue-Thu 11am-11pm,
Fri-Sat 11am-1am. The Centre for
Contemporary Arts. 6 performance & exhibition 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. ThuSun. 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. SunFri 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. E-mail: 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. Email: 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 5pm-3am.
Fashionable pub/club. WWW:
http://www.g1group.co.uk/
THE POLO LOUNGE
84 Wilson Street. Tel: 0141-553 1221. MonThu 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. Mon-Fri
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.
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 Noon-Midnight.
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*
3½ 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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