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Going Out
The Largest Arts Festival on Earth
very year in August, Scotland
hosts the largest, most successful
arts festival on the planet. Just
think about that for a second - Largest
On The Planet!
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Contents and
Editorial
LGBT stuff to do from
The Highlands to The Borders
Martin
Walker
editor@scotsgay.co.uk
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Fringe
Massive coverage of the best
arts festival on earth
22
Outwith the Fringe
24
Gay Venues
26
LGBT Groups
30
Edinburgh International Festival,
The Book Festival & New Art
Scotland’s bars, clubs, cafes
and shops listed
Over 150 Community
Groups listed
It’s not a bad boast is it? Yet there
are those at home that would rather the
Edinburgh Festivals simply went away
and left them in peace.
I can understand it. Edinburgh
residents still need to get to work every
day - and with the never ending tram
developments causing chaos already,
we’re all going to be dealing with even
more mayhem on our roads this year.
I’ve heard a few from Glasgow
voice their displeasure too. “It’s an
Edinburgh thing” they say, “and it’s
nothing to do with us.”
Well, I love the Festivals, and in
particular, the Fringe. Why? Well to be
honest, the first attraction for me was
the bar opening hours. 5am. Yes - 5am.
Even on a Sunday. During my first
Fringe I didn’t go anywhere near any
shows - it was all about the beer.
For many that's still true. You
should check out the Spiegal Garden
or the Underbelly Pasture if you’re
looking to make a night of it.
In my second year I found a bar
that happened to be staging a comedy
show, and then another, oh and a
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couple of bits of theatre. Then I started
hanging out around the Royal Mile
during the weekend - watching the
diverse range of street performances.
Last year I saw almost 50 shows and there are people that see more!
It’s all very infectious. And
addictive. And like smoking, the
festivals can be expensive - but it
needn’t be. 2008 sees more Free
shows than ever before. I can
recommend Glasgow’s own Charlie
Ross at the Beehive, Shelley Cooper at
Espionage and Bruce Devlin’s Daily
show at The Stand for starters.
And our gay scene is doing its bit
for the Fringe, which is fab. The New
Town Bar, for example, is not only
showcasing top Fringe talent during the
festivals, but raising money for
Waverley Care whilst they're at it.
As the festivals have grown, so has
the stuff of LGBT interest, so this year
ScotsGay is devoting more coverage to
the festivals than ever before. Comedy,
theatre, music and dance - 70 shows
previewed over 15 pages.
You’re reading the festivals
Previews edition. Look out for the
Reviews edition - out mid fest.
And if we’ve missed something, or
there’s a show out there you really
think we should see and review - drop
me an E-mail and we’ll check it out.
Martin xx
The Luvvies is an Edinburgh based LGBT theatre
company - which aims to give LGBT people the
chance to act, direct, produce, organise theatre or
take part in any aspect of the creative process.
If you want to be part of it, get in touch.
E-mail: info@theluvvies.org
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ABERDEEN
Hello my lovelys! It’s been a while since
I graced your pages, I hope you haven’t
missed me too much...? And for those of
you who have no idea who I am? I’m
fabulous and that’s all you need to know.
Well enough about me let’s talk about you...
what do you think about me?
Well Aberdeen has sure been buzzin’ the last
month, what with the anticipated build up
for the Rainbowfest which ended up being
cancelled at the last minute, making it well
and truly a rainbow fiasco! But never ones
to let a little bad luck get them down, the
Aberscene certainly made their own fun! The
night in fact was a barrel of laughs...
CHEERZ Bar really pulled the stops out
with their fabulous NEW entertainment team
keeping the crowd happy with a mix of
dance, pop and cheeeez. On Saturdays it’s
out with the OLD! and in with the fabulous,
as the marvellous Miss Cherry Bakewell and
the diamond disco diva Jamiqua get the
punters jumpin’ with joy with their camp
antics and outrageous outfits, they really
add that much needed sprinkle of glamour
and fun that Cheerz lacked before... and it
shows as no one really misses their
predecessor!
Every Thursday and Friday, the
sensational Stevie Motion gets Cheerz and
teaserz dancin’ with his mix of music... Mr
Motion never lets his audience down and
with marvellous Mike upstairs doing the
new and improved quiz on Thursdays,
there’s always something happening at
Cheerz.
Lexi
Lush
lexi@scotsgay.co.uk
For Aberdeen’s
venues listings see
Page 26.
Community Groups
are listed on
Pages 22-25.
There will be a Charity event for the
Terrence Higgins Trust, in connection with
All Out Entertainment on Saturday 9th
August. Starring my good self, It promises
to be an evening to remember with live
comedy, male and female strippers, and live
music... also there will be games and
raffles with all proceeds going to the Charity
so come on Aberdeen give us your support!
FOUNDATION night club is still going
strong with its relaxed environment and
comfortable surroundings you’ll be sure to
have a good night, especially with DJ Jolly’s
camp Karaoke on a Monday and
the Dynamic Disco Bus on a Saturday... if
you can’t dance to Disco Bus, then honey,
you ain’t got rhythm!
Aberdeen page
edited by
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For those of you who like something a
little bit different then why not try
Club SAPPHIRE! It’s situated next to the
maritime museum on Ship Row and has live
music and various acts on from Thursday to
Saturday every week with my very own
show Lipstick and Lager with Lexie Lush
held on Saturday 16th August.
If you ain’t seen it, why not pop along
for a right good night of laughter and
mayhem!
I hope August sees everyone having a
fabulous time, and I pray the weather’s
fantastic. There’s something quite grand
about seeing the summer out getting drunk
and being in the company of good friends.
Ta Ra for now folks!
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Aberdeen at
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It’s that anarchic time of chaos already
folks, Festival Fever is already gripping the
City as we prepare for the descent of
millions into our beautiful capital. Grab yer
handbags boys and girls, cos we’ve got a
veritable banquet of entertainment ahead!
The New Town Bar is hosting a Bank
Holiday Brunch on Monday 25th August at
11am. Sample their exquisite menu. The
New Town have a veritable feast of
entertainment on over the festival, starting
with their regular events like the Wii Play
night every Monday from 7pm. Head along
and compete against other players. And it’s
free! Wow … Then every Thursday, from
8.30pm they host a free Quizmaster session
for those wannabee brainiacs. With prizes to
be won! Every Sunday throughout the
festival, the New Town are holding
FUNdraisers. On Sunday 3rd August, their
free cavalcade is from 5-8pm, featuring
festival acts. On Sunday 10th August,
Sunday frolics from 5-8pm with more acts,
and the same for the following Sundays. If
you have an act which you would like to
appear at the New Town, please get in touch
with Alan Emerson (tel number on listings
page) and you may just have your act
showcased! There’s a few different nights on
for men at the New Town, whatever you
fancy – BLUF night on Saturday 26th July
from 9pm (Breeches and Leather Uniform
Fanclub). Saturday 9th August is Bearscots,
for bears, cubs and admirers from 10pm.
Saturday 16th August is MSC Scotland from
10pm – a leather/rubber/uniform night for
men only. Then on Saturday 23rd August at
12 noon, the HotScots Football Club are
meeting at the New Town. Get down and
wish our lads good luck as they head to
London for the Gay World Cup!
Planet Out’s re-introduction of the
Monday Club has been a resounding
success, and for this reason they’ve moved
their Quiz to a Wednesday night. This will
continue throughout the festival. Any
newcomers that feel game should totally get
involved in this – the Planet Quiz is
infamously impossible …. But there are
tasty treats available for winners and losers
alike, so give it a go and you might just get
more than your choccie cravings sated!
Don’t forget the sensational live music
which continues on the last Sunday of every
month at Planet, this month it will be Sun
3rd August from 9pm. There’s lots more
planned throughout the festival for Planet,
so check at the venue for more info.
For those with an appetite for more
than just chocolate dips and hula hoops, get
thee to the Blue Moon. I’ve never been
disappointed by the Moon. They consistently
provide an excellent standard of what
Gordon Ramsay would call ‘honest’ food. To
the layperson, that’s stuff like mac cheese,
steak pie, nachos …. Though they’ve gone
all posh recently and are also offering salads
with hairy fish (anchovies) and I feasted
recently on a Moroccan lamb burger which
was infused with yellow spicey stuff and
tasted mucho delicious! And if you have an
occasion of celebration, Deep Blue, the
Moon’s sophisticated basement bar, has
private function facilities for up to 60 people.
And if you happen to be taking in a
show in the Leith area, you must have a pit
stop at Bar Diesel. They’re open Tuesdays
Jodie
Fleming
jodie@scotsgay.co.uk
For Edinburgh’s
venues listings see
Page 24.
Community Groups
are listed on
Pages 26-29.
See more pics from
Edinburgh at:
www.bebo.com
/ScotsGayMagazine
Pics:
CC Blooms 15th
Birthday Party The editor and
Jessica won a meal
for two that night in
the raffle. Now they
are off on a hot
date!
to Sundays, serving food until 10pm. Diesel
is a lovely funky chilled out gay friendly
venue, and newest on the scene.
From new to old, there’s Frenchies, our
oft-forgotten oldest gay venue in the City.
It’s oft-forgotten because it’s away from the
scene, and hidden up a wee alley. It’s a small
and cosy little place which is conveniently
located just off Princes Street.
Just in time for analytical festival goer
eyes, the club formerly known as eGo has
re-opened post-refurb as Luna. And
throughout the festival, there will be many
an opportunity to sample the delights of the
new pad. For those wishing to party midweek, Vibe is an absolute must at Luna.
Every Tuesday from 9pm onward, Vibe is
where the party is at. With a meagre pittance
of an entry fee and practical give-away
drinks offers, party at the place which spans
age and gender and is really all about the
music and atmosphere.
Café Habana continues to work hard
with their fund-raising, and their beach party
last month was a big success raising funds
for the ERI Transplant Unit. Now they’ve
come up with the wacky idea of ‘Camp as
Christmas’ – a Xmas extravaganza which
will be held on Sunday 27th July! Come and
sit on Santa’s lap … or should that be the
other way round??? Anyhoo, there are
prizes for the best-dressed Xmas outfit so
get the tinsel and baubles out and get into
the party spirit! And for those would-be Pop
Idols out there, Habs host karaoke every
Thursday from 9pm, and every Sunday from
5pm. Miss Coco Chanel will also be on stage
from Midnight every Thursday, and festival
acts will be appearing on stage daily. Miss
Coco Chanel is currently a contestant in the
‘Opportunity Frocks 2008’ comp – the
search for the ultimate drag queen! So head
along to Habs and wish her luck.
And we can’t possibly talk about drag
queens without giving a big mention to
Priscilla’s Cabaret Bar. With the most
extended licensing hours of the festival
(5am openings people, 5am ….!) Priscilla’s
offer live cabaret and karaoke 7 days a week.
Hostess Diva Bliss will be hosting every
Friday and Saturday night throughout
August, with theme nights planned – and
perhaps an appearance or two from my old
mate, the wonderful Miss Cilla Slack who is
currently doing a tour of Edinburgh venues.
Miss Cilla Slack can be seen every
Friday and Sunday at GHQ, and Cilla hosts
her very own karaoke spectacular on
Sundays. Incidentally GHQ is currently
leading the pack, currently being voted the
best gay venue on a poll held on ScotsGay’s
very own bebo site. GHQ is the place to be
Hottest Gay Bar in Edinburgh?
To Vote and see the Results
go to:
www.bebo.com
/ScotsGayMagazine
or write to:
ScotsGay Poll, PO Box 666,
Edinburgh. EH7 5YW
for those would-be sophistikats, with
extended opening hours over the festival.
They feature a request night called ‘Call the
Shots’ every Monday, where revellers can
choose the tone of the music. Now I wonder
what would happen if I turned up and
requested a wee Murderdolls track ….
perhaps something in the way of Pendulum
or Combi Christ… I spy a challenge!!! They
have also started an alternative/indie/rock
night on Wednesdays, with drinks from £1.
This is defo a night I will be sampling at
some point throughout August! Hot
alternative chicks and rock music … does
that not sound like heaven, people?!
Now for those who are into serious
clubbing, Fever hosts a Festival Launch
Party on Saturday 2nd August at Luna.
Opening hours are a whopping 11pm-5am,
and the pre-club is at The Street. I would
totally recommend going to the pre-club,
‘cos you can acquire £2 discount pass for
Fever from DJ Miss Chris.
On Sundays throughout the festival
period (3th, 10th, 17th and 31st - no 24th)
More will be hosted at Cabaret Voltaire.
More is the night formerly known as
Bumfunk, with free entry and selected drinks
at £2. Open from 11-5am!
To end the party with a bang, Taste are
hosting a Clubbers Paradise at the Liquid
Room with their Bank Holiday Special from
11pm-5am on Sunday 24th August. You can
watch the fireworks up Calton Hill, or
whatever else you wanna do up there, then
head along to the Liquid Rooms and party.
The Claremont Bar is another little
diamond of an eaterie throughout the day,
with a pleasant relaxed ambience and one
hell of a good French chef. By night, the
Claremont turns into a place to party and on
Friday and Saturday nights is restricted to
men only. With the exception of course of
Saturday 26th July and Saturday 23rd
August, when males, females and all those
in between can enjoy Edinburgh’s gayfriendly fetish club, Fabulous Stunners.
Voyeurs, stick to dogging sites – this is a
strict dress code event - glam/goth/leather,
however you dress to party to excess ….
And of course not forgetting the Regent
bar, where one can sample many of the
finest ales in a chilled out, uber friendly
atmosphere. (I’m still hoping that if enough
people stand at the bar and distract the staff,
I can steal one of their tables with the
wrought iron legs with little faces on them!)
With free wifi connection, the Regent is an
ideal place to come day or night and they
have an exquisite menu served until late.
Well folks, it’s gonna be one hell of a
party – enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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dumphris is a’ ghall-ghaidhealtachd
glaschu
Saturday 16th August
(I don’t follow the scene - I AM the scene)
Well it’s finally gonna happen...the first
ever Pride event in Dumfries & Galloway,
and we're gonna make sure its a blast!
It promises to be an immense day, with
loads of family friendly activities for you to
enjoy alongside some amazing live acts with an extra dose of randomness and
countryside curiosities!
So if you’re the type of person who
enjoys having a lot of fun and fancies
making new friends from across the region
and beyond you need to get yourself along
to this event!
It’s for all ages, and everybody is
welcome, so be sure to bring along friends,
colleagues and family.
There will also be Pride Prom after the
event, (for all those aged over 18) which will
be held at DG One, 8 till late.
GO ON...join them down on the farm for
a big fun gay day out and be a part of LGBT
history!
On the MAIN STAGE:
• MICHELLE McMANUS (pictured)
www.michelleofficial.co.uk
• ROZALLA...
www.myspace.com/rozallamiller
• LORNA BROOKS...
www.myspace.com/lornabrooks
• CAROLYN SCOTT...
www.myspace.com/carolynascott
• NICKY SPENCE
www.nickyspence.com
Hana
D’Bag
hana@scotsgay.co.uk
Community Groups
are listed on
Pages 26-29.
It’s Her Madgesty’s 50th Birthday on the
day of Pride, so lets "take some time to
celebrate" in The Candy Shop, Pride’s superduper Madonna themed space - all
Madonna, all day long. Featuring music,
videos, projections and installations, plus
some seriously special prizes for the
winners of the:
• "Dress You UP" (best Madonna
lookalike)
• "Into The Groove" dance-off
competitions
... so get practicing your Voguing!!!
The Candy Shop shenanigans will be
brought to you by: Dreads & Mullet (AKA
Fabulous Les & the Semtexgirl)
www.myspace.com/dreadsandmullet
with very special guests: Cyx and Marshin
(the Nitro boys)
Plus some proper randomness around
the arena including Drag Races and Toss the
Stiletto, Petting Zoo, Youth Tent, Face,
Painting, Stalls and Beer Tent!
If anyone is needing accommodation,
send them a message and they can give you
some local places that they have used
regularly.
For more info:
www.bebo.com/Dumfries-Pride
www.myspace.com/dumfriespride
E-mail:
dandg@lgbtyouth.org.uk
Michelle McManus
a’ ghaidhealtach
THE HIGHLANDS
Friday 8th-Saturday 9th August is the
Belladrum music festival in Beauly,
Inverness. You should check out the Sexual
Health Marquee (collaboration between
NHS, Brook and Terrance Higgins Trust) to
pick up free Condoms, Femidoms, Dams
and Lube and some of the brochures with
information on sexual health.
Terrence Higgins Trust Scotland has
increased their online peer support services
with groups for people living with HIV and /
or Hepatitis C and for the Transgender
community. Join these groups and reap the
benefits: create contacts, communicate, and
share your concerns.
These groups are here for you:
• People living with HIV http://groups.yahoo.com/group
/HighlandHIVpos
• People living with Hepatitis C http://groups.yahoo.com/group
/HighlandHepCpos
• Transgender community http://groups.yahoo.com/group
/HighlandTransgender
• LGBT community http://groups.yahoo.com/group
/lgbtnorthscotland
• Information blog
http://thtscotlandhighlandservices.blogspot.com
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Agnes
Boes
agnes@scotsgay.co.uk
Community Groups
are listed on
Pages 26-29.
Tuesday 5th August is Gay-friendly
party night at Cactus Jaks in Inverness for
LGBT and Friends.
Girlzone gives lesbians the opportunity
to meet on a regular basis. E-mail:
girlzone@gay-ness.org.uk for or check out
www.gay-ness.org.uk/girlzone for info.
The Metropolitan Community Church the LGBT-friendly church - is holding a
service every third Sunday of the month
(Sunday 17th August) at RNI Chapel, Ness
Walk, Inverness. Doors open at 2.30pm and
the service start at 3pm. More information
on www.MCCInverness.com
This month the Gay Outdoor Club
Highland offers several possibilities to get
out and do something different:
Friday 1st-Monday 4th August - Annual
Outdoor Gathering, Worcester.
Friday 15th-Sunday 17th August Edinburgh Festival weekend.
Friday 22nd-Sunday 24th August Scottish Highlands camping weekend near
Corrievuic. A chance to get into the Gleann
Fhiodhaig hills! For more information please
contact Alan on Inverness (01463) 751258.
Last but not least, Terrence Higgins
Trust Scotland offers the following LGBT
activities this month:
Monday 4th August - LGBT lunch dropin from 12-2pm
Sexual Health Marquee
Wednesday 13th August - monthly
evening group for transgender people 79pm
Thursday 14th August - LGBT social
group Caithness 6.30pm
Tuesday 19th August - HepCpositive
support group 6-8 pm
Thursday 21st August - LGBT movie at
6.30pm.
Wednesday 27th August, HIV positive
support group 12-2pm
All activities take place at 34 Waterloo
place, Inverness, IV1 1NB. Visit
http://thtscotlandhighlandservices.blogspot.com or
http://groups.yahoo.com/group
/lgbtnorthscotland
or you can ring Inverness (01463) 711585
for more details.
Hola Senoritas, what’s the chat? Back
yet again (I feel as old as the dirt and ain’t
looking much better either) to bring you the
low down and goddamn general show down
here in The West! The current consensus in
Glasvegas at the mo’ is we need some new
faces goddamn it! Most of my friends love
lives have now went full circle round the
scene and they are now double backing on
themselves and that simply shall not do! It’s
getting awfy incestuous down here!
Eugggggh! So now is the time for all you
gaydos nationwide to hop on a
bus/train/horse and cart and get down here
to shake your shimmy! Tarts on tour 2008,
whoop whoop! Hold onto your hats ladies
because here is your social calendar for the
following month!
Starting with Babylon… the organisers
have been working their sweet asses off
trying to find permanent premises etc to get
this night up and running but alas their
previously arranged night at the Baby Grand
was not to be. But fear not I have been told
the eagerly anticipated night is still going to
‘rock n roll’ just on the Sunday 31st August
at Tiger on Glassford Street (and yes I know
what you’re all thinking, very handy for
Bennet’s if it’s a bomb out!) and tickets for
said event are currently on sale (although
where from I have no scooby doo? So bebo
their bum!) For £5 or, you could purchase
on the door where they will be going for an
also very reasonable eight squid.
Bennets has been busy arranging
personal appearances yet again and have
secured Kelly Lorrenna for Saturday 26th
July (what bloody age is this woman?!?!?!)
and even more exciting Sash and Tina
Cousins shall be wrapped in metallic lycra ‘n
miming away on Wednesday 16th August.
New comers to Glasgow - if you only
manage to get to one place when you visit
then it has to be Bennets and that’s for a
multitude of reasons. I can’t promise you
talent, or cheap booze or in fact much of
anything really - but there is a most
vivacious (check me and my GCSE level
vocabulary) and welcoming atmosphere
whatever night of the week you go. It’s
always memorable (think flashbacks not
Kodak moments) and I personally have
never been anywhere like it! So what more
reason do you need to go elastic on the
dance floor?!?
You may have heard on the
gossip/grapevine about the possibility of the
resurrection of Sadie Frosts which until it
closed it doors was situated underneath
Queen Street station (and way before my
time before any of you cheeky bastards
think otherwise!!!). Bennets is currently
investigating the possibility of bringing back
the ‘pub atmosphere’ and are looking for
your thoughts and ideas on the matter (see
Bebo for more information). Sounds like a
plan to me cos I get in some ‘nick for wan
chick’ - and a wee seat and a packet of
crisps mid boogie doesn’t sound bad to me!
But the gay scene in Glasgow is currently
expanding faster than Kerry Katona
(Speakeasy, FHQ etc etc etc) and one does
wonder where all the bloody people are
coming from to fill all these places??? Fuck
knows - let’s just watch this space and pray
for some new hotties……..
The Revolver Bar is now running a
‘filthy dirty homos’ night which has Corky
Miss
Shivey
siobhan@scotsgay.co.uk
For Glasgow’s
venues listings see
Page 25.
Community Groups
are listed on
Pages 26-29.
See more pics from
Glasgow at:
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on the decks kicking out some electro beats
every alternate Saturday 8pm-Midnight and also my personal favourite evening (no
pun intended) Pop Whores which is simply
‘craptabulous’ and is on alternate Fridays.
Let us not forget that the Revolver bar also
has free WiFi access for all your internet
perving needs!
Oh and the The Polo Lounge has come
up trumps yet again. By the time you’ve read
this The Freaks will have performed on
Friday 25th July. You might just make it to
the original Miss Rough Stuff Mutya Buena
on the Tuesday 29th July though.
Moda is now full on back to basics with
all cocktails at £2 which is going to be
extended to all week long, though has
anyone else noticed that the Sour Apple
Martini has vanished from the menu?!?!
This makes me very sad, though the new
baby Woo Woo shots for a pound are
helping me get over it… Either way if the
promise of cheap drinks and watching me
slumped in a corner after one too many isn’t
enough to allure you to Moda and Dels then
the bar staff bloody well should be, their
staff is one XXL selection of hotties!
Or why not give your weekend a happy
ending at Glasgow’s oldest (and possible
most notorious!) gay bar, The Waterloo,
where Sunday evenings promise bingo and
a live DJ from 9-midnight, putting on a
whole host of camp classics. Not forgetting
that The Waterloo also puts on a monthly
theme night (last month was a beach party!)
Unfortunately at the time of going to print
the latest one had not yet been announced
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or write to:
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PO Box 666,
Edinburgh.
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so pop into the pub for details and
remember to ‘double up your drink’ for a
measly pound, all your favourite spirits are
included so why the hell not!
Last but not least, congratulations to
the MED (meet eat and drink) Café who
recently celebrated their first anniversary!
Not only is the good food and drink still
being served at MED but Betty S is still
running the karaoke on a Friday and
Maureen and Rae are still belting out the
tunes and pulling the microphones off over
enthusiastic punters each and every
Saturday night. For all of you not in the
know, the MED café and bar is on Bell Street
and is open from 11am-Midnight Monday to
Saturdays and Noon to Midnight on
Sundays so the ideal location to grab a bite
to eat and relax!
As always was lovely speaking to you
all but enough is enough... till next month
my little homo friends!
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fringe 2008
...theatre
Please check before booking as all details
are subject to change. If the show is listed
in the Fringe Programme, a page number
is given. See also www.edfringe.com
Martin Witts for Leicester Square Productions presents
JOAN RIVERS
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A WORK IN PROGRESS BY A LIFE IN PROGRESS
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Kicking off our Fringe theatre coverage
with Joan Rivers - Work in Progress
by a Life in Progress. This is not billed
as simply a comedy, rather a play that
asks the simple question, “can we
talk?” Here Rivers uses her scorching
tongue and her own brand of wit to tell
her tale in what is probably the
funniest and certainly the most
personal and revealing show that she
has ever performed. As if to spoil us
though, she is also taking time out, for
four nights only, to treat us to her
world famous solo stand-up show.
Book really early!
Work in Progress by a Life in Progress by a Life in Progress
Underbelly Pasture
Sunday 7th-Monday 25th August at 3.45pm. £15-£35. P208
Joan Rivers Solo
Underbelly White Belly
Tuesday 12th, Wednesday 13th, Tuesday 19th & Wednesday 20th
August at 11.45pm. £15.
www.joanrivers.com
ScotsGay’s old
friends,
writer/director
Patrick Wilde
and actors Oliver
Jack and James
Whittle are
involved with
What’s Wrong
With Angry?
Featuring a
stunning young
cast - it is the story of two boys falling in love during the
dark gay days of the 80’s. The play delivers politics,
humour, and a fantastic pumping soundtrack, in a heart
breaking love story. It tells of a time when life was much
tougher for young gay people and it serves as a poignant
reminder of how, until recently, things were very different.
C Chambers Street
Thursday 30th July-Monday 25th August at 3.25pm.
£8.50-£11.50. p241
www.whatswrongwithangry.com
Out Cast Theatre is hitting the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival with
Steven Dawson’s disgraceful
Adventures of Buttboy and
Tigger. It’s a truly outrageous
and raunchy rollercoaster ride
through the world of online
chatting, where lines between
fantasy and reality become
blurred! Two boys leap from
one over the top underpantsbursting pornographic
adventure to the next, until one
asks... “Can we meet?”
Pleasance Dome
Thursday 30th July-Monday
25th August at 10.50pm. £5£8.50. p180
www.outcast.org.au
Regretrosexaul - The Love Story is a coming
out tale turned on its head. Imagine that you
are in a loving relationship with a member of
the opposite sex - it’s not easy for some
ScotsGay readers I know, but stick with us now imagine that you need to confess to your
straight partner that you’d been gay for a
couple of years! An unusual story which
received rave reviews in the United States and
is set to do well here. A very entertaining
modern tale.
Sweet Grassmarket
Friday 1st-Monday 25th August at 3.25pm.
£5-£8. p226
www.regretrosexual-theplay.com
I’m Not Convinced is a
controversial performance art
piece by the Bambi Killers, aka
three sisters Megan, Dawn and
Jade Dupre. Mixing up song,
dance and theatre, and with some
lurid behaviour, this is modern
social commentary in the
traditions of vaudeville, cabaret
and punk. Appearing for 5 nights
only - it demands to be seen.
Holyrood Too
Sunday 3rd-Thursday 7th August at 11:30pm. £2-£5. P116
www.bambikillersnyc.com
The About Turn Theatre Company present us with Outward Bound
this year. Why on earth would a gay man and a Jewish mother spend
the night together? This is the Vagina Monologues meets Brokeback
Mountain from a group that have produced to a consistently high
standard over the years. 6 nights only.
Rocket @ Demarco
Monday 4th-Saturday 9th August at 5.30pm. £5-£7. p221
www.aboutturn.co.uk
10 years ago in Laramie, Wyoming, USA,
a 21 year old university student was
kidnapped, severely beaten and killed for being openly gay. The Laramie
Project is a frightening but ultimately life
affirming play that tells the story of what
happened next. 4 nights only.
Church Hill Theatre
Friday 15th-Monday 18th August at
various times. £4-£6. p210
www.ahstf.com
In International Woman of Mr’E’ Jonny Woo shares stories, song
and spoken word, created before and after a near-death experience.
He performs pieces from nimble tongue-twister Pretty Polly Piper (in
which Polly and Peter meet untimely, drug-related demises) and the
call-to-arms Woman of Mass Destruction, to taboo-confronting
Bareback Rider and Beep-Beep, a surreal Morrisey-esque rap about a
‘drag queen in a coma’.
Gilded Balloon Teviot
Thursday 30th July-Monday 25th August at 9pm. £5-£9. p208
www.myspace.com/jonnywoouk
Bully is a one hour tour-de-verse
dealing with homophobic bullying at
school, domestic violence in a same
sex relationship, suicide, isolation
and coping with death. It’s not all
doom and gloom though, it also
manages to take the piss out of such
luminaries as Su Pollard, Naomi
Campbell and Bucks Fizz.
Gilded Balloon Teviot
Thursday 30th July-Monday 25th
August at noon. £5-£9. p189
www.myspace.com/richardfry
Edinburgh born Glenn Chandler, who created Taggart,
presents his new play Boys Of The Empire with the same
cast as Angry - also directed by Patrick Wilde. When Sam
Pyke makes his anxious entrance to St Ethelred’s School,
the one thing he does not anticipate is becoming
embroiled in a terrifying adventure encompassing sinister
gamekeepers, Islamicist members of the lower fifth and
the loss of his true love, fagging for older boys!
C Chambers Street
Thursday 30th July-Monday 25th August at 8pm.
£8.50-£11.50. p188
www.boysoftheempire.com
In Cross Stitching, Richard and Thomas’ burgeoning romance is
limited only by their feelings of inadequacy and embarrassment - as
their affection in everyday situations and scenarios garner the
unwanted disgust of a predominantly heterosexual society. In this
surrealist piece, the consequence of such unwanted attention is
Richard’s decision to have a gender-reassignment operation and
thus the introduction of his post-operational alter ego, Gail. ‘Nonlinear and surrealist in style, Cross Stitching serves up something
genuinely fresh and original in its analysis of contemporary social
acceptance and perception.’ - it says here.
C Soco
Wednesday 13th-Monday 25th August at 1pm. £5.50-£8.50. p194
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The acclaimed comedy play directed by Sean Foley
starring
Joan Rivers
Emily Kosloski, Carrie Paff and Mark Phillips
Designed by Alice Power
Written by by Joan Rivers,
Douglas Bernstein and Denis Markell
Limited Edinburgh season
Thursday 7 - Monday 25 August
3.45pm (1hr 45)
E4 Udderbelly's Pasture
Cow Barn (venue 300)
£35: limited VIP package:
includes post-show meet & greet with Joan!
Only available through TicketWeb.co.uk
and 0844 24 75
Tickets also available from underbelly.co.uk
and edfringe.com: £25-£15
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fringe 2008
...comedy
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We’ll start the comedy coverage with the Comedy Gala 2008 - In aid
of Waverley Care. A fast selling, one night only event for charity,
with all the biggest comics making an appearance. If you are only
going to pay for one Fringe comedy show this year - make it this 3
hour feast of talent. Book early.
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Monday 18th August at 7.30pm. £24-£25.
www.eft.co.uk
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Susan Calman is on a laugh out loud mission to
help you to accept your flaws. This is audience
participation comedy at its most dramatic.
Deceptively innocent in appearance, Susan
Calman is a small but savage comedian. Sit at
the front at your own risk!
The Stand 4
Saturday 2nd-Sunday 24th August at 3.10pm.
£5-£7. p101
www.myspace.com/susancalman
Also at the Stand is Stewart Lee - a firm favourite here at ScotsGay
Towers, best known for being one half of Lee and Herring and as the
co-writer of the controversial hit musical, Jerry Springer the Opera.
His stand up this year will exhibit a true professional at the very top
of his game. A real coup for The Stand Comedy Club this one.
The Stand 1
Sunday 3rd-Sunday 24th August at 7.45pm. £10. p100
www.stewartlee.co.uk
Our final recommendation at the Stand is a show
which has become a Fringe institution, Devlin’s
Daily. Our own Bruce Devlin hosts a free comedy
review every weekday, with some very special
surprise guests. Grab a bite of lunch and enjoy!
The Stand 1
Monday 4th-Monday 25th August at 12.30pm.
FREE. p46
www.thestand.co.uk/Fringe2008
/shows/brucedevlin
Two Birds, a Gay and a Fat Dude are Niamh Marron, Tasha K,
Gearoid Farrelly and James Marsh. Representing the four corners of
the comedic spectrum, they present their unique take on the
universe with stand-up hammered to perfection in Ireland.
The Merchant Bar
Sunday 3rd-Saturday 23rd August at 3.15pm. FREE. p106
www.myspace.com/garsgaff
Shelley Cooper is talking about all things
British this year. Culture, history, religion,
politics, the flag and The Queen all come under
her caustic microscope. Recommended.
Laughing Horse at Espionage
Thursday 31st July-Monday 25th August at
9.35pm. FREE. p35
www.laughinghorsecomedy.co.uk
/freefestival/britishness
Shaggers is a free, late night, no-nonsense show with a revolving
line-up of the best festival comedians telling shagging stories. Male,
female, gay, straight, and everything in between - we all like to shag and we all have funny stories to tell.
Laughing Horse at the Meadow Bar
Thursday 31st July-Monday 25th August at 11.50pm. FREE. p95
www.laughinghorsecomedy.co.uk/freefestival/shaggers
Lady and the Tramp features Lady
Carol - a songbird - and Tiffany
Stevenson - a joke telling mouthy
bird. Together they are a magnet for
twitchers. It’s funny stuff, but be
quick - the run is for just 10 days.
Holyrood Too @ Faith
Friday 1st-Monday 11th August at
5pm. £5-£6.
www.rarebirdsprod.com
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are subject to change. If the show is listed
in the Fringe Programme, a page number
is given. See also www.edfringe.com
Over at C Soco - Lizzie Bates, Anna Emerson and Catriona Knox
appear again as the inspired all girl sketch troupe The Boom
Jennies. A cracking good hour of proper comedy is promised - and
based on previous years - they won’t disappoint.
C Soco
Wednesday 30th July-Monday 25th August at 7.40pm.
£7.50-£10.50. p35
www.theboomjennies.com
Sazia Mirza in a TV star. As seen on ‘Fuck Off I'm A Hairy Woman’,
‘Miss Real World’ and ‘Have I Got News For You’ (all BBC), ‘World
Stands Up’ (Paramount), ‘60 Mins’ (CBS). She was also Voted one of
the ‘100 Greatest Stand Ups’ (CH4). This female Muslim comic has
rare talent. And a great supporter of the gay community too.
The Pleasance Courtyard
Wednesday 30th July-Monday 25th August at 9.35pm. £5-£10.50.
p88
www.shaziamirza.org
Stop the press! It’s just a short run and he’s not
in the Fringe programme, but do catch Paul
Sinha if you can - fresh from a tour of the UK.
Paul is the UK’s leading openly gay Asian
commedian. Actually, forget the labels, he’s
simply one of the UK’s leading comedians. If
you’re a fit lad, I strongly suggest that you sit in
the front row. Trust me.
Pleasance Courtyard
Wednesday 13th-Sunday 17th August at 11pm.
£6-£10.50
www.paulsinha.com
One-time ScotsGay gossip columnist Isabel Fay, tells us not to let a
gift horse in the house. Yes you read that correctly. Isabel is an
absolutely lovely character comic who gay men adore and lesbians
fancy. She’s really funny too. Butter wouldn’t melt in her mouse.
Pleasance Courtyard
Saturday 2nd-Monday 25th August at 4.45pm. £5-£9.50. p62
www.isabelfay.com
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Last month’s ScotsGay cover boy, Scott
Capurro, is back in Edinburgh delivering his
totally unique brand of queer jokes. Not for the
easily offended, Scott’s humour is brash and
direct. A comedic version of a fully loaded
automatic weapon, fired repeatedly into your
skull. In other words bloody hilarious.
Underbelly Belly Laugh
Thursday 31st July-Sunday 24th August at
9.15pm. £6-£11.50. p94
www.scottcapurro.com
Bridget Christie’s The Court of King Charles II (The Second) is a
follow up to last year’s hidden gem of a show, which will surely
come to mass attention this time round. In the hands of this
accomplished comedy actor, history has never been so funny.
Underbelly Baby Belly
Thursday 31st July-Monday 25th August at 4.50pm. £6-£10. p35
www.myspace.com/bridget_christie
Christopher Green, aka Tina C struts her fabulous
country stuff in a new show ‘Tick My Box’. Tina’s
satirical spoof of the good ole USA and its music
never fails to impress. This is character comedy at
its very best, supported by the Loud & Proud
Choir. Tina writes: “Hi y’all! Who better to run the
country that your favourite 9 nine Grammy-awardwinning Country Music star? Yep, that’s right I’m
running for the White House in Nov ’08. Cue the
balloons!”
Underbelly Pasture
Wednesday 30th July-Monday 25th August at
10.20pm. £8-£14.50. p105
www.tinac.net
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fringe 2008
Charlie
Ross
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Just One
Word
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Show: Charlie Ross - Just One Word
Venue: Beehive Inn
When: Wednesday 2nd23rd August at 10.30pm.
Door Tax: FREE
More Info: www.charlieross.co.uk
...comedy
Popular Scottish lesbian stand up comic Karen Dunbar is a radio, TV, and
(soon to be) movie star. For us though, it’s live on stage in the flesh where
she’s at her very best. And great hair. Really, great hair.
Gilded Balloon
Wednesday 30th-Sunday 17th August at 7.30pm. £7-£13.50. p68
www.karendunbar.co.uk
Talking of Scottish lesbian stand ups, Rhona Cameron, from TV’s ‘grumpy
old woman’ is performing in Edinburgh for just seven nights this year.
Something to do with her tax bill apparently. Must be all those books she
keeps selling.
Gilded Balloon
Monday 18th-Monday25th August at 7.30pm. £10.50-£12.50. p91
www.rhonacameron.com
How many Fringe shows is that now?
This is the third.
Just One Word?
Laughs!
What other Fringe shows will you be seeing?
To be honest I haven’t had time to really look! Although I really want to catch Michael McIntyre, he’s the best in the business at the moment!
Who is inspires you?
Woody Allen, Eddie Izzard and of course Billy Connolly!! You’re not allowed to come from Glasgow and not like him. I did have the good
fortune to have a drink with one of my heroes, Terry Jones from Monty Python recently, it was amazing… we got very drunk!
You’re a big Doctor Who fan and often gig at SF
conventions. Tom Baker or David Tennant. Discus.
Well the nostalgic part of me will always go for Tom, but
DT is brilliant isn’t he? The biggest realisation of the fake
regeneration in the last series was discovering how much
you wanted him to stay!
So what’s with the Free Fringe?
Well it’s more in the spirit of the Fringe, what it was meant
to be! Gutsy and raw. The Fringe has got to be a little
corporate, I was attracted to the Free Fringe because it
allows you to take more chances! For the audience, the
Fringe is about seeing someone you don’t see on the telly
and taking a risk - the Free Fringe encourages that. You
see the show, if you like then you can choose to leave
some money or not, the worth of the performer is
determined by the most important people, the audience!
Does your heart belong to Glasgow?
Oh Yes!! But I studied in Edinburgh, so will always have a
great deal of affection for it!
You toy with your audience a bit. Have you gone too far?
I like to have a ‘love-in’ really, and I want the audience to
feel that they can laugh at me and themselves… it’s all
harmless fun! That’s not to say I don’t go too far in my
mind when there’s a cute guy in the crowd!!
Do you see yourself as a role model for other gay
comedians?
I’d like to think of myself as a role model for gay people in
general. I’d like to encourage people to get away from
having to define themselves, straight-acting, camp, bears
etc, I’m none of these - I’m just me!
What’s next for Charlie Ross?
Possibly filming something in Romania for the Sci-Fi
channel, it’s a fantasy version of Robin Hood which
should be fun, and taking the show on tour around the UK
towards the end of the year - on top of various writing
projects. I’m just biding my time until David Tennant calls
it a day and I can get the key to that bloody blue box!!!
Gay comedian James Judd stars in ‘7 Sins’.
“I'm one-eighth Scottish,” says James. “My
family immigrated to the States during the
American Civil War. What kind of moron
moves to a country that's in the middle of a
civil war?”
Gilded Ballon Teviot
Wednesday 30th July-Monday 25th August
at 3pm. £1-£10. p94
www.gildedballoon.co.uk
Craig Hill... ‘makes your whole week’. Yes, this year’s pun-in-the-title from
the Scottish gay boy doesn’t quite reflect the deeply funny nature of his now
famous stand up show. In terms of belly laughs per minute, Craig is, ahem,
right up there. So to speak.
Gilded Balloon
Thursday 31st-Monday 25th August at 8.15pm. £6-£14. p42
www.mrcraighill.com
The Assembly Rooms is not too posh to hold a comedy show. Chris Neill’s...
Got a Bun in the Oven is the camp comic’s take on Delia, featuring live
cookery!
The Assembly Rooms
Tuesday 5th-Monday 25th August at 6.30pm. £5-£11.50. p38
www.myspace.com/chrisneill1968
Pam Ann makes terror at 41,000ft funny in a way that is very, very wrong.
Imagine the best drag act ever delivered by an Ozzie women. Caroline Reid
gives us a cruel and camp hour in this international hit show.
The Assembly at George Street Music Hall
Thursday 31st July-Sunday 24th August at 9pm. £10-£17. p85
www.pamann.com
A very similar sounding show to Caroline’s is
Beautiful People (Don't Travel Economy)
performed by Robert Yule. SleezyJet
characters include the rambunctious
redheaded, head hostie and Alexis VanAirBust!
Sweet Teviot Place
Thursday 31st July-Sunday 24th August at
8pm. £7-£8. p31
www.cattleclass.biz
Adventures of Pink Peter stars Stuart Miles, a former presenter and director
of the BBC’s famously popular ‘Blue Peter’. During this show he reveals some
of his colourful past and dishes the dirt. Also, Stuart’s show for Gaydar Radio
will be broadcast live from the Edinburgh Festival Monday-Friday, 11pm-2pm.
Sweet Teviot Place
Saturday 2nd-Sunday 24th August at 6.30pm. £5-£8.50. p22
www.stuartmiles.co.uk
Finally, Rosie Wilby is back at the Fringe, with more of her games and even
more of her life story. This soon to be well known lesbian comic is well worth
seeing. She was a ‘Funny Woman’ finalist don’t you know?
Sweet Teviot Place
Thursday 1st-Sunday 24th August at 5pm. £5-£8. p92
www.rosiewilby.com
music and dance...
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...music & dance
Loud & Proud Choir
Edinburgh’s own LGBT singing troupe, Loud and Proud Choir, will
be a highlight for all that love a cappella with a queer twist. Their
repertoire is in turns funny, uplifting and moving - delivered with
heartfelt emotion and infectious enthusiasm. Appearing for one night
only, this is a special event in aid of Waverley Care. Sponsored by
our friends at VMH LLP and supported by Tina C.
Greyfriars Kirk
Saturday 23rd August at 8pm. £9-£12. p156
www.loudandproudchoir.org
Beatbox Bingo by Catapult Dance
Martin Powell writes: So, I’ve decided that the Fringe is so big,
that I’ll focus on just one area. What did I choose? Politics. What has
the Editor asked me to write about? Dance. Not much overlap there
you might think - but you’d be surprised. More of that later.
So what’s happened to St Stevens? It’s gone, but don’t worry,
Dance Base seem to have decided to fill the gap with global dance,
whilst remembering Scotland is on that globe. Thank you Morag.
But let’s start elsewhere - definitely on the must see list are Lea
Anderson’s Companies The Cholmondeleys and The
Feathstonehaughs with Dancing on Your Grave (Assembly Rooms).
It’s been quite a while since I’ve seen them. Another name always
worth looking out for is Nigel Charnock, who many years ago was
with DV8. He is co-directing The Gymnast (Pleasance Courtyard),
which tells of the Khmer Rouge and Nixon. This may not be what
everyone would class as dance but it is bound to be physical and I’ll
be amazed if it isn’t superb.
The Russian DEREVO Theatre have played to rave reviews in
recent years The Gospel of Anton (Pleasance Courtyard) breaks the
taboos of not featuring sex, religion, politics, and violence in their
work. Again this may be more theatre than dance. Another always
worth seeing are Scottish Dance Theatre (Zoo Southside), who have
a double bill of Liv Lorent’s Tenderhook and Hofesh Shechter’s Dog.
At the same venue is The Angel & the Woodcutter by Korean Cho-in
Theatre. A heartbreaking story with a profound anti-war message
told entirely without words.
I’m not sure what to make of Chicos Mambo with Meli Melo II
(Universal Arts Theatre) which looks like 4 Frenchmen doing their
own comic interpretation of all styles of dance. However, Chris
MacKay praised it to the rafters when he reviewed it for ScotsGay
last year, and I know the editor is really looking forward to seeing it.
Turning to Dance Base - and they really do seem to have
excelled themselves this year. An old favourite of mine is Alan
Greig’s Company X Factor. They are back with a reworking of the
2000 piece Unspoken, which explores the mystery and secrets of a
drowned man. This is part of a triple bill with Norwegian Alan Lucien
Øyen’s In Time and It Will Snow and presumably Icelandic Steinunn
Ketilsdottir’s Crazy in Love with Mr Perfect. A double bill there is
Norwegian Odd Johan Fritzoe’s Balls, a high energy male quartet
featuring four big balls. This is coupled with Rosie Kay Dance
Company’s Double Points: K.
This is interesting. Rosie Kay contacted Emio Greco and Emio
Greco PC with a view to them choreographing something for her and
she states “they’re interested in the process of reinterpretation which
is how Double Points:K came about”. It’s based on their Double
Points: Two. This is not Rosie’s only collaboration - she has also
been working with Clare Short and Edinburgh West MP John Barrett.
If this intrigues you as much as it did me you will have to visit her
Web site www.rosiekay.co.uk. All I’ll say is that if she is one quarter
as good a dancer as she is a writer, this will be superb. For more on
Dance Base’s brilliant programme go to www.dancebase.co.uk
There’s lots more good stuff, but space is limited. To find a
longer version of this and for details of what else I’m recommending,
not just dance, check out www.scotsgay.co.uk
London Gay Men’s Chorus
The London Gay Men’s Chorus went down a storm during their last
Scottish appearance. Now they are set to do it again with the world
premiere of their brand new show Far From Kansas. Sit back and
relax with your free glass of bubbly and let them take you to a better
place - over the rainbow. How camp. Are you ready for the pun?
There’s no place like homo!
Rocket @ Demarco
Monday 18th-Saturday 23rd August at 11.30pm. £6-£8. p171
www.lgmc.org.uk
‘Richard III’ meets ‘The Office’ in Fuck You! - The Musical. Alex is
having a bad day. His girlfriend has dumped him, his best friend has
been promoted and his boss is a jerk. It’s time to fight back. With 3
fucks a minute at 5 cunts an hour, it’s billed as this year’s ‘Jerry
Springer - The Opera’. By David Townhill and Ken Nicholson.
The Gilded Balloon
Wednesday 9th-Thursday 17th August at 4.30pm. £7-£9.
www.fyouthemusical.com
More great a cappella is on offer is with Oxford University’s all
female singing group In the Pink. Featuring gorgeous harmonies and
some rather good human beatboxing - the girls were a huge hit on
the Fringe last year. ‘An eclectic and winning cocktail of sixties
classics, modern pop, jazz, rock, soul and swing.’
C Chambers Street
Sunday 17th-Monday 25th August at 7.55pm. £5.50-£10.50. p152
www.inthepink.org.uk
Our final a cappella recommendation is the all male version of In the
Pink, Out of the Blue. Driven by a passion to get out there and just
do it, these guys stormed the Fringe last year with sell-out shows
every day, great reviews and oh, a world tour followed.
C Chambers Street
Tuesday 5th-Monday 25th August at 2.45pm. £5.50-£10.50. p160
www.ootb.org.uk
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fringe 2008
Show: Beth Becomes Her
Venue: Baby Belly 3
When: Thursday 31st July-Sunday
24th August at 11.05pm.
Door Tax: £6-£10.50
More Info: www.myspace.com
/fairy_gothmother
Beth
Becomes
Her
www.theluvvies.org
Fringe coverage in ScotsGay Magazine in association with
The Luvvies LGBT Community Theatre Group
with Bethany Black
16 ScotsGay
Are you looking forward to Edinburgh 2008?
I really am - it’s my first time performing my own show and doing a full run. It’s been a childhood ambition so I’m really excited!
What should ScotsGay readers expect from ‘Beth Becomes Her’?
60 minutes of true stories that will make them laugh their collective bottoms off about everything that happens on a journey
transitioning from male to female, oh and bring a hankie for the ending... no I don’t get naked.
You were a nominee for ‘Best Debut Show’ at the ‘Leicester Comedy Festival’ - that must have felt good!
It was brilliant, I’ve never won anything before - well I won a drag competition when I was 7, - but that doesn’t really count. This
was the first time I’ve even been nominated for anything, I was really excited up until the awards ceremony when they read out
the nominees and gave them all a big build up, listing their achievements and what their shows were about, and then they
announced me by saying “next is Bethany Black who got some good reviews and is probably taking the show to Edinburgh.” At
which point I knew it was going to someone else. The Prize for winning was a bottle of Champagne, and I don’t drink anymore, so
it’s just as well. Still, I got to fill my face with chocolate covered strawberries.
We don’t see many comedy shows about trans issues? How did you come up with the idea?
Well it’s the story of the last 8 years of my life really. So I didn’t really have to come up with anything, I just try to tell the truth and
be as honest and open as I can. I realised that the experiences I’d had and the story I’ve got to tell were different than pretty much
any other comedian on the circuit. And most of all living through it has brought about some of the funniest things that have ever
happened to me.
You discus and make jokes about sensitive subjects in your show. Do you fear coming across as ‘politically incorrect’?
I hate the term “politically correct”. I find it’s often used in the pejorative by people who are upset that they can’t call me a queer
or a tranny, or be prejudicial about people based on race gender or sexual orientation. Political correctness is essentially treating
people fairly and not being offensive to people for prejudicial reasons. All the comedy I try to do comes from a place of love and
understanding, I talk about abortion in the show and I talk about suicide and nervous breakdowns and I touch on race, but it’s
generally coming from a place of highlighting the stupidity in all these things, confronting my own prejudice and stupidity. If ever
I’ve offended people it’s generally because they don’t think that these should be topics that are up for discussion, but all I’m doing
it highlighting them.
Are you the ‘black sheep’ of the family?
Not at all, my parents are both quite liberal, aging hippies who live in France and my sister travelled the world and worked for
sexual health charities in India and is now a nutritionist and about the most lesbian straight woman I know, and when we get
together we all know how to party. If anything My Brother’s the Black sheep, he settled down and got married when he was 21 to
the eldest daughter of the biggest family in the village we grew up in and has two kids a cat and a dog and a well paid job he loves
and a lovely house less than half a mile from where we all grew up.
What was your worst ever heckle?
In Exeter just before Christmas I was hosting a gig that was going really badly, there was a table of fitness instructors in - all of
whom thought they were funnier than any of the acts on. One in particular was a nightmare to try and deal with, but I tried to talk
to him and give him some attention before trying to stop him from talking. It was fairly base stuff - I said something about him
going home alone and wanking in his bedsit wondering why he had no friends whilst I’d be going home with my girlfriend. His
response was “yeah, well neither of us will be having sex then, lesbians can’t even have sex.” I was floored by his ignorance and
tried to explain how it was possible but he wasn’t having any of it. As far as he was concerned if it didn’t end with a sticky cock
it’s not sex. Later that evening I think I adequately proved him wrong.
Which other comics do you admire?
I love Stewart Lee, watching him work is just a master class, Josie Long was a big influence when I first decided to give comedy a
go, I love her whimsy and good clean honest fun. Richard Herring I love because he has the same over analytical mind that I do.
Brendon Burns has been a big influence, watching him doing “Sober Not Clean” when he was just out of rehab and seeing that
blistering honesty was just immense. Glenn Wool and Craig Campbell too, those two are about the funniest comedians I’ve ever
seen, Glenn is just amazingly funny, it exudes from every pore of him, and Craig has the ability to make me laugh like no one else
on this earth. As a comic you find you stop laughing at other comics and get analytical about what they do, admiring the structure
and the rhythm, but every time I go and see Craig I wake up the next day with aching muscles from laughing. Plus just knowing
that he exists makes me smile. And finally, and possibly most importantly, Jason Cook. Jason took me under his wing when I
first started and taught me loads, he got me my first paid 20 minute set and just over a year ago whilst chatting one night he
persuaded me to do this show. His show “My Confessions” was the best show I saw last year and really deserved to win Best
international Act at the New Zealand comedy festival. I owe a lot to Jason Cook.
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Do you see yourself as a role model for other trans women?
Good God no! If I ever did that would be me setting myself up for such a fall! I suppose by putting myself out there and using
this platform and being so open about being trans - and attempting to start a debate - I’m putting myself in a position where I
could be considered a role model, but I think if anything it’s just important to be who you are and not let anyone tell you different.
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What’s next for Bethany Black?
I’m going to find out who keeps changing all the “shes” to “hes” on my Wikipedia page.
image: Fearghus O’Conchuir in Match (part of Irish Cream), photo by Aidan Kelly
ScotsGay 17
fringe 2008
Show: Stephen K Amos - Find the Funny
Venue: Pleasance Courtyard
When: Wednesday 30th July to Monday 25th August at 9.40pm
(not 6th or 13th August)
Door Tax: From £12.50-£15. Previews £8
More Info: www.edFringe.com or www.edcomfest.com
tephen K. Amos wants his fish and
chips. He hasn’t eaten all day, he tells
me, and this is the only chance he’ll
have before his photo shoot later that
afternoon. With such an energetic schedule,
it’s understandable that he’s opting for
quick-order complex carbohydrates.
S
18 ScotsGay
Andrew
Doyle
andrew@scotsgay.co.uk
www.andrewdoyle.co.uk
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© Eamon McGoldrick
reschedule this interview following a last
minute phone call inviting him to appear on
Richard and Judy. As it transpires, they
wanted him to discuss the Max Mosely
controversy, in which, (it is alleged), the son
of the founder of the British Union of
Fascists was (allegedly) caught on film
participating in a (what may have been)
sadomasochistic Nazi-themed orgy with five
(apparent) prostitutes. Full marks for
creativity (I suppose).
But why should they ask Stephen K.
Amos on the show to discuss these issues?
“I have to say, I wasn’t sure what the
connection was myself. I asked the
producer, and he said, ‘well you’re a bit of a
celebrity now and so I wanted to ask you
what your views were on privacy’. It’s a bit
tenuous, but let’s face it, when Richard and
Judy call, you don’t ask questions. Who in
their right mind would turn them down?
They’re an institution.” I have to admit, he
has a point.
We are suddenly interrupted by a young
waitress carrying Stephen’s Pinot Grigio on
a silver salver. As she leans down to place
the glass onto the table she pauses, peering
at the wine as though it were some kind of
mysterious talisman. Stephen and I
exchanged a baffled glance. “Cork!” she
exclaims, her eyes wide with contempt.
“There’s some cork in your wine! I shall
exchange it immediately!” This brings a
smile to my face. There’s nothing more
satisfying that the combination of good
customer service and mild histrionics.
“I told her to do that,” says Stephen
with a smirk. “I said to her, if the interview’s
going badly just come over here and distract
us.” For a second I believe him, because I
can be surprisingly moronic at times.
There has been some disquiet in the
comedy world recently when it was
announced that the so-called “big four”
venues (Assembly Rooms, Pleasance,
Underbelly and Gilded Balloon) had clubbed
together to create the “Edinburgh Comedy
Festival” in the hope of attracting a major
corporate sponsor. Since Stephen is a
regular performer at these venues, I want to
know what he makes of this development.
“This year will be my fifth Edinburgh in a
“I think if you’re
a gay person in
this modern
world it is
imperative that
you come out,
because of the
weight that will
be lifted off your
shoulders.”
row. And over the years I’ve seen the
Fringe evolve into this commercial beast.
It’s not good for up-and-coming comics
because if the big four haven’t heard of you
then they’re not going to take a chance. The
festival has turned into a very huge
corporate money-making machine. The acts
are never the ones who make all the money.
It’s the venues, the PR companies, and of
course those who own the accommodation.”
From the way Stephen talks, I get the
impression that he has no particular
sentimental attachment to the Fringe
festival. He tells me that as a result of all his
forthcoming projects it’s unlikely that he’ll
do a full run again after this year. That said,
he is still positive about the capacity of the
festival to nurture new acts, particularly
through the recent formation of the Free
Fringe which is, according to Stephen, “what
the Fringe used to be all about”.
So what’s the premise of your new
show? “This year I’m going back to basics.
It’s about being funny. I’m going to do in
Edinburgh what I do best; stand-up comedy,
every night of the week. That’s all. If you’re
expecting pathos and deep insight go and
see somebody else. But if you want to have
a laugh for an hour, then my show is for
you. Hence the title: Find The Funny.”
Stephen is right to emphasise that
comedy is his forte, but he is also a
proficient actor, having performed in
Edinburgh runs of Talk Radio and One Flew
Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, the latter
subsequently transferring to the Gielgud
Theatre in London’s west end. Last year, he
made the BAFTA-nominated documentary
Batty Man for Channel 4, in which he
explored the problem of homophobia in the
black community.
There’s a very revealing segment at the
beginning of the documentary which finds
Stephen conducting a test on a bustling high
street. He has eight young men lined up –
five black, three white – and asks members
of the public to identify which one is gay. In
the vast majority of cases, the white men are
picked out as the most likely candidates.
The gay man is hardly picked at all, partly
about. You can tell if somebody’s faking it,
doing all the jazz hands, which is what I
used to do. With the last couple of
Edinburgh shows I’ve been more candid,
and the audiences respond well. They start
to see a truth in you.”
“I think if you’re a gay person in this
modern world it is imperative that you come
out,” Stephen continues, “because of the
weight that will be lifted off your shoulders.
You think that there are people around you
who will hate you, resent you, whatever –
but it’s not worth beating yourself up about
or constantly having to look over your
shoulder. I remember the first time I went
to a gay bar, I walked around the building six
times before I went in, checking to see if
anyone had seen me. But then I thought to
myself, what would have happened if they
had seen me? The answer is nothing. If
you’re in the closet you’re only harming
yourself.”
Do you think religion is mostly to blame
for the lack of tolerance in our society? “I
have a problem with the word ‘tolerant’.
Because tolerant means you put up with
something. It has negative connotations.
We should respect each other, and celebrate
our differences. If you don’t agree with
what someone has said, then you move on.
You don’t condemn people, you don’t kill
people, you don’t judge people. A
fundamentalist Christian might presume to
judge me for who I am, and that’s wrong. I
may not like the clothes he wears, but I’m
not going to judge him for that.” He thinks
about this for a moment, before adding with
a grin: “Although, as a self-respecting gay
man, perhaps I should.”
I suggest that people are generally
educated out of religion, but that with the
proliferation of government-funded faith
schools the problem is getting worse.
Stephen agrees that such establishments
are essentially divisive. “You need to be
exposed to all kinds of people, not just those
who share your own beliefs. I certainly
don’t think that religious people have the
right to tell any of us how to behave.
Particularly when you look at the track
record of the Catholic Church, for instance.
It’s massive hypocrisy.”
Looking at my watch, I suddenly realise
that we’re out of time. Before Stephen runs
off to his photo shoot, I ask him about what
his plans are for after Edinburgh. “I’ve got a
tour coming up,” he says. “And early next
year I’ll be working on a new sitcom for BBC
2 with Omid Djalili. It’s written by Simon
Nye (of Men Behaving Badly fame) and at
the moment it’s called In My Country. It’s
very funny. I’ve got high hopes for it.” I ask
him for some details about the premise, but
he simply smiles and in true showbiz
fashion tells me that I’ll “have to wait and
see”.
By now Stephen has polished off his
Pinot Grigio and his fish and chips. As
meals go, it strikes as something of a
paradox: both sophisticated and down-toearth.
On reflection, it seems as good a way
as any to describe the man himself.
Fringe coverage in ScotsGay Magazine in association with
The Luvvies LGBT Community Theatre Group
We’re in The Hospital, a private
members club in Covent Garden. It’s
nothing like a hospital, of course; the
corridors don’t smell of disinfectant, there’s
a fully-equipped games room, plush pastel
furnishings in every bar and, perhaps most
important of all, nobody’s dying. If you’re
fond of the medical analogy, this is the
BUPA of the London social scene.
Stephen orders a glass of Pinot Grigio
to wash down his fish and chips. You can’t
do that in Harry Ramsden’s.
“I’m very busy these days, and I’m
pleased about that,” he explains. “I’ve had
to take time off the comedy circuit. I haven’t
done any proper club gigs in two years.
That can be a bad thing because it’s in the
clubs where you learn your craft. If you take
your foot off the gas for too long you’ll
forget how to do it. But it’s also a good
thing because it means I can do my own
tours. These people have come just to see
me, so I can gauge more accurately the
types of audience member I’m getting”.
Whatever else you can say about his
following, it’s rapidly increasing in number.
Stephen puts this down to the regularity of
his recent television appearances, although
his unpretentious manner ensures that this
doesn’t seem boastful. “It’s only now that
people are recognising me in the street. It
started becoming noticeable last December,
when in one month I did The Royal Variety
Performance, Have I Got News For You, Live
at the Apollo, and a whole week on The
Wright Stuff. So people think I’ve just
appeared from nowhere, but as a matter of
fact I’ve been around for thirteen years.”
When I suggest that this makes him a
comedy veteran Stephen gasps audibly and
feigns horror. “Veteran? What a horrible
word!” The reaction is so dramatic that I
half-expect him to whip out a folding lace
fan and start flapping it about his face,
squealing “Mon Dieu!”
What’s wrong with being a veteran, I
ask him? Have I been inadvertently
offensive? “Yes, totally!” he says, laughing.
But surely, I counter, the word “veteran”
implies experience and wisdom. “No,” says
Stephen, “it implies that you’ve been around
the block for a hell of a long time. I’m not a
veteran in any way, shape or form. I’ve still
got it. I can work it with the best of them.”
He’s not going to let me off easily, it seems.
It’s clear that he’s rather enjoying pretending
to be offended.
This is one of the reasons why a
conversation with Stephen is such a
pleasure. He’s articulate and laid-back, but
he’s also a lot of fun. He manages to appear
likewise affable in his stand-up
performances, so it’s easy to see why he is
becoming so popular. He’s so much in
demand, in fact, that we’ve already had to
because of his choice of attire, but also
because he’s black. It’s a telling experiment,
one which effectively shatters some of our
deepest-seated stereotypical notions.
Do you think the pressures of being gay
are more intense if you’re black? “Of course
they are. If you live in the UK and you’re
black and gay, it’s a double whammy. But
you have to ask yourself, when will the
problems stop? It’ll only stop when you
make a stance. There’s a huge
misconception that to be black and to be gay
are mutually exclusive. But there’s a
monthly black and urban club night in
London called Bootylicious and it’s hugely
popular. A thousand people. Where have
they come from? Where are they hiding?”
Batty Man is an impressive piece of
work that needed to be made. When
Stephen discusses the film it is clear that he
feels a deserved sense of pride. “I’ve had
emails from people all over the world,
including guys in prison, saying at last
someone’s giving us a voice.” One of the
most affecting moments in the documentary
is when Stephen meets a 26-year-old gay
Londoner called Olisa, who at the time of
Stephen’s initial interview had yet to come
out to his mother. “He agreed to tell her that
very evening, and we met up again the next
day. The difference in his body language
and demeanour was immediately obvious.
His mother hadn’t disowned him, she had
told him that he was her son and she loved
him. I’m getting goose bumps just thinking
about it.” Stephen duly rolls his sleeve up to
prove it. “People shouldn’t assume that
their parents or friends will react negatively.
I mean, I totally understand the fear. I’ve
been there. But you have to be honest with
yourself, for your own sake.”
Although Stephen has never denied that
he’s gay, in recent years he has been more
open about his sexuality on stage. This is
principally because of a horrendous
personal experience that occurred three
years ago. “I was watching the news one
night and it said that a body of a man killed
in a homophobic attack had been found in
Clapham. I looked at the picture and
realised it was a friend of mine. And that
really, really affected me. I just thought to
myself, you’ve got to say something. It’s
your life. It’s too easy to hide. That was the
catalyst to me being open about it in my
show.”
How did your audience react? “Some
of them applauded, some of them gasped,
and some of the women said “oh no”, which
I found hilarious. But my decision was kind
of in tribute to my friend’s memory. I don’t
know what I would have done if that hadn’t
happened. I don’t know if I could have sat
here in some sanctimonious way urging
everyone to come out, because the truth is I
may not have done so myself without that
experience.”
In many ways, Stephen’s decision to be
open about his orientation has worked in his
favour. “Audiences can sense dishonesty in
a comic. That’s why Daniel Kitson is so
adored, because there’s a real sense of
honesty about all the things he’s talking
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INTERVIEW
Show: Stephen K Amos - Weekend Chat Show
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
When: Friday 1st, Saturday 2nd, Friday 8th, Saturday 9th,
Friday 15th & Friday 22nd August at 11.30pm
Door Tax: From £10.50-£12.50
More Info: www.edFringe.com or www.edcomfest.com
ScotsGay 19
opular lesbian stand up comedian
Zoe Lyons’ new show is entitled
Mangled Mantra of the Messed Up
Modern Mind. Andrew Doyle scratches
his head...
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Andrew Doyle
andrew@scotsgay.co.uk
www.andrewdoyle.co.uk
Photo of Andrew
© Eamon McGoldrick
Andrew Doyle
is a playwright
and performer.
His plays
include Jimmy
Murphy Makes
Amends for
BBC Radio 4,
and Borderland
for 7:84
Theatre
Company.
“I try to be
environmentally
friendly.
But I don’t
recycle as much
as I should and I
love foie gras,
which would
hardly be the
dish of choice for
any selfrespecting
eco-warrior.”
“Every now and then I have to deal
with homophobic hecklers. I try not
to take things personally, but it’s
difficult. I think it’s like a slap.
It stings for a while and then you
forget about it.”
with knows what happened. But I’m getting
better at that. I’m getting more calloused
perhaps. Trying to care less.”
As an openly gay female performer, Zoe
of course can expect to receive occasional
flack on the comedy circuit from a minority
of idiots. “Most audiences are fantastic.
But every now and then I have to deal with
homophobic hecklers. I try not to take
things personally, but it’s difficult. I think it’s
like a slap. It stings for a while and then you
forget about it. I’m getting better at
shrugging it off. But sometimes I get so
angry. I think, ‘why should I have to listen
to this?’ I did a gig recently in Croydon
where a guy aggressively shouted out: ‘I
didn’t pay to listen to a fucking lesbian’.”
I point out that if this had been a racial
epithet the crowd would have turned on him,
and it seems that many people still feel it is
socially acceptable to express anti-gay
sentiments. With this in mind, I want to
know if Zoe believes that society’s attitudes
towards gay people are improving. “Yes and
no. Legally things are going well, but
culturally they’re not. There’s still a lot of
low-level homophobia in our country. It’s
still seen as a huge insult to call someone
gay, and the media just love gay sex
scandals, don’t they? They always
emphasise the sexuality in the headlines.
‘MP admits to sordid gay affair’, that kind of
thing.”
“I heard a parent being interviewed on
the radio the other day,” she continues, “and
she was complaining about some gay
parents at her child’s school, saying: ‘I don’t
agree with it at all. These people have
chosen to live like this, and it’s wrong’. It’s
that kind of ignorance that you encounter
every day. That woman has probably never
even spoken to a gay person. She doesn’t
understand that most people are aware of
their orientation from a very early age. It’s
simply not a choice, and quite frankly why
would anyone choose to be beaten up at
school, or have abused hurled at them for
their sexuality?”
Zoe has been with her partner Sindy for
ten years and, two years ago, they decided
to make it official with a civil partnership.
“Sindy’s a much more emotional character
than I am, but actually on the day it was me
who blubbed like a baby. I had a poem to
read, but the words wouldn’t come out.
There were tears and snot flying
everywhere. It was lovely.”
Sindy and Zoe live together in Brighton,
often described as the most gay-friendly
town in the UK. “Yes, Brighton is very
liberal, but there are still problems. There
have been a number of occasions when
we’ve been shouted at in the street, and only
the other day we had something thrown at
us from a passing car. Little episodes of
hate crime like that still happen very
frequently. And until that kind of behaviour
is deemed totally unacceptable then there
will still be a problem.”
Zoe pauses to sip her cappuccino, a
pensive look on her face. “I tell you what I
think it is,” she says in a measured tone.
“People always concentrate more heavily on
the sexuality of homosexuality, rather than
the sexuality of heterosexuality. With gay
couples, they never focus on their mutual
love and respect, or that they might live
happily together. They just see it as purely
sexual, as though they are people who
simply cannot control themselves. This is
why the media likes to connect
homosexuality with paedophilia. It’s
deemed to be some kind of sexual deviance.
Gay relationships are no different from
straight ones. The emphasis should be on
the love rather than the sex.”
The comedy circuit is a male-orientated
world, of course, so it’s not only
homophobia that Zoe has encountered. I
ask her about the perception that some men
have of women comics, in particular the
bizarre view that women cannot be funny.
Zoe assures me that attitudes have
improved over the past five years, although
she has had some bitter experiences with
men in her audience. She tells me how, only
last week, a man on the front row of her
show spent ten minutes staring at her
crotch. When she asked him what precisely
he was looking at, he shouted: “Your
minge!” Zoe is clearly right to describe him
as a “Neanderthal dickhead”, but at least he
had eloquence on his side.
When these things happen, do you ever
retaliate in kind? “There was an occasion
when I went on the attack, but it all went tits
up. I spoke to a friend of mine who is very
insightful and described the situation, and
what she said to me was so succinct and
wonderful. She simply told me that I had
lost my sense of humour. And she was
absolutely right. As a comic it’s your
responsibility to keep everyone laughing. It
just turned into a bitch fight, and if you lose
control like that then the heckler has won.
Since then, I’ve always tried to keep my
sense of humour above all else.”
Are you looking forward to Edinburgh
this year? “Oh definitely. I love being there
and seeing top quality shows every day.
There’s an amazing Russian physical theatre
company called DEREVO. I’ve seen them
every year, and they’re just incredible. By
the end of their last show I was weeping. I
just didn’t want it to stop.” And how do you
feel about your own show? “I feel much
more relaxed and prepared this year. Last
Edinburgh was a real journey for me. I
wasn’t selling out, and it was the first time
I’d done a full solo show.”
Zoe finishes her cappuccino and tells
me about a particularly gruelling experience
towards the end of her run. “It was a
nightmare audience, really. There was a
mother and her eleven-year-old son in the
front row, an elderly couple in their eighties
with their forty year old son (who clearly had
issues), an old friend I hadn’t seen for years,
and two judges from the if.comedy panel! I
nearly feigned a heart attack to get off.
When I left the venue it was raining, and I
saw Simon Amstell’s queue going all the
way around the corner, about five-hundred
hundred people in total. It was a really
depressing moment.”
But there is a silver lining to this story.
Two days later, Zoe received a phone call to
inform her that she’d been nominated for
the if.comedy Best Newcomer Award.
“When I heard about my nomination I was
having lunch with a friend in Harvey Nichols.
I literally spat out my salad and burst into
tears, lettuce leaves cascading everywhere.
But that’s Edinburgh isn’t it? There are
moments of joy and moments of sheer
heartbreak.”
Fringe coverage in ScotsGay Magazine in association with
The Luvvies LGBT Community Theatre Group
“That dead body belonged to me!” It’s
the kind of sentence that sounds rather
disturbing if taken out of context. But that’s
precisely what has happened on this
particular afternoon in a sleepy Soho café.
Zoe Lyons is talking about a human corpse
that she almost found on a beach near her
home in Brighton, and an elderly man at the
next table is looking over at us with a
disapproving grimace. It’s his own fault for
eavesdropping, really.
It’s not quite as disturbing as it sounds.
As Zoe explains: “I walk my dog on the
beach every morning, and every time I find
myself thinking, ‘I wonder if I’ll come across
a dead body today’? It’s like an eerie mantra
that keeps floating through my mind. But
then a few months ago I went for my usual
walk, and there actually was a body on the
beach. I didn’t find it, though. The man
walking one-hundred yards in front of me
did. Just think, if I’d have got up five
minutes earlier that day it would have been
me. Well, I was absolutely livid. Because it
was my mantra, it was my thing, it was my
body to find. That dead body belonged to
me!”
Unbeknownst to Zoe, it’s at this point
that the elderly man at the next table lifts up
his face from his baguette and scowls in our
direction. It’s the classic case of someone
hearing only the tail-end of a conversation
and making an unfair judgment. I try not to
laugh.
Mind you, Zoe is the first to admit that
there is something ominous about this
particular obsession. “I told my friends
about it, and they said ‘that’s really messed
up, Zoe’. So I thought great. That’s going in
the show.”
The show in question is for this coming
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, entitled Zoe
Lyons: Mangled Mantra Of The Messed Up
Modern Mind. It’s quite a mouthful. “I did
that deliberately,” Zoe explains. “I wanted a
title that no one could remember, so that
hopefully there might end up being a kind of
kudos attached to being able to remember
all the words in the right order. I might be
talking total rubbish, of course. One thing’s
for sure; the box office will definitely hate
me.”
So what does it actually mean? “It’s
concerned with the mantras that go through
my head every day. Things like, ‘I must be
more environmentally friendly’, which is fair
enough because I don’t recycle as much as I
should and I love foie gras, which would
hardly be the dish of choice for any selfrespecting eco-warrior. Or sometimes the
mantra will be saying ‘I must drink less’.
But why should I drink less? I’ve got no
money in the bank, and this is one of the
few pleasures I have. What I’m interested in
for this show is all these mantras, these
private obsessions. That’s the thread that
holds it all together.”
It’s an effective conceit, because most
of Zoe’s audience will be able to identify
immediately with these so-called ‘mantras’.
She gives another few examples that I must
admit have certainly crossed my own mind
from time to time: ‘I must eat more
healthily’, ‘I must stay more positive’, ‘I
must stop obsessively checking my bank
account’, ‘I must stop hoping to stumble
across dead bodies’… Actually Zoe, I think
you’re on your own with that one.
For someone whose act is so warm and
vivacious, it’s strange to hear Zoe Lyons
talking so much about death. “I had a week
at the beginning of this year where I
genuinely felt like I was causing people to
die. I was over in the United States recently,
and I was driving along thinking to myself,
‘God, these people drive really badly. I bet
there’ll be an accident before long’. Sure
enough, the next minute there was a crash,
and someone flew off the road. Three days
later I was in San Diego surfing in the sea,
and I started to think about the possibility
that there might be sharks in the water. But
everyone I asked about it assured me that it
wasn’t possible, that there hadn’t been a
shark attack in years. And what happens?
The next day someone on the resort gets
bitten in two by a bloody great white. So in
the space of one week, these three things
happened: the car crash, the shark, the dead
body on the beach. Naturally, I started
thinking to myself – is it me? Am I causing
this? When I write in people’s birthday
cards now, “thinking of you”, they’re
probably saying to themselves, “I wish you
wouldn’t”.
The common thread to all of Zoe’s
‘mantras’ are that they seem to be selfcritical in nature, which would suggest that
she has a healthily introspective quality.
Perhaps this comes from having a degree in
Psychology, or maybe it comes from an
abundance of neuroses. Either way, it’s very
funny, and that’s surely the point. Zoe
assures me that all of these thoughts are not
only healthy, but therapeutic. “I try to
prepare myself for the negative. If you do
that, then at least you’re ready for it when it
happens. And you’ll be less disappointed.”
Zoe’s words remind me of the Duke’s
advice to Claudio in Shakespeare’s Measure
for Measure: ‘Be absolute for death: either
death or life shall thereby be the sweeter’.
Does that make me horribly pretentious?
Oh God, these mantras are contagious…
Zoe still sees herself as a relative
newcomer to the comedy scene. This is
despite the fact that in her five-year career
she has already become a well-known name
on the circuit. In 2004 she won the Funny
Women Award and, last year, received a
nomination for the coverted if.comedy Best
Newcomer Award (formerly the Perrier). It’s
interesting to hear that, for someone who
has been so successful, she still feels that
she is “trying to find her voice”. As she
explains: “It takes a very long time. Even
though I’ve had half a decade’s experience, I
still feel like I’m just starting. You have to
really work at it. I just want to be the best
that I can be, and that’s a long process.”
There’s an obvious sensitivity to Zoe’s
personality that I find both endearing and
surprising. As a stand-up comic, you’d
expect her to have a skin so thick it’s
practically leather, but Zoe can still be
affected by bad gigs. “I was booed off stage
once, very early on in my stand-up career. It
felt awful. When something like that
happens to me I spend the next few days
thinking that everybody I come into contact
Show: Zoe Lyons - Mangled Mantra of the Messed Up Modern Mind
Venue: Pleasance Courtyard
When: Wednesday 30th July to Monday 25th August at 9.40pm
(not 6th or 13th August)
Door Tax: From £9.50-£12. Previews £6
More Info: www.edFringe.com or www.edcomfest.com
www.theluvvies.org
ScotsGay
INTERVIEW
fringe 2008
ScotsGay 21
Pic: Szymanowski's King Roger
outwith the
fringe...
...eif
Edinburgh International Festival
he Edinburgh International Festival will be held from 8th to 31st
August. One of the hottest tickets this year will be Dorian Gray,
a free dance adaptation of Oscar Wilde by Matthew Borne’s New
Adventures. You may remember his stunning male-swan version of
Swan Lake. Here we have a 21st century morality tale of fame,
fashion and greed. Gray becomes gay, and a beautiful young man is
corrupted. Tickets will go fast! King’s Theatre Edinburgh. Friday
22nd-Saturday 30th August.
Leading playwright David Harrower‘s new work, 365 is about a
group of young people who pass through a Practice Flat, one of the
state’s mechanisms for introducing young people who have been in
care to the adult world. What are their chances of success?
Edinburgh Playhouse. Friday 22nd-Monday 25th August.
There is a rare chance to see the best-known opera of reputedlygay Polish composer Szymanowski - King Roger. Reflections here of
last year’s Dionysus as a charismatic Shepherd threatens church and
state, and Roger has to attempt a balance between sheer hedonism
and classical rationality. Much for the senses and the mind here.
Festival Theatre. Monday 25th-Wednesday 27th August.
This year’s EIF includes a greater focus on Drama, and a larger
input from Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Notable are Dybbuk,
performed by TR Warszawa; Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis, also by
TR Warszawa; Jidariyya from Palestinian National Theatre; Class
Enemy by East West Theatre Company and performed in Bosnian
with subtitles; also Ruhe looks back at those who voluntarily enlisted
in the SS.
One musical event that fits with the above is Child of Our Time!
by the excellent gay, humanist, composer Sir Michael Tippett,
inspired by the story of a young Polish Jew who shot a German
diplomat, which action the Nazis used to justify the Kristallnacht.
Tippett’s pacifism was greatly tested in WWII; this work is an
extremely moving statement against all religious and racial division.
And there are those stirring spirituals! It’s at the Usher Hall on
Saturday 30th August (if you get back from Glasgow Pride in time).
www.eif.co.uk
T
...art
Adonis Art
stablished in London in 1995, Adonis Art is situated in the Earl's
Court district of central London - one of the most gay-friendly
neighbourhoods in the city. The upstairs gallery is devoted to
works of contemporary and antique male figurative art. The display
is always changing as works are bought and sold.
There is no charge to view the gallery and visitors are always
welcome to browse. Exhibitors include some of the best artists of
the male form working today.
The artwork of David Carr is a highlight. Check back with
ScotsGay in future months to read more about this exciting artist.
www.adonisartgallery.com
E
...books
International Book Festival
he International Book Festival will be held in Charlotte Square
Gardens from Saturday 9th-Monday 25th August. Included will
be Val McDermid, the queen of crime writers - listening to her
is always like eavesdropping on a well-stocked mind. Sunday 10th
August at 4.30pm.
Philip Hensher will be talking about his native Sheffield on
Wednesday 13th August at 10.15am.
Andew O’Hagan will be talking about his essays on Britain and
America, published as, The Atlantic Ocean. - including a
controversial take on nationalism and Scottish ‘victimhood’ Friday
15th August at 1.30pm.
Hanif Kureishi (Remember The Buddha of Suburbia?) has a
provoking new novel out, Something to Tell You, where the
protagonist is a psychoanalyst. Sunday 17th August at 11.30am.
Adam Mars-Jones discusses his new novel, Pilcrow where a
young boy has to deal with disability, and where reality and fiction
become blurred. Tuesday 19th August at 10.15am.
Polly Toynbee will be facing the issue of the widening gap
between rich and poor and setting out an agenda to revitalise British
society. Friday 22nd August at 3pm.
Andrew Sean Greer (pictured) is
one of America’s leading younger
novelists, and gay. His latest novel, The
Story of a Marriage is narrated by a
black woman in 1953. Married with a
son, a man appears who tells her he
was her husband’s wartime lover. He
sports a broken nose dating from an
argument with her husband over her.
He offers her a fortune if he can take
her husband away. Dilemma! Unlike,
say, Spielberg, there is no
romanticising the 50’s - this was a time
of McCarthyite fears. Andrew will be
talking at the Festival on Thursday 21st
August at 8.30pm.
These are just some of many highlights amongst two weeks of
intense stimulation. Do explore the full book festival programme.
www.edbookfest.co.uk
T
EIF and Book Fest Coverage by Tony Challis
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VENUES
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ABERDEEN
DUNDEE
EDINBURGH
CAFÉ NOM DE
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Fri-Sat 10pm-3am.
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2 St Andrew's Lane.
Tel: (01382) 200660.
3pm-Midnight. Well
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Karaoke: Wed, Fri &
Sun. DJ: Sat.
During the Edinburgh
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60 Broughton Street.
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THE AULD
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Tue-Sun 10pm-3am.
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MARKET ARMS*
13 Hadden Street.
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218 Holburn Street.
Tel: (01224) 211441.
Mon-Fri Noon-10pm,
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DUMFRIES
DUMFRIES LGBT
CENTRE*
26 Brewery Street.
Tel: (01387) 739888.
Mon 9am-5pm, TueWed 9am-5pm and
7-9pm, Thu 9am-5pm,
Fri 9am-5pm, 69.30pm. Newly
opened.
MIXED BAG
Birkhill Hotel, 16 St
Mary's Street
(Lockerbie Road).
Tel: (01387) 739888.
8pm-Midnight. Last Fri
of each month.
Monthly club night for
LGBT people and their
friends from Dumfries
& Galloway.
E-mail:
DandG@lgbtyouth.org.uk
www.myspace.com
/mixed_bag_dg
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CLUB INFERNO*
Hustlers Snooker Club,
64 North Lindsay
Street.
Tel: (01382) 229226.
8pm-2am. 3rd Fri of
each month.
Scotland's most
Northerly monthly
fetish club. Usual fetish
dress code rules but
they will happily accept
glam. Come along and
join the fun on the
dance floor or
playroom or just sit
and socialise with
everyone else. £5
members/£10 nonmembers.
E-mail: saltire28
@yahoo.co.uk
DOUBLY
DISCREET*
38 Albert Street.
Tel: (01382) 809080.
Mon-Wed, Fri 10am6pm, Thu 10am-8pm,
Sat 10am-5pm, Sun
11am-4pm, First Wed
of each month
(Dundee Munch)
10am-8pm. Alternative
clothing shop catering
for all genders and
sexualities. As well as
stocking a wide range
of clothing and sex
aids they pride
themselves on being
able to source
personal services such
as gender friendly
beauticians,
photographers and
offer a personal
shopping service.
www.doubly
_discreet.com
THE GAUGER*
75-79 Seagate.
Tel: (01382) 226840.
Sun 12.30pmMidnight, Mon-Sat
11am-Midnight. LGBTfriendly bar with free
disco Fri & Sat 8pmMidnight. Free use of
premises for prebooked groups.
OUT*
124 Seagate. Tel:
(01382) 200660. WedSun 11pm-2.30am.
Good atmosphere,
very popular disco
with wide selection of
sounds and the
occasional act/PA.
Under new
management. Student
discount.
23-25 St Leonards
Street.
Tel: 0131-668 2934.
Sun 12.30pm-1am,
Mon-Sat 11.30am1am.
Everybody-friendly bar.
Real ale. Food served:
Mon-Sat 11.30am9.30pm, Sun
12.30-8pm.
BAR DIESEL*
19 Shore Place, Leith.
Tel: 0131-476 6776.
Sun Noon-11pm, TueThu 11am-11pm,
Fri-Sat 11am-1am.
LGBT friendy
bar/restaurant. Food
served until 10pm.
E-mail: info
@bardiesel .co.uk
www.bardiesel.co.uk
BLACK BO'S
57/61 Blackfriars
Street.
Tel: 0131-557 6136.
Mon-Thu 6-10pm, FriSat Noon-2pm &
6-10.30pm. Superb
little vegetarian
restaurant. Friendly
staff. Mixed clientele.
BLUE MOON
CAFÉ*
1 Barony Street/36
Broughton Street.
Tel: 0131-556 2788
(Bar) or 0131-557
0911 (Office). Sat-Sun
10am-11pm, Mon-Fri
11am-11pm. Food
served until 10pm.
Popular LGBT café.
www.bluemooncafe.co.uk
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.
BOOTY
23-24 Greenside
Place.
Tel: 0131-556 9331.
Sun 7pm-3am, MonThu 6pm-3am, Fri-Sat
6pm-3am. Two funky
floors! DJ Shazza v DJ
Blondie on Sat. Disco
every night from
11pm.
E-mail: enquiries
@ccsnightclub.co.uk
www.ccblooms.com
CLAREMONT
BAR &
RESTAURANT*
133/135 East
Claremont Street.
Tel: 0131-556 5662.
Fax: 0131-558 3539.
Bar: Sun 12.30pm1am, Mon-Sat
11am-1am.
Restaurant: Sun
12.30pm-6pm, MonSat 11.30am-2.30pm
and 6-10pm. "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. Male only:
Fri night from 10pm,
plus 1st 2nd & 3rd Sat
of each month from
9pm, (incorporating
Bears, Bikers, Leather,
Rubber, Skins, Kilts,
Camouflage, Fetish,
etc). 4th Sat of each
month: Stunners
(adult fetish group) strict dress code (no
street wear), £5 entry,
great music by DJ
Toni. 5th Sat (where
applicable): Ab Drag
for all TVs,
Transgender, Cross
Dressers and
admirers. Sun: mixed
chill out evening,
before those Mon
blues set in.
E-mail: mail
@claremontbar.co.uk
www.claremontbar.co.uk
Medina Nightclub
(Under Negociants),
45-47 Lothian Street.
Info Line: 07736
936650. Sun 11pm3am. "It's our duty to
please your booty". DJ
Dale Lush and guests.
Club Classics, Funky
House, Soulful House,
US Garage, Old Skool
House, Hip Hop,
R&B.£3 entry.
DEEP BLUE*
E-mail: dale
@lushmarketing.com
www.club-booty.com
www.bluemooncafe.co.uk
1 Barony Street. Tel:
0131-556 2788 (Bar)
or 0131-557 0911
(Office). 4-11pm.
Friendly gay basement
bar. Unobtrusive
music - great for
talking to people.
Regular drinks
promos. Drinks
Promos £2+mixer,
Doubles £3.
DV8
Spiders Web
Basement, 258
Morrison Street. Tel:
0131-228 1949. 8pm1am. Last Fri of each
month. Fetish club
with strict fetish code
door policy (although
they do allow smart
black dresswear).
People of all genders
and sexualities are
invited to come along
and enjoy the friendly
atmosphere in the
company of Footman
John and his team.
E-mail: saltire28
@yahoo.co.uk
http://dv8fetishclub.co.uk
EDINBURGH
LGBT CENTRE*
58a and 60 Broughton
Street. Houses Café
Nom De Plume
(opening soon), Pride
Scotia (Edinburgh)
and Fitlads. Provides
meeting and
noticeboard space for
many LGBT
organisations. Free
WiFi Internet access
(sponsored by
ScotsGay). Bought in
1974 by the Scottish
Minorities Group, it is
the only LGBT-owned
LGBT Centre in the UK
and is also the oldest
LGBT Centre in Europe
if not the world. Tel:
0131-556 9471.
Meeting Room
Booking Tel: 07817
533337.
E-mail: hello@edinburgh
lgbtcentre.org.uk
www.edinburghlgbtcentre
.org.uk
FEVER
Luna, 14 Picardy
Place. Tel: 0131-478
7434. Info Line: 0131557 4656. 11pm-3am.
1st Sat of each month.
Next dates: Sat 2nd
Aug, Sat 6th Sep, Sat
4th Oct. Featuring
Taste resident DJs
Fisher & Price playing
an eclectic mix of the
current underground
tracks in the Ballroom
with the Visitor (aka
Jon Pleased) and
Kaupuss in the
Cocteau Lounge
playing a wide mix of
favourites, Fever is
aimed at the folk who
can no longer make a
Sunday night of it and
for any other open
minded clubbers who
feel like popping along.
Pre-club party at The
Street from 9pm with
DJ Miss Chris. Ask
him for discount
passes. £8
Members/£10 - Taste
members £5 before
11.15pm.
www.taste-clubs.com
FHQ*
4 Picardy Place. Tel:
0131-550 1780. 5pm3am. New bar for
women. Free entry.
E-mail: picardyplace
@g1group.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 68pm every day.
FURBURGER*
GHQ (Back Room), 4
Picardy Place. Tel:
0131-550 1780.
10pm-3am. 2nd Fri of
each month. Popular
women’s club night.
Aural stimulation from
The Funky Diva,
Dejaybird, Boy Toy &
Debi T.
E-mail:
furburger.club@hotmail.
co.uk
GHQ*
4 Picardy Place. Tel:
0131-550 1780. 5pm3am. Stylish bar and
club catering for the
capital's fashionable
gay crowd with some
of the country's top
DJs playing dazzling
tunes from musical
genres such as electro,
house, indie, funk and
soul. Free entry before
11pm £4/£3
thererafter.
E-mail: picardyplace
@g1group.com
HABANA*
22 Greenside Place.
Tel: 0131-558 1270.
Sun 12.30pm-1am,
Mon-Sat Noon-1am.
Friendly pre-club bar
popular with locals and
visitors. Regular
promotions and
weekly entertainment
with free WiFi Internet.
E-mail: cafehabanaEH1
@mac.com
www.cafehabanaEH1
.com
LA FAVORITA
325-331 Leith Walk.
Tel: 0131-554 2430.
Noon-11pm. Award
winning gay-friendly
Italian restaurant.
Delivery service too
with online or phone
ordering.
E-mail: Bruna.Pacitti
@la-favorita.com
www.la-favorita.com
LEATHER AND
LACE*
8 Drummond Street.
Tel: 0131-557 9413.
Fax: 0131-557 8336.
Sun Noon-9pm, MonSat 10am-9pm. 25
Easter Road. Tel:
0131-623 6969.
Noon-6pm. Toys and
video rental.
LUVELY
The Liquid Room, 9c
Victoria Street. Tel:
0131-225 2564. Info
Line: 0131-657 4633.
10.30pm-3am. 1st Sat
of each month.
Resident DJs Tommy
Kay, Dean Newton,
Grum Stone, and Jon
Edwards.
www.luvely.com
MORE
Cabaret Voltaire, 36
Blair Street.
Tel: 0131-220 6176.
Info Line: 0131-557
4656. 11pm-3am.
Every Sun. Just when
you thought the
weekend was over we
give you MORE !!
with DJs Miss Chris
and Kaupuss ,
Spinning the very best
of Funky Vocal House,
Electro and Club
Classics. Entry is free
and they have selected
drinks from £2 all
night long.
www.bebo.com
/ClubMore
NEW TOWN
BAR*
26B Dublin Street. Tel:
0131-538 7775. Sun
12.30pm-1am, MonThu Noon-1am, Fri-Sat
Noon-2am. Food:
Mon-Fri Noon-3pm.
Back to its old name
and under new
management after a
spell as Twist. Watch
out for changes.
Drinks Promotions
Daily. Downstairs: The
male-oriented Disco
Bar is open Fri-Sat
with resident DJ from
10pm-2am. Bears in
the Basement is on the
2nd Sat of each month
- 10pm-1am. Free WiFi
Internet access.
E-mail: newtownbar
@aol.com
No EIGHTEEN*
18 Albert Place, Leith
Walk. Tel: 0131-553
3222. Mon-Thu Noon10pm, Fri-Sun
Noon-11pm. The UK's
first VAT registered gay
sauna! Relaxed and
friendly atmosphere
with excellent facilities
which include large
sauna cabin, 14-man
steam room, private
rooms, communal and
private showers,
themed rooms, video
area and TV lounge,
refreshments available.
£10 (£8 concessions).
Manager's special:
admission £5 after
8pm.
www.number18.com
PLANET OUT*
6 Baxter's Place. Tel:
0131-556 5551. 4pm1am. Popular and
busy gay bar with
friendly staff. Promos:
Everyday from 4-9pm.
E-mail: planetout
@btinternet.com
THE PLAYGIRL
MANSIONS
Lulu, underneath
Tigerlily, 125 George
Street. Tel: 0131-225
5005. Sun 10am-3am.
Not the usual George
Street crowd. Mixed.
Music policy is mostly
cutting edge house
and disco classics.
www.playgirlmansions
.co.uk/
PRISCILLA'S
CABARET BAR*
17 Albert Place, Leith
Walk. Tel: 07986
591695. Sun
12.30pm-1am, MonFri Noon-1am, Sat
5am-1am. Friendly bar
that puts the fun back
into coming out
owned by Deb's and
Boozy Soozy. Sun:
Karaoke from 9pm.
Mon: Request Night
with DJ Daz Glaz .Tue:
Karaoke with Daz Glaz.
Wed: Boozy Soozy’s
'Open the Box' with
big CASH prizes then
boogie on down with
DJ Daz Glaz. Thu:
Karaoke Fri, Sat: FREE
Cabaret.
E-mail: debra_keith100
@hotmail.com
www.bebo.com
/priscillasedinburgh
Q-STORE
5 Barony Street.
Tel/Fax: 0131-477
4756. Sun 1-5pm,
Mon-Fri 11am-7pm,
Sat 11am-6pm.
Scotland's only
licensed gay store. Not
just feelthy pictures lifestyle too! Now with
added girl interest.
QUEER MUTINY
In the process of
planning a few events,
parties, workshops
and film nights over
the summer - check
website. Against
consumerism,
representation and the
rest of the shit that
claims to be “the gay
lifestyle”. A DIY, nonhierarchical collective,
fed up with
Edinburgh’s
commercial gay scene,
provides a queer
autonomous space
“because Edinburgh’s
gay clubs are
restrictive to our
sexualities”!
E-mail: EdinburghQueer
Mutiny@gmail.com
www.queermutiny.tk
www.myspace.com/queer
mutiny
THE REGENT*
2 Montrose Terrace.
Tel: 0131-661 8198.
Sun 12.30pm-1am,
Mon-Sat 11am-1am.
Edinburgh’s Gay Real
Ale Pub - voted Pub of
the Year (Edinburgh &
South East Scotland)
by CAMRA members.
Deuchars IPA is
always available plus a
range of guest real
ales. Relaxed
atmosphere and
comfortable
surroundings. Snacks
and meals are available
all day, plus coffees
and teas. CAMRA's
Lesbian & Gay Real
Ale Drinkers meet here
on the 1st Mon of the
month from 9pm (ex
Aug - 2nd Mon to
avoid GBBF).
E-mail: theregentbar
@tiscali.co.uk
www.lagradedinburgh.org.uk
SOLAS CAFÉ*
TASTE
2/4 Abbeymount. Tel:
0131-661 0982. MonFri 8.30am-3.30pm.
Attached to Waverley
Care Solas HIV/AIDS
Information Centre.
Solas is a Gaelic word
meaning ‘light and
comfort’. The cafe
serves home cooking
(everything cooked on
the premises), with
vegetarians and
carnivores catered for.
The Liquid Room, 9c
Victoria Street. Tel:
0131-225 2564.
Infoline: 0131-557
4656. 11pm-5am.
Next date: Sun 24th
Aug (Bank Holiday
Special with DJs Fisher
& Price and Miss
Chris). 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. After nearly
14 years and over 700
Sundays, now running
one-off events
throughout the year on
holiday weekend
Sundays. Taste's
resident DJs Fisher
& Price play an
eclectic mix of the best
underground dance
music currently
available. £6/£5.
www.taste-clubs.com
and
www.bebo.com/tastecl
ubs/
E-mail: cafe
@waverleycare.org
www.waverleycare.org
/solas.swf
STEAMWORKS*
5 Broughton Market.
Tel: 0131-477 3567.
Daily 11am-11pm.
Stylish sauna forming
part of busy gay hotel
and 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
2pm. Lockers £10,
Cabins £15 at all other
times. Students &
under 25 £5 lockers all
day, every day! No
membership required.
Proudly gay owned &
operated.
www.steamworkssauna.co.uk
THE STREET*
2 Picardy Place. Tel:
0131-556 4272. Sun
12.30pm-1am, Mon
4pm-1am, Tue-Sat
Noon-1am. Small but
perfectly formed bar
run by Louise and
Trendy Wendy. Happy
hours Mon-Fri 4-8pm.
Heated outdoor
smoking area. Food:
Tasty wee bites,
nibbles, burgers,
pizzas and specials
daily until 9pm. Snack
menu and hot drinks
available Sun-Thu until
Midnight. Sun: "LOU
LOU's BIG SUNDAY
JOINT" - Top notch
roast dinner Noon7pm (£10 including a
drink). Mon: "Double
Trouble" 2 for 1 on
entire cocktail list. Tue:
Lots of promos with
your student card.
Same drink promos
apply to everyone
(student or not!) in
downstairs bar only with DJ LL Honky
Tonk (AKA Louise!!!).
Wed: Pub Quiz. Last
Thu of each month:
"GIRL-ESQUE" burlesque style night
for girls ONLY (mixed)
downstairs. Fri: DJ
Trendy Wendy. Sat:
DJs (Morgan, Danny T,
Miss Chris, Lick It &
Betty Ford).
VELVET
WOMEN'S CLUB
NIGHT
No new dates until
further notice. Watch
this space.
E-mail: clubvelvet
@blueyonder.co.uk
www.bebo.com
/clubvelvet
www.myspace.com
/clubvelvet
VIBE
Luna, 14 Picardy
Place. Tel: 0131-478
7434. Tue 11pm-3am.
All the normal
madness from James
Longworth, Jamie
Morrison and guests
with live cabaret
performances every
week. Super-popular
gay night. £1 drinks
promos all night. £4.
E-mail: jameslongworth
@jameslongworth.com
www.jameslongworth
.com
WORD POWER*
43-45 West Nicolson
Street. Tel: 0131-662
9112. Sun 12-5pm,
Mon-Sat 10am-6pm.
Independent radical
bookshop. Best
bookshop in Scotland.
E-mail: books@wordpower.co.uk
www.word-power.co.uk
GLASGOW
BENNETS*
80-90 Glassford
Street. Tel: 0141-552
5761. Tue, Thu-Sun
11.30pm-3am.
Scotland's oldest gay
disco.
E-mail: manager
@bennets.co.uk
www.bennetsnightclub
.co.uk
BYBLOS
NIGHTCLUB
GLASGOW LGBT
CENTRE (GGLC)*
RELAX
CENTRAL*
Unit Q, Merchant
Square, 75 Albion
Street. Tel: 0141-552
3895. Mon & Tue
11.30pm-3am. Mon Passionality: DJ
Shawn Roberts,
playing your favourite
music, from classic
dance to cheesy pop
and everything in
between. Tue AudioCouture: DJ
Shazza-Halliwell plays
the music YOU want to
hear - including charty
dance, R'n'B & cheesy
camp. £3/£2.
84 Bell Street. Tel:
0141-552 4958. Sun
1pm-Midnight, MonSat 11am-Midnight.
Welcomes lesbians,
gay men, bisexuals
and transgendered.
Services include:
M.E.D Café Bar, Info
Box, Health Info,
Interest Groups, Free
Newspapers. Diary of
Events, Reading
Room, Function space.
3rd Floor, 27 Union
Street. Tel: 0141-221
0415. Sun Noon8.30pm, Mon-Sat
11.30am-10pm.
Established gay sauna.
Entry £8.
You can also check out
the Relax Central
online shop at the
website address
below.
E-mail: information
@tlcglasgow.co.uk
www.byblosglasgow.com
CCA*
350 Sauchiehall Street.
Tel: 0141-352 4900.
Fax: 0141-332 3226.
Café Tel: 0141-332
7959. Box Office: Mon
9am-5pm, Tue-Sat
9am-7pm. Gallery:
Tue-Sat 11am-6pm.
Courtyard Café: TueThu 10am-10pm,
Fri-Sat Noon-Midnight.
Scott Street Bar: TueWed Noon-11pm, Thu
Noon-Midnight, Fri-Sat
Noon-1am. Food
served Noon-7.30pm.
The Centre for
Contemporary Arts. 6
performance &
exhibition spaces,
Café/Bar. ScotsGay
available in bar.
E-mail: gen
@cca-glasgow.com
www.cca-glasgow.com
CLONE ZONE*
45 Virginia Street.
Tel/Fax: 0141-553
2666. Sun 12.306.30pm, Mon-Sat
10.30am-7pm.
Clothes, videos,
magazines, toys.
E-mail: admin
@clonezone.co.uk
www.clonezonedirect
.co.uk
COURT BAR*
69 Hutcheson Street.
Tel: 0141-552 2463.
Sun 12.30pmMidnight, Mon-Sat
9am-Midnight.
Intimate bar beside
former Sheriff Court.
Straight until midevening.
CYBER*
Unit 3, King's Court,
107 King Street. Tel:
0141-553 0942. Sun
Noon-5.30pm, MonSat 10am-6pm.
Alternative clothing.
E-mail: info@cyberclothing.com
DELMONICA'S
BAR*
68 Virginia Street. Tel:
0141-552 4803.
Noon-Midnight. DJs
nightly from 9pm. Thu:
Quiz. Sun: Karaoke.
E-mail: delmonicas
@g1group.co.uk
www.g1group.co.uk
E-mail: admin1
@glgbt.org.uk
www.glgbt.org.uk
www.medcafebar.co.uk
MERCHANT
PRIDE*
20 Candleriggs. Tel:
0141-564 1285. Sun
12.30pm-Midnight,
Mon-Fri 4pmMidnight, Sat
Noon-Midnight.
Upmarket bar in the
heart of the Merchant
City. Regular cabaret,
karaoke and disco.
MODA*
58 Virginia Street. Tel:
0141-553 2553. MonThu 5pm-1am, Fri-Sun
5pm-3am. Fashionable
pub/club.
www.g1group.co.uk
THE
PIPEWORKS*
5-10 Metropole Lane.
Tel: 0141-552 5502.
Mon-Sun Noon-3am.
Glasgow's Men's
Health and Leisure
Club (formerly The
Garage). With 200+
lockers, 25 man spa
pool, 20 man steam
room, 20 man dry
sauna, 14 rest rooms,
sling room, tea &
coffee bar, free internet
access and TV lounge.
Entry £12 (£10
concession), after
1.30am Fri-Sat £8.
www.garage-glasgow.com
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 FriSun, £5 after 11pm.
Taste: new midweek
night open every Wed
9pm-3am (Free entry
all night - £1 all
drinks). First Fri of
each month: big name
PAs. Poptastic: every
3rd Fri of the month.
E-mail: polo
@g1group.co.uk
www.g1group.co.uk
Q! GALLERY*
87-91 Saltmarket.
Tel/Fax: 0141-552
7575. Text: 07762
722460. Mon-Fri
11am-5pm. Glasgay's
year-round gallery
dedicated to queer art.
E-mail: info
@glasgay.co.uk
www.glasgay.co.uk
E-mail: info@
relaxcentral.co.uk
www.relaxcentral.co.uk
REVOLVER BAR*
6a John Street. Tel:
0141-553 2456. MonFri Noon-Midnight,
Sat-Sun 1pmMidnight. A refreshing
antidote to the current
gay scene. Pool table,
state of the art free
jukebox (with over
20,000 tracks on it),
no karaoke. Free WiFi.
Specialist DJ nights:
Fri & Sat. Quiz:
Starting Sat 1st Mar at
4pm.
www.revolverglasgow
.com
SCHWARTZ*
1-3 Bridge Street. Tel:
0845 4562310 or
0141-429 5764. SunThu Noon-11pm,
Fri-Sat Noon-6am.
Previously Club Eros,
Glasgow's oldest
licenced sauna & gym
for gay and bi men set
over three floors.
Licensed bar. Entry
from £9. Free Sunday
breakfasts.
E-mail: schwartz.glasgow
@yahoo.co.uk
www.schwartz
glasgow.co.uk
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.
www.silksandsecrets.com
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.
www.tron.co.uk
THE TUNNEL
84 Mitchell Street. Tel:
0141-204 1000. Wed
11.30pm-3am. Wed:
Allure. DJ Darren plays
Pop, R'n'B & Dance.
Mid-week Night out!
Entry £3/£2. Double
Premium Spirits for
Only £3.50 All Day
Every Day - Bacardi,
JD, Gordons, SoCo,
Morgans, Smirnoff &
mixer until 31st Aug.
E-mail: information
@tlcglasgow.co.uk
www.tunnelglasgow
.co.uk
UTTER GUTTER
The Art School,
Renfrew Street. 11pm3am. Second Sat of
each month. Next date:
Sat 12th Jul.
Glasgow's only
alternative queer night
that sticks two fingers
up at the mainstream
scene. £10.
E-mail: uttergutter
@hotmail.com
www.myspace.com
/utterlygutted
VIOLATE
PO Box 808, Glasgow.
G71 7YN. Violate Club
Line: 09099 108174
(60p per min at all
times) or 07939
723387. 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.
E-mail: info
@violate.co.uk
www.violate.co.uk
THE WATERLOO*
306 Argyle Street. Tel:
0141-248 7216. Sun
12.30pm-Midnight,
Mon-Sat NoonMidnight. Semper
idem! Popular,
crowded, down to
earth drinking shop.
Scotland's oldest gay
bar. Busy, busy, busy!
www.waterloobar.co.uk
HAWICK
FLIRT*
Base Nightclub, 10
Baker Street. 1st Thu
of each month. 8pm1.30am. New LGBT
friendly club night.
Free admission, but
you need to register
first at
www.bebo.com/flirtybase
INVERNESS
CACTUS JAK’S
39 High Street. Tel:
(01463) 248906. First
Tue of each month.
9pm-3am. Brought to
you by the Highland
LGBT Forum and
hosted by Mz Flint.
Dancers, Party Games,
Bucking Bronco.
STIRLING
BARNTON BAR &
BISTRO*
3½ Barnton Street. Tel:
(01786) 461698. Sun
Noon-Midnight, MonThu 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.
www.thebistro.co.uk
ScotsGay 25
ScotsGay
GROUPS
PUBLICATIONS
SCOTSGAY:
Monthly magazine edited,
printed and published in
Scotland since 1994. All
of the words from the
magazine can be found on
our website as well as
interactive Meet Market
and our Listings which are
frequently updated.
Sample copy available by
phoning 0906 1100256
(calls cost no more than
£2). Tel: 0845 1208062
(+44 131-539 0666). Fax:
0131-539 2999. Write:
PO Box 666, Edinburgh.
EH7 5YW.
E-mail:
editor@scotsgay.co.uk or
scotsgay
@drink.demon.co.uk
www.scotsgay.co.uk
QS:
Scottish gay lifestyle
magazine launched in
March 2008. Tel: 0845
643 9663. Write: 143/6
Ferry Road, Edinburgh.
EH6 4ET.
E-mail: info@qsmag.co.uk
www.qsmag.co.uk
Previously Pride Scotia
(Glasgow). Currently
planning Pride Glasgow
on Sat 30th Aug 2008.
Write: 84 Bell Street,
Glasgow. G1 1LQ. Tel:
0141-416 2300.
E-mail: pride
@prideglasgow.co.uk
www.prideglasgow.co.uk
www.bebo.com
/prideglasgow
www.myspace.com
/prideglasgow
www.facebook.com/grou
p.php?gid=10290459947
PRIDE SCOTIA
(EDINBURGH):
E-mail: lindajack57
@hotmail.com
www.borderslgbt.org.uk
DUMFRIES &
GALLOWAY:
LGBT Youth D&G:
As well as services for
young people, runs a
mailing list for information
and occasional events for
LGBT people of all ages
from Dumfries and
Galloway. Write: 26
Brewery Street, Dumfries.
DG1 2RP. Tel: Dumfries
(01387) 739888. Text:
07785 274147.
E-mail: DandG
@lgbtyouth.org.uk
DUNDEE:
Now busily organising
Pride Scotia 2009! provisionally Sat 27th Jun.
Tel: 0131-556 9471.
Write: 58a Broughton
Street, Edinburgh. EH1 3SA.
E-mail: edinburgh
@pride-scotia.org
www.pride-scotia.org
STONEWALL
SCOTLAND:
Disco:very:
The newsletter from
Diversitay. Available from:
Diversitay (LGBT Group),
PO Box 53, Dundee, DD1
3YG.
DUNFERMLINE:
FifeFLAGS:
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
hibernating.
EQUALITY NETWORK:
Campaigns for equality
and justice for gay,
lesbian, bisexual and
transgender people living
in Scotland. Write: 9
Howe Street, Edinburgh.
EH3 6TE. Tel: 0131-557
3679.
E-mail: info
@stonewallscotland
.org.uk
www.stonewallscotland
.org.uk
LOCAL
ORGANISATIONS
ABERDEEN:
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.equality-network.org
and http://equalitynetwork.invisionzone.com
Weekly e-mail and
quarterly paper
newsletters on LGBT
equality campaigns and
developments. Regular
conferences, forums, and
other events. E-mail or
write to join the 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) 2nd Floor, 81
Parnie Street, Glasgow.
G1 5RH. Tel/Fax: 0141552 8345. Closed to the
public until Autumn 2008.
E-mail: info
@womenslibrary.org.uk
www.womenslibrary.org.
uk/laic/laic.html
PRIDE GLASGOW:
26 ScotsGay
G@THT:
A social group for gay
men. Meets 4th Sat of
every month from 1-4pm
at THT, 11 Waverley Place.
Tel: Alan on 0845
2412151. E-mail:
info.aberdeen@tht.org.uk
North East Scotland Gay
Group: A befriending
group for gay and
bisexual men. Meets 3rd
Sun of each month at
7.30pm.
E-mail: nesgg
@hotmail.co.uk
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).
E-mail: david.bingham
@tht.org.uk
BORDERS:
Scottish Borders LGBT
Equality Forum:
Aims to provide advice
and act as a consulting
body to all community
planning partner
organisations, develop a
range of social and
recreational activities, and
provide a befriending
service to LGBT people.
Contact Alastair Lings Phone: Galashiels
(01896) 757861 or 07763
850087. E-mail:
alastairlings@yahoo.co.uk
Write: 79 Tweed Road,
Galashiels, TD1 3DX. Or
contact Linda Jackson:
Tel: 07877 381200.
Fife Free Lesbian and Gay
Society. Based in
Dunfermline, provides a
welcoming and safe
meeting space and dropin centre near the town
centre for the LGBT
community, our friends,
family and supporters.
Regular social group
meets on Mon 711.30pm. Generally has a
nice friendly mixed crowd
most nights across the
age range so come along
and join the fun. Internet
access, mini pool table 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.fifeflags.org.uk
EDINBURGH:
Edinburgh LGBT Centre:
Owned and managed by
Lesbian Gay and Bisexual
Community Project
Limited, which is
registered as a Scottish
Charity and as a Scottish
Company. Bought in 1974
by the Scottish Minorities
Group, it is the only LGBTowned LGBT Centre in the
UK and is also the oldest
LGBT Centre in Europe if
not the world. Write:
Edinburgh LGBT Centre,
58a-60 Broughton Street,
Edinburgh. EH1 3SA. Tel:
0131-556 9471. Meeting
Room Booking Tel: 07817
533337.
E-mail: hello
@edinburghlgbtcentre
.org.uk
www.edinburghlgbtcentre
.org.uk
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
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.
STIRLING:
Stirling Gay Men's Social
Group
Meets monthly from SepJun (generally 3rd Fri) in
private houses.
E-mail:
mensgroup@talktalk.net
WOMEN'S
LISTINGS
ABERDEEN:
Granite Sisters:
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, 84
Bell Street, Glasgow. G1
1LQ. Tel: 0141-552 4958.
E-mail: admin1
@glgbt.org.uk
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, 84 Bell
Street. Details from
Strathclyde Switchboard.
INVERNESS:
Highland Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, Transgender
Forum:
E-mail: forum
@gay-ness.org.uk
www.gay-ness.org.uk
Highland LGBT Social
Group:
Regular events and discos
in Inverness. Tel: 07969
271086.
E-mail: forum
@gay-ness.org.uk
www.gay-ness.org.uk
/events.html
Terrence Higgins Trust
Highland Gay Men's
Group (and activities):
Tel: Inverness (01463)
711585 or
E-mail: agnes.boes
@tht.org.uk
LANARKSHIRE:
Lanarkshire Gay Men’s
Group: Fortnightly social
group for LGBT people
living or working in
Lanarkshire. Meets
fortnightly Thu 7-9pm at
the Hamilton Town
House. Get together for
fun social activities and to
chat about issues that
affect men living in rural
areas. For more
information, contact Chris
Kimber at Terrence
Higgins Trust. Tel: 0141332 3838.
E-mail: chris.kimber
@tht.org.uk
Aberdeen based social
and cultural group for
older (over 30's) lesbians
throughout Scotland. The
website is the main link
for members and
interested lesbians to gain
information etc. Although
under re-construction at
the moment it will be live
asap.
E-mail: 13@clara.co.uk
www.13.clara.co.uk
L@THT:
Women's group meets
6pm on 1st Mon of each
month at THT, 11
Waverley Place. Tel: 0845
2412151.
E-mail: info.aberdeen
@tht.org.uk
EDINBURGH:
AD Group:
Ancient Dykes is a long
established Edinburgh
based social group for
lesbians aged 40+
organised by women for
women. Holds monthly
meetings and frequent
social events such as days
out and about. Meets on
first Sat of each month
during the afternoon. Tel:
Ruth on 0131-554 7256
or phone Edinburgh
Lesbian Line.
Connect-Ed:
Scottish Charity providing
counselling service to LBT
women in the Lothians.
The kind of issues they
expect to be contacted
about may include:
relationship difficulties,
sexual problems, drug or
alcohol use, abuse, loss,
self esteem, bullying,
mental health issues,
anxiety/depression. All
counselling sessions last
for one hour and you may
attend for counselling for
a short time or longer
depending on your needs.
All Connect-Ed
counsellors are lesbian or
bisexual. Presently has to
charge on a sliding scale
to pay their counsellors
and will discuss this when
you contact them. Tel:
07906 178220.
Lesbian Book Group:
Meets monthly (Wed
7.30-9.30pm). Contact
Kerry for further details /
next book by
E-mail: kjmcdoll
@yahoo.co.uk
Sappho @ The
Sandyford:
Sappho promotes positive
health for lesbians and
easier access to sexual,
reproductive and
women's health services.
A well-woman clinic and
screening service is
provided in a lesbian
friendly setting. Tel: 0141211 8130 for
appointment. Counselling
takes place fortnightly on
Tue eve. There is a crêche
within Sandyford - Tel:
0141-211 8647 for info.
www.sandyford.org
Glasgow Women's
Library:
2nd Floor, 81 Parnie
Street, Glasgow. G1 5RH.
Tel/Fax: 0141-552 8345.
Closed to the public until
Autumn 2008. 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: info@
womenslibrary.org.uk
www.womenslibrary
.org.uk
SCOTTISH NETWORK
FOR LESBIAN
STRENGTH:
To further lesbian issues,
follow a lesbian agenda
and foster lesbian
visibility.
E-mail: High_Les
@bigfoot.com
YOUNG LESBIANS:
See our Youth Groups
listings.
BISEXUALS
BISCOTLAND:
OLGA - Older Lesbians
Get Around:
Meets monthly on 2nd
Sat of each month at
2.30pm in Glasgow LGBT
Centre, 84 Bell Street.
Lorna on Dumfries
(01387) 247536.
E-mail: roseodoherty
@hotmail.com
Support and social
network for people who
are bisexual or
questioning their sexuality.
Also organises training
and activist activities in
support of bisexual
visibility and pride.
Informal 'safe space'
meetings are held on 1st
Wed of each month in
Glasgow (7.30pm
downstairs in the LGBT
Centre, 84 Bell Street) and
3rd Wed of each month in
Edinburgh (LGBT Centre
for Health & Wellbeing, 9
Howe Street). Meetings
(open to all bi or
questioning people) are
usually followed by social
gatherings which are
open to partners or
friends.
Write: BiScotland, c/o
Glasgow LGBT Centre, 84
Bell Street, Glasgow. G1
1LQ. Information line:
07963 960321.
E-mail:
info@biscotland.org
www.biscotland.org
INVERNESS:
INVERNESS:
GirlZone:
Friendly, informal social
group for LBT and friends
- all welcome. Meets 1st
Sat and 3rd Fri of each
month.
Tel: Joanne on 07792 223
687 for details and venue.
E-mail: girlzone
@gay-ness.org.uk
www.gay-ness.org.uk
Terrence Higgins Trust
Highland Bisexual Group
(and activities):
Tel: Inverness (01463)
711585 or
E-mail:
agnes.boes@tht.org.uk
Highland Lesbian Group:
A friendly lesbian social
group which offers
support and information.
Organises fundraisers for
Womankind Worldwide:
E-mail: High_Les
@bigfoot.com
www.womankind.org.uk
www.freewebs.com
/highlandlesbiangroup
Terrence Higgins Trust
Highland Lesbian Group
(and activities):
Tel: Inverness (01463)
711585 or
E-mail: agnes.boes
@tht.org.uk
NATIONAL:
Lesbian Film Group:
Meets 3rd Thu of each
month at 7.15pm (for
7.30pm start). Open to
lesbian and bisexual
women.
E-mail: gaybookfilm
@yahoo.co.uk
LESBIAN INFORMATION
SERVICE:
E-mail: jan
@lesbianinformation
service.org
www.lesbianinformation
service.org
Lesbian Social Group:
Meets 3rd Wed of each
month at 7.30pm in The
Regent, 2 Montrose
Terrace.
E-mail: lesbiansocialgroup
@hotmail.co.uk
QUEER WOMEN'S
ACTION:
GLASGOW:
The Sandyford:
Counselling and Support
Services at Sandyford
Place (old Eye Infirmary),
Glasgow. G3 7NB.
Tel: 0141-211 6700.
Minicom: 0141-211 6703.
Fax: 0141-211 6702.
the interests of lesbian,
bisexual and transgender
women in Scotland.
Write: 97 Lower Granton
Road, Edinburgh, EH5
1ER.
E-mail: info@qwa.org.uk
www.qwa.org.uk
Activist group promoting
ABUSE
BROKEN RAINBOW
LGBT DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE SERVICE
(UK):
Works to change the
situation for LGBT people
facing domestic violence.
Runs a helpline for
lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender people, their
family, friends, and
agencies to support LGBT
people around domestic
violence. Mon & Thu 28pm, Wed 10am-1pm.
Tel: 0845 2604460.
E-mail: mail
@broken-rainbow.org.uk
www.brokenrainbow.org.uk
MEN AGAINST SEXUAL
ABUSE:
1-2-1 counselling for adult
male survivors of
childhood sexual abuse,
male rape, male domestic
abuse and under 18's. Tel:
0141-550 2048.
E-mail: masacounseling
@aol.com
www.masa-listens.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.
month.
E-mail: scotsskins
@btinternet.com
http://scotsskins
.bravehost.com
RAPE CRISIS SCOTLAND
HELPLINE:
SM GAYS:
Scotland-wide telephone
service providing support
to women and men
experiencing sexual
violence, as well as their
friends and families. Tel:
Freephone 0808 8010302
(6pm-Midnight). Minicom
available.
www.rapecrisisscotland
.org.uk
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
@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
ATHEISTS
/HUMANISTS
GAY AND LESBIAN
HUMANIST
ASSOCIATION:
E-mail: info
@smgays.org
www.smgays.org
SM PRIDE:
National organisation
providing information,
advice and support on
BDSM and related issues.
Write: SM Pride, PO Box
413, Torquay, Devon. TQ1
1WZ. Tel: 0845 094 2250.
Fax: 08702 415058.
E-mail: theteam
@uksmpride.org
www.uksmpride.org
BEARS
BEARSCOTS:
GALHA is a membership
organisation promoting a
gay-friendly Humanist
outlook and LGBT rights
as human rights.
Membership is open to
supporters worldwide and
gives access to a range of
events. Write: GALHA, 1
Gower Street, London.
WC1E 6HD. Tel: 0844 800
3067.
E-mail: secretary
@galha.org
www.galha.org
PINK TRIANGLE TRUST:
PTT is a gay Humanist
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. Write:
34 Spring Lane,
Kenilworth, Warwickshire.
CV8 2HB. Tel/Fax:
Kenilworth (01926)
858450.
E-mail: ceremonies
@pinktriangle.org.uk
www.pinktriangle.org.uk
Lively Blog at
www.pinktriangle.org.uk/p
tt/blog.html
BDSM
MSC SCOTLAND:
A club for men interested
in Leather, Rubber,
Uniform. Meets in
Edinburgh from 9pm at
the Claremont Bar on the
1st Sat of each month and
at the New Town Bar on
the 3rd Sat of each
month. Write: PO Box 28,
Edinburgh. EH3 5JL.
E-mail: president
@msc-scotland.net
www.msc-scotland.net
SCOTSSKINS:
Information Site for
Scottish Gay Skinheads.
ScotsSkins meet
informally in The
Claremont in Edinburgh
on the 2nd Sat of each
For hairy, moustached,
bearded or bulky men and
their admirers. Write: PO
Box 12785, Edinburgh.
EH6 7YU. Tel: 0131-516
4553. E-mail: info
@bearscots.org.uk
www.bearscots.org.uk
Edinburgh BearScots:
1st Sat of each month:
Men Only pub night,
Claremont Bar, 9pm-1am.
2nd weekend of each
month: Edinburgh Bear
Weekend. Sat: Edinburgh
Bear Sauna, Steamworks,
2-8pm. Bears in the
Basement, New Town Bar,
9pm-2am. Sun: Bearlyawake Brunch, New Town
Bar, 12.30-2.30pm.
Glasgow BearScots: 1st
weekend of each month:
Glasgow Bear Weekend.
Fri: BEARlinnie, Revolver
Bar, 8pm-Midnight. Sat:
Bearly-awake Brunch,
M.E.T., 12.30-2.30pm.
Bear Sauna, Pipeworks,
2-6pm.
BELIEVERS
AFFIRMATION
SCOTLAND:
Network in the Church of
Scotland of lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender
Christians, their friends
and supporters. Formed
in 2006 in response to the
issue of ministers and
deacons being able to
conduct ceremonies to
mark civil partnerships
without fear of censure.
Write: Monica Stewart, 37
Main Street, Invergowrie.
DD2 5AB.
E-mail: membership
@affirmationscotland
.org.uk
www.affirmationscotland
.org.uk
EDINBURGH QUAKER
LESBIAN AND GAY
FELLOWSHIP:
Meets on the 3rd Wed of
each month at 7pm in the
downstairs bar of the
Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary
Street (except Aug -
contact for venue).
E-mail: edinburgh.qlgf
@gmail.com
EVANGELICAL
FELLOWSHIP FOR
LESBIAN & GAY
CHRISTIANS:
Lesbian, gay or bisexual?
From an Evangelical
tradition? So are we. Tel:
Andrew on Mid Calder
(01506) 499926. Write:
c/o 123 Byron Road,
Chelmsford. CM2 6HJ.
E-mail: info@eflgc.org.uk
www.eflgc.org.uk
LIBERAL CATHOLIC
APOSTOLIC CHURCH:
A small gay friendly
fellowship in the Old
Catholic tradition. Monthly
public service in
Edinburgh as well as
private Masses and other
sacraments. Also
Relationship Blessings,
Hand-fastings, Funeral
ministry and Healing.
Contact Bishop Alistair
CCP on 07817 767445.
E-mail: alistair_bate
@hotmail.com
www.revalistairbate.com
ROMAN CATHOLIC
CAUCUS OF THE
LESBIAN & GAY
CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT:
Write: RC Caucus, PO Box
24632, London. E9 6XF.
Tel: 020-7226 0847.
E-mail: lgcm_rccaucus
@hotmail.com
BIKERS
GAY BIKERS
MOTORCYCLE CLUB:
A UK-wide club for
women and men. Active
Scottish section. Write:
PO Box 33, Long Eaton,
Nottingham. NG10 2BF.
E-mail: info
@gaybikers.co.uk
www.gaybikers.co.uk
METROPOLITAN
COMMUNITY CHURCH
IN GLASGOW:
A church of the LGBT
communities welcoming
all people. Next Sunday
Gathering: 3rd Aug at
11.30am in Glasgow
LGBT Centre, 84 Bell
Street. Tel or Text: 07972
139128.
E-mail: kate
@mccinglasgow.co.uk
www.mccinglasgow.co.uk
QUAKER LESBIAN AND
GAY FELLOWSHIP:
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.qlgf.org.uk
QUEST:
EDINBURGH GAY MEN'S
CHORUS:
A new venture aiming to
bring together individuals
interested in singing a fun
repertoire, including pop,
rock and songs from the
shows and movies. Now
is a great time to get
involved, whether you're a
closet shower singer or
have some experience.
For full details and to signup www.egmc.co.uk
details. Tel: 07857
082220.
GLASGAY!:
Scotland's annual
celebration of queer
culture. Next dates: 1st
Oct - 9th Nov 2008. Q!
Gallery is Glasgay's new
year-round gallery
dedicated to queer art and
artists. Mon-Sat 11am5pm. The Stud!o is an
adjacent performance/
research/workshop and
holistic arts space.
The Q! Gallery, 87-91
Saltmarket, Glasgow. G1
5LE. Tel/Fax: 0141-552
7575.Text: 07762 722460.
E-mail: info
@glasgay.co.uk
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
www.freewebs.com/ikas
LGBT BOOK GROUP:
Meets on the first Thu of
each month at 7.30pm
(contact for details of
venue). Books are chosen
by group members in
advance.
E-mail: gaybookfilm
@yahoo.co.uk
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.questgaycatholic
.org.uk
LUVVIES THEATRE
COMPANY:
Edinburgh based LGBT
theatre company, which
aims to give LGBT people
the opportunity to act,
direct, produce or
organise theatre or take
part in any aspect of the
creative process.
No previous experience is
necessary.
Tel: 07854 836605.
E-mail: info
@theluvvies.org
www.theluvvies.org
OURSTORY SCOTLAND:
CULTURAL
METROPOLITAN
COMMUNITY CHURCH:
An inclusive church of the
LGBT community open to
all irrespective of sexuality.
Services: Every Sun at
6pm (11am during Aug)
at Augustine United
Church, 41 George IV
Bridge, Edinburgh.
Relationship blessings
conducted by
arrangement. Tel: 0131226 1691. Write:
Metropolitan Community
Church, 41 George IV
Bridge, Edinburgh. EH1
1EL.
E-mail: mail@
mccedinburgh.com
www.mccedinburgh.com
www.loudandproud
choir.org
LOUD & PROUD:
Scotland's original choir
for LGBT singers is made
up of approximately 45
singers and holds regular
concerts in the Central
Belt. The repertoire, which
is sung a capella in
varying numbers of parts,
includes simple rounds,
popular music, traditional
music, light classics,
festive and seasonal
songs, lesbian/gay
anthems, and show tunes.
Meets weekly for
rehearsals in Edinburgh.
E-mail: info
@loudandproudchoir.org
A charity which works to
collect, archive and
present the life stories and
experiences of the LGBT
Community in Scotland. If
you have a story to tell or
experiences to share, or
would like to find out
more about their
upcoming programme of
events, then please
contact them.
Write: OurStory Scotland,
Archives and Special
Collections, The Mitchell
Library, North Street,
Glasgow. G3 7DN.
E-mail: info
@ourstoryscotland.org.uk
www.ourstoryscotland
.org.uk
THE QUEER NOTES:
New LGBT choir in
Glasgow welcomes
anyone who identifies as
queer or part of the LGBT
Community. Rehearses Fri
from 7pm in Glasgow
LGBT Centre, 84 Bell
Street.
E-mail: glasgow_lgbt_
choir@hotmail.co.uk
www.thequeernotes.co.uk
REMEMBER WHEN
PROJECT:
Documenting the
collective history of
Edinburgh's LGBT
communities, recording
life-stories and personal
memories across the
generations, and
celebrating our rich and
varied contributions to the
quality of life in the city.
The culmination of this
work was an exhibition
entitled 'Rainbow City:
Stories from Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgender
Edinburgh' held at the City
Art Centre, Edinburgh in
2006. Write: Remember
When Project, c/o The
Living Memory
Association, The
Reminiscence Centre, 101
St Leonards Street,
Edinburgh, EH8 9QY. Tel:
0131-667 0761, and leave
a message, stating clearly
that it is for Remember
When.
E-mail: rw
@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 or
E-mail: alastairlings
@yahoo.co.uk
HEALTH AND
ABILITIES
AL-ANON:
Support group for anyone
- friends, families,
partners, co-workers affected by or dealing with
someone else's drinking.
Relaxed, friendly, group.
All are welcome! Meets
Thu 6.30-7.45pm (contact
for details of venue).
E-mail: LGBTalanon
HoweSt@googlemail.com
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.
AA Edinburgh:
Tue 8pm (LGBT Centre for
Health & Wellbeing, 9
Howe Street). Please note
that the last meeting of the
month is open to non AA
members.
AA Glasgow:
Tue & Thu 7.30pm (Nye
Bevan House, 20 India
Street), Fri 7.30pm (The
Ogilvie Centre, 25 Rose
Street).
AA National:
Helpline: 0845 7697555
(24 hours). Northern
Service Office: 0141-226
2214. www.alcoholicsanonymous.org.uk
ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY
LGBT CARERS:
Carers' contacts for gay
men and lesbians are
trained and skilled
volunteers able to offer
understanding and a
listening ear to gay,
lesbian, bisexual,
transgender or
transsexual carers of
people with Alzheimer's
disease or with any
other form of dementia.
To contact the
Alzheimer's Society's
LGBT Carers:
Tel the Alzheimer's
Helpline on 0845
300 0336
or write to Alzheimer's
Society LGBT Carers,
Alzheimer's Helpline,
Alzheimer's Society,
Devon House, 58 Saint
Katharine's Way,
London. E1W 1JX. or
E-mail: gaycarers
@alzheimers.org.uk
www.alzheimers.org.uk
/Gay_Carers/index.htm
BODY POSITIVE
(TAYSIDE):
1st Floor, 31 Hawkhill,
Dundee. DD1 5DH. 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)
226860.
Fax: Dundee (01382)
322606. Tue-Thu (Drop
In) Noon-3.30pm.
E-mail: admin
@bodypositivetayside.org
www.bodypositive
tayside.org
BROWNLEE CENTRE
(GLASGOW):
Gartnavel General
Hospital, 1053 Great
Western Road, Glasgow.
G12 0YN. Confidential
information, advice,
counselling and direct
access testing for HIV and
Hepatitis.
The Centre provides
ongoing medical and
social care plus
psychological and
emotional support for
people living with HIV
infection and one to one
counselling for people at
risk of HIV.
Tel: 0141-211 1089.
Fax: 0141-211 1097.
Mon-Thu 9am-5pm, Tue
5-7pm, Fri 9am-4.30pm.
Gartnavel General
Hospital, 1053 Great
Western Road, Glasgow.
G12 0YN. Social work
service for people with
HIV/AIDS providing
intensive community
based support. General
advice and information on
community care and
housing needs also
provided.
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 15pm, Sat 10am-3pm. Tel:
Kirkcaldy (01592)
265666. Fax: Kirkcaldy
(01592) 643866.
E-mail: enquiries
@fifemen.org.uk
www.fifemen.org.uk
GAY MEN'S HEALTH
EDINBURGH:
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.gmh.org.uk
GAY MEN'S HEALTH
GLASGOW:
Glasgow LGBT Centre, 84
Bell Street, Glasgow. G1
1LQ. Tel: 0141-552 0112.
Fax: 0141-552 4928. A
community led project
across the Greater
Glasgow and Clyde Health
Board Area for gay and
bisexual men. Wide
ranging volunteering
opportunities which
provide services including
support, scene work, peer
education and training,
provision of condoms,
lube and Safer Sex
information.
E-mail: glasgow
@gmh.org.uk
www.gmh.org.uk
GAY MEN'S HEALTH
TAYSIDE:
Exists to promote the
sexual and holistic health
of gay and bi men living in
Angus, Dundee and Perth
& Kinross (including men
who have sex with men
but who do not identify as
gay or bi), reduce the
spread of HIV within those
communities and
challenge the
discrimination, health
inequalities and social
exclusion that can be
faced by gay and bi men,
including HIV positive gay
and bi men, and those
affected by HIV. Tel:
Dundee (01382) 424070.
Fax: Dundee (01382)
424090.
E-mail: info
@gaymenshealth
tayside.com
www.gaymenshealth
tayside.com
GRAMPIAN POSITIVE
SUPPORT GROUP:
A self help group offering
support and assistance
for individuals with
HIV/AIDS in the Grampian
area. Contact THT, 11
Waverley Place,
Aberdeen. AB10 1XH.
BROWNLEE
COMMUNITY TEAM:
ScotsGay 27
ScotsGay
GROUPS
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.healthygayscotland
.com
HIV-AIDS CARERS AND
FAMILIES SERVICE
PROVIDER SCOTLAND:
10 Elderpark Workspace,
100 Elderpark Street,
Glasgow. G51 3TR. MonFri 9am-5pm. Telephone
Support Service Mon-Fri
7pm-10pm. Tel: 0141445 8797. Fax: 0141-445
8798.
E-mail: hiv-aids_carers
@lineone.net
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 policy and strategic
body and runs Healthy
Gay Scotland and Black
Minority Ethnic-related
HIV work.
E-mail: info
@hivscotland.com
www.hivscotland.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). Also
runs support group for
HIV Positive men. Tel:
Airdrie (01236) 712247.
Fax: Airdrie (01236)
712449.
E-mail: liz.mccann
@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
LGBT CENTRE FOR
HEALTH & WELLBEING:
9 Howe Street, Edinburgh.
EH3 6TE. Currently closed
to the public for redecoration. May not
re-open due to funding.
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.
Tel: 0131-523 1100.
E-mail: admin
@lgbthealth.org.uk
www.lgbthealth.org.uk
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 and
Hepatitis in Lothian,
offering individual
28 ScotsGay
advocacy, peer support
and subsidised
complementary therapies
in a safe, confidential and
welcoming environment.
Tel: 0131-652 0754. Fax:
0131-661 9100.
E-mail: enquiries
@positive-voice.org.uk
www.positive-voice
.org.uk
ROAM OUTREACH:
Part of the Harm
Reduction Team within
Lothian NHS. Offers a
confidential and
anonymous service for
men who have sex with
men, including male sex
workers throughout
Edinburgh and the
Lothians. Provides a wide
range of services
including sexual health
and safer sex advice,
information and advice on
drug use, personal safety,
police and legal advice,
including operating in the
Remote Reporting
Scheme. A great deal of
their work is done on an
outreach basis in Public
Sex Environments and
venues as well as on-line
as part of the SNN group.
They run an 'Out of
Hours' Testing Service
Mon 5-7.30pm at "The
Exchange", Lady Lawson
Street, Edinburgh where
you can have a full
SEXUAL HEALTH check
up including Hep A & B
vaccinations. No
appointments necessary.
For further information or
to receive condom and
lube supplies contact
Vaughan, Del or George
on Tel: 0131-537 8300 or
07774 628227.
E-mail: enquiries
@roam-outreach.com
www.roam-outreach.com
THE SANDYFORD:
2-6 Sandyford Place (old
Eye Infirmary), Glasgow.
G3 7NB. Glasgow's main
sexual, reproductive and
emotional health centre.
Free web access and
health library with large
LGBT lending collection.
Specialist services for gay
men (See separate
ScotsGay Listing for Steve
Retson Project) and
lesbians (See separate
ScotsGay listing for The
Sandyford under
Women). Self-referal
sexual health service with
open access clinic each
weekday with registration
from 8.30-10am or book
on 0141-211 8130.
E-mail: helpsandyford
@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
www.sandyford.org
SEX ADDICTS
ANONYMOUS:
Sex Addicts Anonymous
is a twelve-step recovery
programme. Our primary
purpose is to stop our
addictive sexual behavior
and to help others recover
from their sexual
addiction. Our members
define their own sexual
boundaries with the
guidance of their Higher
Power, their sponsors and
other group members.
We encourage our
members to discover and
explore what healthy
sexuality means to them.
Meetings in Edinburgh &
Glasgow. Tel: Scottish
Helpline on 0141-552
0154 (24 hours).
E-mail: info
@saa-recovery.org
www.saa-recovery.org
SEXUAL HEALTH LINE:
Freephone 0800 567123.
24 hours. Confidential
advice and information.
Minicom: Freephone 0800
521361.
www.playingsafely.co.uk
STEVE RETSON
PROJECT:
The Sandyford, 2-6
Sandyford Place (old Eye
Infirmary), Glasgow. G3
7NB. A free sexual health
screening and counselling
service for gay and
bisexual men. Clinics run
Tue & Wed 5.30-8.30pm.
Also Thu 5.30-8.30pm at
Glasgow LGBT Centre, 84
Bell Street. Same-day HIV
test Tue morning 8.3010am. Tel: 0141-211
8130.
www.steveretson
project.org.uk
TERRENCE HIGGINS
TRUST SCOTLAND NATIONAL OFFICE GLASGOW:
THT Direct 0845 1221200
Mon-Fri 10am-10pm, SatSun Noon-6pm.
E-mail: info.highland
@tht.org.uk
www.tht.org.uk
TOGETHER (GLASGOW):
Social/support
/information group for
men living with HIV.
Meets 1st Sun of each
month from 2-4pm at
LGBT Centre, 84 Bell St.
call Gay Men's Health.
E-mail: together
@gmh.org.uk
www.gmh.org.uk
/together
WAVERLEY CARE:
Old Coates House, 32
Manor Place, Edinburgh.
EH3 7EB. Waverley Care
is responsible for a
number of projects for
people living or affected
by HIV and/or Hepatitis C
in Scotland.
Tel: 0131-226 2206.
Fax: 0131-226 2209.
E-mail: director
@waverleycare.org
www.waverleycare.org
WAVERLEY CARE
AFRICAN SUPPORT GLASGOW:
Support for Africans
affected by HIV.
Tel: 0141-211 0192.
134 Douglas Street,
Glasgow. G2 4HF. HIV
prevention and support
services in Lanarkshire,
Ayrshire & Arran, Argyll &
Bute, the Glasgow area
and Western Central
Scotland. Support &
Advocacy Service
provides a full range of
welfare rights advice and
representation as well as
community service
volunteers (buddies). Also
provides a range of health
promotion services for
gay and bisexual men
throughout the West of
Scotland. Please contact
for further details.
Volunteers welcome!
Tel: 0141-332 3838.
Fax: 0141-332 3755.
Helpline: THT Direct 0845
1221200 Mon-Fri 10am10pm, Sat-Sun
Noon-6pm.
E-mail: info.scotland
@tht.org.uk
www.tht.org.uk
TERRENCE HIGGINS
TRUST SCOTLAND ABERDEEN OFFICE:
11 Waverley Place,
Aberdeen. AB10 1XH.
Formerly Phace Scotland.
HIV prevention and
support services in
Grampian including
Community Support,
Group Support and LGBT
groups. Also provides a
range of health promotion
services for Gay and
Bisexual men throughout
Grampian. Please contact
for further details.
Volunteers welcome! Tel:
0845 2412151. Fax: 0845
2412152. Helpline: THT
Direct 0845 1221200
Mon-Fri 10am-10pm, SatSun Noon-6pm.
E-mail: info.aberdeen
@tht.org.uk
www.tht.org.uk
TERRENCE HIGGINS
TRUST SCOTLAND HIGHLAND OFFICE:
34 Waterloo Place,
Inverness. IV1 1NB. LGBT
Support and activities. Tel:
Inverness (01463)
711585. Fax: Inverness
(01463) 711793. Helpline:
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: Teresa
D'Astoli, Buddy Service
Co-ordinator, 113
Oxgangs Road North,
Edinburgh. EH14 1EB
Tel: 0131-312 9953 or
07929 132675.
E-mail: buddy
@waverleycare.org
WAVERLEY CARE
DAYCARE SERVICE:
Offers a range of flexible,
creative and support
activities to people with
HIV in the community.
Tel: 0131-441 2791.
E-mail: daycare
@waverleycare.org
WAVERLEY CARE
MILESTONE HOUSE:
113 Oxgangs Road North,
Edinburgh. EH14 1EB.
Creates tailor-made
residential care for people
with HIV which is flexible,
creative and supportive.
Tel/Fax: 0131-441 6989.
E-mail: milestone
@waverleycare.org
WAVERLEY CARE
SOLAS :
2-4 Abbeymount,
Edinburgh. EH8 8EJ.
Information, support,
advice, counselling,
training and self
development, arts
activities, events, health
promotion, African
support, one-toone/group support and a
café. Also Crusaid
Hardship Fund - for those
experiencing economic
hardship due to HIV
infection. Café: Mon-Fri
8.30am-3.30pm. Support
services: Mon-Fri 9am5pm. Many support
groups and activities
outwith these hours,
please enquire. Tel: 0131661 0982.
E-mail: info
@waverleycare.org
www.waverleycare.org
OLDER GAYS
CAFFMOS:
Nationwide Social and
Contacts Club for the
older gay gentleman and
his admirers, both young
and old. Scottish group
next meets at Habana in
Edinburgh on Sat 24th
Aug from 1pm. Write: PO
Box 2087, Blackpool. FY4
1WL.
Tel: Blackpool (01253)
318327.
E-mail: Caffmos2
@aol.com
Edward is the Scottish
Contact E-mail: ebsc18624
@blueyonder.co.uk
www.caffmos
community.com
PRIME TIME:
Social group for men over
40. Meets 15 Roseberry
Crescent, Edinburgh,
every 2nd Sun from 24pm. Next dates: 6th &
20th Jul, 3rd, 17th & 31st
Aug. Tel: John on 0131556 1309 or Steve on
0131-558 9444.
E-mail: j.thompson39
@btinternet.com
www.primetime.uk.net
PRIMETIME
(GLASGOW):
Social group for men 40+.
Meets 1st Fri of each
month from 5.30-7pm at
the LGBT Centre, 84 Bell
St. Tel: Austen at Gay
Men's Health on 0141552 0112.
E-mail: primetime.
glasgow@gmh.org.uk
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 through habitual
manifestation and
perpetual perpetration.
www.thesisters.org.uk
OPI CONVENT OF DUNN
EIDEANN:
The Edinburgh convent.
Write: Mistress of
Communications, c/o PO
Box 666, Edinburgh. EH7
5YW.
E-mail: opi
@drink.demon.co.uk
OPI GLASGOW
MISSION:
Write: Novice Maddie Za
Hatter OPI, c/o PO Box
666, Edinburgh. EH7
5YW.
E-mail: maddie
@blueyonder.co.uk
OUTDOOR
PURSUITS
GAY BIRDERS CLUB:
For LGBT Birdwatchers.
Write: Gay Birders Club,
GeeBeeCee, BCM-Mono,
London. WC1N 3XX.
Tel: Annie on 0131-552
6333.
E-mail: info
@gbc-online.org.uk
www.gbc-online.org.uk
GAY CARAVAN &
CAMPING CLUB:
For men and women.
Regular meets throughout
the UK. Tel: Marc on
07977 317872.
E-mail: info
@gaycaravanclub.com
www.gaycaravan
club.com
GAY OUTDOOR CLUB:
Holds regular events
including walking, skiing,
cycling, climbing,
mountain-biking,
kayaking, mountaineering,
camping, youthhostelling, badminton,
running and swimming.
Please send an A5 sae to
PO Box 637,
Skellingthorpe, Lincoln,
LN6 5XD
E-mail: enquiries08
@gocscotland.org.uk
www.gocscotland.org.uk
GOC EDINBURGH:
Walks and MountainBiking: Andrew on
0131-477 0499.
Monthly Social (2nd Thu):
James on 0131-229
3142.
Cycling/Kayaking: David
on 07747 465743.
Running: Meets every
Wed at the Jawbone, The
Meadows, Edinburgh
(junction of Melville Drive
and Marchmont Road) at
6.30pm prompt. Grid Ref
NT255726. Everybody
welcome, men or women,
from complete beginners
to the more experienced.
Contact Robert on 07738
939836.
E-mail: robert.cole
@bt.com
GOC GLASGOW:
Walks: Robert on 0141950 1081. Cycling &
Swimming: Douglas on
0141-632 8707. Climbing:
Jonathan on 0141-334
0812. Badminton: Donn
on 07919 410042.
Running: Chris on 07786
263274.
GOC HIGHLANDS:
Walks & Weekend Trips:
Alan on Dores (01463)
751258.
GOC MOUNTAINEERING:
Tim on 0131-478 0844.
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@goc
scotland.org.uk
OUT DOOR LADS:
A UK-Wide, web-based
organisation, offering a
wide range of activities:
from camping, hostelling,
hill-walking and indoor
climbing, to the more
extreme activities like
gorge scrambling, ice
climbing, technical
mountain biking and
many more. There's
something for everyone,
no matter what your
interest. Core
membership is Gay and
Bi-sexual lads, aged 1835, but OutdoorLads does
not discriminate on any
grounds including age,
sexuality, disability or sex,
and welcomes anyone
who agrees with the
group's aims and
objectives.
www.outdoorlads.com
PARENTS
GAY DADS SCOTLAND:
Support group for gay
fathers. Meets on last Thu
of each month in a private
room in Edinburgh LGBT
Centre, 58a Broughton
Street. Gay dads from all
over Scotland welcome.
Tel: 07791 188742.
E-mail: info
@gaydadsscotland.org.uk
www.gaydads
scotland.org.uk
GLASGOW LESBIAN
MOTHERS GROUP:
Meets from 2pm on the
1st Sat of each month at
Glasgow LGBT Centre, 84
Bell Street.
E-mail: admin1
@glgbt.org.uk
and other venues across
the UK. Write: Edward
Carpenter Community,
BM ECC, London. WC1N
3XX. Tel: 08703 215121.
E-mail: contact_ecc
@edwardcarpenter
community.org.uk
www.gaycommunity
.org.uk
SPORTS
CALEDONIAN THEBANS
RFC:
PARENTS' ENQUIRY
SCOTLAND:
Rowe - Tel/Text: 07808
263173 or
E-mail: kevrowe72
@yahoo.co.uk
www.gfsn.org.uk
GOC CYCLING GROUPS:
Regular cycle rides, of
varying distance/pace. Tel:
David on 07747 465743
or Douglas on 0141-632
8707.
E-mail: enquiries08
@gocscotland.org.uk
www.gocscotland.org.uk
HOTSCOTS:
(2nd Sat of each month
from 7.30-9.30pm contact for details of
venue) and Glasgow (1st
Mon of each month at
Glasgow LGBT Centre, 84
Bell Street from 7-9pm).
For further info Tel/Text
07948 735179 or
E-mail: admin@transmen
scotland.org.uk
www.transmenscotland
.org.uk
BUCHLYVIE:
TV/TS Group:
Meets last Sat of each
month at 5pm. Tel: Kira on
07808 564626 (Mon-Thu
6-9pm), Gladys on
Buchlyvie (01360)
850516 or 07743
936157.
DUNDEE:
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.parentsenquiry
scotland.org
POLITICAL
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.liberal.org.uk
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:
The Edinburgh group of
CAMRA's Task Group for
LGBT real ale and cider
fans. Meets in The Regent
on the 1st Mon of each
month from 9pm to
sample the brewers' art Aug 2nd Mon (to avoid
GBBF). Tel: Karen on
0131-557 8790.
E-mail: lagrad
@drink.demon.co.uk
www.lagrad-edinburgh
.org.uk and
www.lagrad.org.uk
RESIDENTIAL
EVENTS
EDWARD CARPENTER
COMMUNITY OF GAY
MEN:
Committed to principles
of caring, trusting,
personal growth, sharing,
and creativity aimed at
nurturing 'community' as
an alternative to the
commercial scene.
Organises Gay Men's
Weeks and shorter events
each year in SW Scotland,
the English Lake District
Caledonian Thebans
Rugby Football Club is
Scotland's first gay/bi
friendly rugby club. Offers
gay/bi/trans men the
chance to learn the game
and play rugby in a safe
and supportive
environment.
Continually welcomes
new players (+18) at
whatever level or
experience and new
supporters to the club. If
you're interested in
playing or supporting gay
rugby in Scotland, please
get in touch. Come along
and get fit!
Tel: 07758 668784 or Text
"thebans" to 60300.
E-mail: membership
@thebans-rfc.co.uk
www.thebans-rfc.co.uk
EDINBURGH GOC
SWIMMING & GYM
GROUP:
Meets 8pm prompt each
Mon at the Royal
Commonwealth Pool,
Dalkeith Road in the main
entrance area and
afterwards in the Blue
Moon Café from 9.15pm.
EDINBURGH LGB
RUNNING GROUP:
Meets 6.30pm prompt
Wed at the Jawbones, The
Meadows.
Everybody made
welcome from complete
beginners to the more
experienced. You can just
turn up but best to let us
know so we can expect
you.
Contact: Robert on 07738
939836. E-mail:
robert.cole@gocscotland.
org.uk
GAY KAYAKING GROUP:
The group runs regular
lessons and excursions at
various places throughout
Central Scotland. Contact
for more information. Tel:
David on 07747 465743.
E-mail: david
@gocscotland.org.uk
GLASGOW GAY AND
LESBIAN BADMINTON
CLUB:
Meets each Thu from 810pm. Come along and
have fun and enjoy
meeting the other
members for a friendly
game. All welcome. Tel:
Paul on 07708 514676
(6-11pm).
GLASGOW SWIMMING
GROUP:
Meets informally during
adults-only session 7.309pm Thu at North
Woodside Pool, Braid
Square. Tel: Douglas on
0141-632 8707.
E-mail: douglas
@gocscotland.org.uk
and include GOC in the
subject line. Also contact
E-mail: enquiries08
@gocscotland.org.uk
www.gocscotland.org.uk
GAY FOOTBALL
SUPPORTERS
NETWORK:
Write: GFSN Membership
Secretary, PO Box 7424,
Milton Keynes. MK8
9WQ. Tel: Barry on Milton
Keynes (01908) 564085.
Scottish Contact: Kevin
Scotland's very first LGBT
group for football players
and fans alike. Currently
organises regular socials
and kick-abouts, and
would love to hear from
anyone anywhere in
Scotland who would like
to take part. There is an
entire Gay League in
England, and in time, they
can organise friendlies
and competitive games up
and down the country.
However, all ability levels
are welcome, and the
social side is just as
important as the playing so what are you waiting
for? Text "Football" to
60300 for more
information (texts cost
25p) or
E-mail:
mail@hotscotsfc.com
RACQUETEERS
BADMINTON GROUP:
Edinburgh based gay and
lesbian badminton club
meets Thu 7-9pm at
Meadowbank Stadium.
Spaces are limited. For full
details visit
http://sports.groups
.yahoo.com/group
/racqueteers_edin
TEAM SCOTLAND
BADMINTON CLUB:
Glasgow based gay and
lesbian badminton club
meets twice weekly for
competitive games.
International tournaments
and matches against
clubs in London and
Europe are held annually.
Sorry - no beginners. Tel:
Raymond on 0141-778
9220.
E-mail: teamscotland
@gaysport.info
www.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
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: Tom French,
LGBT Officer, NUS
Scotland, 29 Forth Street,
Edinburgh. EH1 3LE.
E-mail: lgbt@nusscotland.org.uk
TV/TS
NATIONAL:
Transmen Scotland:
A national support group
for all female to male
transgender people.
Holds regular monthly
meetings in Edinburgh
Diversitay: T With
Biscuits:
New Trans Group meets
monthly. For more
information, Tel: Diversitay
on Dundee (01382)
202620 (Mon 7-9pm).
EDINBURGH:
Polygender Scotland:
Provides support and
friendship to all people
who identify as
genderqueer, androgyne,
third gender, polygender
or any other gender other
than male or female.
Meets 2nd Thu of each
month (contact for details
of venue). Tel: Kelli Neil on
0131-523 1100. Tel:
Lewis on 0131-477 0525.
E-mail: admin
@androgyny.org.uk
www.androgyny.org.uk
T-Time:
Informal social for all
transgender people, their
partners, family and
friends, held the 3rd Sat of
each month (contact for
details of venue). A
friendly, safe and relaxed
environment where
there's also space to
change. Tel: 0131-523
1100.
E-mail: admin
@lgbthealth.org.uk
GLASGOW:
Crosslynx TV/TS/TG:
Group meets 2nd Wed of
each month from 7-10pm
at Glasgow LGBT Centre,
84 Bell Street. Tel:
Crosslynx Helpline on
0141-847 0787 (Mon
7.30-9.30pm).
Write: c/o 84 Bell Street,
Glasgow. G1 1LQ.
www.crosslynx.org
Sandyford Trans
Women's Support Group:
Meets at the Counselling
and Support Services
Group Room, Sandyford,
2-6 Sandyford Place (old
Eye Infirmary), on 1st
Wed of each month from
7pm and at the Peach
Room, Sandyford on 3rd
Sat of each month from
Noon. Phone Colin
MacKillop (Community
Access Co-ordinator) on
0141-232 8417 or
E-mail: colinmackillop
@nhs.net
INVERNESS:
Terrence Higgins Trust
Highland T Group (and
activities):
Tel: Inverness (01463)
711585 or
E-mail: agnes.boes
@tht.org.uk
WORKPLACE
EIS GAY AND LESBIAN
NETWORK:
Write: Veronica Rankin,
National Officer
(Education and Equality),
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: c/o Pat
Carberry, FBU, 68
Coombe Road, Kingston
upon Thames, Surrey.
KT2 7SE. Tel: 07725
602524.
E-mail: gal01@fbu.org.uk
www.fbulgbt.org.uk
GAY POLICE
ASSOCIATION IN
SCOTLAND:
Membership is open to all
police officers and police
staff, serving or retired.
Write: Inspector David
Lyle, Lothian & Borders
Police, 7 Chambers
Street, Edinburgh. EH1
1HR. Tel: 0131-247 4844.
E-mail:
central@gpascotland.com
(Central Scotland Police),
dg@gpascotland.com
(Dumfries and Galloway
Constabulary),
fife@gpascotland.com
(Fife Constabulary),
grampian@gpascotland.c
om (Grampian Police),
lbp@gpascotland.com
(Lothian and Borders
Police),
northern@gpascotland.co
m (Northern
Constabulary,
spc@gpascotland.com
(Scottish Police College),
strathclyde@gpascotland.
com (Strathclyde Police),
tayside@gpascotland.co
m (Tayside Police),
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 8109.
E-mail: louise.gilmour
@gmb.org.uk
UNISON:
Glasgow City Lesbian &
Gay Group. Meets last Tue
of month at 6pm in the
Glasgow LGBT Centre, 84
Bell Street.
YOUTH GROUPS
ABERDEEN:
Y@THT:
LGBT group for people
aged under 26. Meets 2nd
Sat of each month Noon3pm at THT, 11 Waverley
Place, Aberdeen. Tel: 0845
2412151.
E-mail: youth.aberdeen
@tht.org.uk
DUNDEE:
DV8:
Youth group for young
people 25 and under who
have issues with their
sexuality or with the
sexuality of a member of
their family. Meets Sat 46pm in Eighteen And
Under on Victoria Road,
Dundee. Offers a safe and
friendly environment to
meet and discuss issues
affecting the LGBT
community and our
families. Tel: Marley on
Dundee (01382) 206222.
E-mail: dv8_dundee
@yahoo.co.uk
DUMFRIES &
GALLOWAY:
LGBT Youth
Groups, volunteering and
support for LGBT people
under 26 from Dumfries
and Galloway. Write: 26
Brewery Street, Dumfries.
DG1 2RP. Tel: Dumfries
(01387) 739888. Text:
07785 274147.
E-mail: DandG
@lgbtyouth.org.uk
www.lgbtyouth.org.uk
Q-20:
Meets Wed 7-9pm at
LGBT Centre, 26 Brewery
Street, Dumfries. Run by
and for LGBT people aged
between 20 and 29. Has
been set up to be a safe
place where people can
meet others and make
friends, have fun, socialise
and raise issues! They
have lots of exciting plans
they want YOU to be a
part of so why not come
along and find out more?
www.myspace.com
/Q20group
EDINBURGH AND
NATIONAL:
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.
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 7.309pm). Office Tel/Fax:
0131-622 2266 (Mon-Fri
9.30am-5pm).
E-mail: info
@lgbtyouth.org.uk
www.lgbtyouth.org.uk
The website has details of
Youth Groups throughout
Scotland.
GLASGOW:
LGBT YOUTH SCOTLAND
YOUTH PROGRAMMES:
Glasgow Head Office, 38
Queen Street, Glasgow.
G1 3DX. Tel: 0141-548
8000. Also at: Glasgow
LGBT Centre, 84 Bell
Street, Glasgow. G1 1LQ.
Tel: 0141-552 4807.
VIVID YOUTH:
For young LGBT people
aged 13-25. Meets at
Glasgow LGBT Centre.
Group for 13-18 year
olds: Tue 7-9.30pm.
Group for 18-25 year
olds: Thu 7-9.30pm. Tel:
0141-548 8121.
E-mail:
glasgow@lgbtyouth
.org.uk
www.lgbtyouth.org.uk
INVERNESS:
Terrence Higgins Trust
Highland Youth Group
(and activities):
Tel: Inverness (01463)
711585 or
E-mail: agnes.boes
@tht.org.uk
MORAY:
LGBT YOUTH GROUP:
For under 26 year olds.
Tel: 0845 2412151.
E-mail: andi.watson
@tht.org.uk
HELPLINES &
SWITCHBOARDS
CROSSLYNX NATIONAL TV/TS/TG
HELPLINE
Mon 7.30-9.30pm.
Phone: 0141-847 0787
www.crosslynx.org
LOTHIAN GAY AND LESBIAN
SWITCHBOARD
Mon-Fri 7.30-10pm. Phone: 0131-556 4049
E-mail: help.switchboard@btconnect.com
or via website www.lgls.co.uk
CUMBRIA AND THE BORDERS GAY
HELPLINE
Nightly 6-9pm.
Phone: Bassenthwaite Lake (01768)
776244
LOTHIAN LESBIAN LINE
Mon 7.30-10pm.
Phone: 0131-557 0751
E-mail: help.switchboard@btconnect.com
or via website www.lgls.co.uk
DIVERSITAY LGBT SWITCHBOARD
(DUNDEE)
Mon 7-9.30pm.
Phone: Dundee (01382) 202620
Write: PO Box 53, Dundee. DD1 3YG.
E-mail: contact@diversitay.org.uk
www.diversitay.org.uk
STRATHCLYDE LESBIAN AND GAY
SWITCHBOARD
Nightly 7-10pm. Phone: 0141-847 0447
E-mail: info@sgls.co.uk www.sgls.co.uk
FIFE HATE CRIME REPORTING HELPLINE
24 hours.
Phone: Freephone 0800 3891425
A freephone number for people who wish
support in reporting to Fife Constabulary
crime motivated by hate. For further
information about the service or becoming
a trained helpline volunteer, phone us now!
HATE CRIME REPORTING LINE
Nightly 7-10pm. Phone: 0141-847 0647 or
Stirling (01786) 469483
STRATHCLYDE LESBIAN LINE
Wed 7.30-10pm. Phone: 0141-847 0547
www.sgls.co.uk/services1.htm
THT DIRECT
Mon-Fri 10am-10pm, Sat-Sun Noon-6pm.
Phone: 0845 1221200.
LONDON LESBIAN AND GAY
SWITCHBOARD
Daily 10am-11pm. Phone: 020-7837 7324.
Minicom: 020-7689 8501.
FAX: 020-7837 7300.
E-mail: admin@llgs.org.uk
www.llgs.org.uk www.queery.org.uk
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WOMEN
should come forward. Box
SG82109.
Astrid - Stirling 94 - Osnabrück
Lost touch with policewoman
friend from Stirling 94. You repeatedly contacted me. Please
call me again to let me know
your whereabouts. Call old number or E-mail:
lost.touch@web.de - love Astrid.
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Brighton: Bouncy pair of blokes,
masculine, tattooed, one with
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breasts) Kink/fetish. Your mansmells, ripe rear, smelly feet, pits.
Raise a stink with similar couples or singles. Box SG82110.
Fem Fun?
I’m looking for a sexy woman
for fun times. Box SG82105.
Glasgow Sporty Guy - Casual
Dressed - 6ft
Discreet Date?
Sexy female seeks sexy femme
for illicit liaisons and secret rendevous and more. Don’t be shy!
Let me show you the way. Why
not send a photo? Box
SG82106.
MEN
Edinburgh First Timer?
In town for the Festival? Why
not try something new? Your
friends need never know! Mature guy (50) looking for student
type guys for no strings attached meetings. Safe and sane.
Box SG82107
Palestine - Olive Picking - October
Gay guy, fit, attractive, 37, seeking other genuine guys for wonderful 10 day trip (Tours, Dea
Sea, Culture). Details alternative
trip. E-mail:
tiocfaidh_28@yahoo.com or
Write: Box SG82108.
Indian Seeking An Indian In
Glasgow
I am a well educated (28 years
old), 6 foot tall fair looking Indian who wants to meet Indians
in Glasgow for a good relationship (28-35 years old). Good relationship, I describe as the one
in which sex is not the first priority but doing it after falling in
romance is the first priority. Sex
freaks, game players, hard
punchers, soft dolls and oldies
please stay away. People interested in genuine relationships
Genuine, honest, caring, 32,
look 25, straight acting/looking,
athletic build, cute, can accommodate/travel. Hobbies: driving,
gym, pubs, clubs, holidays. Own
car/flat. Want friendship/relationship. 16-40. Gay/bi. Box
SG82111.
Looking For Casual Relaxing
Fun With Younger Guy(s)
Just looking for fun with guy(s)
aged 16-26 - probably at my
place in Central Edinburgh.
Nothing complicated: love not
required although mutual respect is a must. One off is good,
so is longer term fuck buddy.
I’m mostly active but can be versatile if that‘s what really works
for you. Safer fun only - no
barebacking. And a kiss or cuddle can be just as good as (or
better than) anything else - so
there are a lot of options. What
have you got to lose by replying
and seeing if our needs/desires
are compatible? Other than your
virginity which is soon gone
with this poof! SG82112.
35 Year Old Novice Taker For
55+ Guy
35 medium only. Had experience
with one horny older gay male.
You must be 55 or over - genuine experienced gay who can
accommodate. Like gay porn,
toys. Never had a real one want to squat on one and more
and pop a cherry. Travel any
time. Must be discreet. May try
threesome with genuine over 55
couple. Box SG82113.
Leather Master Wanted
I live in London and want to
meet an experienced leather
master now. Please respond.
Box SG82114.
Small, Fat, Old, Hairy,
Bearded, Ginger Seeks Fun
With Young, Smooth Guy
Small (5’6”), fat (15st), old (50),
balding red hair and beard, very
hairy body, looking for fun and
friendship with young (16-22)
guy. You: No piercings (self mutilation is not good or clever),
preferably a full head of hair (no
shaved heads - why do you want
to be bald at your age?), smooth
chest (shaved is good, naturally
smooth is better), no facial hair,
not anorexic (I like a bit of
plump - although slim is OK).
I’m probably far too picky - but
then I bet most suitable guys are
too! I can accommodate (Edinburgh) or will travel. Box
SG82115.
Chubby Seeks Stocky!
I would like to meet a stocky
guy for mutual massage times
together. I am very genuine and
honest. Box SG82116.
Bi Curious Male - 21 - Aberdeen
I’m a bi curious male, 21, very
inexperienced (never been with
a man!). Be the first man to explore my hot, toned body. Into
cross dressing. WLTM like
minded, similar male in my area
(18-21) to show me fun times.
Must be discreet. Box SG82117.
Mates Wanted
Joe, 39, good looking straight
acting, fit, loves the gym, theatre, going out on the scene or
straight bars. Looking for similar guys for nights out in Glasgow. Sick of standing at the bar
on my tod. Mates all straight.
Please no older than 40, sporty
guys preferred. I love my football. Mates only. Sorry this
sounds really clinical. Box
SG82118.
Young 16 Looking To Be Dominated
Guys, I’m willing to be a slave
and you can be as rough as you
want to me. Box SG82119.
Hairy Bear (50)
Seeks cub (under 26). Your cave
or mine! Box SG82120.
No Strings Fun And Frolics
Mid 40’s guy, Edinburgh, slim
and mostly active, wants to
meet good looking guys, 40-55,
for fun and frolics. Box
SG82121.
I Can’t Be Arsed
Asperger’s guy in 50’s, can no
longer be bothered with feigning
interest in the usual mating rituals. If you’re an Aspie aged 1626, let’s have a bit of fun
together. It may only last for an
hour - or it could become regular. No social skills means no
bullshit. Non Aspies welcome
too. Box SG82123.
Up Up And Away!
Frequent flier with Ryanair and
easyJet seeks young companion
for overseas visits. I’m 50, you
should be 16-26. Must have
passport. Send photo and full
details. Box SG82124.
Up And Coming!
Looking for men who enjoy the
wild side of life. Into FF, toys,
Y/B, S&M, etc. Genuine interest.
No time wasters please. All letters answered. Quick reply! Box
SG82125.
Dirty Old Man Seeks Banal
Aged 16-26? Into older guys?
Why not come and join me in
my large spa bath? Box
SG82126.
Willing Man
Seeks femme, effete, elegant or
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refined male - any age or shape.
I want to admire, adore you and
devote myself to you. Glasgow,
Central Belt. Box SG82127.
51, looking for some love and
affection from women and men
of all ages. Box SG82102.
North Ayrshire
Genuine youthful 59, slim, 5’7”,
smart appearance, would like to
meet discreet active top gay for
relationship. Likes cuddles and
kissing and O and A but a one
off sexy session would be nice
too. Box SG82129.
STRAIGHT
Want Summer Fun?
Any young guys want to spend
summer holidays in Shetland
Isles with young gay guy with
own place. Just want lots of fun.
Honest, genuine, looking for
same. Box SG82130.
Straight Lady Seeks Bi Gent
Intelligent slim brunette, 39,
would like to meet a bisexual
professional man, 45-55 years
old, for a loving long term relationship. Regular threesomes
with a mutual male friend would
certainly spice up one’s lovelife.
Inverness-shire. Box SG82104.
It All Comes Down To Friction
In The End
Would you like some in your
end too? Jovial 50 year old guy
seeks 16-22 year old for mutually pleasurable activities. Box
SG82131.
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 and
can accommodate but may
travel if required. Box SG82101.
Silver Bear
Edinburgh based 50something
guy seeks morally relaxed
women of all ages for fun and
friendship. Box SG82103.
LOOKING
FOR
Crush
You were at Pride Scotia 2006
and were in ScotsGay Magazine
of that month, you had very
spikey hair and an “I’m here I’m
queer” t-shirt on. I would love to
get to know you as I think I have
a crush on you! Please contact
me at this e-mail address so that
I can find out if there’s a chance
you might like me too? You
never know! Even if you are not
interested it would be nice to
hear that from you too. Please
e-mail: MrBeaucroft@googlemail.com
Retired Hippy
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Single, manly gay Dad, strongbodied 55, clean-shaven, dark
eyes. Former competitive
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with full particulars to Box
SG82122. [82a]
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Photogenic guys can earn £100
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[82a]
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(tapes available). Shared and
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www.gayscotland.com/alvahouse [83]
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[86a]
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Tel: Kenny on Inverness (01463)
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breakfast. Low cost flights direct
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Tel: 0845 643 9962. [85a]
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Seeking male or female, gay and
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Tel: 07504 131707. [82a]
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Tel: 0131-441 7898. E-mail:
charlie.coventry@yahoo.co.uk.
[99]
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Qualified translator based in Edinburgh offers translation services between the following
languages: English, Ukrainian,
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Write: Box SG82100.
City centre based, friendly, good
looking 9” active/versatile, available 24/7, in or out calls,
overnights welcome. Tel: 07944
168321 - MOMO. [82a]
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[82a]
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