ScotsGay Issue 85

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ScotsGay Issue 85

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Fanteaseya
Scottish Burlesque
£1.50 WHERE SOLD • ISSUE 85
MSC
Scotland
30th January 1st February
2009
A COMMUNITY MAGAZINE EDITED, PRINTED & PUBLISHED IN SCOTLAND SINCE 1994 • DISTRIBUTED IN LGBT AND OTHER SELECTED VENUES
NEWS
SNIPPETS
LGBT YOUTH SCOTLAND
Rabbit's Progress
Bisexual MSP Patrick Harvie has been
appointed as co-convenor of the
Scottish Green Party. He is also a Vice
President of the Gay and Lesbian
Humanists.
Jodie Fleming Writes: The people at LGBT Youth Scotland have
been busy bees and have a plethora of interesting opportunities on
offer for all. The commencement of their adult volunteering
programme has meant they have the resources to put on even more
events to bring the community together.
The Events and Resources team have been hard at work on the
scene, selling everything from ribbons and raffle tickets, to mulled
wine and kisses over World AIDS Day weekend! The Blue Moon
raised an impressive £190 through donations; Planet Out gathered
an amazing £350 through ribbon sales, drinks promos, dj requests
and staff kisses; and Habana topped the billing with a whopping
£550 from ribbon sales, mulled wine, donations and a fantastic
raffle - you really can get something back from giving!
Proving that volunteering can be fun and sexy, the Events and
Resources team have already come up with some great stuff for
LGBT History Month. On Saturday 31st January, they will be
holding their first ever LGBT Swap Shop. Do you struggle with
being given the wrong gender Xmas present? Do you dread the
New Year? At a time of year which can be isolating and bleak for
many, this is a time to come together and celebrate 2009 by getting
Jessica and Lynz help out. Pic by Jodie Fleming
out with your old and in with someone else’s new! So bring along
your unwanted clothes, Xmas pressies and bric-a-brac and swap it for someone else’s.
With New Year’s resolutions a-plenty, many aspire to ‘get fit’ and the team at LGBT Youth are planning fun and
creative ways to do this. Watch this space for ideas afoot such as the first ever LGBT walk/run in Edinburgh.
If you are interested in volunteering with LGBT Youth Scotland, they are campaigning for volunteers throughout
Scotland. If you live in Edinburgh, Glasgow or Tayside and would like to get involved, either as a volunteer or as a
participant, please get in touch. Likewise if you live in Edinburgh and would like to attend the LGBT swap shop, or
have donations you would like to contribute, please contact the team. Your community needs you!
E-mail: [email protected] or Tel: 0131-622 2266.
Nunsense
Scotland's Pastor Best OPI was
recently pictured with the Berlin
Sisters and German Chancellor Angela
Merkel. www.indulgenz.de
Scotland's Future
The Big LGBT Conversation will take
place on Thu 12th Feb at 7.00pm at
the Scottish Story Telling Centre in
Edinburgh.
Nu-Labour Government Rips Off
Transfolk
Draft legislation on the roll-out of ID
cards has revealed that people
transitioning will have to buy a second
ID card for their "new identity".
Forum
Over 50 people attended the first
National LGBT Forum at the
Lighthouse in Glasgow in December.
The second Forum is planned for
February.
Fanteaseya Burlesque Club is a LGBT
Friendly lavish new night of burlesque &
cabaret decadence! To find out more
about Madison Rose and Calliope Cootch
(pictured) and the club itself check out
www.myspace.com/fanteaseya
Pic by Miss Rain Photography
www.myspace.com/missrainphotography
Out & Safe 2009
Sat 28th Feb at Cedarwood, 20 Edgar
Road, Elgin - supported by Grampian
Police. A free event for the LGBT
community on policing and
community safety.
Spanky Spanky
SM Gays has re-launched its Rough
Sex, Safer Sex leaflet for gay men into
SM. www.smgays.org
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EDINBURGH
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The scene is simply overflowing with
mulled wine, with festive decs adorning all
of our favourite scene venues. And both
GHQ and CC Blooms have an extended 5am
drinking license for the whole of the
Xmas/New Year period. Woohooo – extra
drinkies!
On Xmas Eve, Café Habana promise
the best cabaret in town - with the return of
the amazing Miss Scarlet Diamond, and the
very best of Miss Coco Chanel. A show not
to be missed – and they’ve put it that bit
earlier for those not wanting to be too
hungover for Xmas!
If your inner party animal takes over on
Xmas Day, then there’s only one place for
you to be! Taste are holding their 15th
Annual Taste Escape Xmas Day Party. This
year it will be held at The GRV in Guthrie
Street, and features their resident DJs Fisher
& Price and Miss Chris, from 11-5am. You
can pay on the door, or book tickets on line
at www.taste-clubs.com. Book in advance to
avoid disappointment – although tickets can
be bought at the door too.
GHQ are also open on Xmas day, hosted
by DJ JT. All that dancing and cavorting is
the perfect opportunity to get workin’ on
those Xmas dinner calories! And GHQ are
offering their very own Xmas sale, with huge
reductions on all drinks on Boxing Day. At
Picardy Place, Cilla and Michelle will be
keeping the festive atmosphere alive with
fun, games and their usual hilarity.
The Tackno Xmas special is this year
being hosted at the gorgeously
festive and Voodoo Rooms, on
Sunday 28th December. With
Archangel Fancy Nancy and her
horny little devils hosting at the
pearly gates, the theme is ‘Heaven
and Hell. Saints and sinners alike
can worship at the Tackno alter,
with wicked tunes from ‘Devil
Woman’ herself and guests!
Opening at 10.30pm, the dress
code is ‘Horns and Halos’ and
entry fee concession is given to all
in costume!
I imagine there’s many a
scene goer hankering after a bit of
the oh-so-sad-that-it’s-now-over
X-Factor. So you will be pleased to
know that Austin will be doing a
PA at GHQ on Saturday 31st
December, as part of their New
Year extravaganza.
And after that, starting the
New Year off in style is the big
Taste New Years Day Party at The
Liquid Rooms, on Thurday 1st
January. Their resident DJs Fisher
& Price and Miss Chris will be
entertaining the masses in their
usual fantastic way from 11pm5am, again with the option of
either paying at the door (entry is
£8 members/£10 non-members)
or booking on-line in advance
www.taste-clubs.com
Poptastic is hosted at GHQ on
Friday 2nd January, with their DJs
playing a variety of indie, electro,
retropop and trash. Again, drinks
promos and extended opening hours ensure
this will be one hell of a party.
The Blue Moon Café invites us all to
celebrate with them during a week of parties
beginning on Saturday 31st January, and
culminating in a Big Celebratory Party on
Saturday 7th February. During this party
week you may look forward to Musical
Events; Comedy; Revivals; Fund-raisers; an
Ex Owners & Staff Party; and more: and
most importantly meeting up with old
friends and new… watch this space for
more info and updates… The Blue Moon
appeals to former owners and staff to get in
touch before the week of parties; and also
appeals to people to hand in pictures or
memories of the Café to make a display
collage of the history of our LGBT Café’s 21
years of serving our LGBT Community; from
its roots in its predecessor The Stonewall
Café which was the 1st LGBT Café in
Scotland, and the 2nd in the UK by only 1
day! So get those pictures and memories
out of your closet, and let’s take a trip back
to the beginnings of our LGBT Community
to see how independent, rebellious,
groundbreaking, and sexy we all were in the
80’s, 90’s and the naughties too!
When it’s time to make those New
Year’s resolutions – what are yours going to
be? Mine as always is to be more active.
And the LGBT Centre for Health and
Wellbeing has the very thing to make sure
this actually happens! They are launching
their January Active programme on
Saturday 10th January, from 11am-1pm.
So whether you want to get more active, or
simply want to meet new people, come
along and you will have the opportunity to
try out some fun new activities. Have you
ever wanted to try your hand at juggling or
plate spinning? Or have you ever wanted to
learn the skills to help defend yourself?
There will also be a chance to sign up to a
fantastic range of new courses including
badminton, yoga, performance poetry,
circus skills, indoor climbing and selfdefence. The January Active launch aims to
be a fun and relaxed event - you can take
part in as little or as much as you like! If
you haven’t been to the Centre before than
this is an ideal opportunity to come and
learn more about what we do. There will be
lots of information available on the day
about the community groups that meet at
the Centre, and they plan to unveil some of
their plans for the coming year… This is an
afternoon that must not be missed. And at
the very convenient time - you still have
plenty of time left to treasure hunt in those
January sales! For more info, E-mail:
[email protected] or Tel: 0131-523
1100.
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First up, the editor has been raving in
anticipation of an upcoming MSC Scotland
event. The MSC were founded in 1974, and
have been in continuous existence ever
since - so 2009 will see them celebrating
their 35th anniversary. 2009 is also the
250th anniversary of Burns’s birth, which is
why they are holding this very special series
of events. Their club, and other clubs, are
usually described as ‘leather clubs’. But
MSC member’s interests are today wider
than that.
MSC Scotland cater for any male for
whom sex is enhanced by role playing, or by
fetishes. Members are usually interested in
dress codes, and they enjoy dressing
appropriately, but these include skinhead,
military, denim etc. as well as leather. Some
members are interested in SM, watersports,
etc., and through MSC they can find a safe
environment for exploring these interests.
But this is in no way a requirement. So if
you’re a man interested or curious about
what it’s all about check out their weekend
of events at the end of January. See below
on this page for details , visit www.mscscotland.net or E-mail:
[email protected]
The favourite MSC Scotland haunt is the
New Town Bar, news of their Xmas/New
Year events is coming soon, but the Wii Play
nights from 7pm every Monday are always a
hoot. Check out their website
www.newtownbar.co.uk for the latest info.
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HIGHLANDS
(I don’t follow the scene - I AM the scene)
ou will never believe this but…. It’s
Christmas!!!! Yes that was sarcasm
and no this is not my favourite time of
year. Though my birthday is on New Year’s
Day and secretly I like to kid myself on that
you all come out on that day just for me!
Before we start can I just say to all the
people who were in Delmonica’s for charity
week and refused to donate, SHAME ON
YOU! Anyways that’s all in the past let’s
zoom forward to the future and give you the
highs and lows on the scene this month.
Beginning with all time favourite and
general good time gal with the funniest staff
around (I’m becoming a bit of a bar fly these
days due to their banter…) Bunties! They
have the following going on for the festive
season; On Saturday 20th December, Alan
Turner From X-Factor appearing Live At
Bennets At 1am which leads onto Saturday
27th December, Karen Danzig makes a
fantastic return, appearing Live At Bennets
At 1am plus a very special guest, Vk/Vs
£1.70, Orange Breezers £2.00 . And I have a
message from the management “Please
don’t forget we are open on Tuesdays with
drinks starting from £1.00 and Thursdays,
all drinks are £2.00 !! And On Fridays and
Saturdays, Drinks Start From £1.70 & Shots
Start From £1.50 With both floors open!!”.
Can I get my free drink for passing that on
now please?!?!? I am literally LOLling to
myself here…. (yes times are that hard and
I am that cheap…). Bennets also have a
‘New Sunday Drinks Promotion’ which is a
fantastic way to round off your weekends,
with drinks starting from £1.00.
Moving on err swiftly for all you Polo
punters who break into a sweat at the
mention of your social soiree nemesis….
Here is the Polo Xmas line-up. Kickin off the
festivities will be Rosie Mazone on Tuesday
23rd December fresh from winning Del’s Got
Talent with an acoustic guitar session round
the fire in the Lounge, check out her video of
the Glasgow version of “Foundations”. Top
that up with a dash of everyones fav
Glaswegian lass, Michelle McManus in the
Club on Xmas Eve with £1 - where else you
gonna go??
Sunday 28th December sees top tribute
band “Kitty Kat Dolls” performing in-house one not to be missed, these guys have had a
lot of media attention! Rounding off
December will be Livin’ Joy (Dreamer &
Don’t Stop Movin’) with some classic old
skool dance!! Oh god the memories I have
from that song, it was all cider and
snogging….
Those were indeed the days! January
brings the massively popular - Austin from
Xfactor. There by massive request
apparently although when I find out who
was making these requests I thoroughly
intend on bitch slapping them. I thought
good taste and being gay went hand in
hand?!?! Obviously not. Polo says “This
promises to be one not to miss as this
heartthrob will be getting up close and
personal with all his fans!” I say- “no thank
you very much….”
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Miss
Shivey
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ScotsGay has been hearing good things
about The Waterloo Bar’s Sunday night
Bingo hosted by the incomparable Cheri
Treiffel, this is proper entertainment of the
old school from Scotland’s oldest gay bar!
Xmas and 2009 events at the Waterloo are
not known as we go to press so check out
their website www.waterloobar.co.uk for the
latest
If you fancy something totally different
then why not head to my homeland of the
West End to see Miss Elaine C.Smith (aka
gay weegie icon extraordinaire) who is
performing in Oran Mor on Byres Road
between Friday 19th-Sunday 21st December
with tickets priced at £20 and can be bought
from www.ticketweb.co.uk This venue is
gorgeous and the timeless classic that is
Byres Road is one area all you classy gays
should be retreating to! Remember to pop
into mine for a glass of sherry!
So- Speakeasy, what the hell is going
on???? You started with such high hopes
and expectations this year and now look at
the bloody state of you! So far cannot find
any promotions or plans from this venue but
I did try! Rant over.
To Delmonica’s (high five for all the
hard work from the staff over charity week,
it was pulled well and truly out the bag and
was phenomenal!) They have a Christmas
rundown which is so good it’s worth the
liver damage and mounting credit card bills
at www.delmonicas.com - much too much
to list here….
For all of you feeling peckish over the
festive season, The MED Café is doing
Christmas lunches until the Tuesday 23rd
December and a four course dinner for all
you extra greedy bastards! Also in the MED,
Francine is now back on Friday nights and
the most lovely of couples Maureen and Rae
are doing their karaoke ‘thang’ on Saturday
nights.
Last but not least for those of you
wanting another reason to shout “he’s
behind you” other than when my good
friend Gary Gossip is on the prowl…. The
pantomime of The Wizard of Oz is already
proving a massive hit and is on until
Saturday 3rd January at The Citizens
Theatre with tickets ranging between £12
and £17 (depending on how cheap you are
obviously).
Well ladies, the game’s a bogey and it’s
time to say over and out! Merry Christmas,
Happy New Year and all that jazz. Egg nog
anyone?????
he New Year gets off to a good start at
Terrence Higgins Trust Scotland with
three new initiatives. To increase our
support for the LGBT community in
Highland we are starting a monthly social
evening for MSM - men who have sex with
men (whether they identify as being gay,
bisexual or not) and a monthly social
evening for WSW - women who have sex
with women (whether they identify as being
lesbian, bisexual or not) in Inverness. Just
come along, chill out, bring some friends,
and meet some new people in the cosy
sitting room at THT. We are very happy to
welcome you.
The first MSM evening takes place on
Monday 7th January and the first WSW
evening on Wednesday 28th January at THT,
34 Waterloo Place, Inverness.
From this month onwards a philosophy
club will open its doors at THT, maybe I
should say open its gates because the name
of this club is the Pink Castle. The ‘Pink
Castle’ is a place and an opportunity for
friends of Terrence Higgins Trust Scotland to
stretch their minds within an atmosphere of
peace and fun. These philosophy evenings
will take place on a monthly basis at THT,
Inverness and will be facilitated by Morgan.
We would like to open the ‘castle gates’ with
the following question: “Safe sex could
save my life so I can live it to the full.”
If we all know this then why is the rate of
sexually transmitted infections, such as
HIV, soaring? Knowing does not seem to
result in doing. Is heart locked in a battle
with mind? What do you think? What do
T
Agnes
Boes
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you think? Let’s talk about it on Tuesday
13th January from 7-9pm at THT, 34
Waterloo Place, Inverness.
Hillwalking in the Highlands with the
Gay Outdoor Club is on Saturday 3rdTuesday 6th January. Mar Lodge.
Post-Hogmanay long weekend, based in a
three-star self catering apartment in Mar
Lodge, near Braemar. For more information,
please contact GOC (Gay Outdoor Club)
Highland, Alan on Dores (01463) 751258 or
visit www.gocscotland.org.uk
Terrence Higgins Trust Scotland has
several 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://thtscotland-highlandservices.blogspot.com
Girlzone is a friendly, informal social
group for all ages. If you are a gay woman,
lesbian or bisexual woman (or if you are
questioning your sexual orientation), then
feel free to get in touch. All welcome
whether married, separated, divorced, single
or living with a partner (male or female).
Transwomen are welcome too. If you’re
nervous about coming along, a couple of us
can meet you in advance and show you we
don’t bite! Feel free to bring along a straight
friend for support if you wish. For more
information e-mail Joanne at [email protected] or text 0779 222 3687.MCC
(Metropolitan Community Church) – an
LGBT-friendly church - is holding a service
every third Sunday of the month at RNI
Chapel, Ness Walk, Inverness. Doors open
at 2.30pm and the service starts at 3pm.
More information at
www.MCCInverness.com
Terrence Higgins Trust Scotland’s
calendar: Monday 5th and Monday 19th
January, support group for sex workers;
Tuesday 6th January, hepC support group;
Wednesday 7th January, social group for
Men who have Sex with Men; Thursday 8th
January, LGBTCaithness social group;
Wednesday 14th January, social group for
people who identify as transgender;
Wednesday 21st January, LGBT movie
‘Beuatiful Boxer’; Wednesday 28th January,
social group for Women who have sex with
Women; Friday 30th January, HIV support
group. All activities take place at 34
Waterloo Place, Inverness, IV1 1NB.
Visit http://thtscotlandhighlandservices.blogspot.com,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/
LGBTnorthscotland or ring Inverness
(01463) 711585 for more details.
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DUNDEE
ey folks, welcome to another round up
of what is up in Dundee. Well kind of,
despite my heroic efforts going out
and getting pissed on several occasions this
week I’ve not always been able to catch up
with the people in the know, so I’m going to
try fill in the blanks the best I can.
Right first bit of gossip I do have, Joyce
– who runs the Gauger – is adamant that
she will have a new club open in early 2009
to offer direct competition with Out. She was
tight lipped on details, and just how far
ahead her plans are I don’t know, but it will
be interesting to see where this goes. I’ve
also been reliably informed that Ross, the
DJ in the Gauger, has an alibi for a recent
armed van robbery, the uncanny
resemblance with the photofit in The Sun
being pure chance!
I’m not too sure what the opening
times are at the Gauger over the festive
period, except there is a Hogmanay party on
the 31st, from 8pm. Tickets are available
from the bar at £2 per head, and all
proceeds will be going to the Frances Wright
pre-school centre mini bus fund.
Along at Brooklyn’s - they are open
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Chris
Courier
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Wednesday through to Sunday, Wednesday
and Friday karaoke with Suzie, free quiz
nights with some great prizes every
alternate Thursday, DJ on Saturdays and
karaoke with Robert on Sundays. There are
the usual great prices on drink - my
personal favourite being Jack Daniels and
cola for £2!!! – as well as other offers
throughout the week. Out is open on the
same evenings, and both are open
throughout the festive period except
Thursday 1st January.
Jocks Sauna will be closed on
December 25th, 26th, 31st and January 1st.
Aside from these days it is open all week,
Noon-10pm Sunday to Thursday and Noon11pm Friday and Saturdays. The
first themed night is set for Tuesday 20th
January, as a sportswear night - footie kit,
jock straps or swim wear welcome!
The Diversitay switchboard will be
open the two Mondays over the festive
period, and the guys and gals who volunteer
their time with this group will be doing
outreach leading up to Xmas. Other news
from Diversitay: following the success of
the women’s disco in November another
has been planned for the beginning of March
– more details to follow; Diversitay’s trans
group ‘Tea with Biscuits’ will be meeting on
the third Thursday in January; the
Diversitay newsletter will be out in January;
and finally ladies, to get the local lesbian and
bi women monthly newsletter simply get
added to their mailing list by
E-mail: [email protected].
To get more details call the Diversitay
switchboard on Dundee (01382) 202620
Mondays 7-9:30pm or
E-mail: [email protected]
Finally, I wish Duncan and his partner
Graham a speedy recovery from a recent
homophobic attack in the Hilltown that has
landed Duncan in hospital. It has left those
who know him shocked that such a nice guy
could end up in this situation, and some
disappointed with the reaction of the police.
Anyway a Merry Xmas, and all the best for
the New Year!
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more.
www.cheerzbar.net
CLUB
FOUNDATION*
Carnegies Brae.
Tel: (01224) 611451.
Tue-Sun 11pm-3am.
Popular club opposite
The Tunnels.
MARKET ARMS*
13 Hadden Street.
Mon-Sat 11am-11pm,
Sun 1-11pm.
Traditional bar with
quizes and karaoke.
WELLMAN'S
HEALTH
STUDIO*
218 Holburn Street.
Tel: (01224) 211441.
Mon-Fri Noon-10pm,
Sat 11am-9pm, Sun 29pm. 8-man Jacuzzi,
sauna, steamroom,
café. Free Wifi Internet
access. Massage
available.
E-mail: rod@
wellmans-healthstudio.com
www.wellmans-healthstudio.com
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. Small but
friendly.
MIXED BAG
QOS Hospitality
Lounge, Palmerston
Park.
Tel: (01387) 252441.
8pm-2am. Last Fri of
each month. Monthly
club night.
E-mail:
[email protected]
www.outfront.org.uk
DUNDEE
THE GAUGER*
75-79 Seagate.
Tel: (01382) 226840.
Sun 12.30pm-
Midnight, Mon-Sat
11am-Midnight. LGBTfriendly bar with free
disco Fri & Sat 8pmMidnight.
Info Line: 07736
936650. Sun 11pm3am. Club night.
E-mail: dale
@lushmarketing.com
www.club-booty.com
JOCKS HEALTH
CLUB/SAUNA*
C.C. BLOOM'S*
11 Princes Street. Tel:
(01382) 451986. SunThu Noon-10pm,
Fri-Sat Noon-11pm.
Dundee’s newest gay
venue. Sauna, gym,
steamroom, lockers,
lounge, cabins.
23-24 Greenside
Place.
Tel: 0131-556 9331.
Sun 7pm-3am, MonThu 6pm-3am, Fri-Sat
6pm-3am. Two funky
floors! Disco every
night from 11pm.
E-mail: ask
@jockssauna.co.uk
www.jockssauna.co.uk
E-mail:
[email protected]
www.bebo.com/
CCBloomsNightClub
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.
REHAB*
2 St Andrew's Lane.
7pm-Midnight. Well
appointed LGBT bar
around corner from
OUT. Entrance under
rainbow flag.
E-mail:
[email protected]
EDINBURGH
THE AULD
HOOSE*
23-25 St Leonards
Street.
Tel: 0131-668 2934.
Sun 12.30pm-1am,
Mon-Sat 11.30am1am.
Everybody-friendly real
ale bar. Food served:
Mon-Sat 11.30am9.30pm, Sun
12.30-8pm.
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."
E-mail: mail
@claremontbar.co.uk
www.claremontbar.co.uk
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
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*
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.
FURBURGER
GHQ (Back Room), 4
Picardy Place. Tel:
0131-550 1780.
11pm-3am. 2nd Fri of
each month. Popular
women’s club night.
E-mail: furburger.club
@hotmail.co.uk
4 Picardy Place. Tel:
0131-550 1780. 5pm3am. Stylish bar and
club catering for the
capital's fashionable
gay crowd. Free entry
before 11pm £4/£3
thererafter.
www.bluemooncafe.co.uk
www.socialanimal.co.uk/
Edinburgh/GHQ/
220 Morrison Street.
Tel: 0131-538 7069.
Mon-Sat 10am-1pm,
2-5.30pm. Sells a
selection of gay
magazines.
BOOTY
Medina Nightclub
(Under Negociants),
45-47 Lothian Street.
58a and 60 Broughton
Street. Houses Café
Nom De Plume
(opening soon) and
Pride Scotia
(Edinburgh). Provides
meeting and
noticeboard space for
many LGBT
organisations. Free
WiFi Internet access
(sponsored by
ScotsGay). Bought in
1974 by the Scottish
www.bebo.com
/ClubMore
NEW TOWN
BAR*
FRENCHIES
BAR*
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.
EDINBURGH
LGBT CENTRE*
Cabaret Voltaire, 36
Blair Street.
Tel: 0131-220 6176.
Info Line: 0131-557
4656. 11pm-3am.
Every Sun. Club night.
Entry is free.
E-mail: newtownbar
@aol.com
www.newtownbar.co.uk
Luna, 14 Picardy
Place. Tel: 0131-478
7434. Info Line: 0131557 4656. 11pm-3am.
1st Sat of each month.
Club night.
GHQ*
E-mail: saltire28
@yahoo.co.uk
http://dv8fetishclub.co.uk
MORE
www.taste-clubs.com
FEVER
DEEP BLUE*
Spiders Web
Basement, 258
Morrison Street. Tel:
0131-228 1949. 8pm1am. Last Fri of each
month. Fetish club.
www.luvely.com
26B Dublin Street. Tel:
0131-538 7775. Sun
12.30pm-1am, MonThu Noon-1am, Fri-Sat
Noon-2am. Food:
Mon-Fri Noon-3pm.
Popular and busy gay
bar. Free WiFi Internet
access.
DV8
BLUE MOON
CAFÉ*
The Liquid Room, 9c
Victoria Street. Tel:
0131-225 2564. Info
Line: 0131-657 4633.
10.30pm-3am. 1st Sat
of each month. Club
night.
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. Free WiFi
Internet.
E-mail: cafehabanaEH1
@mac.com
www.cafehabanaEH1
.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.
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! £10 (£8
concessions), £5 after
8pm.
www.number18sauna
.com
PLANET*
6 Baxter's Place. Tel:
0131-556 5551. 4pm1am. Popular and
busy gay bar with
friendly staff.
E-mail: planetout
@btinternet.com
www.bebo.com
/planet-out
THE PLAYGIRL
MANSIONS
Lulu, underneath
Tigerlily, 125 George
Street. Tel: 0131-225
5005. Sun 10am-3am.
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
with unconventional
opening hours!
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!
QUEER MUTINY
Queer autonomous
space . 1st Birthday
Party: Fri 16th Jan,
Forest Café, 3 Bristo
Place, 9pm-3am.
E-mail: EdinburghQueer
[email protected]
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. CAMRA's
Lesbian & Gay Real
Ale Drinkers meet here
on the 1st Mon of the
month from 9pm.
E-mail: theregentbar
@tiscali.co.uk
www.lagrad-edinburgh
.org.uk
SOLAS CAFÉ*
2/4 Abbeymount. Tel:
0131-661 0982. MonFri 8.30am-3.30pm.
Attached to Waverley
Care Solas HIV/AIDS
Information Centre.
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.
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.
www.myspace.com
/thestreetbar
TACKNO*
The Voodoo Rooms,
19a West Register
7060. Sun 28th Dec
10pm-5am. One off
event with DJ Trendy
Wendy and guests.
Entry: £8/£7. Tickets in
advance: £6/£5 from
The Street, GHQ and
Planet Out. Pre-club
party from 9pm at The
Street.
E-mail: djtrendywendy
@mac.com
www.tackno.com
VELVET
WOMEN’S CLUB
NIGHT
No new dates until
further notice. Watch
this space...
E-mail: clubvelvet
@blueyonder.co.uk
www.myspace.com
/clubvelvet
9am-Midnight.
Intimate bar. Straight
until mid-evening.
DELMONICA'S
BAR*
68 Virginia Street. Tel:
0141-552 4803.
Noon-Midnight. DJs
nightly from 9pm. Thu:
Quiz. Sun: Karaoke.
GlasgowCityCentre/
Delmonicas
www.word-power.co.uk
GLASGOW
BENNETS*
80-90 Glassford
5761. Tue, Thu-Sun
11.30pm-3am.
Scotland's oldest gay
disco.
www.bennetsnightclub
.co.uk
BYBLOS
NIGHTCLUB
Unit Q, Merchant
Square, 75 Albion
3895. Mon & Tue
11.30pm-3am.
Popular club nights.
£3/£2.
E-mail: information
@tlcglasgow.co.uk or
[email protected]
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.
Café/Bar. ScotsGay
available in bar.
E-mail: gen
@cca-glasgow.com
www.cca-glasgow.com
E-mail: admin
@clonezone.co.uk
www.clonezonedirect
.co.uk
COURT BAR*
69 Hutcheson Street.
Tel: 0141-552 2463.
Sun 12.30pmMidnight, Mon-Sat
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.
www.tron.co.uk
THE TUNNEL
84 Mitchell Street. Tel:
0141-204 1000. Wed
11.30pm-3am. Allure:
Club night. Entry
£3/£2.
E-mail: information
@tlcglasgow.co.uk
www.tunnelglasgow
.co.uk
Q! GALLERY*
UTTER GUTTER
E-mail: fhq
@g1group.com
GlasgowCityCentre/FHQ
87-91 Saltmarket.
Tel/Fax: 0141-552
7575. Text: 07762
722460. Mon-Fri
11am-5pm. Glasgay's
year-round gallery
dedicated to queer art.
GLASGOW LGBT
CENTRE (GGLC)*
E-mail: info
@glasgay.co.uk
www.glasgay.co.uk
The Art School,
Renfrew Street. 11pm3am. Second Sat of
each month.
Alternative queer night
that sticks two fingers
up at the mainstream
scene. £10.
FHQ*
10 John Street. Tel:
0141-553 5851. MonThu 5pm-Midnight, Fri
5pm-2am, Sat-Sun
Noon-2am. Female
only bar and club.
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.
E-mail: admin1
@glgbt.org.uk
www.glgbt.org.uk
www.medcafebar.co.uk
THE LANE
60 Robertson Lane.
Tel: 07789 906851.
Irregular hours. Sauna.
Not very busy.
M.E.D*
0141-552 9876. Sun
1pm-Midnight, MonSat 11am-Midnight.
Café at the LGBT
Centre.
E-mail: feedback
@medcafebar.co.uk
www.medcafebar.co.uk
RELAX
CENTRAL*
3rd Floor, 27 Union
0415. Sun Noon8.30pm, Mon-Sat
11.30am-10pm.
Established gay sauna.
Entry £8.
E-mail: relaxcentral
@hotmail.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. Free WiFi.
www.revolverglasgow
.com
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.
www.silksandsecrets.com
MERCHANT
PRIDE
20 Candleriggs. Tel:
0141-564 1285. Sun
12.30pm-Midnight,
Mon-Fri 4pmMidnight, Sat
Noon-Midnight. Bar in
the heart of the
Merchant City.
CLONE ZONE*
45 Virginia Street.
Tel/Fax: 0141-553
2666. Sun 12.306.30pm, Mon-Sat
10.30am-7pm.
Clothes, videos,
magazines, toys.
www.thepipeworks.com
0141-552 6657. Sun
11am-Late, Mon-Sat
10am-Late.
Friendly theatre bar.
Mixed. Good food.
GlasgowCityCentre/
Polo_Lounge
WORD POWER*
43-45 West Nicolson
9112. Sun 12-5pm,
Mon-Sat 10am-6pm.
Independent radical
bookshop.
(£10 concession), after
1.30am Fri-Sat £8.
SÌTH CAFÉ*
459 Dumbarton Road.
Tel: 0141-334 9013.
10am-10pm. LGBTfriendly community
arts, music and stuff
with coffee and food.
E-mail: info
@sithcafe.com
www.sithcafe.com
MODA*
58 Virginia Street. Tel:
0141-553 2553. MonThu 5pm-1am, Fri-Sun
5pm-3am. Fashionable
pub/club.
GlasgowCityCentre/Moda
THE
PIPEWORKS*
5-10 Metropole Lane.
Tel: 0141-552 5502.
Mon-Sun Noon-3am.
Men's Health and
Leisure Club. Usual
facilities. Entry £12
SPEAKEASY*
10 John Street. Tel:
0141-553 5851. MonThu 5pm-Midnight, Fri
5pm-2am, Sat-Sun
Noon-2am. Bar.
E-mail: speakeasy
@g1group.com
GlasgowCityCentre/
Speakeasy
TRON THEATRE
CAFÉ BAR*
Chisholm Street. Tel:
0141-552 8587. Fax:
E-mail: uttergutter
@hotmail.com
www.myspace.com
/utterlygutted
VIOLATE
Violate Club Line:
09099 108174 (60p
per min at all times) or
07939 723387. BDSM
and general pervery.
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. 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. 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.
STIRLING
ALBION BAR*
51 Barnton Street. Tel:
(01786) 461252.
Mixed bar.
E-mail:
[email protected]
www.albionbar.com
This Januar y come and join us for a
month filled with events to jump star t
your new year resolutions.
Januar y Active Launch Day
Saturday 10th January 11am-1pm
Join us at the Centre as we launch a month of activities
aimed at kicking of f a healthy 2009.
There will be the opportunity to sign up to our brand
new courses plus taster sessions in juggling,
plate spinning and self defence will also be on offer.
If you are new to the Centre there will be information
about the Centre’s groups and activities.
So if your looking to get active this January come
join us for a smoothie!
Courses in 2009
Rock climbing, badminton, yoga, performance poetry,
circus skills, self defence and more!
For the full programme of activities visit our website or contact the Centre
9 Howe Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6TE
0131 523 1100
[email protected]
www.lgbthealth.org.uk
GROUPS
WOMEN'S
LISTINGS
ABERDEEN:
Granite Sisters:
ScotsGay Listings are FREE. Send your group’s details and logo to [email protected]
For bang up-to-date info visit www.scotsgay.co.uk/listings
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:
[email protected]
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.
www.qsmag.co.uk
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:
PRIDE SCOTIA:
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:
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:
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:
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
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.
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:
Disco:very:
The newsletter from
Diversitay. Available from:
Diversitay (LGBT Group),
PO Box 53, Dundee, DD1
3YG.
DUNFERMLINE:
FifeFLAGS:
Fife Free Lesbian and Gay
Society. Based in
Dunfermline, provides a
welcoming and safe
meeting space and 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 nonthreatening environment.
First timers can be met
outside. Phone Lothian
Switchboard for details.
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.
Pride Glasgow:
Previously Pride Scotia
(Glasgow). Currently
recovering from Pride
Glasgow 2008. Write: 84
1LQ. Tel: 0141-416 2300.
E-mail: pride
@prideglasgow.co.uk
www.prideglasgow.co.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.
www.13.clara.co.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.
INVERCLYDE:
Clyde Men:
Social and support group
for Gay and Bi men. Meet
1st Sat of each month at
Noon in Greenock. Tel:
0141-552 0112.
E-mail: austen
@gmh.org.uk
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
STIRLING:
Stirling Gay Men's Social
Group
Meets monthly from SepJun (generally 3rd Fri) in
private houses.
E-mail:
[email protected]
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
Lesbian Social Group:
Meets 3rd Wed of each
month at 7.30pm in The
Regent, 2 Montrose
Terrace.
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.
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
OLGA - Older Lesbians
Get Around:
Meets monthly on 2nd
Sat of each month at
2.30pm in Glasgow LGBT
Centre, 84 Bell Street.
3rd Wed of each month in
Edinburgh (8pm in the
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
1LQ. Information line:
07963 960321.
E-mail:
[email protected]
www.biscotland.org
INVERNESS:
Highland Bisexual Group
(and activities):
711585 or
E-mail:
[email protected]
INVERNESS:
ABUSE
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
BROKEN RAINBOW
LGBT DOMESTIC
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
Highland Lesbian Group
(and activities):
711585 or
E-mail: agnes.boes
@tht.org.uk
NATIONAL:
LESBIAN INFORMATION
SERVICE:
E-mail: jan
@lesbianinformation
service.org
www.lesbianinformation
service.org
OUT-SKIRTS:
A monthly e-newsletter
for lesbian and bi women
in Tayside, Fife and
beyond.
E-mail:
[email protected]
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:
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
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.
RAPE CRISIS SCOTLAND
HELPLINE:
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:
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/
ptt/blog.html
BDSM
MSC SCOTLAND:
A club for men interested
in Leather, Rubber,
Uniform. Meets in
Edinburgh from 10pm
downstairs in the New
Town Bar on the 1st Fri
and 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
month.
E-mail: scotsskins
@btinternet.com
http://scotsskins
.bravehost.com
SM GAYS:
www.smgays.org
BEARS
BEARSCOTS:
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:
Informal 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: Bearly-awake
Brunch, New Town Bar,
12.30-2.30pm.
Church, 41 George IV
Bridge, Edinburgh. EH1
1EL.
E-mail: mail@
mccedinburgh.com
www.mccedinburgh.com
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.
A church of the LGBT
communities welcoming
all people. For details of
worship services and
events, contact or visit
web site. Tel or Text:
07972 139128.
E-mail: kate
@mccinglasgow.co.uk
www.mccinglasgow.co.uk
BELIEVERS
AFFIRMATION
SCOTLAND:
Network in the Church of
Scotland of lesbian, gay,
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: monicastewart
@btinternet.com
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).
Members of the LGBT
Community and their
friends are most
welcome.
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.
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
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
METROPOLITAN
COMMUNITY CHURCH
IN GLASGOW:
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:
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
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
SALTIREBLUE
MOTORCYCLE CLUB:
A Scottish club for
women and men.
Promotes the use of the
web, e-mail, SMS and
telephone so that
members can notify each
other about bike runs at
very short notice to take
advantage of Scotland’s
variable weather!
E-mail: info
@saltireblue.com
www.saltireblue.com
CULTURAL
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.
Rehearses Tue eves in
Central Edinburgh. For full
details and to sign-up:
www.egmc.co.uk
GLASGAY!:
Scotland's annual
celebration of queer
culture. Next dates: 8th
Oct - 8th Nov 2009.
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
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: miles
@livingmemory.org.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.
www.freewebs.com/ikas
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
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
www.loudandproud
choir.org
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:
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
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.
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
[email protected]
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.
BROWNLEE
COMMUNITY TEAM:
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:
GAY MEN'S HEALTH
GLASGOW:
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.
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:
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.
www.gmh.org.uk
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
GROUPS
Edward is the Scottish
Contact E-mail: ebsc18624
@blueyonder.co.uk
www.caffmos
community.com
PRIME TIME:
ScotsGay Listings are FREE. Send your group’s details and logo to [email protected]
For bang up-to-date info visit www.scotsgay.co.uk/listings
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. Recently reopened and available for
community group
bookings. Activities and
drop-in sessions have
resumed. Working in
partnership with the LGBT
community and health
service providers to
improve the physical,
mental and social
wellbeing of lesbian, gay,
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
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
Bell Street. Same-day HIV
test Tue morning 8.3010am. Tel: 0141-211
8130.
www.sandyford.org/srp
TERRENCE HIGGINS
TRUST SCOTLAND NATIONAL OFFICE GLASGOW:
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:
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
WAVERLEY CARE
AFRICAN SUPPORT GLASGOW:
Support for Africans
affected by HIV.
Tel: 0141-211 0192.
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
OLDER GAYS
CAFFMOS:
Nationwide Social and
Contacts Club for the
older gay gentleman and
his admirers, both young
and old. Scottish group
meets regularly at Habana
in Edinburgh. Write: PO
Box 2087, Blackpool. FY4
1WL.
Tel: Blackpool (01253)
318327.
E-mail: Caffmos2
@aol.com
Social group for men over
40. Meets LGBT Centre
for Health & Wellbeing, 9
Howe Street, Edinburgh,
every 2nd Sun from 24pm. Next date: 28th Dec.
Tel: John on 0131-556
1309 or Steve on 0131558 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.
[email protected]
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
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:
kayaking, mountaineering,
camping, youthhostelling, badminton,
running and swimming.
For more information, vist
website or send an A5 sae
to PO Box 637,
Skellingthorpe, Lincoln,
LN6 5XD. Or Tel: 0844
8700462.
www.gocscotland.org
GOC EDINBURGH:
Walks and MountainBiking: Andrew on
0131-477 0499.
Monthly Social (2nd Thu):
James on 0131-229
3142.
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
@gocscotland.org
GAY OUTDOOR CLUB:
Holds regular events
including walking, skiing,
cycling, climbing,
mountain-biking,
PARENTS' ENQUIRY
SCOTLAND:
Coming out? Information
and support for parents of
LGBT people. Helpline and
admin: Tel: 0131-556
6047 before 10pm. Write:
c/o ScotsGay Magazine,
PO Box 666, Edinburgh.
EH7 5YW.
E-mail: parentsenquiry
@hotmail.com
www.parentsenquiry
scotland.org
POLITICAL
LIBERAL PARTY
LESBIAN AND GAY
CAMPAIGN:
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@
gocscotland.org
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
For men and women.
Regular meets throughout
the UK. Tel: Marc on
07977 317872.
E-mail: info
@gaycaravanclub.com
www.gaycaravan
club.com
1st Sat of each month at
Bell Street.
E-mail: admin1
@glgbt.org.uk
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
THE FINDHORN
FOUNDATION:
Spiritual community,
ecovillage and education
centre. Offers regular
residential workshops and
retreats for gay men and
lesbians at Findhorn in the
North East of Scotland,
and at its retreat house on
the peaceful island of
Iona. Tel: Findhorn
(01309) 690311.
E-mail:
[email protected]
WWW:
http://bit.ly/findhorn-lgbt
for all Findhorn
Foundation gay and
lesbian workshops, or
http://www.findhorn.org/
for information about all
the Foundation’s activities.
NETWORK:
Write: GFSN Membership
Secretary, PO Box 7424,
Milton Keynes. MK8
9WQ. Tel: Barry on Milton
Keynes (01908) 564085.
Scottish Contact: Kevin
Rowe - Tel/Text: 07808
263173 or
E-mail: kevrowe72
@yahoo.co.uk
www.gfsn.org.uk
SPORTS
Scotland's very first LGBT
group for football players
and fans alike. Currently
organises regular socials
and kick-abouts every
Sun afternoon at
Meadowbank and would
love to hear from anyone
anywhere in Scotland who
would like to take part.
Has now been accepted
into the national gay
league and is playing 12
competitive fixtures in the
2008/9 season as part of
that. 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:
[email protected]
www.hotscotsfc.com
ABERDEEN GAY
FOOTBALL:
New gay football team
meeting regularly to play
and for social events.
Based in Aberdeen and
open to people of all ages,
experience and ability.
E-mail: abdngayfootball
@hotmail.co.uk
www.bebo.com/
abdngayfootball
CALEDONIAN THEBANS
RFC:
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
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
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
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).
GAY FOOTBALL
SUPPORTERS
HOTSCOTS:
A national support group
for all female to male
transgender people.
Holds regular monthly
meetings in Edinburgh
(2nd Sat of each month
from 7.30-9.30pm contact for details of
venue) and Glasgow (1st
Mon of each month at
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:
RACQUETEERS
BADMINTON GROUP:
Edinburgh based gay and
lesbian badminton club
meets Thu 7-9pm at
Meadowbank Stadium.
Spaces are limited.
E-mail: info
@theracqueteers.co.uk
www.theracqueteers.co.
uk
TEAM SCOTLAND
BADMINTON CLUB:
Glasgow based gay and
lesbian badminton club
meets twice weekly for
competitive games.
International tournaments
and matches against
clubs in London and
Europe are held annually.
Sorry - no beginners. Tel:
Raymond on 0141-778
9220.
E-mail: teamscotland
@gaysport.info
www.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.
TV/TS
NATIONAL:
Transmen Scotland:
TV/TS Group:
Meets last Sat of each
month at 5pm. Tel: Kira on
07808 564626 (Mon-Thu
6-9pm), Gladys or
Michelle on Buchlyvie
(01360) 850516 or 07743
936157.
E-mail: gladyspaterson2
@yahoo.co.uk
DUNDEE:
Diversitay: T With
Biscuits:
New Trans Group meets
monthly. For more
information, Tel: Diversitay
on Dundee (01382)
202620 (Mon 7-9pm).
EDINBURGH:
Edinburgh Trans Women:
Support group for
transsexual women.
Meets 3rd Sat of each
month 5-6.30pm in LGBT
Centre for Health and
Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street.
E-mail:
info@edinburghtranswom
en.org.uk
www.edinburghtranswom
en.org.uk
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,
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:
Highland T Group (and
activities):
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.
www.fbulgbt.org.uk
GAY POLICE
ASSOCIATION IN
SCOTLAND:
Membership is open to all
police officers and police
staff, serving or retired.
Write: Chief Inspector
David Lyle, Lothian &
Borders Police, 7
Chambers Street,
Edinburgh. EH1 1HR. Tel:
0131-247 4844.
E-mail: david.lyle
@lbp.pnn.police.uk,
[email protected]
(Central Scotland Police),
[email protected]
(Dumfries and Galloway
Constabulary),
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(Fife Constabulary),
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om (Grampian Police),
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0141-352 8109.
E-mail: louise.gilmour
@gmb.org.uk
UNISON:
Glasgow City LGBT
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at 5.30pm in the Glasgow
Street. All LGBT members
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ABERDEEN:
Y@THT:
LGBT group for people
aged under 26. Meets 2nd
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Place, Aberdeen. Tel: 0845
2412151.
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The website has details of
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LGBT YOUTH
DUNDEE:
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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
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E-mail: dv8_dundee
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LGBT Youth D&G:
Groups, volunteering and
support for LGBT people
under 26 from Dumfries
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Brewery Street, Dumfries.
DG1 2RP. Tel: Dumfries
(01387) 739888. Text:
07785 274147.
E-mail: DandG
@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
SCOTLAND:
John Cotton Centre, 10
Sunnyside, Edinburgh.
EH7 5RA.
Provides services and
opportunities for lesbian,
gay, bisexual and
transgender young people
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YOUTH PROGRAMMES:
Glasgow Head Office, 38
Queen Street, Glasgow.
G1 3DX. Tel: 0141-548
8000. Also at: Glasgow
Street, Glasgow. G1 1LQ.
Tel: 0141-552 4807.
VIVID YOUTH:
For young LGBT people
aged 13-25. Meets at
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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
INVERNESS:
Highland Youth Group
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711585 or
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37 years old masculine
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you."
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Tawse My Arse
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tall with a medium build,
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older, strict guy to "give me
tawse over the bare arse".
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trainers, "Please reply
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hear from you. Bye". Phone
09068 556612 - Number
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Phone 09068 556612 Number 7249.
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39 years old very
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who keeps himself fit. "If
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556612 - Number 7205.
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"Anything goes". Phone
09068 556612 - Number
7184.
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"Cool, 56 year old
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straight-acting; but after
some spanking I give in to
my passive side and take it
like a man". He can
accommodate in East
Edinburgh.
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it to be someone of a
professional disposition:
someone who wears a suit
if possible. Or an ex
teacher".
Phone 09068 556612 Number 6854.
Belting
North East Scotland
looking for genuine, retired
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556612 - Number 6645.
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Phone 09068 556612 Number 6069.
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with no strings attached. He
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a 30" waist and 40" chest.
"No camps, effeminates or
fatties". Can accommodate
or travel in the Glasgow
area.
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THE LUVVIES LGBT THEATRE COMPANY
David Dalzell, The Luvvies’ Chair
reports:
What a 2008 this has been for the
Luvvies - ambitious, successful and
challenging! These are words that are
beginning to become regularly
associated with The Luvvies, in
a year that celebrated both gender and
Shakespeare!
Painted Eggs
Congratulations to Nicole Dolder, Ken
Nicholson and Lizzie Cook for
respectively writing, directing and
producing a new, home grown piece
of theatre. A new writer in our midst!
The Luvvies were proud to showcase
a new piece of work looking into the
world of transsexual life, with the
drama and humour that is inherent in
these journeys. This large scale
project, being new and unknown in
the theatre going community, gave
challenges on many fronts, all of
which were met, with the dedication
and commitment we have come to
expect from The Luvvies. It also
provided the opportunity to bring in
new actors, who have gone on to act
in later projects for example...
Roma & Juliet
The all female/trans version of Romeo
& Juliet was a short innovative film.
With the fine transition of Katy
Dimmock’s Producer role from stage
to screen, the new edition of Rachna
Dheer’s vision and directorial debut,
and the exhaustive energies of Nicole
Dolder in supporting production and
editorial, this project took a year to
develop and produce, and has shown
that The Luvvies are capable of not
only shorter stage runs, but also,
long-term projects which require
stamina and complicated planning. On
the back of this, an exciting new film
project will soon be underway - a
LGBT Carry-On-esque picture is being
planned. Watch this space.
Squeaking Cleopatras
This featured exerts from
Shakespeare’s work by an all male
cast playing both male and female
roles. Big thanks to Pamela
MacGregor for her contributions to
marketing and front of house - what a
marvellous job, and to Anita Sauvage
for her magic touch with costumes!
And to Mads Mitchell, for her flexible
help with production - going above
and beyond the call of duty!
Congratulations to Ruth Corrigan for
her debut as Producer - damn are we
proud we found her first! This marks
Ruth’s first of many production
credits - she’s a natural. And Lloyd
Llewellyn-Jones’ directorial expertise
brought with it an energy and
enjoyment in the rehearsal phase that
carried over to the stage. Is it possible
for seven actors to have so much fun
on stage? Audience remarks of ‘joyful
Shakespeare’ and ‘a triumph’ have
given The Luvvies a stepping stone to
next year, raising both our profile and
our reputation.
Thanks to:
Waverley Care, the LGBT Centre on
Broughton Street and the Centre for
Health and Wellbeing on Howe Street.
Thanks also to Awards for All. We
successfully achieved funding for this
year’s projects from the Big Lottery
and Awards for All.
Thank you Katy Dimmock with helping
me put the Awards for All application
together, and to Lewis from Loud &
Proud for being our referee!
A fuller version of this report will soon
be available at www.theluvvies.org
Next year and beyond...
This Year’s Thing
Scotland marks the 40th anniversary
of the Stonewall Riot in this brand
new play written by Nicole Dolder
based on a piece of community
writing workshoped by members of
The Luvvie Babes.
The Wizard of Oz - a Homage to Judy
Garland
Another 40th anniversary - that of the
death of our own Judy Garland. This
will be a Showcase of her artistic work
featuring vinettes and songs from
radio/writing/film versions of the
Wizard of Oz.
Queer
The Luvvies is planning to further
develop its support of Scottish new
writing with a production of Steven
Dow-Cowan’s brand new play.
Finally, in case you missed it Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones’ Squeaking
Cleopatras success will be back in
2009 for a run on the Edinburgh
Fringe! Marvellous!

ScotsGay Issue 85

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