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At the time, the magazine was an important source of information for LGBT readers across [[Scotland]]. Through the [[HIV]]/[[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] [[epidemic]] it provided its readers with contemporary debates around HIV and AIDS, to keep them informed on latest healthcare developments and to debunk myths.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archive |first=Lothian Health Services |date=2019-02-08 |title=Lothian Health Services Archive: Students and the archive |url=https://lhsa.blogspot.com/2019/02/students-and-archive.html |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=Lothian Health Services Archive}}</ref> |
At the time, the magazine was an important source of information for LGBT readers across [[Scotland]]. Through the [[HIV]]/[[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] [[epidemic]] it provided its readers with contemporary debates around HIV and AIDS, to keep them informed on latest healthcare developments and to debunk myths.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archive |first=Lothian Health Services |date=2019-02-08 |title=Lothian Health Services Archive: Students and the archive |url=https://lhsa.blogspot.com/2019/02/students-and-archive.html |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=Lothian Health Services Archive}}</ref> |
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As the first publication of its kind in Scotland, ''Gay Scotland'' inspired future publications produced specifically for the country's LGBT+ community.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chair |first=S. Y. P. |date=2021-05-30 |title=Queer, Aye! LGBTQIA+ Publishing in Scotland - Event Round-up |url=https://thesyp.org.uk/2021/05/queer-aye-lgbtqia-publishing-in-scotland-event-round-up/ |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=The Society of Young Publishers |language=en-GB}}</ref> Its most successful successor in terms of duration was [[ScotsGay]], published and often edited by former ''Gay Scotland'' editor [[John Hein]]. ''ScotsGay'' |
As the first publication of its kind in Scotland, ''Gay Scotland'' inspired future publications produced specifically for the country's LGBT+ community.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chair |first=S. Y. P. |date=2021-05-30 |title=Queer, Aye! LGBTQIA+ Publishing in Scotland - Event Round-up |url=https://thesyp.org.uk/2021/05/queer-aye-lgbtqia-publishing-in-scotland-event-round-up/ |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=The Society of Young Publishers |language=en-GB}}</ref> Its most successful successor in terms of duration was [[ScotsGay]], published and often edited by former ''Gay Scotland'' editor [[John Hein]]. ''ScotsGay'' published 176 issues between December 1994 and October 2016—surviving for almost 22 years. |
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A near complete run of ''Gay Scotland'' (excepting "Issue 0") can be found at the [[National Library of Scotland]], while copies are also part of the [[Lothian Health Services Archive]] in the collection of the [[Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=LGBT research resources |url=https://www.nls.uk/collections/topics/lgbt-research-resources/ |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=National Library of Scotland |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=LGBTQ |url=https://www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk/source/LGBTQ.htm |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk}}</ref> |
A near complete run of ''Gay Scotland'' (excepting "Issue 0") can be found at the [[National Library of Scotland]], while copies are also part of the [[Lothian Health Services Archive]] in the collection of the [[Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=LGBT research resources |url=https://www.nls.uk/collections/topics/lgbt-research-resources/ |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=National Library of Scotland |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=LGBTQ |url=https://www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk/source/LGBTQ.htm |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:22, 6 November 2024
Gay Scotland was an LGBT magazine published – directly or indirectly – by gay rights organisation, the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group (SHRG) (later Outright Scotland) between 1982 and the early 2000s.
SHRG had originally launched in 1969 as the Scottish Minorities Group (SMG); from January 1971, SMG had published a foolscap-sized members-only newsletter called SMG News. As part of its relaunch as SHRG, SMG News was reformatted, from November 1978, as an A4-sized newsletter called Gay Scotland: this remained a text-only publication, reproduced (with variable quality) as cheaply as possible using a Gestetner duplicating machine. The editor until mid-1981 was Glasgow-based Paul Brownsey.
After Brownsey resigned, with no successor editor in place, SHRG's National Executive Committee – at its October 1981 meeting – approved the idea of proceeding with a revamped Gay Scotland, recognising that the then-newsletter could be greatly improved in terms of its content, reproduction and design. The first issue of the new-look, glossy bimonthly Gay Scotland was published at the start of March 1982,[1] although its new editor Ian Dunn in fact produced a four-page "Issue 0" dated November 1981 to help give attendees at a SHRG "national forum" event, held in Edinburgh, a sense of what the relaunched publication would look like. [2]
Initially, copies of the new-look Gay Scotland sent out to SHRG members as part of their membership package included a central "Pink Pages" insert covering specific SHRG news and activities. However, this practice was discontinued from issue 4 (September/October 1982), in part to enable the inclusion of a central "Yellow Pages" pull-out gathering together "Scene" news and cultural/arts listings.
Although initially published directly by SHRG, by the 1990s the role of publisher had been switched to Calosa Publishing Ltd, a company owned by SHRG. By 2003, the magazine was published by Outright Scotland Community Press Ltd, wholly owned by the charity by then relaunched as Outright Scotland.
At the time, the magazine was an important source of information for LGBT readers across Scotland. Through the HIV/AIDS epidemic it provided its readers with contemporary debates around HIV and AIDS, to keep them informed on latest healthcare developments and to debunk myths.[3]
As the first publication of its kind in Scotland, Gay Scotland inspired future publications produced specifically for the country's LGBT+ community.[4] Its most successful successor in terms of duration was ScotsGay, published and often edited by former Gay Scotland editor John Hein. ScotsGay published 176 issues between December 1994 and October 2016—surviving for almost 22 years.
A near complete run of Gay Scotland (excepting "Issue 0") can be found at the National Library of Scotland, while copies are also part of the Lothian Health Services Archive in the collection of the Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard.[5][6]
See also
References
- ^ "Outright Scotland". lgbthistoryscotland.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ "Obituary: Ian Dunn". The Independent. 1998-03-21. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ Archive, Lothian Health Services (2019-02-08). "Lothian Health Services Archive: Students and the archive". Lothian Health Services Archive. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ Chair, S. Y. P. (2021-05-30). "Queer, Aye! LGBTQIA+ Publishing in Scotland - Event Round-up". The Society of Young Publishers. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ "LGBT research resources". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ "LGBTQ". www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
