INSIDE OUT ========== InsideOut is a monthly magazine for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals. Edited, printed and published in Scotland Issue 25a - January 1999 ***Now available on the Web: http://www.scotsgay.co.uk/ How to Subscribe and Unsubscribe information is now at the END of the magazine. The printed editions of ScotsGay and InsideOut are available by post at the following rates: 6 issue sub (UK & EC) 6ukp 6 issue sub (Overseas) 12ukp 12 issue sub (UK & EC) 10ukp 12 issue sub (Overseas) 22ukp Make Cheques and POs payable to 'Pageprint Limited' or 'ScotsGay' and send them to: Subscriptions ScotsGay Pageprint Limited PO Box 666 Edinburgh Scotland EH7 5YW In this issue: Edinburgh Granny Spice Dundee Moray Aberdeen Glasgow Scottish Media Monitor Bump Yer Gums Inverness ScotsGay Voice Personals The Meet Market Venues -------------------------------------------------------------- EDINBURGH ========= Last month regular Edinburgh Scene scribbler Martin Walker was off sick, this month he's off moving house. This gives Nigel Chipps another go at making sense of this month's scene happenings. All very well, if you can make sense of him. "It's going to be fab!" "WHAT??.with a name like THAT.!" "PLANET OUT, could only be camp as F.." "NO, NO, LISTEN TO ME.. two weeks of re-furbishment, can you imagine. no more Blue Peter walls.. MEGA new sound system,uumm.." "Nah, gay places slop on a layer of Dulux and serve you less beer at higher prices for the privilege" "Maybe they will exchange the pool table for a pinball machine.." "Oi, FECH! tell me those outside walls are not pink!" "Well..!" " We have not finished ,YET. we could barely let you lot in at 7pm.." "Ooops!" "Sacrosanct door-persons are not to be offended , otherwise perilously." Phwoah, boyz and boyz and boyz mmmmm." "Oh, Hiya.." "Didn't I see you at tha..t umm.. Fruitmarket opening..??" Several months into Planet Out. How's things. Millennium euro-beer clean-cut design, inoffensive tones on walls, removal of fusty adornment. Thank God somebody LOVES me, barstools that can be reached by non-Gullivers and those sofas, somewhere there is a god. Boyz convenience has lost that lager-diseased look... STAINLESS STEEL CLEANLINESS ..a relief in more than one way. Makes you feel warm-fuzzy special when minute details of toilet wall d‚cor ACTUALLY MATCH the flava of the venue. Lack of neon, apart from the one accenting bar-lean boyz groping their Grolsch, indebts a future legion of young things from coffee-shock therapy the morning after. Keeping pallor as one slides last orders-ward maintains dignity and clear sight of the beloved hours before everyone becomes Leonardo through Budvar-tinted glasses. Luminescence is the key to sound hearts and minds. TRENDY WENDY, without you our lives would sink to lift music and endless Safeway shopping. The atmos bulked by the thread of defined musical input sustained a rabble of rousingly happy, happy folk. So, so many folk soaked music, Toti and the ambience of children at Christmas pressie-opening. We witnessed skinhead girlz shimming the orbit of a REAL HANDBAG!! Music bonded boyz to girlz, young to the not-so and we all bubbled in the current of the social stream paddling leisurely up and down the smiley souls destined for darker adventures in other less celestial venues. Snogging to abandonment among some of my friends beyond lager-redemption will require latte-autopsies' in the Blue Moon of day, of that there will no doubt, along with others unwittingly penning their trashing in the gay gossip line that sustains uz on the straight and narrow (or bent and harrowed ?) Verdict. GO THERE! Next month. Cafe Habana Special Addition Nigel Chipps seaangel57@hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- GRANNY SPICE ============ And Happy New Year to all my rubber fucks & fellow Pishflap fans! Well, what can one say? 3 days missing over Xmas and THAT New Year party! Went like a bomb and so did I with lovely Aussie licking the parts that cartain bars haven't even penetrated! Talk about upside down love, my knickers were left on a lamppost somethere between the Newtown Bar and Princes Street. So if you find them, Colin, they're Janet Reger and very expensive unlike me! But you're so cute you can keep them! A fast visit to that other city showed me every reason why I moved back to Bollywood! Not a fuck to be had during the day and everyone groaning about "the scene" - well girls if it gets too much, retire - but then, think of the fucks you might have had? Rumour on the city of Lally's say that Lady Hamilton of the Court Bar is being forced to scrub chapel floors because of her telephone bill - really Barbara, you should give those Gay Exchange numbers up - you know I answer most of those calls anyway! The Newtown tell me that the Spanish Palace is about to open and that Everyone is welcome to spend spend spend - well what else are bars for than to exercise the power of the Pink Pound! Get down there girls and you're only 5 mins from our front door. The more the merrier - and some Spanish to try out on the new barmen(?) pender ta verga en mi canyon di lacrima! (a drink from Hutton for the best idiomatic translation!) Stop me and try! My lovely sister Dawn (call me chic - if you dare!) Davenport is threatening to pay me a visit & enhance the Capital with her ascerbic tongue - I thought perhaps a couple of days in Nicolson Square would keep her quiet - there's so much cock flying around there these days - I actually had to turn a punter down because my tights were so spunk-stained - I needed to rush home and give them to Heather so she could hang them up in the Stag & Turret to show our Lesbienne pals what a real dragon can get up to! Incidentally had a lovely evening at the Stag & Muffit (Turret) over Xmas fighting off the Bulldykes and trying to lay a lovely young butch thing, who insisted he was "straight" - well girls you all know the end story, 3 large double whiskies - and yes, "straight" to bed - he insisted on fucking me in my baby doll nightie - Gawd Dawn! - are there no real men left? I even had to fuck him - (safely of course!) Well girls not much gossip this month - Shona tells me that she warns St Vincent St ladies to be aware of a very good-looking 6ft dangerous bastard who's a charmer who'll screw you up then screw the house when you're out - so be careful what you pick up there of 6ft, dark and always pissed - soyez sage! My lovely editor has given me a pause this month because of the recovery time needed after New Year so the epistle to the convinced is short, like most of the cocks in the West these days. I'll be back in Paris before next month with a drop off in Brussels - so watch this space for French fucks and a little more than Belgian lace (I always thought a "lace" was what you need to retrain the over enthusiastic bears in the Newtown Bar - well it's an idea...) Love and safe fucks, Happy '99, Beti, Granny Spice ----------------------------------------------------------------- DUNDEE ====== As we go to press the troubled hostelry Devas has standing room only. Not that it's suddenly very busy, just that so many stools and tables have been removed. The pub is to be taken over by former Manager Ian and partner Charlie who have a big job on their hands trying to rebuild the business. We understand that the planned refurbishment is again being downgraded to a paint job. The former landlady Karen has taken all items belonging to her and threatening to take even the lightbulbs and loo rolls!! A major dispute is developing about who owns what. Miss Morris and her partner are unlikejy to have a big leaving party as both are barred from Brian's venue for causing grief. That in itself is cause for celebration and street parties! Bar Xs owners are 'reviewing' the situation but are believed to be likely to attempt to increase their seven evenings per week trading to include some day time hours. So the battle appears set for our precious pink pounds in 1999. The downside for Xs is the lack of pool table, television, etc and the difficulty of negotiating the spiral staircase entrance especially in a wheelchair. However if their pricing policy of ukp1.50 for most bottles and pints before 10pm was carried on daytime it may attract our custom. Liberty Nightclub held a considerable number of special nights over the festive period. Whilst some appeared to lack support, those who attended certainly enjoyed them. The ever successful foam party was really enjoyed although some of us needed a little more moisturiser next day after spending hours in this foam bath. Very busy also was the return of Karaoke hosts Ray & Evelyn who put on a great show with loads of songs to choose from. The absence of our Jack gave us a relatively 'Sinatra' free night. We don't know how long they plan to keep it going but Liberty is offering a ticket for Sunday night when you buy your Saturday night one and bottles of Bud are available for a quid. The staff appear to be in a flap to ensure you don't call the tickets free for some legal reason - so I'll just call them great! As with straight places, the drinks promos on the go in our remaining venues are pretty good. If you have no money, it doesn't matter how many promos are on the go. Many of the community who are in service type jobs in shops and call centres are having their hours cut and so are feeling the pinch more then most. One of the places to go which is very cheap for gay men is the infamous Riverside cruising area. The unrelenting attention of the local constabulary means your 'fun'could cost you considerably more than a few pints when the court fines add up. When will these Policemen and women follow other more enlightened force's examples and police the area for everyone's safety. Our community leaders may like to take this up through the Forum of Lesbian & Gay Service (FLAGS) as it effects a great number of men in the area. Rumours often have some factual basis - so we are trying to clarify whether Liberty's owner Brian is still planning to take over Devas, whether he is going to take over Castros in Aberdeen and is he in discussion with C.C. Blooms about a takeover. Contact us at ScotsGay with any facts cause he hasn't!! ScotsGay is still the most accurate and informative scene report on Dundee (if not the world) with Gay Scotland almost ignoring us and Boyz incorrect reporting - like that Liberty were charging a massive thirteen quid on New Year's Eve when it was six. A new scene writer is still needed so contact us for details. Please don't expect to get paid as you will be very disappointed, but the fame, glory, and all that crap may appeal to you. Love, Ben Dover --------------------------------------------------------------------- MORAY ===== Happy new year from the Moray crowd! Well I hope you had a very enjoyable time over the past few weeks - unlike me who spent the whole time in my bed, with only flu to keep me company. If you haven't had it yet this year, believe me, you will get it. And the flu. The Rothes Glen Hotel was the setting once again for the annual Christmas money raising event, enabling the Moray LGB Switchboard to pay its running costs for another year. My reporter-on-the-ground filled me in on all the goings-on as I couldn't be there myself (some people have to work, y'know) so starting at the beginning... The meal was up to the usual high standard everyone expects at the Rothes Glen, and the party-goers in the diningroom also made a good head start on the drinking before the cabaret started. The entertainment was provided by 'Comfortable Shoes' who have increased their cast from four to five this year, and their repetoire up to about 45 minutes of entertainment, with scenes of singing, dancing and blood letting. (?) Not to mention much spanking and sex. (I'm not sure if my reporter isn't getting the evening's events a little muddled-up, but anyway... ) The fund-raising raffle and auction pulled in a few more much-needed pennies with the selling-off of many desirable objects from 'stimulating' magazines to fine 'big money' works of art and collectables. This was followed by the usual array of Scottish Country Catastrophies who were all well spirited (and well gone). I believe that a disco then played into the night, although my reporter got way-layed (so to speak) and obviously had better things to do! I've been asked by the Moray LGB Switchboard to clarify what all the different organisations are in and around Moray, so no-one gets confused: First there is the Moray LGB Switchboard which is operated by a team of undercover volunteers in Elgin, it has 'charitable status' so can go ahead with fundraising and accept donations, and is accessible to all. It operates on Thursdays and Fridays (Thursdays is ladies-only night) between 7pm and 10pm. Phone 01343 541188. Next is Gay Line North East, offering information and advice to gay men from 7pm till late 7 days a week. It is self-funding. Phone 01343 542928. The world famous Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence - the order of gay male nuns - have a branch in Moray called the 'Convent of Moravia'. It forms just a small part of a very large group around the world. As I write this I've been informed that Sisters Bobby and Gus (yes, our Gus) are embarking on a fund-raising Nun-run in conjunction with the Glasgow LGB Centre. The two Moravia nuns will be scooting from Aberdeen to Dundee and then to Edinburgh starting on Friday the 8th of January, continuing over Saturday and Sunday, to raise money for the 'Garden of Reflection' which is adjoining the Glasgow LGB Centre. All donations will go towards creating an exclusive garden for gays and lesbians to visit. Then there is the Pride of Moray Firth social group which is open to anyone who wants to come along to the Cats Whiskers pub in New Elgin every fortnight, it's informal and friendly. Phone switchboards for details. Last but not least there is the infamous Moray Gayzette - the LGB newsletter for the Moray area. I'm advised that it is now on a three-monthly cycle due to the amount of work going into it. Contact GG Productions, PO Box 5773, Elgin, Moray, IV30 1XP. That's enough of the official nonsense! Word is getting around Elgin that the Thunderton Pub is a gay pub. A straight friend of mine was told this when he suggested going there for a drink. I have to say it isn't actually a gay pub but is most definately gay-friendly (we do enhance the place by our presence, right enough!) and it has a good atmosphere. It's actually a favourite RAF hang-out, so make of that what you will! As everyone is now totally skint it is highly unlikely that anything major is going to happen in the next month or so, but then I might be pleasantly surprised and have lots to write about for next months issue. Perhaps! Anyway, until next month, take care and be happy. Dr. Kenniff -------------------------------------------------------------------- ABERDEEN ======== Well, thank fuck that's all over and done with for another year. The festivities are well and truly over for me, thankfully, and I can quite happily settle back into my daytime television-watching routine. Don't the schedulers at the BBC realise that we sad, pathetic individuals who rely on programmes like Kilroy and Can't Cook, Won't Cook to preserve our sanity, have totally turned our world upside down for three weeks? Pah! Oh, happy New Year by the way!! So, what will 1999 have in store for us? Well, if you believe the various prophets of doom (not including Minerva!), if we don't get totally wiped out by the 30 metre wide ball of antimatter that is due to hit the Earth on January 22nd, good ol' Nostradamus predicts that in the seventh month a great terror will come from the skies. Perhaps UK Gold are going to start broadcasting repeats of El Dorado... So, if we do actually survive long enough to see in the year 2000, the Millennium Bug will probably get us all! Did anyone make any resolutions? Mine was to stop smoking cigarettes, but I think I lasted all of half an hour, which is pretty good for me, really! The other was to start getting fit, but at this present moment in time, the good old 'flu has me in its clutches, and it will be a few days before I can contemplate doing any exercise. Well, that's my excuse anyway. However, I digress... 1999 will see a few changes on the scene too, by all accounts. I had heard the rumour that Castro was closing, but I thought I had better check it out from the official source, that is, Tracey LeFevre, as to whether or not it was true, and indeed she did confirm that it was. As to when it's actually happening, I do not know. I did ask Faye behind the bar, but the reply was along the lines of "don't ask us, we only work here!". I must admit, the news was rather sudden to me, but to be honest, the turnout has been slowly dwindling over the last few months, with Fridays and Saturdays being the only really busy times, with the odd exception of course. Most people seem to just go in for a quick drink before heading down the road, and I myself am as guilty of that as anyone else. But at the end of the day, people always go where the action is. I did feel rather sorry for Jacqui Morrison one Saturday night, who commented that it was hardly inspiring when there are only a few people on the dancefloor. So, with Castro on the way out, that leaves us with only one venue again, and that's Club 2000. The place is already bursting at the seams at weekends, and the extra pressure of being the only venue will make things worse. Worse for the punter that is, as I'm sure the proprietors will not be complaining about having queues halfway down the lane to Market Street! Of course, the downside is that there will be no scene again until 9pm, and Colin has already confirmed that there will be no change to Club 2000's opening hours to compensate I did actually hear a rumour that Club 2k's owner, was looking to acquire bigger premises with a view to opening a second venue, but nothing official has come to light as yet. It can only be a good thing, especially if it follows a similar formula to Club 2000. It's funny how things always seem to go round in circles. The one and only time that I remember three different venues was when Flannies, Caberfeidh and the Pink Flamingo were all on the go at the same time, but nowadays there only seems to be a brief overlap where two places operate at the same time, and then one folds. Let's hope that this situation doesn't continue in the future, although these days, many of the younger crowd tend to go to any old club with their own mates rather than going to a club that caters mainly for the gay market. Perhaps the mixed venue is the way to go after all, although there are the old diehards who will disagree with me and decry any gay venue which allows straights in... Finally, it would seem that the Sisters of the OPI have been running riot again. Apparently there were two, but I only saw one, a certain Sister Bobby who was trying to convince some terrified straight bloke that gay clubs weren't all that bad after all! Sister Ovina Fornicata did later ask me to thank all those who gave generously towards the GGLC Garden appeal, and warn you all that they will return in March to do some more of the same. Be afraid. And some news just in... it would seem that Castro's last night is to be Saturday 16th January, which will be well past by the time you read this. I can't be arsed going back and re-writing it all, so there, nyaah. (Petulant? Moi?) Ho-hum. Well, I had better stop here, as the Ed is currently climbing the walls. Better than climbing the Cairngorms at this time of year, dear... Gus gus@drink.demon.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GLASGOW ======= Arse Bandit With Attitude! Fit like folks! (Bit of Dod'n'Bunty speak there). Well, here's hoping that I can get this months column off to the Small Bald Ginger One without the fucking computer dying on me like it did last month! Got one of these P'n'P systems. Plug and Pray!! Well, here goes anyway, got plenty of beer, fags and Uriah Heep blowing fuck out of the CD. Just gotta hope the old Pentium doesn't go tits up again! Right then, Xmas. Are you as glad as I am that all that crap's out of the road for another year? Usual round of inflated entry prices, suspended drink promos, cancelled guest lists, and all the other bollocks we get stuck with every year, just cos the pub and club owners think they can justify it all in the name of a few bits of tinsel. Mind you, even I managed to excel myself this year. Having got well pished on Xmas Eve, I didn't manage to get out of me bed 'til half past seven at night on Xmas Day! Few more beers to wash down my veggie TV dinner for one, then back to bed! Had a lot of complaints from people who couldn't get into the Poo on Hogmanay. Turns out that they had to close the doors at half past nine cos they were full up! At least PooFuhrer Amar had the right idea in giving out Queue jumper passes to the Glitterati, so they didn't have to stand out in the cold with all the regular punters! Get yourself down earlier! Hopefully next year the Pink Party will be back on in Virginia Street, so with a bit of luck, you won't have to queue for so long to get into the clubs as this time around. It was the same story round in the GGLC, with Martha packing them in at the Caff. I see that Cardinal Winning has been having a go at gays and lesbians again. Usual shit about the importance of the family, got to be one man, one woman, got to be married etc. Isn't it amazing how people can claim that their own non-shagging lifestyle is supposed to be perfectly normal, yet pooves and dykes are decried for indulging in the emotional and sexual relationships for which God, Mother Nature, or whatever, gave us the capabilities. When the nuclear family ceases to be the main cause of murder, child abuse and physical or sexual assault, then I think Cardinal Winning may be in a position to try and justify his position.Till then, SHUT IT!! Now then, some of you have been wondering what on earth fellow columnist Dawn Davenport was going on about in her last column regarding my underwear. Me too! Better make it quite clear that Dawn and I have never actually shagged (I like my men a bit better looking!), so she must be getting her information from some of my cast-off trade! What was all that about a brown motif on my knickers? Must be talking about my Scooby Doo boxers! Well, what do you expect Minerva to wear, Calvin bloody Kleins?? I DON'T think so!! Bloody cheek she's got! And so what if they're un-ironed? Scruffy buggers like me are quite proud of the fact that we can't iron, cook or do housework, unlike you queenie lot! Still, it's nice to know that my knickers and their contents are of such interest. (Let's face it, there's enough of you lot who'd like to get into them, but it's a boyfriend that I need, not a quick shag!) Hmmph! Well, I see that some of the annual Boyz awards have made it north of the border again. Bennets gets Best Weekday Club Night, the Poo gets Best Weekend Club Night and Best Pub. But as for Del's getting Best Cafe/Bar, they've GOT to be joking! Let's face it, King City Leisure does for customer care what Astrid Proll did for in-flight entertainment, so I hate to think what the service is like in some of the other establishments that were nominated. Then again, if it's possible to win a Best Club award with less than 20 votes, it shouldn't be too hard for some of the competition to get their finger out next year, and get their punters to give them a more realistic number of nominations. Interesting to note that the Best Stripper Award went to Chip. Surely not! Is the PooPay so bad that the staff have to do a bit of moonlighting?? (Just joking!). Actually, I think that Boyz should make it their New Year's Resolution to get their bloody listings up to date. Didn't you just love their recent piece on Glasgow where they were extolling the virtues of Sapphos? Pity it closed down a YEAR ago!! And don't get me started on the awards for Best Single. Cher's "I Believe" for fuck's sake! OK, so Heavy Metal (the only REAL music) is never gonna appeal to you pansies, but is this REALLY what being a poof is about?? How SAD!! Nice to see that the Waterloo have got a map up on the wall listing all the Lesbigay venues in Glasgow. How about some of the other places following their lead and doing the same? Stella had a club night recently at Alaska, which was well attended, despite being a last minute affair. At the time, this was arranged as a one off, but Stevie tells me that this will be a regular Monday nighter starting from the end of January. Watch out for the flyers! Over at the GGLC, Muvver has a few dates for your diary. The Lesbian Line Discos will be starting again on the last Friday of the month, beginning at the end of February. For those of you who aren't sad and single like me, there's a romantic candlelit dinner on Valentine's Night, and it's reservation only, so book now! Also coming up is a Burns Night do on Jan 25th. All proceeds go towards the Centre, it's ticket only at ukp10 a head, and there's food for us veggies, as well as you carnivorous sickos! Another Valentine's do which should appeal to all you queenie lot is being held in Bennets on Feb 14th. PAs by Nikki French, Kelly, and Hazell Dean (gay icon from 15 years ago!) should keep all you 80's HiNRG freaks happy. Still on the subject of Valentine's Night, (I'm sure there's a conspiracy against us single people here!) the lovely Robin from Clone Zone asks me to remind you all that they've got a large range of cards in stock for you to send to the man of your dreams. Just send all mine c/o ScotsGay, cos I never give up hope!! Well, the threatening faxes and e-mails from Centurion seem to have stopped, and Goldilocks is breathing a sigh of relief (NOT) about being sued. (Yeah, like I ever actually BELIEVED any of their shit in the first place!). Could it be that Mr McInnes has finally got the message that Mighty Minerva doesn't scare easily? Perhaps he's finally realised that the best thing to do is SHUT IT, accept that the scene found his behaviour as unacceptable as I do, and learn from his mistakes (including taking a New Year Break in the same Brighton hotel as my editor). Hopefully this will be a lesson to any other venues who think they can behave in a dishonourable fashion and get away with it. ScotsGay does NOT shrink away from taking on the Big Players (far less the Mickey Mouse ones). Anybody else want to have a go, MAKE MY DAY!! Quick word on style.. Here's a New Year's Resolution for all you wannabe fashion victims. BURN THE FUCKING COMBATS!! Come on guys, I STOPPED wearing mine about 5 years ago, because they were becoming fashionable. Yeah, they're OK if you're 25-35 and look like a REAL man, but there's nothing more pathetic than some 18 year old, mincing, lisping, poofy little ShopJanet, giving it all that "Look at me, Don't I look so HARD in these?". Fuck off! You're about as hard as my dick after 10 pints of lager! Get rid of them, stop pretending you're fucking Rambo, and act like the poofy little queen that you REALLY are!! Well, I think that's about it for this month, so I'll sign off now, cos I'm a bit pished, and it's time for bed (alone). As usual, any complaints, writs, smutty letters, suggestions, anything you'ld like me to cover, offers to improve my sad single lifestyle, should go to the usual address, or e-mail to minerva@drink.demon.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOTTISH MEDIA MONITOR ====================== Garry Otton is on SmutWatch, admiring the repression in Scotland "We're not prudes, but." began the Daily Record's chief apologist in earnest. ".To keep track of where our television is heading we've launched SmutWatch. Every move they make we - and you - will be watching them." What? Just so the Daily Record can give a critical appreciation of all the educational and fun programmes containing sex on TV? Aye, that'll be right! Not prudes? "Throw out the trash," the Daily Record demanded. It's "time to call a halt to television's bosses' obsession with nudity." Appalled at the "lashings of flesh and fornication" and "unashamed salaciousness," journalist Kathleen Morgan rustled her hooped petticoat to implore: "we've had enough." it's "one big turn off." Had I just found a 100-year-old copy of the Daily Record granny had been using to line her drawers? Desperate for someone to blame, Kathleen turned on Eurotrash presenter, Antoine De Caunes "dishing up clips of Europe's most tasteless television. It's all his fault." Not prudes? "Spare our children from this sex-obsessed trash" the Daily Record screamed in the face of a Broadcasting Standards Commission study. Only 15 per cent of those aged between 16 and 34 thought there was too much sex on TV compared with 73 per cent of over 65s who did. But never mind: "Anyone with a channel-zapper knows there is too much tawdry sex on TV. There is a time and a place for sex. It isn't when children are watching." Like our kids know enough already. That's why Scotland has the highest rate of teenage pregnancies, isn't it? The SmutWatchers had just partaken of an attack of the vapours after witnessing one of Harry Enfield's Yule Log Chums, "Kevin the Teenager performing a sex act on himself. The viewers were left in no doubt about what he was doing." (Except me perhaps. Am I correct in assuming that's SmutWatch double-speak for having a wank)? The Daily Record tried to make out the BBC had been bogged down with complaints over Christmas, but in actual fact, they only "had the usual calls, some complimentary, some not so complimentary." The Men Behaving Badly Christmas special was ticked off as "seasonal smut. Stretching the boundaries of bad taste." Oh dear! Had the Daily Record forgotten they had recommended the programme to its readers as their "Comedy Choice" for viewing in what they've now taken to regularly highlighting as the "9pm watershed?" They printed a few choice words from some embarrassed mother from Stirling expressing relief her kids didn't ask her any difficult questions. The Sexfinder General, Father Tom Connolly was dragged in for a predictable tirade of claptrap, then they finished off with a plea for anyone to write in who had been outraged by "smutty TV." Old Mother (Joan) Burnie was ready, expressing her alarm at the effect of programmes like Jerry Springer on the great unwashed. "They. push up their tolerance levels." she gasped. "All of us require some checks in our lives, along with solid values." The informative programme on naturism, Full Frontal in Flip-Flops was hauled in front of SmutWatch to be belted across its bare arse. "An excuse to thrust more naked bodies at an unsuspecting public." But you can't win with the Daily Record with your clothes on either, as Edinburgh children's TV presenter Gail Porter found to her cost. ".Her hair piled high and her make-up plastered on. Wearing just a bra and pants on the front page of FHM." Gail "angered parents." Shouldn't we be concerned that our parents are reading this tripe in the first place? Not prudish? A reader wrote to the Daily Record's Old Mother Burnie over a packet of condoms given to her 15-year-old son for Christmas. "Crass, insensitive and puerile. It isn't a laugh. He's suffered enough. On what should have been a happy, carefree day." No, sweetheart, and HIV, herpes, chlamydia, gonorrhoea, and syphilis aren't funny, either! What was funny though, was her advice to Sophie on her engagement to our Prince Eddie. "So you have finally managed to fulfil every little girl's dream and captured your very own Prince Charming. But your task is even harder than Cinders' - she only had to place her pretty toes in a glass slipper." I'll say! The old witch warned her: "If what journalists say gets to you, stop reading the papers. Don't play games with the media." Old Mother Burnie also had time to rush to the assistance of a woman whose old school pal turned up, someone she was ashamed to confess to having had sex with at Guide camp. "You've got this way out of proportion," she gasped. "It doesn't mean you or your friend ever was, and far less is, gay. Like you, she is married." Oh, well. That's all right then! And as for the writer who thought gays "are vermin and should be treated as such." "I'm sorry you have been offended," she began. "In fact, we publish very few letters from gays, but this page is open to anyone with a problem as long as it isn't obscene or too explicit." There you go now. If you make your problems pretty enough, Old Mother Burnie'll print them for you! Not prudish? The Daily Record's contribution to laddism, Bob Shields - although, I have to say, more Car Mart & Caravans than Loaded - gasped: "sex is now all over our screens like a nasty sexually-transmitted rash." He's appalled to see on TV "some old tart in her kinky threads makes her grand entrance" and "every Saturday morning, Z”e Ball bends over in a skimpy top just to let us know her wobbly bits are still Alive and Kicking." So appalled in fact that a large section of his page was devoted to a picture of Z”e's "wobbly bits" nestling in her "skimpy top." Sex was only good if it was on his terms. In a final burst from the vanilla corner he demanded "good, clean sex," and bellowed: "And put the filthy freaks back in their plastic macs in quiet corners of seedy cinemas where they belong." ooo The Scottish Daily Mail were in no doubt what viewers were hammering on the doors of Scottish Television for when it asked: "Has soap bowed to viewers' demands for less sex and violence?" With a surreptitious link between sex and violence, we are assured viewers of Take the High Road are relieved the soap "is to once again concentrate on the charm of the setting and the gentle eccentricity of its characters." A "return to traditional Glendarroch values." New producer Mark Grindle told the Scottish Daily Mail what they wanted to hear: "We have had complaints that people wouldn't watch again after we featured prostitution and lesbianism." Graham Stevens, chairman of the National Viewers and Listeners Association was hauled out of his Middle England sofa to express a wish that Grindle's twee storylines ought to be extended to other soaps "so that we no longer have this daily diet of sex and salaciousness." In the Scottish Daily Mail, journalist Anthony Armstrong was appalled that the Bishop of Edinburgh and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, Richard Holloway had "stepped into the fray" by remarking that he could stock the church with gay refugees from the Church of England. Neither was the old croak happy the Bish gave over the front page of his diocesan magazine "to support homosexuals in the Church." His support for Peter Tatchell, "the strident and aggressive gay activist who monstered the Archbishop of Canterbury." was just about the last straw. Surely, the only monster in all this was Dr Carey who perverts the Church's gospel of love and compassion by opposing legal rights for gay couples, an equal age of consent and supports discrimination against gays in employment and in fostering children. Spurt! Finally shot its load. The Edinburgh gay mag published by Gay Men's Health and "funded by taxpayers" - as The Herald was quick to point out - was forced to close. The Herald was prompted to drag out Conservative Councillor Daphne Sleigh who remarked "such explicit sexual messages should never have been entitled to funding from the public purse." The Herald added, "the third issue of the magazine contained only one article that tackled HIV and Aids issues." Perhaps, to satisfy The Herald, Spurt! Should have ditched all that cock and looked to The Lancet for inspiration? Thank God we can still import Boyz from England! What is happening in Scotland? Alistair Robertson in the Scottish Daily Mail was concerned that locals "out for a walk with the kids and the dog" might be bemused at "busloads of European nudists" turning up at Tentsmuir Forest and Kinsholdy Beach in Fife. "Could it be that as the area is jointly run by Scottish Natural Heritage the magazine has misunderstood the use of the word natural?" Surely, it is the Europeans who will be bemused by the Scottish reaction to nudity on this far-flung gay beach listed in a European naturist magazine. ooo The Catholic newspaper, The Universe bawled: "Don't Shop at Boots" on its front cover after its Glasgow branch offered free contraceptives to young people. Its editorial promulgated the lie: "promoting promiscuity." and editor Joe Kelly dismissed it all as "a money-making exercise" in The Herald. Some religionists still insist that Scotland has never had proper sex education working hand in hand with a moral agenda. (Their moral agenda). They seriously believe a return to Victorian values would stem the natural desire for sexual experimentation and cut Scotland's shameful record of teenage pregnancies. Their forces are at work in the media. The Scottish Daily Mail addressed the concerns of conservative ladies in Morningside to visit "Britain's first drop-in family planning clinic" run by Dr Tina Mackie. With a young stooge posing as a 15-year-old girl they set out to discredit the valuable work the clinic had done. "I said I was 15, I spoke to a doctor, and they gave me a fistful of contraceptives." The Scottish Daily Mail was outraged. "The question of whether or not it was appropriate for Vicki to have a sexual relationship at the age of 15 or seek contraception without her parents' knowledge was never raised." The former convenor of the Church of Scotland's Board of Social Responsibility, Rev Bill Wallace was hauled in, leaving me wondering what had happened to the current one. Is Ann Allen not extreme enough? Sexfinder General, Fhrer Tom Connelly was more than happy to oblige. The old fart moaned that "it is dreadfully sad to see adults encouraging young people to be promiscuous" and Valerie Riches of the right-wing Family and Youth Concern, (otherwise portrayed as completely partisan), barked: "The signal it will give children is 'Go out and have sex.'" They were all being very economical with the truth. Vicki was given appropriate counselling and most independent studies have demonstrated that sex education does not result in young people having sex earlier, quite the reverse in fact! The Scottish Daily Mail went on stirring: "Yesterday Boots staff revealed they had received death threats and been subjected to a barrage of abuse from shoppers." The cashier I spoke to painted a different picture: "Err. aye! I think I remember something.!" To even suggest someone had sex in Scotland these days can lead to prosecution, as happened to the Scottish Sun over Father Noel Barry, Press secretary to Cardinal Thomas Winning. Barry told the court that while he and Miss Clinton enjoyed "a very healthy and wholesome" friendship, the Scottish Sun had implied he had breached his vow of celibacy. And because Barry believed Miss Clinton's honour was also at stake, they both decided to take The Sun to the cleaners, for a staggering ukp200,000 each! "Generation of the damned." This was Scotland's young people the Daily Record was writing about in letters big enough to be read by people from as far away as Cumbernauld! A report from the Scottish Youth Issues Unit had the tabloid in a frenzy announcing: "Most teenagers have experimented with sex, drugs and alcohol." This was described as a "bleak" picture that offered "little evidence of hope for the future among Scotland's younger generation." Thanks to the Generation of the Damned, students are preparing to launch the Scottish Media Monitor on SubCity Radio across the media capital of Glasgow in March. Little bastards! How dare they! Get the full Monitor! Visit the Scottish Media Monitor web-site: - http://www.bigfoot.com/~scotmedia (c) Garry Otton 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BUMP YER GUMS ============= I promised I would start the New Year with a different approach to the "community" & then I thought fuck it!! So I shall continue as always to report on my findings & tough if the Colins, Gregs & Junes of the world don't like it. You will just have to live with it & with that here goes!! Yule-Time is a time that should be talked about because out there we have two kinds of establishment. The ones who know how to show their punters respect & a good-time & the ones who are there to rip you off & if you happen not to notice then fine, but if you mistake it for a "caring community" then you should make your first New Year's resolution now: Read on & learn for next year. So this is what Missy found out about Gay Glasgow... The saddest thing over the festive period was that Divine Diva's honestly thought they were doing us pooves a big service by "allowing" 50 of us "lucky" boyz into their Dyke Domain!! WRONG. I thought that kind of insult was a thing of the past & we had come to live with the fact that boyz & girlz sometimes need their space, fine. However don't insult us by allowing us through your doors once a year making it out to be something that we should be grateful for. This year girlz do us boyz a favour & don't bother!! Next on Dawn's board is the "who ripped the biggest hole in us this Yule?? award. Well it has to go this year to The Poo. Why is it that when the Yule period arrives so does the increase on entry prices? Why did it cost your faithful punters double the normal over the top price to stand in your club & drink your over the top beer prices? And why, pray tell, Lady Amar, did you reduce the free entry time into your club by an hour? There are a few questions to be going on with & when you have mulled this over put your hand up & tell your public that you never ripped them off!! Shame on you all & to the public for allowing it. It is about time you all stood up to this crap & did something about it. Also you had the pubs who would have you believe that they supplied entertainment in an attempt at thanking you for your custom all year. To those who know what I am talking about you can always get a job in one of the aforementioned clubs or alternately wear masks the next time you attempt to entertain your punters. The joke is really on you shame on all of you as well. To the pubs who did cater for & give the boyz & girlz a treat were of course Des & his team at the Court Bar. A lovely time was being had by all the few times we entered this hole. Simply by providing a smile, warm friendly service & great pre-club music Des once again proved that he has a winning formula, that & the odd time when you asked for a drink & it tasted ever so slightly stronger than it normally does!! I shall even forgive him for selling me a pontoon card with no winner - Des, shame on you (only kidding). The Waterloo proved very popular as well with wonderful pre-club music from DJ Dangly & The Fish at the decks, Karaoke from Graham & Alister (Miss Dion herself) & bar staff that Joe is training to her way of thinking. As well as free food, Christmas & Hogmanay drinks care of Joe & although I never received any I was told Fishpaw was giving away free raffle tickets on several occasions via the Rainbow Fund. It would seem with all that & the bursting at the seams boyz & girlz that now use the bar that the Waterloo is back on top where many feel it belongs. I of course have my opinion on that one & Missy will say yes the pub is improving, but there is still some entertainment that needs sorting out along with some of your staff, but I suppose with the smooth comes the rough......... Miss Hutton. More on that institution later. I have to explain to the barboy from Sadie's who Lucy picked up outside the toilets in St Vincent Street on Yule Eve. This boy who professed to be of the Hetero crowd went on at great length (un-true) to explain how he had missed his last bus home & how he would be so "grateful" for a roof over his head!! Now there were two things on Lucy's mind that evening one of them was HEAD, but can you guess what the other was? It was my house, but her shag, so I got to watch through the perspex as the Head was delivered in all its youthful, Hetero glory. Two things were in evidence the next morning & head wasn't one of them can you guess what they were? As always answers on a postcard & c/o ScotsGay THE only Gay Mag worth a read. I know it's not what we use to kindle a fire on a cold morning!!! I have done my noisy with regards to the ever effervescent Miss Cynthia Fullcup aka Titty Titty Bang Bang!! What a mouthful that is & what a mouthful she likes. I am told that Miss Bang Bang likes the older man especially if they live & breed on the streets. I was limited to the probing with this one as she is a friend to the one & only Miss Fishpaw & I know I wouldn't want to upset this lady (Ha, who am I calling a lady?) cause she complained about me misspelling her name. Now isn't that a bit childish Fishy - I mean after all you are in the public eye & we all know how the public like a little titter. So don't go wasting your effort in a vain attempt at shutting me up as this will never happen?? I will say hello to the unsuspecting Barboyz from the Poo & Sadie's. Respectively Damian & Sam. To Damian I must say that I like boyz skinny & cute & this boy has got them down pat. And as for Sam this boy is drop dead shaggable & something that he should be proud of because before too long it will all be gone & you'll have to don a wig to impress anyone!!! Let me put a question to all you readers, is it just Miss Dawn or is anyone else fed up about reading about the "Saunagate" affair. Every time you pick up ScotsGay it's The Lane this & Centurion that & how about this one has no licence etc, etc, etc..... Miss Dawn has this to say to the people who constantly shove it in our faces; give it up it is now dead & boring. It's as old as Sweet Caroline & the Levyman. Change the record, turn it over & most of all get a fucking life. To my dear friend & whoremistress extrordinaire Hutton, I have to say this to you my dear: I have never been anything less than a 1400rpm boy. We had a lovely festive party which ended up in Strathclyde Park along with Lady Hamilton, Barbara, Tilly & Co. The things that Miss Tilly & a young looking jogger got up to was something of a spectacle & it carried on into The Poo where we were shocked to learn that there is no longer table service available. We met some camp & poofy boyz in this hole in the shape of the Capital Sluts, Tony & Frazer. It turned out that they had both shagged Hutton while at the same time Hutton was chanting "I'm the original Glasgow by-pass, come through me I'm free"!!! Any queen who wants to contact Miss Davenport with gossip or want to bitch then I suggest that you contact me via the e-mail address at the end of this page. Until next month............. dawn@drink.demon.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------------- INVERNESS ========= Welcome to the first of my infamous rantings for 1999, Have we all made (and broken) our New Year Resolutions???? I've certainly made a few resolutions, perhaps our esteemed Moray columnist should make one or two himself, such as getting his facts correct before putting pen to paper???? I suggest he reads the Moray column in Issue 23a (the last one written by the good Matron) and he will see why Gus apologised to this area in Issue 24 (let's face it, Gus had to write the column cos no one else was going to) and all will become clear that no such bickering between us took place. I don't mind if the so called Dr Kenniff wants to have a silly little dig at me in order to boost his own ego but at least get the facts correct eh? This is ScotsGay NOT Gay Scotland !!!!!! Nuff said. Things are pretty quiet just now after all the hilarity of the Festive season, a couple of rather good nights were had at Xmas and New Year with parties at Reach Out, and a few ladz making it to the street party in the town centre, where lots of fun was had, especially when one young gorgeous hunk displayed his wares from under his kilt to our assembled number when asked was he a true Scotsman, This having been confirmed much to this columnist's delight it was also agreed that he was a very well hung Scotsman too!!!!!! Events of interest that are coming up soon include yet another CEILIDH, this time for Valentine's. It is to be held this time at The Haughdale Hotel, Ness Bank, (Just along from Nico's) on Friday February 12th @ 19:30pm. Accommodation is available at the hotel, and tickets are ukp10 each, this price includes Soup & Stovies. For any further info contact ROH on the usual number. Also coming to Eden Court in February is Ennio Marchetto, WHO? I hear you ask ? Well, those of you who saw the Royal Variety performance on TV recently, will remember him as the guy who wore the cardboard cutouts and mimed along to music, and then with a flip of his hand he would change the cut-out into something else, he was hilarious and has had some rave reviews with his cardboard humour and miming. He appears on Wednesday 17th February at 20:00 at Eden Court, tickets from the Box Office on Inverness (01463) 234234. Why not have a hilarious evening out at the theatre before popping into the Station Hotel that Wednesday night? Further news now, On 16th December as a result of going to the assistance of a friend who was the victim of an unprovoked attack in an Inverness night-spot, Julia Gordon was herself charged with assault. Ms Gordon, who is well known in LGBT circles through her work with Reach Out Highland and the Transgender Community in Scotland, has made an official complaint against the charging officer regarding his handling of the incident. 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Banffshire - Morayshire - North East Scotland Disabled gay male, 34, non-scene, medium build, seeks similar gay male 21-40 for fun, friendship and 1-2-1. All letters answered. Photo helpful but not essential. Box SG25132. Aberdeen 27 year old guy, 5'8", brown hair/eyes, average build. Looking to meet guys between 20-30 for fun and friendship in the Aberdeen area. Box SG25133. Aberdeen - North East Hi! I'm 39, genuine guy, not really into the scene but would like to meet someone special. Could it be you? I'm SL/SA. Genuine replies only please. Box SG25134. Glasgow - Lanarkshire Sex hungry, eager to please, 33 year old, slim build, seeks active/passive guys under 35 to satisfy my cravings. Open to new experiences. Don't be shy - name your fantasy. Your explicit letter gets mine. Box SG25135. Glasgow - Lanarkshire SA, SL, slim 32 year old, into boots, trainers, sport socks, toys, videos and bondage, seeks slim/medium guys into any of the above for no strings attached fun. Discretion assured/required. Write soon! Box SG25136. North East Slim, good looking 27 year old seeks similar 22-32 year old for no strings fun. Can accommodate or travel. Box SG25137. Edinburgh Tall professional guy in Edinburgh, slim/med build, 36, non scene, non smoker, seeks dark skinned professional/postgrad guy for friendship/romance in 1999. I am a caring individual with man interests, including music, social and health issues and much more. You should be unpretentious and have a sense of humour. Reply with contact details to Box SG25138. Fisher Of Men Central Scotland guy, mid thirties, trawling for fisherman. You might come from the Sooth Firth, Anster, the Blue Toon, the Broch, Fitehills, Lossie, Clash or anywhere else in Scotland. This discreet, friendly, non scene guy wants to hear from Skippers, Deckies, Agents or anyone else with a Scottish fishing background. Permanent berth may be offered to best applicant. Box SG25139. Edinburgh Post grad Edinburgh professional seeks Oriental/Asian guy for friendship, possibly more. I an a thirtysomething guy, tall with brown hair, blue eyes and a non smoker. I have varied interests including Cinema and Thai cooking as well as music and poetry. I have the ability to laugh at myself and value a sense of humour. If any of that appeals to you, please reply to Box SG25140. Glasgow - Central Scotland 25 year old seeks men under 30 for regular horny safe fun. I'm slim, fit and WE. You should be similar. All replies with pictures enclosed will earn you points! Box SG25141. Kilmarnock Guy 40, 6ft, blue eyes, brown hair, good looking, wants guy 30-40. Have own house. No time wasters. WE, good build and discreet, NS. Photo, tel appreciated. Box SG25142. HIV+ - Edinburgh 28 years old, looking for guys into red, blue, TT, active or passive, for fun times. Can travel or accommodate. Write now. Box SG25143. Mon-Fri 9-5 Fun Times - Glasgow Area Slim, 29 year old, dark hair, 5'10", blue eyes, into navy blue, pale blue, pink. Active and passive. Also men's briefs. WLTM gay man, 30-45, active and passive. No strings. Photo and good letter. ALAWP. Box SG25144. Fun LOL In In Glasgow Gevraagd Handsome, 155cm, 66.6kg, dirty blond hair, 34. Looking for fun in Glasgow. You: 18-40, dark hair, clean shaven. Also Dutch loving dis schrijf in Nederlands. Don't be shy. xxx Box SG25145. Rubber Skinhead - Glasgow Area 33, 5'11", 12st, zero crop, pierced, shaved, into rubber, masks, toys, red, most colours, seeks similar guys/couples. Box SG25147. Leather And Rubber Me: 31, looking for safe, but wild times in leather/rubber. You: 30-40, dominant, with gear and the attitude to show me the ropes. Box S25148. Glasgow - Lanarkshire Me: 5'11", 10st, slim, short crop, 'tache, passive, looking for top man for fun and friendship. GSOH a must, no squares please. Go on, you might like it! Can accommodate. Box SG25149. Edinburgh - Glasgow - Central Scotland Friendly gay guy seeks young student type for fun and friendship. Me: 41, 5'6", very hairy (red). You: 18-21, smooth skin, shy perhaps. Beginner welcome. Box SG25150. New Friends Wanted Good looking (30) likes travel, music, cinema and going out. Easy going and honest, seeks similar for lasting friendship in Edinburgh area. Look forward to meeting you! Box SG25151. Glasgow - Paisley Sporty type fun loving very attractive 32 year old guy seeks 18-26, very smooth, clean cut, slim guy(s) for discreet horny times. Hopefully 1-2-1. Send photo and frank letter. Box SG25152. Glasgow - West Coast - Nice Guy Needed GWM, 27, blond crop, blue eyes, 5'10", nice bod and smile! Have VGSOH and attitude. Needs similar handsome, wholesome, honest guy for life's great adventure. Aged 24-36. NS. Nae queens! ALAWP. Box SG25153. Leather - Rubber Genuine guy, looking for non smoker guys, 30-40, leather, rubber, safe fun in your leather or rubber. Can't accommodate. Me: 34, 5'5", very horny in leather. No old leather queens. Box SG25154. Still Have Your School Uniform? Boys 18-35 can have additional lessons sitting at an original school desk before being bent over it for the cane from a well-educated schoolmaster (slim, cleanshaven, 5'10", 48). Edinburgh. Box SG25155. Fife - Edinburgh - Dundee - Central Slim guys/couples 18-60 sought by Fife guy, 40, non scene, SA, SL, honest and discreet. Can travel or accommodate. Photo if possible but ALA. "Make 1999 a good year". Box SG25156. Grappling Guys Wanted Urgently! Heavy hairy guy seeks Big Daddy or Giant Haystacks type for friendly wrestling bouts/friendship. Those under 16st need not apply. All letters answered only with shirtless photo. Box SG25157. Cuddly Chubby Needs Chasers Large lad needs someone to keep him warm. Please write. I don't want someone good looking but personality is a must. I am from Falkirk. Box SG25158. Nurse In Need Of Some Stress Relief 35, young looking, slim, 36" chest, 30" waist, slightly hairy WLTM similar into massage. Hairy guys and beard very welcome. ALAWP. Fife/Edinburgh/Dundee. Photo returned. Box SG25159. Subs Wanted - Glasgow - Edinburgh Horny master into leather wants to meet guys 18-35 eager to experiment or expand knowledge about leather and rubber. Master is safe and discreet with the gear required. Submit application now. Box SG25160. Danger! Too Hot To Handle Glasgow/anywhere. Two horny guys 34/35, friendly and not bad looking, seek other guy(s) for safe fun times. Can accommodate/travel. Satisfaction guaranteed. Box SG25161. Gay Guy From Glasgow Young gay male seeks other guy(s) for fun, friendship, possible 1-2-1. Must be under 35 years. I'm into shorts, denims and other sportswear. Discretion assured. Photo, phone - mine by return. ALA. Box SG25162. Edinburgh - Scotland - UK If you're 40, bearded and game, why not write for details of a research trial by an oriental professional chap who's investigating the theory that bearded men make better lovers and partners? All participants will be personally thoroughly investigated! Box SG25163. Edinburgh Young? 18-22? Shy? Not into the scene? Looking for an older guy for fun and friendship? Look no further! Edinburgh based businessman, 40's, would like to hear from you! A photo would be nice, but isn't essential! Not after LURVE - just an easy going friendship and no strings fun. Box SG25165. Bisexual Highlander Married,˙confused, bi curious, mid thirties and in good shape, travels extensively around the Highland area, wishes to contact like-minded men of similar age group for friendship/understanding/meetings/trips. E-mail me at nordman222@usa.comm in the first instance for my prompt reply. Box SG25112. Bi Male - Aberdeen - Anywhere Guy, 45, seeks bisexual couple for 3 way fun and games and friendship. Box SG25146. Edinburgh Couple (Male 40, Female 30) seek similar couple or single woman for uninhibited bed games. Total discretion assured. Photo helps but not essential. ALA. Box SG25167. Straight Edinburgh Prematurely greying Jimmy Reid type seeks younger women for fun and friendship. Looks unimportant - good conversation a must! Box SG25166. Friends Abroad Australia I am a Sri Lankan male in mid 30's who loves crossdressing. I am looking for female friends who will enjoy my company. I love sexy lingerie, high heels, unusual jewellery and all kinds of stuff. If you are a female 18 to 65 who'll enjoy being friendly with me, I am looking forward to hearing from you! Write: Nishantha Dissanayake, 52, North Drive, VIC 2100, Australia or E-mail: ndmsgs@hotmail.com Sri Lanka I am a 35 year old Sri Lankan male looking for female friends any age specially from Australia. I am fun, friendly, enjoy music, dancing and some sports and good company. I'm looking forward to hearing from friendly people. Write: Niranjan De Silva, PO Box 189, Colombo, Sri Lanka or E-mail niranjan@iname.com Swedish guy in Edinburgh Hello! I live in Stockholm in Sweden. But I will be in Edinburgh during 5th-8th February. I am 33 years old, 178 cm, 75 kg, blond shortcut hair and I am into scuba diving, slalom, weight lifting and hot safe sex. I have a picture to send you but then I would like to get one picture of you. Reply by E-mail: swedish_hunk@hotmail.com if you are interested. Hope to see you ! USA Handsome 29 year old photographer/filmmaker visiting Edinburgh for a few weeks in Spring '99 to work on a screenplay. Looking to make some acquaintances for fun and possibly more. Write: Ned Ambler, 46 East Third Street #7, New York, NY10003, USA or E-mail: nedambler@mindspring.com Accommodation East Kilbride East Kilbride, double bedroom to let in modern ground floor flat. Close to amenities, easy commuting to Glasgow City Centre. All mod. cons. Non smoker. Box SG25164. Jobs Offered Glasgow Would you like to present the News on a radio programme? Do you live in Glasgow? The SCOTTISH MEDIA MONITOR is looking for a male and female news presenter with a Scottish accent for a gay programme broadcasting from Glasgow in the New Year. Call Garry Otton on 0141-576 8808 for further information. The SCOTTISH MEDIA MONITOR examines the treatment of sexuality by the Scottish media monthly in ScotsGay and Inside Out magazines. Cash For Your Body Photogenic guys can earn ukp75 cash - or ukp100 with chest and arm definition - posing for Mike Arlen who has had 13 glossy magazines published called Mike Arlen's Guys. Send snapshots of your magnificent body to him: Mike Arlen, Wetherby Studios, 23 Wetherby Mansions, Earls Court Square, London. SW5 9BH or call on 0171-373 1107. Models Wanted Previously published photographer needs good looking guys (18-25) who want to earn ukp20 per hour for publication work. For details please telephone Stuart on 0141-636 6556 (No withheld numbers please) or E-mail me: sborg16184@aol.com Products Aloe Vera A high-quality natural product which helps the immune system and detoxifies the body. Are you interested? Call my voicemail to find out more. 0141-625 3605. Services Computer Services Thinking of buying a PC or struggling with the one you have? For hardware and software advice and assistance contact: PCMS@pobox.com or Tel/Fax: 0141-636 1510 (24 hour answering service). Contact Mag Contact Mag for adults: contains over 600 photos. Approval copy from: Matchmaker (K38), Chorley, PR7 4BS. Ring: 01257 480155 (24 hours). Edinburgh Young man looking for work. Good at cooking, cleaning, house sitting, care work, pet sitting, etc. However, no ironing (or sexual services)! Phone Clay on 0131-467 6120. Golden Wheel Seeking discreet gay or bisexual new friends, male or female? Long standing service, all areas and worldwide. Send stamp for details to: (Sadie), The Golden Wheel, Liverpool. L15 3HT. International Pen Friends Would you like to correspond with gay men all over the world? It is possible through INTERGAY, an international gay pen club. For info, write to: INTERGAY, Voorstraat 12-A, 4033 AD, Lienden, The Netherlands. Martin's Cleaning Service, Lothians Domestic Household cleaning done to a high standard. Also caters for voyeurs. Confidential, private service. Tel. 0131-552 1870. Painter And Decorator Female painter and decorator. Glasgow based. Call Zoe Smith on 0141-402 2112. Pen Friends Lesbian Gay and Bi Pen Friends, non profit service, Box numbers, Monthly listings, no outdated ad's, free voice mail, SAE PO Box 2000, Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire, England, BL6 7PG. Tel/Fax: 01204 667747 or e-mail lgb@clara.net WWW: http://www.angelfire.com/ga/lgb/index.html Worldwide Penfriends Regular lists. Make friends, exchange holidays, improve your languages. For general and music lovers' lists send ukp3: "The Penpal List", c/o 221B Merton Road, Southfields, London. SW18 5EE. Back Rubs Back Rubs Latin, passive, foreign, 5 European languages, straight acting, looking for older men for pleasure or private services. Abroad services welcome. 7 days a week. Car. Discreet. Edinburgh. Call 0793 0928970. Black Male Escort Educated, discreet, expensive VWE escort - women welcome too. In or out calls. Tel: 07970 528229. Central Scotland Black, active muscular VWE lad. A discreet and friendly body rub. 12 stones, six footer. CP available. Call Chris 07050 082461. Edinburgh Cuddly chubby gay man offers discreet personal service to genuine callers. ukp20. 0131-271 0481. Escort - Kissogram - Massage The very best for entertainment. The ultimate in sexual fantasy. Private shows or parties: the choice is yours. Telephone: 0411 284558. Escort/Massage Offered Hi! Want to relax? Let my trained hands send you to heaven and back. 22 year old, 6'1", WE, slim, very attractive and versatile. For unhurried personal attention, page me on 01523 181882 or E-mail: djmbig@aol.com Glasgow Danny and Callum (together or separate). Professional masseurs. 7 days a week. WE. Mobile: 0421 753 677 or 0403 172 486. Glasgow Boyz Two For One Sensual erotic all over rub experience by discreet friendly lads. New in Glasgow. 22/24. Satisfaction guaranteed. In/out calls. David/Nik. Mobile 0797 1362110. Glasgow/Edinburgh Hot Rod Call Callum for total enjoyment and satisfaction. All tastes. All ages. All races. Call now: 0403 172486. 7 days. 24 hours. ukp30 p/h. Glasgow Joe Skin, horny, smooth, pierced, friendly. In/out - 7 days 24 hours. Good rates for an unhurried, relaxing service. Call me: 0403 480601. Glasgow Mike The best sensual/erotic back rub offered by attractive, slim, horny guy. Excellent value. New clients most welcome. Call 0141-889 1764 and ask for Mike. Let Me Pull Your Cracker Simon (Glasgow only). Being of mature years (60), 5'8", I will escort the tired businessman 50+ or the titled gentleman or executive for the evening:- To Dinner for Two, or the Cinema, Theatre or just perhaps in your home or hotel room where I can take you in hand. Simon is caring, gentle, passive and aims to please. Into most things. Confidentiality absolutely guaranteed. Relax with Simon. Page me: 0839 732555. Massage For Men Great caring, relaxing, sensual pampering. 1 hour full body treatment ukp15. Jim (Qualified). 0131-556 7199. Our Prices Will Not Be Beaten! Our service is unmatched, satisfaction guaranteed. Discounts available. Call Mike or Chick on 0141-889 1764. Rub You Right Good looking, smooth faced, well hung lad gives fantastic back rubs. Into Lycra, Speedos, J/Straps and pouches. Brilliant prices. Call Jamie - 0403 237403. South Lanarkshire Blond slim horny guy, 5'9", all tastes, all races. On your own or with friend. In/out. Call Zander on 01698 333625. Where to Stay Rothes Glen Hotel Moray's premier country house hotel, in acres of grounds and glorious views towards the Grampian Mountains, is noted for warmth and friendly service. Six miles south of Elgin, midway between Inverness and Aberdeen. Contact Michael or Freddie, Rothes Glen Hotel, Rothes, Morayshire. AB38 7AQ. Telephone: 01340 831254. E-mail: 101516.1660@compuserve.com The Maltings Bed & Breakfast Small guest flat double room. Friendly Service. Homely atmosphere. Midway between Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen. Call Peter on 01674 674148 or mobile 0831 438999. USA One Bedroom Condo, Los Angeles, California available for vacation rental. Located in West Hollywood, Walking distance to clubs, restaurants, bars, gym. Fully furnished, all new and updated, linens, etc. $650 per week. If interested call Michael at 00 1 714-381-5855, or write to Michael Winston, 8577 Rugby Drive #202, West Hollywood, Ca 90069, or E-mail: LagunaGuy9@aol.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- VENUES ====== Aberdeen ABERDEEN WOMEN'S CENTRE Shoe Lane, off Queen Street. Tel: (01224) 625010. Fax: 01224 625777. Tue-Thu 10am-2pm. Where the women hang out. Lesbian group meets Wed 8-10pm. CLUB 2000 62 Shiprow. Tel: (01224) 596999. 9pm-2am. Following the closure of Castro, now Aberdeen's only gay pub/club. Small and intimate. Entry charge Fri/Sat only. Free before 11pm and ukp2 after with no re-entry fee. Dundee DEVA'S 75 Seagate. Tel: (01382) 226840. Mon-Sat 11am-Midnight. Dundee's longest establised gay bar. As we went to press, the pub was changing hands and may be closed for a period for refurbishment. LIBERTY NIGHTCLUB 124 Seagate. Tel: (01382) 200660. Wed-Sun 11pm-2.30am. Good atmosphere, very popular disco with wide selection of sounds and the occasional act/PA. Thursdays and Sundays are quieter - but not much. BAR XS St Andrew's Lane (behind Liberty Nightclub). Tel: (01382) 200660. Mon-Sat 8pm-Midnight. Sun 8-11pm. Caf‚/bar for lgb clientele under the same successful management as Liberty to which it has its own entrance. Edinburgh BLACK BO'S 57/61 Blackfriars Street. Tel: 0131-557 6136. Daily Noon-2pm (in the bar) and 6pm-10.30pm. Superb little vegetarian restaurant. Friendly staff. Mixed clientele. Excellent value lunch menu. BLUE MOON 1 Barony Street/36 Broughton Street. Tel: 0131-556 2788. Mon-Fri 11-11.30am, Sat 10-12.30am, Sun 10am-11.30pm. Popular lesbigay cafe‚/bar complex. BOBBIE'S BOOKSHOP 220 Morrison Street. Tel: 0131-538 7069. Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm. Mixed bookshop selling a selection of UK and imported gay magazines. CAFE LUCIA 13-29 Nicolson Street. Tel: 0131-662 1112. Generally 10am-10pm but hours vary according to performances. Mixed bar attached to the Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Full of luvvies and their friends! CATWALK CAFE 2 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7770. FAX: 0131-478 7771. Not going for a gay clientele, but still decidedly gay friendly. C.C. BLOOM'S 23 Greenside Place. Tel: 0131-556 9331. Mon-Fri 7pm-3am, Sat-Sun 2pm-3am. Karaoke on Thursday and Sunday. Male strippers Sun at 4.30pm. Disco every night from 10.30pm. THE CAULDRON 77 Clerk Street. Tel: 0131-622 7237. Mon-Sat Noon-1am. Sun 12.30pm-1am. Edinburgh's best kept secret. Real ale in a gay friendly atmosphere. Esoteric jukebox. "If you must go on the scene, why not have some beer first?" Frequented by members of Diverse Drinkers - WWW: http://www.antipope.org/feorag/drinkers/ CITY CAFE 19 Blair Street. Tel: 0131-220 0125. 11am-1am. Not as outrageously mixed as it used to be, but still seriously conventional. CLAREMONT BAR & RESTAURANT 133/135 East Claremont Street. Tel: 0131-556 5662. FAX: 0131-558 3539. Bar: Mon-Sat 11am-1am, Sun 12.30pm-1am. Restaurant: Mon-Fri 11.30am-2.30pm and 6pm-10pm, Sat 11.30am-10pm, Sun 12.30pm-10pm. Gay owned, gay friendly and renowned for courtesy, comfort and good food. E-mail: scifipub@cableinet.co.uk CLOUDS 16 Forth Street. Tel: 0131-550 3808 FAX: 0131-550 3807. A gay-owned, Edinburgh based Letting Agency offering a comprehensive competitive service for Landlords/Owners for long-term short term property management. E-mail: cloudsacc@aol.com CYBERIA 88 Hanover Street. Tel: 0131-220 4403. Daily 10am-10pm (12pm-7pm Sun). Friendly mixed cybercafe‚ with friendly mixed staff. Where the wired queers hang out. E-mail: edinburgh@cybersurf.co.uk WWW: http://www.cybersurf.co.uk/ DIVINE DIVA'S The Venue (Top Floor), 15 Calton Road. Tel: 0131-556 8997. Every fourth Friday - 9.30pm-3am. Women only one nighter with all proceeds going to Edinburgh Switchboard. EDINBURGH LESBIAN GAY AND BISEXUAL CENTRE 58a and 60 Broughton Street. Houses PJ's , Nexus Caf‚-Bar, OUTRIGHT Scotland, Pride Scotland and Massage for Health. Also provides meeting and noticeboard space for many lesbigay organisations. Private mailboxes available. FANTASIES 8b Drummond Street. Tel/FAX: 0131-557 8336. Mon-Sat 10am-9pm, Sun Noon-9pm. Scotland's ONLY licenced SEX shop where you'll be made welcome by the very bearish Vince (who's straight) or Paddy (who isn't). Toys galore, video rental too! Glamour shop upstairs. FRENCH CONNECTION 89 Rose Street Lane North. Tel: 0131-225 7651. Mon-Sat Noon-1am, Sun 1pm-1am. Intimate bar just off Rose Street Crawl. Never a dull moment. Karaoke Tue/Fri. JOY Wilkie House, Cowgate. JOY Info Line: 0131-467 2551. 10.30pm-3am. Phone the Info Line for details of next date. Joy, Scotland's most upfront gay club! ukp7 members/ukp9 non-members (reduced entry of ukp6/ukp7 before 11pm. E-mail: joy.scotland@virgin.net WWW: http://freespace.virgin.net/alanjoy.dj/joyhome.htm MASSAGE FOR HEALTH 58a/60 Broughton Street. Tel: 0131-669 8039, 0131-478 1090 or 07970 921209. By appointment only. Therapeutic massage from qualified practitioners Anne and John. Concessions available. MINGIN' Studio 24, Calton Road. Info Line: 0131-467 2551. 10.30pm-3am. Saturdays: 13th February, 13th March, 10th April, 8th May. Alan Joy's new club Mingin' runs every fourth Saturday featuring Alan Joy himself on the decks plus Brian Dempster. ukp5 entry. E-mail: its.mingin@virgin.net WWW: http://freespace.virgin.net/alanjoy.dj/mingin.htm NEW TOWN BAR 26B Dublin Street. Tel: 0131-538 7775. Mon-Sat Noon-1am. Sun 12.30pm-1am. Especially popular with Bears, but has wide clientele. Intense, the downstairs Disco is open Thu-Sun 10pm-1am. NEXUS CAFE-BAR 60 Broughton Street. Tel: 0131-478 7069. 11am-11pm. The cafe‚ at the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Centre. Friendly and increasingly busy. E-mail: nexus1cb@aol.com No EIGHTEEN 18 Albert Place. Tel: 0131-553 3222. Mon-Sat Noon-10pm, Sun 2-10pm. Sauna club for gay gentlemen - run by a couple of straight Dykes! Open on Sundays - great for that aprŠs Kirk Session! THE OUTHOUSE Broughton Street Lane. Tel: 0131-557 6668. Daily Noon-1am. Gay friendly cafe‚ bar in a small lane in the gay triangle. OUT OF THE BLUE 36 Broughton Street. (Downstairs at the Blue Moon Caf‚). Tel: 0131-478 7048. Daily Noon-7pm. Gay and lesbian store selling books, mags, videos, wearing apparel, etc. Provides some welcome competition for Mrs Tubby Bear at PJ's! PERMISSION Shady Lady's, Cowgate. Next dates: 14th February, 14th March (tbc). 10.30pm - 3am. Doors close 1pm. Happy Hour 'til Midnight. Pansexual fetish club with dance floor play space. Dress code (anything impressive and non-Nazi). ukp4 entry (ukp3 with flyer). E-mail: permission@hedonism.demon.co.uk WWW: http://www.hedonism.demon.co.uk/permission PJ'S 60 Broughton Street. Tel: 0131-558 8174. Daily Noon-7pm. Gifts and toys for gay boyz and girlz. PLANET OUT 6 Baxter's Place. Tel: 0131-524 0061. Mon-Thu 4pm-1am, Fri-Sun 12.30pm-1am. Food served: Mon-Thu 4pm-9pm, Fri-Sun 12.30pm-7pm. Formerly Route 66. Has been extensively refurbished. But there's still no real ale! ROCKING HORSE Victoria Street. Info Line: 0795 775 8433. Thu: 'Dust' ukp2 enter Cowgate - Metal, Industrial, Goth, Punk. Fri: 'FUSE' ukp3 (ukp2 with free membership) Industrial. Sat: 'Earth Inferno' ukp4 (ukp3 membership). Gothic/Industrial. Sun: 'Metal' FREE AGAIN enter Victoria Street - Metal, requests, cd's. Dress code: black, pvc, leather, corsetry, gothic, TV/TS, punk. Strict floor/door policy. Clubs and DJ's for hire. E-mail: pure01@hotmail.com WWW: http://members.xoom.com/dust_net THE STAG & TURRET 1-7 Montrose Terrace. Tel: 0131-478 7231. 11am-1am. Friendly and thriving gay boozer just round the corner from the Solas Centre. SOLAS CAFE 2/4 Abbeymount. Tel: 0131-661 0982. Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri 11am-4pm, Wed 5-9pm. Attached to Solas National HIV Information Centre. Good home cooking (everything cooked on the premises). Vegetarians and carnivores catered for. TACKNO Club Mercado, 36-39 Market Street. Tel: 0131-226 4224. Last Sun of each month 11pm-4am. DJ Trendy Wendy. Mixed and crowded club night. TASTE The Honeycomb, 36-38a Blair Street. Tel: 0131-220 4381. Sun 11pm-3am. Weekly mixed members' club with DJs Fisher and Price. THEATRE ROYAL BAR 24 Greenside Place. Tel: 0131-557 2142. Mon-Sat Noon-Midnight. Basically straight, this Real Ale Bar (formerly a Gas Board Showroom) in the middle of Edinburgh's Gay Triangle attracts a fair number of queers for an off-scene pint before heading for nearby fleshpots. VIVA MERCADO Club Mercado, 36-39 Market Street. Tel: 0131-226 4224. 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month 11pm-4am. Mixed and crowded club night. WEB 13 13 Bread Street. Tel: 0131-229 8883. Mon-Fri 9am-10pm, Sat 9am-8pm, Sun 11am-8pm. Informal mixed cybercafe‚ with homely and approachable staff. WWW: http://www.web13.co.uk/ E-mail: queries@web13.co.uk Falkirk DROOKIT DUCK 16 Grahams Road. Tel: (01324) 613644. Mon-Wed 11am-3pm and 6-11.30pm. Thu 11am-3pm and 5pm-Midnight. Fri-Sat 11am-12.30am. Sun 7pm-Midnight. Straight bar used by a few discrete local gays. Near to Grahamston station. Galashiels GREEN'S DINER 4 Green Street. Tel: (01896) 757667. Tue 10am-5pm, Wed-Sat 10am-10pm. Relaxed Eurocafe‚ style every opening day from 10am-5pm, Full Restaurant Service from 5pm (Booking essential 10 days in advance for weekends). Mixed. E-mail: Greensdiner@hotmail.com Glasgow AUSTINS 183a Hope Street. Tel: 0141-332 2707. Mon-Fri 4pm-Midnight, Sat-Sun 2pm-Midnight. Friendly and busy basement pub. Entertainment every evening. Happy hours: Mon-Fri 4-9pm, Sat 7-10pm. Currently up for sale. BENNETS DISCO 80-90, Glassford Street. Tel: 0141-552 5761. Tue-Sun 11pm-3am. Beautifully appointed busy club now on two floors. Frequent PAs. Tuesdays are straight. CCA Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street. Tel: 0141-332 0522. Centre open Mon-Wed 9am-11pm Thur-Sat 9am-Midnight Sun Noon-5pm. Bookshop Mon-Sat 10am-6pm Sun Noon-5pm. Galleries Mon-Sat 11am-6pm Sun Noon-5pm (admission free). Two galleries, two performance spaces, cafe‚ bar and bookshop. Lesbigay friendly place bustling with life, the universe and everything. Wheelchair accessible apart from upstairs performance space. E-mail: gen@cca-glasgow.com CAFFE LATTE 58 Virginia Street. Tel: 0141-553 2553. Mon-Sat 11am-Midnight, Sun Noon-Midnight. European style diner. Relaxed atmosphere. Wide selection: pastas, pizzas & sandwiches. CENTURION 19 Dixon Street. Tel: 0141-248 4485. Fax: 0141-400 1080. Sauna and Shop: Sun-Fri Noon-10pm, Sat Noon-Late (Allnighter). Reduced entry charge at weekends! All the usual facilities. CLONE ZONE 11 Dixon Street. Tel: 0141-248 2593. Mon-Wed 11am-7pm, Thu-Sat 11am-9pm, Sun 1-7pm. Clothes, videos, magazines, toys. In temporary accommodation at the GGLC due to a building mishap at their Virginia Street premises to which they hope to return shortly. WWW: http://www.czone.demon.co.uk/ COURT BAR 69 Hutcheson Street. Tel: 0141-552 2463. Mon-Sat 8am-Midnight, Sun 12.30pm-Midnight. Small bar beside former Sheriff Court. Straight until mid-evening. DELMONICA'S BAR 68 Virginia Street. Tel: 0141-552 4803. Daily Noon-Midnight. Large pub - popular with the younger crowd. GLC CAFE/BAR GGLC, 11 Dixon Street. Tel: 0141-400 1008. Daily 10am-10pm. Full breakfast always available. Home cooking. Now back under the capable hands of Martha! GLASGOW GAY & LESBIAN CENTRE (GGLC) 11 Dixon Street. Tel/FAX: 0141-221 7203. Daily 10am-10pm. Glasgow's community centre for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals. Caf‚. Clone Zone shop. Two large meeting rooms available for hire. Getting better and better after recent changes in management. Increasingly busy and popular! Fully wheelchair accessible venue. WWW: http://www.gglc.org.uk/gglc/ INTERNET CAFE 569 Sauchiehall Street. Tel: 0141-564 1052. Mon-Fri 9am-11pm, Sat 10am-11pm, Sun 11am-11pm. Friendly staff, mixed clientele, full Internet access from ukp2 per half hour. Food served all day. WWW: http://www.linkcafe.co.uk/ E-mail: tim@linkcafe.co.uk THE LANE 60 Robertson Street Lane (off Argyle Street). Tel: 0141-221 1802. Mon-Fri 1-10pm, Sat-Sun Noon-10pm. "Exotic Gay Men's Club" with sauna and private cabins. Promotional offers. Look for the green light. LOVE BOUTIQUE The Arches, Midland Street. Tel: 0141-221 9736. 10.30pm-3am. 1st Saturday of the month. Busy mixed club popular with the younger crowd. PENELOPE'S 18 Jamaica Street. Tel: 0141-400 1423. Tue 11pm-3am. Weekly club night. DJ Colin. Regular PAs and drinks promos. Entry ukp2/ukp3. THE POLO LOUNGE 84 Wilson Street. Tel: 0141-553 1221. Mon-Thu Noon-1am, Fri-Sun Noon-3am. Upmarket bar. Voted No. 1 club in UK by Boyz. WWW: http://www.pololounge.co.uk/ E-mail: pololounge@urbanvibes.co.uk SADIE FROST'S 8-10 West George Street. Tel: 0141-332 8005. Noon-Midnight. Bar meals Noon-7pm. Friendly staff who compliment the upmarket decor. Nice and convenient for rail travellers to the North and East of Scotland. SILKS AND SECRETS 308 Argyle Street. Tel: 0141-572 1017. Mon-Sat 10am-5.45pm. Sun Noon-5pm. Clothes and toys catering for gay, transvestite and fetish tastes. Friendly understanding staff. Larger sizes stocked. TIN PAN ALLEY 39 Mitchell Street. Tel: 0141-248 7377. Mon 11pm-3am. Disco. Has seen better days. Not very busy. TRON THEATRE CAFE BAR Chisholm Street. Tel: 0141-552 8587. Noon-Midnight. Friendly theatre bar. Mixed. WWW: http://www.tron.co.uk/ E-mail: info@tron.co.uk UNSCENE 13th Note Caf‚, 50-60 King Street. Tel: 0141-553 1638. 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Doors open 8.30pm. Relaxed mixed club. Indie/whatever music policy. Guaranteed HiNRG-free zone. VICTORIA BAR 157-159 Bridgegait. Tel: 0141-552 6040. Daily 11am-Midnight. Basically straight, but justly popular with Glasgow's many Real Ale queens and dykes. VIOLATE PO Box 808, Glasgow. G71 7YN. Violate Club Line: 0890 1292 058 (60p per min at all times). Replaces the Hellfire Club. BDSM and general pervery. Saturday 6th February: Caf‚ Royal, Edinburgh. Friday 12th February: GGLC, Glasgow. Sunday 14th February: Arches, Glasgow - Kinky Fetish Fashion Extravaganza - Hosted by Violate and The Arches. Saturday 6th March: Cafe Royal, Edinburgh. WWW: http://www.violate.co.uk/ E-mail: update@violate.co.uk THE WATERLOO 306 Argyle Street. Tel: 0141-229 5891. Mon-Sat Noon-Midnight. Sun 12.30pm-Midnight. Semper idem! Popular, crowded, down to earth gay drinking shop. Scotland's oldest gay bar - what more can we say? Busy, busy, busy! Awarded the Betty Hutton seal of approval. Inverness NICO'S BAR/BISTRO Glen Mhor Hotel, Ness Bank. Tel: (01463) 234308. Wed and Fri 9-11pm. Smart relaxed bar popular with some local gays especially on Wednesday and Friday nights (9.15pm onwards). Mixed clientele. STATION HOTEL Station Square, Academy Street. Tel: (01463) 231926. Wed and Fri 9-11pm. Inverness's main gay friendly establishment. Smart hotel bar. Increasingly popular with Inverness gays who are tired of putting up with the antics of a certain homophobic establishment owner. Stirling BARNTON BISTRO 3 1/2 Barnton Street. Tel: (01786) 461698. Mon-Thu 10.30am-Midnight, Fri-Sat 10.30am-1am, Sun Noon-Midnight. (Food: Day and early evening). Near to railway station, Mixed, busy, bohemian and friendly bar/bistro. Popular with students and Sons/Daughters of the Rock alike. Good food. Real Ale. --------------------------------------------------------------------- InsideOut: a monthly magazine for lesbians, gays and bisexuals. ISSN: 1360-9327. Edited, printed and published in Scotland. (c) Pageprint Publishing Limited, January 1999. PO Box 666, Edinburgh. EH7 5JW. 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