INSIDE OUT ========== InsideOut is a monthly magazine for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals. Edited, printed and published in Scotland Issue 28a - July 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 Festival Granny Spice Edinburgh Glasgow Scottish Media Monitor Dundee Moray Aberdeen ScotsGay Voice Personals Boxes - The ScotsGay Meet Market Venues ---------------------------------------------------------------------- EDINBURGH FESTIVAL: THE INSANITY RETURNS ======================================== It's August in Edinburgh, so I guess it must be Festival time yet again: how quickly it seems to come around each year. With the city about to overspill with hordes of seasoned luvvies, and the odd Festival virgin or two, just where are the best places to spend all those pink pounds? This year the Editor has given me the arduous task of trailing through the piles of press releases, programmes and flyers in search of something to tickle the gay fancy. Cheers John. So let's kick straight off with the biggest part of the four weeks of culture, namely the Fringe. For the penultimate Fringe of the millennium a total of 1,345 shows featuring an astonishing 14,562 performers run, officially, from August the 8th to the 30th. Comedy first, and those in need of a laugh (who isn't these days?) should head to the Pleasance for a dose of Scott Capurro. This year the San Franciscan queen of mirth is staging a play bearing the same name as his forthcoming debut novel: Fowl Play. Worth pointing out that the show only runs for eight nights starting on the 22nd. Also at the Pleas' is They Shoot Cowboys...Don't They?, written by Lil Warren, where you can discover who was the campest singing cowboy. Meanwhile, over at the ever-busy and sweaty Gilded Balloon Mitch Benn returns with his particular style of direct comedy. Festival stalwarts the Jim Rose Circus return with a production entitled Secrets of the Strange. Expect something offbeat and no doubt mildly controversial down at the Palladium, Broughton Place. Screamers Comedy Club is new to the Fringe. Billed as the "UK's only gay, lesbian and queer-friendly comedy night", Screamers is actually running for six nights, at the Southside, and is co-hosted by the Rhinestone Cowgirl herself, Tina C (who has her own show Leaving on a Jet Plane at Pleasance Two). Another well-kent face, at least if you're a viewer of late-night Channel Four TV, is the Divine David. I guess you either love or hate the surreal ramblings of this decidedly alternative comedian, but I'm sure his shows at GB will be packed with those curious to meet the man in the flesh. Dyball and Kerr's show called Men, subtitled 'The Modern Male Exposed', promises to reveal all those deep-rooted male secrets. I think they're talking about the inhibitions of our straight cousins when it comes to the art of conversation, but I'm informed that the topics up for discussion do extend (so to speak) to penis sizes. You'll bump into Men at the Southside. Miss Ali Jay (the other host of Screamers, above), James Holmes and Magic Mandy Muden give us a reason to visit the Stand Comedy Club for an afternoon of cabaret. Expect much campness from a show entitled Oh! What a Lovely Blouse. Back to the Palladium, and Ennio Marchetto revisits the capital with his unusual blend of parody, paper costumes and onstage transformations. A real living cartoon legend. Pious Fringe-goers can catch the prolific Rabbi Lionel Blue and his anecdotal tales and observations at the Queen's Hall, but only for the one date. Unless you're otherwise engaged, stick August 19th in your diary. Celebrating their fifteenth anniversary (congratulations boys), Kit and the Widow perform a Very Best Of show amidst the splendour of the Assembly Rooms, George Street. Just to confuse everyone, they also perform at the Caf‚ Royal "later and liver" each evening in a show called The Very Worst of Kit and the Widow. Take your pick, or go see both. Harvey Fierstein, author of Torch Song Trilogy, and multi-Tony Award winner, has a one night stand at the Usher Hall on August 13th where he will perform dramatic monologues and stand up comedy with unforgetable musical styling. Rocket Venue at South Bridge Resource Centre is where you'll find comedy revue group Alternate Shadows deliver a series of sketches entitled Seven Deadly Sinners (+ 1 Free), covering subject matter including "religion, sex and old ladies". Mmm. The Crusaid and The Food Chain Benefit night takes place on the 21st at the Playhouse. Last year's charity money-raiser saw the likes of Lily Savage and Julian Clary appear. Expect more big names this time round. Lip Service, aka Maggie Fox and Sue Ryding, return with a pair of comic productions. King Arthur and the Knights of the Occasional Table plus the Bronte-esque Withering Looks provide historic laughs at the Assembly Rooms. I've no idea if the fat man of stand-up knows there's a show named after him this year, but Canon's Gait Cellar Bar is showing The Gay Bernard Manning, by Robert Knox Verses Lee Ness. Perhaps they know something we don't. However, there's an amazing one pence concessionary discount for those wanting to find out more. Moving on to all things musical, there's a very welcome return for Earl Okin (his 18th year). This year his unique blend of humour, music and seduction comes in the shape of His Royal Horniness, playing at the Caf‚ Royal. I know this particular gentleman is really looking to seduce those of the fairer sex, but, along with our esteemed editor, I have to say Okin's smooth charm and wit also works wonders on us cultured woofters! If you require some more of young Earl, he's also celebrating the work of three of the musical greats in Hoagy, Duke and George (Gershwin, that is) at the Bongo Club. Soft Cell (remember them?) front-man Marc Almond will be charming the pants off his many fans at the Queen's Hall. Personally, I find his singular style of avant cabaret totally captivating. A definite try and see. As is Simply Barbra, a Pleasance-based, Streisand-tribute extravaganza starring impressionist Steven Brinberg. Holyrood Tavern is where you can make a date with Mark Northfield in Blond, Blue-eyed Guy, 26. A measly fiver is all it costs to sample the songs of this young man who admits he's "ready to take on the world". The Absolute Banana Theatre Company were responsible for last year's hit play Beautiful Thing. In '99 the crew are staging pop musical Dangerous Games at South Bridge Resource Centre. Plus the show's suitable for the kiddies, well those aged 12 and over at least. Festival Theatre USC-USA are busy with a trio of musicals at Drummond Community Theatre. There's the best off-Broadway show Nunsense, a new musical called Working and Tea and Crumpets, an "eccentric comedy about marriage, money, murder and finding your way home". The sumptuous Balmoral Hotel is where you'll find the answer to the question One Lump or Two? As an added treat, tea and cucumber sandwiches definitely will be on the menu at this "superior musical Tea Party" by the Natural Theatre Company. Little Shop of Horrors, by ZooTC, is back at the Palladium after last year's sell-out and, finally, some classic Noel Coward is revived in Words and Music by Rexana Productions at venue C too. For those looking forward to a bit of physical theatre, or simply to ogle men in tights, there are a couple of things of interest around. Over 20 performers from South Africa hit the stage in the African Experience at The Meadows Theatre Big Top - that's if drumming and foot stomping is your type of thing. Or head for Continental Shifts at St Bride's Centre and Springwell House for the best in physical, visual and dance theatre. Then there's Club West at the Edinburgh Dance Centre who are showing Livin' 'Ere. The four tales by Asian company Wise Thoughts explore ethnic, cultural and sexual identity, love, cruising and AIDS. Pussy Galore's Flying Circus (presumably minus Miss Blackman) deals with the relationship between a girl and her gay brother. Family emotions fuse with dance and music on the high wire at Graffiti, doon the foot of the triangle. Things are a little more sedate, though no less entertaining, at Hill Street Theatre, where local lad Jonathan Burnett gives you two solo, gothic pantomimes for the price of one in The Ballad of Branwell Bronte/Medea!! And so to the true treaders of the boards. There's just so much theatre on offer that it's an almost impossible task to pick some likely highlights. But I'll try. And they ain't all totally gay in flavour either. Theatre group Aabacus explore 20th Century Legends: The Lives, Loves and Music of Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland at The Ark, which ought to be a treat for the ranks of adoring fans. You'll be moved by The Yellow Boat, a true drama by David Starr about his young son's life with AIDS. This "drama of hope" is brought to Edinburgh by the American High School Theatre Festival at the Church Hill Theatre, Morningside. Those aged 10 and over are invited to Pond Life by the A Minimis Incipe company. You can "dip into the murky depths of sexual discovery" at Augustine's, George IV Bridge or, alternatively, for something more distinctly adult, the Roman Eagle Lodge has two plays dealing with sexual power-games. Sex Games and Matching Outfits and Politica Erotica are both by Bristol Experimental Theatre Company. Theatre Workshop is always a good place for original and thought-provoking work. This time round they have Nomads, a collaborative piece by young GLBT actors (those from last year's successful Contracts) and young disabled actors. Kaos Theatre have a camp interpretation of Wilde's perennial favourite The Importance of Being Earnest and, in D.A.R.E., Daryl Beeton plays a disabled rent boy. TW are also hosting Theatre 28's European premiere of To Have And To Hold, a modern-day tale of gay love, while the same company stage the contentious Corpus Christi at the Bedlam Theatre. You've probably already read about this American play which portrays Jesus and several disciples as faggots. Why does blasphemy always seems to get the bums onto seats, I wonder? A new adaptation of Stephen Fry's The Liar is on at Gilded Balloon while Oscar Wilde's Salome, by Giralda Theatre Company, plays out at C3. Snag, a show boasting "one actor, ten characters, a fish and a mobile phone", stars out actor Nicholas Papademetriou. Slide on down to Gilded Balloon's Backstage if hairy-chested blokes are your bag. Half a dozen rather more smooth-chested lads feature in My Night With Reg at Venue C (Over-seas House): a "funny and moving picture of the lives and loves of six gay men in the age of AIDS". Kit Hesketh-Harvey (of Kit and the Widow fame) has a premiere at Caf‚ Royal with Five O'Clock Angel, a play about the not-quite love affair between Tennessee Williams and Russian-born Maria St Just. Catch a slice of pizza as well as Who's Saki? at Valvona & Crolla. This new comedy play about the Edwardian short-story writer should contain a strong gay theme. And inevitably the number one bent bard is well represented at the Fringe. Check out Macbeth - Director's Cut at George Square Theatre, The Merchant of Venice at the Pleasance or sweat it out at Shakespeare In the Botanics. For extra weirdness try New Age Romance at C, Over-Seas House, for a French comedy about a man and his best friend — a gay dog! Or play it safe with buggery, transvestism and spanking in the decadent classic Fanny Hill, by Afterthought Productions, at the Hill Street Theatre. I'm not that up on art, but for anyone looking to replace the flying ducks on the wall, you could do a lot worse than visit the gay-friendly Unknown Gallery at St Bernard's Crescent, Stockbridge to view and buy work by emerging artists. Or there's a similar show of fresh talent on at The Chaplaincy Centre by the intriguingly-named Starving Wife Art Company. At the Festival proper (the Edinburgh International Festival runs 15th August to 4th September) amongst the myriad symphonies and recitals, I'm reliably informed that The Rape of Lucretia featuring the Scottish Chamber Orchestra is a good bet. This opera by gay composer Benjamin Britten is on at the stunning Festival Theatre on August 19th. You'll have to wait until the very last day of the Festival, a Saturday this year, to experience the popular Fireworks Concert in Princes Street Gardens. Sponsored by our friends at the Bank of Scotland, it is with supreme irony, perhaps, that the conductor on the evening of September the 4th goes by the name of Nicholas Kok! For movie buffs visiting the International Film Festival there ain't much in the way of gay and lesbian material this year. Celluloid delights on offer are: Based on the Novel (1999, 87 mins), a Dutch film directed by Eddy Terstall; the UK premiere of The Big Tease (1999, 100 mins), directed by Kevin Allen and starring Craig Ferguson as a gay hairdresser; the bittersweet lesbian love story Show Me Love (1998, 89 mins); the Jarman-like Speedy Boys (1999, 75 mins), and Trick (1999, 87 mins), which charts the ups and downs of a young, gay composer. Bookworms heading for Charlotte Square Gardens between the 14th and the 30th should take a note of appearances by Sandi Toksvig, Barry Day (talking about his book The Complete Lyrics of Noel Coward), Anita Phillips (who'll be attempting to defend masochism), Diane Wood Middlebrook (discussing The Double Life of Billy Tipton, the jazz world's greatest cross-dresser) and the forthright Edwina Currie, who's frequently spoken up in the past for us queer lot. And I'm sure there's more besides. Right, that's all we've space for. Apologies for anything gay or gay-friendly that I may have missed, but hey, half the fun of the Festival is unearthing some little gem that's previously gone undiscovered. Scott J. Reid ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DAVID 'NERO' HUME MBE (1937-1999) One massive hole in the Fringe programme has been caused by the death, earlier this year, of old fiddler David Hume. David formed Philomusica in 1976 and, every year, this small chamber orchestra, largely composed of his pupils, gave a gruelling number of concerts which formed a major part of the musical life of the City. Responsible for giving many young people their first opportunity on the concert stage, he was awarded the MBE in 1997 for his services to music. As a tribute to David's life, there will be just one concert by Philomusica - in St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral on August 14th. A fine old poof who will be much missed. John Hein -------------------------------------------------------------------- GRANNY SPICE ============ Greetings from the Pas de Calais - and yes - Beti tres bonne a baiser! - is still carved in the Pissoirs of Calais together with lots of other interesting little French phrases and phone numbers. with a smattering of Flemish from Ostende visitors flung (or is it hung) in for good measure - and oh the men, and I mean MEN of Lille - plus ‡a change! My short sojourn in France was spoiled by a worrying series of incidents at home. My readers are all aware that I am week-end lush/Trannie/entertainer/ and I have helped make more than a few publicans rich - is this not what bars are for? - Certainly they are not meant for nursing Coca-Cola, while criticising others drinking habits. In my 40 years on the Gay scene I have never encountered such personal and bilious attacks on my qualifications/integrity, and lifestyle! This bile emanates from the one source, and I am informed about it constantly. Some time ago, as one does, I befriended 2 lonely sad souls - but after several incidents and on subsequent professional advice, I chose to drop them. The ensuing actions and threat as a result of my stance, has now gone beyond bitchiness. My advice to these people - GET A LIFE! TO LIGHTER THINGS - The excellent staff at the Newtown continue with their unsurpassed service and smiles - I'm told by pre-festival visitors from down South and abroad, that they vote it the in the user friendly stakes. Keep up the good work Colin and all the friendly staff. Talking of which I dropped in the other day, (much to the shock of the Odd Couple who fled as usual - no doubt to gossip on the 'phone yet again to Glasgow with more stories - how pitiful they are, it all comes back!). Well what a sight for sore eyes the lovely Gary (love those buns!) - resplendent in minuscule shorts was gob-smacking a commercial traveller who couldn't take his eyes of his substantial packet! So much for straight businessmen - he was talking to Gary's crotch and not his face! Sexist beast! News from the West is that Robert Austin is about to re-open in Glasgow's Merchant City in Miller Street - with a flourish. Well-done Robert and I hope that the competition will make the others sit up. I'm sure that it will be good value for money and dazzling entertainment. Shall we see the lovely Betty B again? Talking of whom, I hear she's keeping them entertained at the Glasgow Gay Centre with Frances Fishpaw every Friday. Very entertaining Go for it Ms B.. can we expect the return of Jason & Colin? - constant favourites of course. Travel news is that many gays are heading back to Mykonos this year because of the guaranteed son (oops Sun!) and lots of cheap cancellations. Well indeed - PARAKALA - it's all Greek to me! Enjoy, just don't get within 40 metres of one of those orthodox priests - or, I'm told they'll give you a sound whipping (bondage queens please form an orderly queue!). Speak German to them and your arse will be stinging for the next three months - particularly in Crete! Travelling queens assure me that the beaches are writhing with handsome Teutons! (makes a change to unemployed miners in Portobello and Seton Sands!) Lady Barbara of Burnbank and Strathclyde Park fame is preparing with Desdemona of the Court Bar for yet another sortie - look out you Spaniards for 2 Broads with attitude!! Hot news: SHEILA BLIGE is back - long time favourite at The Duck - Returned after a dazzling success at Madam Jo Jo's and other London venues. I'm told she has appearances lined up at CC Blooms - her show is not for the faint-hearted - lots of fun and very waspishly entertaining. particularly if you have a man in tow - don't miss her! Jo continues to whip them into place at No 18, and despite the hot weather (and Ms Sammi's extended leave - get back to work girl!) he tells me the slap-and-tickle continues apace - I'm sure it's the effective and welcoming staff that make the place, plus the odd cock or two, or three! Other venues note! A parting word visitors and Glaswegians alike, the lovely Ruby Rottenhole (I am a saintly landlady - mass every Sunday.) has opened a Coffee House in Paisley Road West - The Copper Pot - You are welcomed and, you'll get an instant guide to What's on, What's in, and where to get IT - troll along for coffee and perhaps IT! My next epistle will be coming from a new location as unfortunately I'm on the move. However, thanks to new technology - I'm only a finger-fucking flick away, keep the pishflaps moist and avoid false friends. Love & safe fucks, Beti! ----------------------------------------------------------- EDINBURGH ========= The Festival visitors arrive, Martin buggers off to South America for the summer and his understudy fails to deliver the promised copy. So it's down to your editor to tell you all he knows about what's happening on the Edinburgh Scene. First up, we hear that Brian and Diane of CC's have got their paws on the old Stakis casino premises at 14 Picardy Place. Just an unconfirmed rumour - I couldn't get hold of either of them for comment as we went to press. Certainly, Edinburgh could do with somewhere a bit bigger - CC's gets a little too crowded at times! The lesbian crowd should be duly outraged and will no doubt flock in large numbers to Jean and Fran's new venture In Yer Face. It's a first for the UK - a women's lap dancing club where women dance for women. I had to prise the press release out of ScotsDyke Heather's clammy hand and I believe she's already trying to get up a Corporation bus party to head down for the launch at the Annex Lap Dancing Club in Leith's Pitt Street on Friday 13th August. There's lots of club action going on during the Festival period and Switchboard benefit from the profits at both Big Love and Divine Devas. Women Only one nighter Divine Devas is next on at The Venue on Fridays 6th August and 3rd September, whilst Big Love, the Sunday gay/mixed/straight-friendly club is on in The Dome on 15th August - which just happens to be the date that the Princess Royal was born in 1950. NALOPKT... Maggie and Alan Joy are busy too with a special JOY party on Sunday 29th August in their original home: Studio 24. Wilkie House is out of bounds for the duration of the Festival as it is full of thespians. Alan's Mingin' is also at Studio 24 on Saturday 28th August and is open until 5am - the Festival does have some advantages. I hear that there were lots of happy punters at the first outing of Filth last month. It's on again at Studio 24 on Saturday 14th August. A strict dress code will be enforced! I hear positive reports from numerous perverts concerning the new Trans-Mission fetish night. It seems that Toerag and God rather enjoyed themselves. Also Mark, from the Holyrood, was observed sticking his tongue down the throat of a person of indeterminate gender! Next Trans-Mission is on 25th September. The Town House is having a few All Nighters during the Festival period - every Friday and Saturday, to be precise. All good clean fun, I'm sure! If you're not yet a member, take along their ad from this mag and it will save you the ukp2 sub! Before I head off to the Cauldron for the monthly Diverse Drinkers piss up (and leave the other half slaving over a hot typesetting program), just time to remind you that there are several benefits on during the Festival. In particular, Zoo TC's Little Shop Of Horrors will swell the coffers of Crusaid on their opening night of 8th August. After the 5pm performance at The Palladium (conveniently situated at Broughton Place - just down from Nexus and the Faggot Centre) theatre goers will be invited up to Caf‚ Habana for the opening night party which is promised to continue until 3am! John Hein john@scotsgay.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------- GLASGOW ======= by the Arsebandit With Attitude Here we go for yet another rushed column, as all the copy deadlines get pulled forward again due to the Edinburgh Festival. Hope my Small Bald Ginger Editor appreciates this after calling me a scrawny bastard in the last issue. Bloody cheek! We're both the same age you know, just that some of us take more exercise to keep ourselves in trim! Well, here goes with this months ramblings. Hope the computer doesn't crash like last month when I'm halfway through the column. (Wish I could find a boyfriend who'd go down on me as often as the Pentium!) So, what's the latest gossip? Well, the big news of course is that the new Austins will be opening later this month. After weeks of speculation as to whether it would be going ahead, Robert Austin finally spilled the beans on what he was up to, and the word rapidly spread throughout the scene. For those of you who haven't heard, it's in Miller Street, right in the heart of the Gay Ghetto, and is currently being refurbished in preparation for the grand opening. The new venue will be approximately twice the size of the old Austins, and will be Glasgow's ONLY fully gay owned gay pub. The announcement that it was going ahead has been the subject of great excitement, and the scene is very much looking forward to the opening date. Hopefully the atmosphere and entertainment will be similar to the old Austins, which was deservedly popular with the Glasgow Scene. It will be interesting to see what effect this has on the remaining venues which are outside the Gay Ghetto, as the migration towards Merchant City was undoubtedly a contributing factor in the demise of Squires and the old Austins. I can't see The Waterloo being affected, but I predict that Sadie Frosts will have to fight harder to maintain their share of the Pink Pound. If Brian's two pubs and new superclub open as scheduled in Merchant City, this will further concentrate the Scene in the Pink Triangle, making things even harder for peripheral the place as well). The GGLC also continues to shift an ever increasing number of copies, and on the last delivery run to The Waterloo, it was nice to see all those eager hands reaching across the counter to grab a copy before Alison even had a chance to get them out of the box! It's sights like that which make all this worthwhile!! There will be a concert on Monday October 18th on the Renfrew Ferry featuring Robert and May Miller and Tom Robinson. Tickets are ukp10 and proceeds go towards the GGLC, so this should be a date for the diary. (I remember seeing him with Sector 27 about 20 years ago when they played Satchmos in Aberdeen. Right laugh with a load of straights in the place who got a bit of a shock when the Aberdeen scene started singing along to "Glad to be Gay" - Those were the days!) Here's hoping that the Millers will be back on the list of entertainers when the new Austins opens!! Got another e-mail in from Toyah, who I hardly recognised last time I saw her. What happened to the orange hair? Anyway, Toyah has come up with the ultimate form of revenge for those with a grievance. Devote an ENTIRE website to those who have done you wrong! LOVE IT!! And I thought I was bad! Seems like Toyah wants everybody to know she got (financially) stuffed by former Gay Scotland Editor Paul Bryan-Ivison and has put all the solicitors letters etc on the web. Obviously a professional journalist couldn't POSSIBLY tell you where to find this information, but as I don't claim to be one, check out http://www.gay-truth.freeserve.co.uk Paul's side of the story can also be found there - Toyah is nothing if not a fair little bitch! Fans of Mrs Tubby Bear will be pleased to know that he can currently be contacted at Flat 2, 9 South Drive, Harrogate. HG2 8AT. For those of you who like cruising, Queens Park has been HEAVING at the weekends recently. Although I wouldn't recommend going there at night, Sunday afternoons are particularly busy, with a bevvy of trade cruising the south side of the hill. I suppose this hot weather has one benefit in that you can see the object of your desires without its shirt on. Nothing worse than getting a bit of trade home, and finding out that it wears baggy clothing for a good reason!! Had a moan last month about the Uni LGB Society website being out of date. Pam Brunton has recently been elected as the new President and tells me that the site will be updated when Uni starts again. Very important, as I know from the traffic to my own site just how many lesbigay students there are out there. Also got an e-mail in from Allan moaning about the Poo website being hopelessly out of date. Get it sorted KCL!! And talking of King City Leisure, they were under scrutiny by the Commission for Racial Equality last week, accused of operating a racist door policy at their straight venue Archaos. Mr King found himself in Court 11, with half a dozen reporters furiously scribbling away behind him regarding the allegations. When this action reconvenes in December, I foresee many column inches in the straight press being devoted to this case. I found the letter sent to one Asian who had complained to be quite funny in that Archaos seemed to be under the impression that they were Scotland's biggest and best club. The Evening Times Clubber of the Week column on Thursdays seem to have a different view regarding its popularity, and the largest club in Scotland is in fact Amadeus. Get your facts right!! The Treasure Hunt on 25th of July was another well attended event with over 80 people taking part. This was organised by Billy Johnstone, who has organised these events before, and although I was unable to take part myself, I am assured by Stuart Hammond that everyone had a good time. The Treasure Hunt was followed by a barbeque, and the weather remained perfect during the day. Poor Stuart won the booby prize of a road atlas - don't blame it all on your navigator! Lots of stuff in the press recently about gays now being allowed to adopt children. What a fucking insult!! Insulting to the the kids being told that they will only be offered to prospective adopters that nobody else will have, and equally insulting to the Lesbigays being told that they will only be offered kids that nobody else wants! Here's hoping that the Lesbigay community can look beyond all this negative thinking and prove that we're as capable of being good parents as straights. Shouldn't be too hard considering the Fred and Rosemary Wests and Sion Jenkins of the world, the 1 in 4 households where violence is a regular occurrence, the 35,000 kids currently on Child Protection Registers, the 2 kids killed every week by their biological parents and the fact that the vast majority of physical and sexual child abuse occurs within the family. All the current bullshit about "family values" would be quite laughable, were it not for the tragic end products which it so embarrassingly creates in straight society. As a childless forty-something with strong paternal feelings, I find some of the recent homophobic ramblings in the straight press quite stomach-churning. My own website continues to attract ever more visitors, and last month saw an incredible amount of e-mail descending on me! Keep it coming, and keep on sending in your pub and club nominations. These have been UNBELIEVABLY popular, with loads of you desperate to let the pubs and clubs know what you REALLY think. Bennets was once again voted best club with The Polo not getting a single nomination. Best pub was the Waterloo, who also got best service. Worst pub and worst service went to Delmonicas, and best DJ was Karen Dunbar. Remember, this is a true reflection of what the scene feels, and all nominations are verified. I think that FLUFFYBUNNI summed things up in writing "I was watching Gaytime TV the other night and I saw that the Polo Lounge was awarded the best venue in the UK no less! If this is the best the gay community has to look forward to in Britain then God help us all." Also, the complaints book where you can have a moan, and the contact ads are now also working. Oh, must mention that I got an award for excellence in the Gay and Lesbian Community - thanks!! And if you can't remember the URL then http://go.to/fuck (much simpler) GOSSIP AND SNIPPETS -+- Sadies are now doing a women only Karaoke night on the first Friday of the month from 9-12 in the Blue Room. It's hosted by Karen Dunbar and there are drinks promos on offer. -+- Nice to see Betty B back on form doing her Karaoke act down at the GGLC Caf‚. I know there were a lot of requests for her to return to the entertainment scene, and I suspect there will be many more DEMANDING her return to the new Austins! You can catch her on Fridays at the Caff, where she takes turns with Jason and Francine at keeping the girls amused. -+- Had an e-mail asking to give a plug for a gay bulletin board service. Check out "cruising-glasgow" at http://www.onelist.com -+- Bennets now have their own website. Very nice, but at 10 hits a day it's a bit short on visitors. Check them out at http://welcome.to/bennets -+- The fetish night By Command has now become a regular event held in the GGLC on the last Saturday of the month. Tickets are ukp10, and a strict dress code is enforced. Well, I think that's about it for this month. My keyboard has started acting up and printing the wrong letters, or maybe I'm just pissed!! Any gossip or stuff you want me to cover should be sent to the usual P.O. box at the back of the mag or faxed through. My Internerd fans can keep in touch by e-mail, but please, no more mucky correspondence - it's a boyfriend I need, not tacky casual sex!! (I can still get loads of that if I want it, but I don't!!) GOLDILOCKS WEBSITE:- http://www.goldilocks.freeuk.com E-MAIL:- goldilocks@freeuk.com P.S. Will you lot stop taking the piss at the sight of Goldilocks without my trademark leather jacket, Heavy Metal T-shirts, and hair tied back in a ponytail. This hot weather is a right pain in the arse for us rockers, and I've had a few (complimentary) comments about me being seen wearing shorts! Despite the rumours I don't usually wear my bike jacket in bed, although it has been known! Make mine a stiff one!! Goldilocks ------------------------------------------------------------------ SCOTTISH MEDIA MONITOR ====================== Militant homosexual, Garry Otton gunning for fair play again A "catalogue of filth" that "features full- frontal shots of men and women wearing cut-away clothing" so upset prudish reporter Allan Caldwell that Glasgow's Evening Times gave him the front page to vilify the "SECRET OF SCOTLAND'S PORN KING." Even the Milngavie and Bearsden Herald had to join in. Russell Stirton's "seedy sex business." sent Caldwell into a fit of the vapours. This was a "vile trade in adult sex. Lust, perversion and masochism. Thousands of products for perverts, sadists and the sexually depraved. (a) vile mail order trade. (with) all forms of lust to satisfy the perverts." My mouse was clicking like a cricket on http://www.loveboat-products.com! But as Russell Stirton tried to explain, what was the difference between his business and Ann Summers or Lovecare? "Most of those in the trade buy from the same people." But it would have taken more than a bottle of room odourisers to revive poor Allan Caldwell who sniffed: "Neither (of those) contained any full-frontal shots." Caldwell even thrust a copy of Loveboat's catalogue in front of one of Russell Stirton's neighbours who promptly declared it: "'filthy and disgusting.' She added: 'It is shocking that this business is being run from a house in our neighbourhood. There are children playing around here." Well, we can't have that, can we? Local East Dunbartonshire councillor Eric Gotts added: "Hopefully this man will be shamed through the publicity into giving up running this business from his home." In the same issue of Glasgow's Evening Times - also near "children playing" - they ran an ad inviting readers to call "bored housewives." I hope the weans ask mum first before they use the phone! Bosses at the Big Issue in Scotland have "axed saucy phoneline ads," according to the Scottish News of the World. Editor Ken Laird has decided to carry out research on the ads "which included gay chat lines and contacts promising: 'Live adult fun.'" Having had its sales in Edinburgh slashed by about 1,000 copies; fingers have been pointed at a lone reader with church connections. But that is only one aspect of this sorry tale. People who ought to know better are adding their voices to the dark shadow of censorship that now descends on a magazine better known for championing human rights! For gay men, finding the courage to confront our sexuality and stroll into a gay bar doesn't always come with a free drink promotion. We are less likely to meet a partner on the work's night out and run the risk of arrest and violence when cruising. Chatlines are increasingly seen as a useful means for gays, bisexuals and MESMACs, (men seeking sex with men) to make contact. For so many men exploring their sexuality, the so-called "saucy phoneline ads" are often the first step. Yes, the costs of the calls are exorbitant. And whose fault is that? Perhaps that is what the Big Issue in Scotland should be focusing on. How the Tories challenged the new won freedom of telephone chatlines in the eighties. How families 'claimed' children were running up huge phone bills which gave the telephone regulators the excuse they needed to sound the death knoll for premium rate numbers by forcing people to register before using them. Only over time, the heavily regulated sex numbers began to relax. Now I wonder how many cosy gay couples, preparing to swan up the isle together, (sharing a trolley in Asda), first met over a sexy chat on a telephone chatline? Nancy Ott, a lecturer in Mental Health at Caledonian University wrote to the Big Issue in Scotland to say she thought the ads "demean both women and men." Another writer thought the ads contributed to domestic violence and begged the magazine not to encourage the presentation of "other people as sex objects." The problem with that being.? But since when has the media ever championed the rights of us to relate to each other on anything but a sexual level. Every day they continue to challenge our lifestyles with the opinions of moral charlatans like the 'Sexfinder General,' Monsignor Tom Connolly, or the Kirk's handbag, Mrs Anne Allen. Most Scottish newspapers still ban gays, bisexuals or people of transgender from advertising for partners. They include major players like Scottish and Universal Newspapers who publish a stack of Scotland's local newspapers. The Scottish SuperMart after a scurrilous campaign launched by the homophobic Sunday Mail. And Caledonian Newspapers who print The Herald and Glasgow's Evening Times - censoring the word 'gay' and replacing it with: "Just friends." All these actions could result in prosecutions in many European countries. The Big Issue in Scotland's editor, Ken Laird e-mailed me to say: "I always enjoy reading your column and would certainly welcome comments from the magazine's readers. As you know the Big Issue in Scotland gives positive coverage to gay issues and I deplore much of the homophobic nonsense churned out by the mainstream Scottish press. Our vendors were coming in off the streets and telling us people were giving them ukp1 but not taking the magazine because of the adverts. We are opposed to censorship but we must always consider the position of our homeless vendors. I look forward to receiving your readers' opinions and wish you continued success with your vigilant column. More power to your pen!" I only hope he gives a thought to his gay vendors. Hardly likely to make a fuss, are they? You can write to Ken Laird at the Big Issue in Scotland, 29 College Street, Glasgow G1 1QH or e-mail him at edit.scot@bigissue.com. Wendy Alexander, Minister of Communities has said Edinburgh Pride "overshadowed the tired, dated Orange Walks of the past." Wooooh! That was enough for that tired and dated Sniper on the Mound, Glasgow's Evening Times political columnist to draw a comparison between Edinburgh Pride and a few old soldiers and their pram-pushing hangers-on, frog-marching through Paisley. He thought "most would shun the pink parade in favour of the partisan, but manly, religious processions that enliven our communities at this time of year." Manly? Enliven? Oh, do me a favour! ooo You've heard this before. "I'm not gay." In this case, an ex-con in a hand-shandy with another con whilst banged up in one of Her Majesty's establishments. "It was just out of frustration." he apologised to Old Mother (Joan) Burnie, the Daily Record's resident quack. "Incidentally, I hope you were careful and practised safe sex in prison," she advised sagely. Has the Daily Record ever thought about getting someone who knows what she's talking about to respond to reader's letters? A decent old bird, I'm sure, imagining nice condom machines hung up in all the prison gents. So terribly civilised. In actual fact, the High Court ruling in London, making condoms available to prisoners, has no affect in Scotland's prisons where gay sex is rife. And while lawyers prat on about whether cells are a 'public place' or not (thereby defining gay sex as illegal): Men risk passing on HIV and other STD's to other men, their wives or girlfriends. That old fart, Tom Brown boasted in the Daily Record: "Yours truly is a militant feminist" and "all for helping women to burn their bras. But the demand for pay parity for Wimbledon tennis stars, whatever their gender - and let's face it, there is frequently some doubt - should be ruled out of court." His argument went downhill from there. "Women's tennis may be easier on the eye. A pair of pretty young things in disco dresses, playing pit-a-pat across the net, is not the blood-and-thunder, gut-wrenching effort of a hard-fought five-setter you get in the men's tournament. The reason they get smaller purses is not because of the standard of tennis they serve up, which is usually boring - squeak, serve, squeal, volley, then bat it back and forth, until one makes a mistake or the other feels faint or has a tantrum. The attraction of the women's game is that it is babe tennis, in which the practitioners grow up to be the Page Three pin-ups of sport. Winners tend to be butch female Schwarzeneggers with more muscles in one thigh than most blokes have in their whole body. There is hardly a single sport in which women perform or entertain as well as men. Women's soccer is a pale imitation, as is women's golf. Women boxing and wrestling are an obscenity - and only sad, sick people would watch women's rugby. You will have to work out for yourself why there are no women motor-racing drivers. The reason is too sexist to mention - even for me." Surely not! When four young mothers got up and addressed a conference called 'Teenage Mothers - Let Them Succeed,' organised by Fife Council and the National Association of Maternal and Child Welfare it was about providing them with a positive image. More than 800 Scottish 13 to 15-year-olds fall pregnant every year. It provoked anger in the Scottish Daily Mail. 'Sexfinder General,' Monsignor Tom Connolly from the Catholic Church bellowed: "It is not good for schoolgirls to be having sexual relationships because for the young man she is a play thing." Oh really? Is this how he defines the male r"le? The Scottish Daily Mail buttressed its insidious moral agenda in a report by Sarah-Kate Templeton who quoted a spokesman from the Scottish Conservative Party. Even that battered handbag, the Kirk's Anne Allen, from its dizzy Board of Social Responsibility pursed her lips to bark: "Parenthood belongs within marriage and adulthood." Hidden in the text were kids expressing their fears over Tony Blair's plans to have them put in hostels. So they should be. Is it not Mr Blair who wants sex education - in and out of schools - to stress the importance of marriage, begging religious leaders to get involved? Gawd help us! While the Scottish Executive appeared to approach the new measures with caution, the Scottish Daily Mail's report by Stephen Smith suggested they were turning their back on an answer to Scotland's massive teenage pregnancy rate and gave weight to the Catholic Church's support for the scheme. Scotland's 'Sexfinder General' agreed with the institutionalisation of pregnant teenagers. "Any kind of help with parenting skills and with how to look after their money has to be an improvement." Militant extremist, (described in the Scottish Daily Mail as the paper's "leading commentator)," Gerald Warner, sneered at "the Government's refusal to make the active promotion of marriage and family life central to its initiative" and spat his disgust at teenage mothers and "the social blight they create." Never passing an opportunity to get a bite at his favourite bˆte noir: "political correctness," he dismissed the handing out of council houses to pregnant mothers as "effectively a reward for promiscuity" that would only encourage "alternative lifestyles" which he claimed Labour "favour." Of Kay Ullrich, the SNP spokesman who "claimed that there was no evidence to suggest that girls got pregnant to secure a council house." He scoffed: "Does she also believe in the tooth fairy?" A "Morning-after pill over the counter" was all it took to work the Scottish Daily Mail into a frenzy. They dragged in the 'Sexfinder General,' Monsignor Tom Connolly to blast: "I just find this appalling. The more sex education, the more condoms, the more pills that are handed out, the more pregnancies there are. The root cause of the problem is discipline." With so many surveys showing how more sex education, not less, result in children having sex later, I wonder if this discipline thing is just a personal fetish? "Girls need to respect their bodies so that guys respect them," he insisted. But to be touched, loved, and enjoy your body is a self-liberating thing, surely? And all about respecting it. Let's not forget that the new pill, by Norlevo, is safer than the currently available pill since it doesn't contain oestrogen, which carries with it the risk of deep vein thrombosis. ooo "A woman who lost her lesbian lover in a road smash is to bring up her partner's daughter with the blessing of the youngster's grandparents." Are we supposed to be shocked by this? But then, of course, this was the Daily Record! As usual in all matters gay, and under the heading: "Concern," the Catholic Church's 'Sexfinder General,' Monsignor Tom Connolly and Mrs Anne Allen, convenor of the Kirk's Board of Social (Ir)Responsibility were both ushered in for a bit of ceremonial finger wagging. Mrs Allen was quick to remind everyone: "The church view is that couples of the same sex are not regarded in the same light as married couples and in law do not have the same rights." Who the hell are they to moralise? Now what have we here? Also in the Daily Record: "Fire and brimstone preacher Keith Offor," who writes the Pulpit and the Pew in his local paper in Stranraer, leaving his wife and running off with a parishioner. He told his congregation "they would end up in Hell if they committed adultery." According to one parishioner: "Once he stood in the pulpit and said if a man walked down the road and even looked at another women it was adultery." Last year, Robert Bardin, a minister in Troon left his wife for someone else and Helen Percy recently copped off with a married elder in Angus. Anything you would like to add to that, Mrs Allen? Nothing hides the Scottish Daily Mail's bias in its reporting of Jon Ioannou, from Gourock's efforts to raise a second child with his partner, Ted, following the success of raising Jacob. (Scottish Media Monitor, July 1996). The header fumed: "Timeshare gay parents 'storing up troubles' for children," and claimed these were the words of "experts." But the only 'expert' they quoted was an "eminent Scottish psychologist" too ashamed to reveal his name. He told the Scottish Daily Mail: "I don't know of any long-term studies into the effect of gay parenting on children." before launching into a tirade of homophobic trot. So much for eminent psychologists! Dr Fiona Tasker, a psychologist at Birkbeck College in London has made a comparative study, and after 14 years, returned to her study samples and found the children of lesbian parents emotionally better off. The Scottish Daily Mail not only printed a picture of the home of the mother, Ruth, which she shares with her lover, Adrienne "in the West End," but also, a picture of Jon and five-year-old Jacob. If the Scottish Daily Mail were so concerned about the bullying the child might suffer, why did they do that, I wonder? To completely drive the nail home, they quoted Valerie Riches of the right-wing Christian group Family and Youth Concern, who squealed: "How dare they.?" Hugh Brown of the Kirk's daft Board of Social Responsibility said it was all "extremely peculiar." And the potty 'Sexfinder General,' Monsignor Tom Connolly, spokesman for the Catholic Church - or at least the ones who go, anyway - who said a child "should not be treated as if you are going into a supermarket to get one." Something's going on. Revolutionising sex for everyone. Its impact will be felt more than the uncensored sexual expression scrawled up the side of 'cottage' walls. It is called the Internet. More and more 'straight' men are experimenting and being introduced to a plethora of new and exciting options. For the concept of marriage and monogamy - carefully constructed by the law, Church and the media - it represents an earthquake of magnificent proportions. The tremors have already been felt. The backlash has long since begun. Prosecutions are on the increase and many (mostly men) are punished without resort to law. In recent police swoops across the whole country, involving some 68 addresses of gay men. 28 people have been arrested for possessing 'porn.' The Scottish Daily Mail reported how the head of Braemar Primary "had been suspended after indecent images were found on computer equipment at the school" before he resigned. And, a police worker quit "over claims he downloaded Internet porn while on duty, the Scottish Sun" revealed. If you are looking for signs of outrage from press commentators: Don't hold your breath! Be warned: Visits to any websites may be stored on your PC without you having necessarily explored the site, but you can erase them. Stashed erotic magazines from only twenty years ago, compiled before the American 'macho' man quashed the 'pretty-boy' image so fashionable then, and personified by floppy-haired lovelies like the Williams twins and Leif Garrett, may now be considered illegal, according to lawyers. I have been asked how thoroughly I scan the media in Scotland. I can't monitor all the broadcasts or even read all the press in Scotland. There is too much. But you can help by sending in cuttings to me. I recently had the chance to leaf through the Coll Information & News. A news-sheet produced by the Coll Business Centre and affectionately called 'sin' by the 150 inhabitants of the Hebridean Isle of Coll. I must say, the councillor's view of the emptying of septic tanks was quite gripping and in the Coll Magazine I was quite taken by an interview with Brian, a sheep farmer. But what about sex on the island? Well, it appears they don't have any. As for gay sex: I suggest you get your arse on the first Calmac ferry off the island! As usual when I find myself in any remote places, I do my bit and put a gay switchboard number up in the local 'cottage.' Well, no use putting mine up: it's too far away! Shame though, I might've left something for Brian. For full, uncensored features on OUTDOOR SEX IN GLASGOW and wild parties with the king on the ISLE OF RHUM, check out the SCOTTISH MEDIA MONITOR website! http://www.bigfoot.com/~scotmedia (c) Garry Otton 1999 ---------------------------------------------------------- DUNDEE ====== All venues have been very busy for the local holidays. The later opening hours have been appreciated by both drinkers and publicans. Charlie's Bar seems to have become a success despite predictions to the contrary. The proprietors are now planning a long holiday with the profits and we hear the purchase of a town house. Won't be long until they open their own nightclub which will provide a bit of welcome competition for Ms Grumpy. He was apparently furious to learn that Charlie was telling people the pints at the competition were now ukp2.35. We checked out the venue and they charge ukp2.10 for a lager in the nightclub and ukp1.50 in their pub. The pub also has a deal where you can buy four pints for a fiver. Didn't think that Charlie would stoop so low. Tantrums galore at Liberty as barman Richard left in the middle of a shift cause he was stoned and even the club owner flounced out when customers didn't like the music at his 70's night. He was later heard to complain that theme nights are currently popular in other parts of the country and Dundonians will like them in five years time as they are not keen on anything new. Bitchy or what? Bar Xs has seen an upsurge in custom since re-introducing a quiz jackpot night on Mondays and a bingo jackpot on Tuesdays. The introduction of karaoke on Fridays has boosted that night too. It seems that they have previously suffered loss of business to Charlie's so they're pulling out the stops to get it back! Queer As Folk recording artiste Hannah Jones packed the Liberty Nightclub and had the crowd in the palm of her hand. The powerful renditions of the hot gay numbers were offset by her equally colourful vocabulary. This was undoubtedly the best PA for a long time as mediocre boy bands have had their day (not that that will stop Ms Grumpy from booking them if they're cheap) and the extra pound at the door was paid with pleasure. The last Saturday in August hosts Kelly before she plays Manchester Mardi Gras on the Sunday. Hazel Dean is due on the first Saturday in October and rumours of a famous lesbian appearing are apparently just rumours at the moment. An extra manager has been brought in at Liberty so it appears we will now see less of owner Brian. It is unclear whether he is going to retire or if this is to allow him to expand into Glasgow. Whichever - Glasgow's loss is Dundee's gain. (Yes, I DID get that the right way round). See yah! Andrew Liquid Silk is in the Betty Ford Clinic ---------------------------------------------------------------- LETTERS ======= 11 July 1999 Dear Editor, I feel that it is highly hypocritical of Liquid Silk to state that Switchboard is destroying the team spirit within the Dundee LGB community. For the past couple of years the anonymous writer has written some highly critical comments about Dundee and the Dundee scene in general. We do not object to him criticising our publication, The Dundee Queerier, but it is totally unjustified to state some of the comments regarding the Switchboard committee. If LS bothered to take the time to read the DQ he would see that the Switchboard committee do not hold editorial control over the Queerier. Dundee LGB Switchboard is an unfunded group and therefore there is little need for him to threaten to send a copy of the newsletter to the city council, as along with many other groups (including Tayside Police) they receive copies. And what predictions has Liquid Silk made that have come true? When another club opened in Dundee he printed highly exaggerated accounts of what was and wasn't going on within this club, and in my opinion his anti-Bibliotek comments seemed to contribute to its demise. He also criticised the lack of atmosphere in Charlie's Bar. I have been in there on several occasions, including on their highly professional karaoke nights, and the atmosphere was both warm and friendly. He also seems to want to thwart any attempt made by the LGB community to get any more gay venues/nights off the ground. Why is this? As for the demise of The Edge, what actually happened was that The Edge was taken over by new management who said that they do not want "our types" in their club. When they did try to revive their LGB night, it was a disaster, due to what they had said. He is inaccurate in reporting that the club originally closed because the numbers dwindled. Switchboard also, with other groups, launched a boycotting and letter writing campaign of the club when new management took over and employed aggressive bouncers who beat up the LGB clientele. As members of the Dundee LGB community we have difficulty comprehending who he is talking about when he refers to individuals and I'm sure the rest of Scotland don't find this interesting to read either. The sheer fact that he seems to want to use a pseudonym, seems to suggest that he has something to hide or hide from. Come on Liquid - retire gracefully and let somebody who has a genuine balanced interest in Dundee take over your column. Andrew Dundee LGB Switchboard ----------------------------------------------------------------- MORAY ===== Hello from Moray! Well, there I go, off on holiday after Pride, and they publish the magazine without any warning at all! I thought I'd have time to galavant around London for a week or so before having to put pen to paper. But no. Thank goodness for Peter from Worthing who was at hand with lots to say about the fab Kilts in the Country event to fill a page for Moray. And Gus kept me company as the 'other one' whose contribution was absent last month Anyway back to business. I'll apologise now for going over old news with Pride stuff but if I didn't it would be a pretty quiet column! The majority of Moray Pride-goers risked the Sugar Plumm's driving and piled into the trusty Transit for the journey down. Young Andy clearly found the experience more stressful than most as he decided that it might be a great idea to get bladdered whilst on the road. However a tiny lack of judgement with the alcohol level meant that by the time the bus reached Edinburgh poor Andy had passed out. He topped off his day by punching the paramedic who had been called to resuscitate him. He won't thank me for reminding everyone of these events but I have to write about something! And that'll teach him for not sharing his drink with the rest of the folk on the bus! Meanwhile Me and Charlie had decided to plan ahead and make our own way down (first stopping to check out some cracking talent working in Aviemore's 'Littlejohns' restaurant) and then meet up with everyone else once the bus had arrived. Many hours later. In fact, so many hours later that the plan fell-through! I believe their Hostel was a bit tricky to find, too! We ended up in a great place called the Seven Sisters (I think!). Loads of talent. Charlie topped off his night by exposing himself to the entire population of the Grassmarket. I know... a complete disgrace. Has the boy no shame? The March was fairly news-free as far as gossip was concerned, although I managed to bump into old Morayite Clayton at the start of the March yet again. Happens every year! I really think that me old pal Stuart B did a great job of this year's event despite the atrocious weather - did I see, at one point, a Sister of Perpetual Indulgence blow across the Meadows clutching tightly to a bit of her stall? Yes, it was a tad draughty. Talking of the gracious Sisters they were kept busy (well you have to pass the time whilst waiting for your bus...?) with two blessings - a lesbian couple and a gay couple. And an affirmation ceremony too. It's amazing just how many things those Sisters can do at once - ask that Sister Athletica! I really love Edinburgh... there's not that many places that one minute you can be clubbing it, the next you can be witnessing some young guy being publicly whipped for entertainment then end up in the City's underground vaults in total darkness with 10 strangers, later being charged by a Rhino and topping it all off trying to fly a kite. With no wind. Fab! (?!) Back at home the following week the monthly Courage Farm event took place with, as usual, Dave making a spectacle of himself as he tried to manoeuvre up the stairs only to slip up, summersault down and land at the bottom in a painful heap. Unfortunately no-one could help him for laughing! The star of the evening was Brett who took over the stage for most of the evening. This, of course, meant that he commanded the costume room and went through several outfits in the name of entertainment. It goes without saying that fun was had by all. The Wednesday nights at The Cat's Whiskers are still on the go despite weekly rumours about what is going to happen to them soon. The two separate bars in the pub that allow for us to enjoy an exclusive environment are due to be knocked into one large bar. This could be very interesting... you never know it might liberate some of those locals! Anyway, that's me running short on stuff to write about so I guess we'll all have to go out and do something just so I have lots to report on next month. If I'm not on holiday again! Take care and make the most of every minute! Dr. Kenniff ---------------------------------------------------------------- ABERDEEN ======== Yahoo!! Summer has finally arrived, so it would seem. It's typical really, because as soon as I step back into the world of the workplace, the weather gets better. So instead of sitting soaking up the sun in Victoria Park (and contrary to popular opinion that's all I do in Vicky Park!) I'm sitting in a stuffy office wearing a stuffy collar and tie. Gawd, I'm never happy, am I? Please accept my humblest apologies for the lack of copy last month. Pride Scotland took rather more recovery time than usual, and with other things happening over the following week, I made a bit of a balls-up and missed my deadline. Sorry! Two months isn't really a long time on the Aberdeen scene, but recently there has been a lot going on. You may recall that I mentioned Shadows becoming a gay bar. Well, it did. And then it changed hands, so the City Bar suddenly found itself being Aberdeen's official gay bar. Manager Chris told me that it was much better there anyway because it was bigger and also because they can serve food too. Indeed Aberdeen's many closet queens will be more content knowing that they can still sneak down a back street to get to their favourite drinking haunt! For those of you who don't know where the City Bar is, just walk round the corner from E&M's and it's there! It's very nice, the staff are all very friendly and the atmosphere is great. (I trust that cheque is in the post?) My only complaint (at the moment, and don't worry Chris, dear, there will be more as time goes on, I promise!) is that there are too many steps on the long trek to the toilet! The only pub I've encountered that is worse is the Archie Simpson! DeNiro's is a name that I haven't mentioned for a wee while, but this time it's the legendary London-based club, Trade, that resides there once a month. Held on the first Friday of the month, it's one of the best Friday nights I've been to in a while. I went there on the opening night in June, and had an absolutely fab time. DJs vary, but if Steve Thomas is on the line-up I would well recommend going along. Not only can this man play records, but he's extremely dishy as well! Door tax is a little steep at a tenner, but it's well worth it. And finally, I couldn't let a month go by without slagging off Club 2000. Actually, I can, so you can relax, Colin. Unfortunately I haven't been down there as often as I would have liked, although I have had a couple of good nights out! Hopefully I should be able to make it more often now that I've got a wee bit more money coming in! That's all for this month folks. 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I Know You're Out There Somewhere Young 51 year old, NSc, NSm, discreet, seeks 40-55 for friendship, possible relationship. Into tiny briefs and videos. I adore lots of sensual foreplay and hot, horny sex! Can accommodate/travel. ALAWP. Paisley/Glasgow. Box SG28154. Skinhead Daddy Seeks Skinhead Son Skinhead daddy (38), 'O' crop, believer in strict discipline and loyalty, capable of great love, searching for long lost son willing to worship the boots his daddy walks in. ALAWP. Box SG28155. Edinburgh 35 year old male with time on his hands seeks males who are ashamed that they need to be punished for their naughty thoughts. Discretion essential and respected. Box SG28156. Glasgow 22 22 year old Glasgow guy, slim, 5'10", WLTM genuine guy, 18-28, for fun, friendship, possible relationship. No time wasters. Photo appreciated. Box SG28157. Lively Glasgow Lad - 20 Young 18-26 good looking wanted for fun, friendship and possible 1-2-1. Picture ensures reply. Box SG28158. 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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. THE CITY BAR 25 Netherkirkgate. Tel: (01224) 619941. 11am-Midnight. Out 'n' About has relocated. It is run by the same people, but is in a much more suitable location and has a cosier atmosphere and comfy camp sofas. Initial reports are very favourable. CLUB 2000 62 Shiprow. Tel: (01224) 596999. 9pm-2am. Friendly, small and intimate pub/club. Entry charge Fri/Sat only. Free before 11pm and ukp2 after with no re-entry fee. dundee 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. CHARLIE'S BAR 75 Seagate. Tel: (01382) 226840. Mon-Sat 11am-Midnight. Sun 12.30-11pm. Previously known as Deva's and, before that The Gauger, Dundee's longest established gay bar has recently changed hands and is much improved. 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. edinburgh During the Edinburgh Festival, opening hours are vastly extended. However, unless otherwise indicated, the hours shown are for normal periods of civilisation. ATOMIX 60 Broughton Street. Tel: 0131-558 8174. Sat-Wed Noon-7pm. Thu-Fri Noon-8pm. A different world of gay shopping - gifts and toys for gay boyz and girlz. Formerly PJ's but now under new management. New catalogue available. E-mail: atomix@tinyonline.co.uk BIG LOVE Why Not? Club, The Dome, 14 George Street. Tel: 0131-624 8633. Monthly. Next date: Sun 15th Aug. 11pm-3am. New mixed club night for the outrageously uninhibited. BLACK BO'S 57/61 Blackfriars Street. Tel: 0131-557 6136. Fri-Sat Noon-2pm. Daily 6-10pm. Superb little vegetarian restaurant. Friendly staff. Mixed clientele. Excellent value lunch menu. BLUE MOON 1 Barony Street/36 Broughton Street. Tel: 0131-556 2788 (Bar) or 0131-557 0911 (Office). Mon-Fri 11am-11.30pm, Sat-Sun 9-12.30am. Food served until 10pm. 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 7771. 10am-1am. Not going for a gay clientele, but still decidedly gay friendly. C.C. BLOOM'S 23 Greenside Place. Tel: 0131-556 9331. Mon-Sat 6pm-3am, Sun 4pm-3am. Karaoke on Thu and Sun. 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?" Diverse Drinkers meet there on the first Monday of the month from 8pm - 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-Wed 11.30am-2.30pm and 6pm-10pm, Thu-Sat 11.30am-10pm, Sun 12.30pm-10pm. Gay owned, gay friendly and renowned for courtesy, comfort and good food. E-mail: robin@scifipub99.freeserve.co.uk WWW: http://www.scifipub99.freeserve.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 Fri - 9.30pm-3am. Festival dates: 6th Aug and 3rd September (with 5am licence!). Women only one nighter with all proceeds going to Edinburgh Switchboard. DUST Studio 24, 24 Calton Road. Info Line: 07901 600242 (DJ Dave). Thu 11pm-3am. Edinburgh's unique Goth, Industrial, Metal and Punk DJ's at the DUST Gothic Nightclub. ukp2. Happy hour. All sexualities. WWW: http://members.xoom.com/dust_net EDINBURGH GAY ESCORTS 19 Albany Street. Tel: 0131-558 1011. Provides escorts throughout Scotland. Walking tours of Edinburgh. Member of the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association. E-mail: barnaby@bmiln.demon.co.uk EDINBURGH LESBIAN GAY AND BISEXUAL CENTRE 58a and 60 Broughton Street. Houses Atomix, 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 ORIGINAL licenced SEX shop where you'll be made welcome by the very bearish Vince (who's straight), Paddy (who isn't), Steve (who isn't either!) or Maya (who is a Hot Bi Babe!). Toys galore, video rental too! Glamour shop upstairs stocks larger sizes. FILTH: A CLUB WITH NO MORALS Studio 24, 24 Calton Road. Info Line: 0131-467 2551. Every 4th Sat: 14th Aug (open until 5am), 11th Sep, 9th Oct. 10.30pm-3am. Alan Joy's new project FILTH is an extension of his club MINGIN'. The emphasis will still be on dark, sexy, trance music but there will be a strict dress code at the door. Sexy clubwear, leather pants or even plain underpants (optional). If people start getting a wee bit frisky and disappear into dark corners with someone they shouldn't, does it matter? No bystanders or spectators allowed. Dress up or go somewhere else! Entry ukp5. FLY BAR 2 North St Andrews Street. Tel/FAX: 0131-556 9016. Mon-Sat 11am-1am, Sun 11am-11pm. Newly opened lgbt-friendly bar beside the bus station. Fri eve features DJ Alley Vegas in the upstairs Copa Lounge. Straighter during the day with more of an lgbt flavour in the evenings. 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. IGNITION @ THE MISSION Studio 24, 24 Calton Road. Info Line: 07901 600242. Last Fri of each month: 27th Aug, 24th Sep. 11pm-3am. Two floors of clubs at Studio 24, Calton Road, Edinburgh. FUZE, an INDUSTRIAL music dance night on the 2nd floor. OVERLOAD an Indie, Rock, Dance night on the first floor. Drinks promotions. WWW: http://members.xoom.com/dust_net IN YER FACE Annex Lap Dancing Club, 144 Pitt Street, Leith. Tel: 0131-553 0234. Launch night: Fri 13th Aug. Future dates: 17th Sep, 15th Oct. 8pm-late (performance begins 8.30pm). New women's lap dancing club - women dancing for women. Entry ukp5 - two for one on the door before 8.30pm. JOY Wilkie House, Cowgate. JOY Info Line: 0131-467 2551. 10.30pm-3am. Wilkie House becomes a theatre venue during the Festival and doesn't host any clubs. The August JOY will therefore not happen at Wilkie House - instead, there will be a JOY party at Studio 24 on Sun 29th Aug. Future dates at Wilkie House: Sat 18th Sep, 16th Oct, 13th Nov. 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, 24 Calton Road. Info Line: 0131-467 2551. 10.30pm-3am. Next dates: Aug 28th (open until 5am), 25th Sep, 23rd Oct. Alan Joy's club Mingin' runs every fourth Sat 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 THE MISSION Studio 24, 24 Calton Road. Info Line: 07901 600242. 11pm-3am. Every second Sat. Dates: 7th and 21st Aug. Alternative music nightclub. Three floors of clubs, Rock, Gothic and Indie/dance, at Burn, Earth-Inferno and Mission Control. Happy Hour, Music Promos, Live Acts. Info line, 07901 600242. (The Mission is the largest alternative club in Scotland with an average attendance of 600 plus.) Three Floors of Clubs for different people at the new MISSION alternative music nightclub. The original Rock, Gothic and Indie/dance clubs. (Burn, Earth-Inferno and Mission Control.) ukp4/5. Happy Hour. All sexualities. The Mission is the largest alternative club in Scotland with an average attendance of 600 plus. WWW: http://members.xoom.com/dust_net 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. Great food and drink at reasonable prices. Live music every 2nd Monday, and regular quiz nights. Internet access now available. E-mail: nexus1cb@aol.com No EIGHTEEN 18 Albert Place. Tel: 0131-553 3222. Mon-Sat Noon-10pm, Sun 2-10pm. Long established sauna club for gay gentlemen! OUT OF THE BLUE 1 Barony Street. (Downstairs at the Blue Moon Caf‚). Tel: 0131-478 7048. Sun-Wed Noon-7pm, Thu-Sat Noon-8pm. Gay and lesbian store selling books, mags, videos, toys, wearing apparel, etc. PLANET OUT 6 Baxter's Place. Tel: 0131-524 0061. Mon-Fri 4pm-1am, Sat-Sun 12.30pm-1am. Food served: Fri 4pm-9pm, Sat-Sun 12.30pm-8pm. Formerly Route 66. Has been extensively refurbished. But there's still no real ale! SHEBANG Wilkie House, Cowgate. Tel: 0131-557 4656. Next date: Sat 25th Sep. 11pm-3am. Mixed club with an all-woman DJ line up. THE STAG & TURRET 1-7 Montrose Terrace. Tel: 0131-478 7231. 11am-1am. Friendly and thriving gay local just round the corner from the Solas Centre. SOLAS CAFE 2/4 Abbeymount. Tel: 0131-661 0982. Mon, Tue, Thu, 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: 0131-557 4656. Sun 11pm-3am. Edinburgh's only weekly House dance club with DJs Fisher and Price, Martin Valentine and Stuart Barrie. Mixed. 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. TOWNHOUSE HEALTH CLUB 51-53 East Claremont Street. Tel: 0131-556 6116. Noon-11pm. Plush new healthclub and sauna suite. Facilities include Gym with free weights, 2 Sauna cabins, steam room, Large Jacuzzi, Video lounge, TV lounge, Licensed bar, high powered stand up sun bed and resting facilities. Admission ukp10. Membership Fee of ukp2. E-mail: davidklan@bothysummerside.freeserve.co.uk TRANS-MISSION Studio 24, 24 Calton Road. Info Line: 07901 600242. 11pm-3am. Next date: Sat 25th Sep. New BDSM mixed fetish night. Entry: ukp6.00 (ukp5.00 Mission members or with flyer.) Strict Dress Code - no fetish dress no entry - 2 floors with private dungeons. Guest Masters and Mistresses. Mission DJ's. Alternative & Pansexual. WWW: http://members.xoom.com/dust_net 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. The largest cybercafe‚ in Scotland with 19 terminals. Their regular happy hours provide (at ukp3.50 an hour) probably the cheapest web access in Scotland! E-mail: queries@web13.co.uk WWW: http://www.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 Noon-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 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. WWW: http://www.welcome.to/bennets.co.uk/ CCA Centre for Contemporary Arts @ McLellan Galleries, 270 Sauchiehall Street. Tel: 0141-332 0522. Lgbt-friendly arts complex temporarily located in the McLellan Galleries whilst their old building is being completely rebuilt to their requirements. CAFFE LATTE 58 Virginia Street. Tel: 0141-553 2553. Mon-Sat 11am-Midnight, Sun Noon-Midnight. European style diner. Relaxed atmosphere. Wide selection of pastas, pizzas and 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. E-mail: admin@clonezone.co.uk WWW: http://www.czone.demon.co.uk/ COURT BAR 69 Hutcheson Street. Tel: 0141-552 2463. Mon-Sat 8am-Midnight, Sun 12.30pm-Midnight. Intimate 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. FRUITFLY The Arches, Midland Street. Tel: 0141-221 9736. Third Sat of each month. 11pm-4am. Mixed club run by Taste from Edinburgh. GLC CAFE/BAR GGLC, 11 Dixon Street. Tel: 0141-400 1008. Daily 10am-Midnight. Full breakfast always available. Home cooking. Friendly and busy! GLASGOW GAY & LESBIAN CENTRE (GGLC) 11 Dixon Street. Tel/FAX: 0141-221 7203. Daily 10am-Midnight. Glasgow's community centre for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals. Caf‚. Clone Zone shop. Two large meeting rooms available for hire. GGLC Art Gallery. Getting better and better after recent changes in management. Increasingly busy and popular! Fully wheelchair accessible venue. E-mail: gglcpress@aol.com WWW: http://members.aol.com/gglcpress/ also see their Art Gallery: http://members.aol.com/gglcart/ 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 ukp2.50 per half hour. Food served all day. E-mail: tim@linkcafe.co.uk WWW: http://www.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. 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. Mon-Tue 11pm-3am. Weekly club nights. DJ Greg. Regular PAs and drinks promos. Entry ukp3. THE POLO LOUNGE 84 Wilson Street. Tel: 0141-553 1221. Mon-Thu Noon-1am, Fri-Sun Noon-3am. Upmarket bar with comfortable seating. WWW: http://www.pololounge.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. Dress Code night on Fridays in the Blue Room. 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. TRADE The Arches, Midland Street. Tel: 0141-221 9736. 1st Sat of each month. 10.30pm-5am. The most famous club night in the UK with a host of big name DJs. Entry ukp10 in advance, ukp12 on door. TRON THEATRE CAFE BAR Chisholm Street. Tel: 0141-552 8587. Noon-Midnight. Friendly theatre bar. Mixed. E-mail: info@tron.co.uk WWW: http://www.tron.co.uk/ UNSCENE 13th Note Caf‚, 50-60 King Street. Tel: 0141-553 1638. 1st and 3rd Wed. 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: 0909 46 44 112 (60p per min at all times). BDSM and general pervery. Operates in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Next date: The Temple.(pause for effect).Pitt St, Glasgow! (near junction with Sauchiehall St & Charing X). Thu 26th Aug, 9pm-2am. Admission ukp6. The Temple is the big black "temple like" building with Corinthian columns & huge steps. Entry at the side. E-mail: info@violate.co.uk WWW: http://www.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, July 1999. PO Box 666, Edinburgh. EH7 5JW. In even numbered months, InsideOut appears as part of ScotsGay. Non profit use by the lesbigay community of material in the magazine will normally be permitted free of charge - but contact us first for permission. We haven't had sex with most of the people who appear in the magazine, so we don't actually know what their sexuality is. Maps: (c) Collins 1998. Reproduced by permission of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Editorial: Tel: 0131-539 0666. Fax: 0131-539 2999. E-mail: scotsgay@drink.demon.co.uk. Internet World-Wide-Web: http://www.scotsgay.co.uk/ Advertising: Tel: 0131-558 1279. Fax: 0131-539 2999. Subscribing by E-mail: Send a 'subscribe scotsgay-list' message to listserver@drink.demon.co.uk and the text files of future editions will be delivered to you by e-mail. Front Cover Pic: Corpus Christi, showing at Bedlam Theatre from August 9th-29th. Pic by Robert Workman.