SCOTSGAY MAGAZINE ================= ScotsGay is a monthly magazine for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals. Edited, printed and published in Scotland ScotsGay 60/- Light - Issue 32a - March 2000 ELECTRONIC EDITION ***Now available on the Web: http://www.scotsgay.co.uk/ How to Subscribe and Unsubscribe information is now at the END of the magazine. All Material Copyright (c) Pageprint Limited 2000. Permission is hereby given to distribute this material provided that this copyright notice is included and that distribution is specifically for non-profitmaking reasons. Distribution for profit must be done only with prior written consent of the magazine any deviation from this will be seen as an infringement of copyright. Hardcopies are limited to one per person for personal use only and such hard copies are subject to the same copyright restrictions as laid out above. The printed edition of ScotsGay is available by post at the following rates: 6 issue sub (UK & EC) 6ukp 6 issue sub (Overseas) 12ukp 12 issue sub (UK & EC) 12ukp 12 issue sub (Overseas) 24ukp Make Cheques and POs payable to 'Pageprint'or 'ScotsGay'and send them to: Subscriptions ScotsGay Magazine PO Box 666 Edinburgh Scotland EH7 5YW Inside this issue: Granny Spice Edinburgh Glasgow Proposition 22 Dundee Nun Sense Scottish Media Monitor Aberdeen Moray ScotsGay Voice Personals Boxes - The Meet Market Venues ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ************ GRANNY SPICE ************ Well, little surprise at Ayr--lots of happy little homophobe Tories and frightened Catholics certainly smacked the bottoms of a complacent Labour Party! Perhaps now they'll pay attention when people say that the homophobes are alive and well under the auspices of that royal Queen La Cardinal. The Polish actress in Rome is sounding off at our politicians as well! Do we really need a Fascist-infested cult to tell us how to run Scotland in the 20th century? I thought Knox and Luther had put paid to the inquisitorial tactics of these whited sepulchres but clearly not! George Galloway is the only MP with the guts to criticise Winnie-would-be-Pope. All the other Labour MPs in Scotland seem terrified of a man who covered up scandal in the Roman Cult for years. Some Gays are not averse to a little gay bashing themselves. Bullies are pushing their weight around with people considerably less able and physically smaller than themselves in certain Glasgow establishments. This should be firmly nipped in the bud--management could do us all a favour and bar these thugs. I'm setting up a group for men who were abused by priests in their youth and have particular difficulty in dealing with it. I know that there are gay men out there who feel that they cannot betray their families because of deep-seated guilt and strong ties. My own childhood was scarred by frequent sexual abuse at the hands of priests. And there are priests who persistently sexually abuse altar boys and use them as playthings! Many families, ever fearful of their priests and persistently reminded of their minority status, ignore or even collude in the abuse. There's a history of adults refusing to believe children to protect the church. The more information we have on Rome's hidden p‰dophiles the better. Write to me at ScotsGay if you've had experiences of this nature and feel burdened by them. We must expose the double standards of the Roman Catholic church and, in particular, the way priests are shunted away when the least breath of scandal is uttered. The news around town is that people are not out so much as everyone is saving up for the big event in Rome 2000. It would be rather nice to see a tartan tranny contingent shove their fingers up at both the vicar of Rome and his cohorts like Ratzinger and Geraldine Warner. Incidentally that pious-mouthed bitch just went too far in Scotland on Sunday this week, saying that most homosexual relationships start in public toilets! Do write and complain, and buy a fairer and more objective paper in future. SoS is becoming like a worn out Thatcherite gramophone under the leadership of its ageing bachelor Editor-in-Chief. I'm not around so much at the moment because of Nola's impending wedding in Newcastle. However I hear that Lady Grace Kelly is not adverse to putting up you butch hill climbing types if you happen to be near Honeysucking (or is it suckle) "any teat will do" Cottage in Leadhills. She's tiring of men in green wellies and sheep dip so do drop in for tea and sympathy. News has it that Ms Hutton and the lovely Shona are buying an establishment in Newcastle to cater for the passing trade. Culinary talents aside, I fancy the idea of me slaving over a hot stove in my panty girdle. Our dear editor thought I did that sort of thing all the time. Well, hope to have more news for you next month. Remember to keep the clerical scandals for us. If you can out or shop one of them like a certain Grampian Quine, and are prepared to back it up, we'll be most glad to hear from you. Lets attack the hypocrite bastards where it hurts them most in the balls! Fuck safely always, love and kisses Beti beti@drink.demon.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ********************* DUN EIDEANN/EDINBURGH ********************* Closets are for clothes, not for people, as they say. And it with a little trepidation that I, (gulp) have decided to come out. Yes, Martin Walker, the long time ScotsGay writer and bisexual poofter has to confess... I am a football fan. But Saturday nights at CC's will never be the same again. Let me explain. I stumbled over, and on top of, some gay Hibs fans (Hibernian F.C. - greatest football team in the world) who were giving it laldie in Bloom's 'cos they had just thrashed Hearts (Heart of Midlothian F.C. - Jambo scumbags) 3-1. Gay football supporters have had a lot of good press lately and why not? Hibs to their credit have added the gay supporters' network to their official web-site so why not check it out? The straight supporters in CC's, (all having a great laugh) thought that Blooms was a great place, and I began to wonder if the place hadn't got a little better over the last few weeks. No. You're right. It hadn't. CC Blooms could learn a lot from the imagination of some of those working for Edinburgh's gay one-nighters. It's been a hectic but rewarding time for Alan JOY! With the main club itself and the double dose of Mingin' doin' the biz. Queer Sunday @ Eden had a massive night too (more on QS@E next month) as did the fabulous Mr. Gay UK ICONS at Mercado. The competition for the gay beauty contest has never been so hysterical or professionally executed. Well done to all at ICONS. All the dates and times of future gay one-nighter events can be found in the listings section of this very organ so check it out and go explore! I've been promising you a bit of a special on gay eateries but, alas, they have had wind of me. A little dishonesty has crept into my email in-box of late. Venues, noticing the hotmail address at the end of my column, have started abusing it. A plethora of straight places, knowing how rich us gay folk are, have been trying to force all manner of gratuities at me. Now there is only so far the label 'Gay Friendly' can stretch so I have decided to forego all the freebies and concentrate on three eateries that are absolutely queer instead. NEXUS, the Blue Moon Cafe, and the Solas Cafe are all wholesomely gay and are wholly great places to eat. NEXUS is the least expensive of the trio, situated at the back of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Centre on Broughton Street, behind ATOMIX. (I don't know why businesses in the LGBT Centre all have to have capital letters but... anyway) NEXUS is very friendly with nice easygoing staff. In short it's the perfect pace for a relaxed night out for a bite and a beer. Highly recommended. The Blue Moon Cafe has the widest range of food and drink of the three eateries and is certainly the busiest. A little expensive for some, whilst others have complained about the slow service, it's never the less a top place to hang out. Actually it can be very cruisy, which the sexy bar staff seem to encourage, at least that seems to be the effect on several punters who go there regularly... The Solas Cafe is only open during the day unfortunately (except Wednesdays, when it's open until 9pm), but the home cooking is quite sensational. Just a stone's throw from the popular local gay pub, the Stag and Turret it couldn't be handier for those living Easter Road way. Let them tempt you. Go on... Finally to your votes. Do keep e-mailing me with your best and worst... Best Bar - Planet Out Best One Nighter - JOY! Best Cafe - The Blue Moon No surprises there, although we also had some unsolicited votes for most fanciable barman. But we'll spare Funky Alan the blushes. Whoops! Until the next time... Lots of Love, Martin Walker. mgwuk@hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *************** GLASCHU/GLASGOW *************** Hiya scumbags! Here's this month's pile of shite. Hopelessly overdue, my small bald ginger editor is probably tearing his hair out. It's now 3am on Monday, and this was supposed to be in on Friday. Better get moving! I've been asked by Ali Jarvis to give a mention to the Scottish Network for Lesbian Strength. Highland Lesbian Group will be hosting the next meeting in Inverness on Saturday the 1st of April from 10am to 4pm at The Raigmore Recreation Hall, followed by a women-only dance from 7:30pm. There are already a group of women going through who will be camping (thought it was only gay guys who camped), so if you want to go along - further details by e-mail from High_Les@bigfoot.com or Lothian or Strathclyde Lesbian Lines, or swing in past the Women's Library. I mentioned a few weeks ago that Freud's in Troon had started a Gay and Lesbian Night on Wednesdays. Well, Raymond the owner writes to assure me that it's still running and you needn't worry about the local neanderthals as bouncer Rab Rocket is on hand to chuck out any troublemakers. I've been down to Mary Kianis new club Slave on Clyde Street, and can thoroughly recommend it! For those of you who were never in the old Hatt Club, Slave is set over three levels with a bar and chill-out area at the front, a nice cruisy balcony area next level down where you can ogle the trade on the dance floor below, and one floor down is the dance floor itself and another bar. The place is dead dark and cruisy, with a smoke machine adding to the atmosphere just how you fairies like it! As I said last month, the music policy is house and Chicago house, which means absolutely nothing to me, but nobody was laughing at me wandering around on my first visit wearing my Motorhead t-shirt. The club is mixed on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and attracts a 50/50 mix of benders and breeders, although I suspect the gay guys will change all that! Tuesday is boyz only, with raunchy male dancers doing their stuff in the cages. You'll be pleased to know that entry is free on Sundays before 11pm. I expect Slave will really take off, once word gets around! I certainly liked it, and the dark cruisy lower levels offer a great chance to grab a bit of shag fodder. And certain other venues see Slave as such a threat to their own trade that they've barred Mary's flyering team from their own bars. You get cheaper entry to Slave with a flyer, and you can pick one up in Austin's, the Court Bar, the Waterloo or the GGLC. One venue was so scared, that they binned an entire issue of Boyz in which Slave was advertised. This sort of thing just shows how low certain people are prepared to sink to protect their dwindling trade. Serves 'em right--it's payback time! Another place I keep hearing a lot of you raving about is the Boogie Bar. The Tuesday night quiz seems to be getting quite popular, as are the 70s Revival Night on Friday and ABBA night on Saturdays. I was in Austins recently, and Chris Millar handed me a copy of his new CD. What's this then - is Goldilocks a record reviewer now? Poor Chris was having a bit of a trauma getting the record deal organised, but it's out on sale now. The title "Jam-en-Legs" has something to do with the fact he was making jam when he dreamed it up! It's all nice laid back stuff which people like me can't headbang to, but you'll love some of the sloppy candle-lit-dinner-pre-shag stuff on it. Remember that the local heat of Mr Gay UK will be held in Bennets on Friday April 28th. There's still plenty of time to dig out the Bullworker and fake tan if you want to take part, and you can get details from the club itself, or from the Bennets website. Sadly, I will not be able to cover the event, as I'm barred from the premises for daring to criticise them. The campaign to scrap Section 28 holds regular meetings in the GGLC. You are all free to come along, meetings start at 5:30, and this is your chance to fight back against all the nonsense about S28. There are two campaign groups - one in Glasgow and one in Edinburgh, and all funds raised are split between the two. A march and rally are being planned, but no date has been finalised yet. The Edinburgh group's fund-raiser, called "Stand and Deliver", raised ukp820, and a similar event will be held in Glasgow on Friday 24th of March. This one is billed as "Dance and Deliver", and will be held at The Bedsit in the Students Union at The Queen Mother Campus . Various DJs are promised, including Tasty Tom, Ina and Jon Jardine. Tickets are ukp5/ukp3 concession. Better also thank the GMB who are sponsoring the event. Watch out for flyers in the pubs. As you're probably aware, the "Keep the Clause" Freepost address was scrapped. Too many empty envelopes, apparently. Many of their advertising hoardings have been defaced and paint-bombed. Perhaps those responsible think that the posters incite hatred and contravene Section 5.1 of the Advertising Standards Authority Code of Practice, thereby making them a legitimate target. I had to laugh when the Daily Record moaned about the large number of messages to the Scottish Executive supporting the scrapping of Clause 28. Souter does not represent the views of the public as he claims, and if he wishes to waste ever more of his money fighting a losing battle, he may be back living in a council house! Perhaps he should refer to 1 Timothy 6:17. Did you see the comments from the Prime Minister's chief spokesman Alastair Campbell about a certain "downmarket tabloid" printing "complete fiction"? I wonder who that could have been. Centurion Health Club has 'adopted' The Rainbow Fund, and regular donations will be made to this HIV/AIDS organisation. And talking of Centurion, I bumped into Matron Ricky in the steam room, who mentioned that he's back doing Karaoke at the GGLC. The poor thing was feeling a bit down, 'cos his boyfriend had dumped him. Aww, shame! You keep asking me about the new gay club but I don't know where it's going to be--honestly! Mrs Grumpy is as tight-lipped as ever, and will only tell me what I've already told you lot before. Right then, I've got some stuff to tell you about Centaur, if I can decipher my scribbles. Jaye is running reflexology classes in the GGLC from March 29th at 7:30, then every 2nd Wednesday. There'll soon be a computing course--see Mike at centre. Centaur and Steve Retson are running a combined Welfare Rights course. Next meeting is on 22nd March from 7-9pm, then every 2nd Wednesday. I see that fellow columnist Martin in Edinburgh has decided to publish a league table of the popularity of the various venues based on complaints he gets, along with praise he gets for them. Hope he knows what he's letting himself in for! The pubs and clubs don't take kindly to criticism, and you've got to have the balls to stand up to their bullshit! I'm currently barred from Bennets, the Poo, Delmonicas, Cafe Clarty and The Lane for daring to criticise them. Some of the venues even tried to stop ScotsGay being circulated, and failed--dismally. 1700 copies go out in Glasgow alone, and my own website, and ScotsGay's, are busier than ever. Hopefully Martin will also have the guts to put shitty pubs firmly in their place. You know they're running scared when they have to bar you to try and keep the truth from coming out, doesn't work like that unfortunately! Anyway, here are the ratings for Glasgow. Best Pub was Austins, with The Waterloo coming second. Best Club night was Trade, Best Club was Bennets, Best Service went to Austins, Del's got Prettiest Barstaff, but Biggest Dump Award too! Keep those votes coming --you love them, I love them, the losers hate them! SNIPPETS Forthcoming events in the GGLC are a Race Night Disco on 8th April, sponsored walk on Sunday 27th March, and Easter Disco on 22nd April. t The GGLC still needs volunteers, so get in touch.--they even feed you. Also, the Centre magazine is looking for more help. t Big Greg got his Tuesday night underway recently, and has being drawing a good crowd. It's a mixture of bingo, karaoke and quizzes, with a bit of tacky abuse chucked in by the big man himself for a bit of a laugh. Pity I didn't have my camera last week - could have got a really funny pic of Graham (Lola) trying to do her karaoke song with Greg trying to get her trousers off. I won't print Greg's comments about her knickers. And finally, you lot keep telling me to get my hair cut, so you'll have a good laugh at this! I swear this really happened! I was online, and got a message from this guy who was watching me on the webcam. Usual stuff,and corny chat up lines, then it started to get a bit sleazy, with this guy asking me to do a strip for him. I replied saying I wasn't in the habit of getting my dick out for total strangers. Next thing was this message back "I'm really sorry, but I thought you were a chick!". Well, I think that's about it for this month. Only ten past six in the morning, better get this sent to the Small Bald Ginger One. As usual, any gossip, scandal, rumours, death threats, boyfriend applications or any other crap should be sent to the address at the back of the mag or to the e-mail address below. See you all next month, and get yourselves down to Slave - this is one place you're going to love! Love, Goldilocks Website:- http://www.gay-glasgow.co.uk/ E-mail:- goldilocks@gay-glasgow.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ************** PROPOSITION 22 ************** From Garry Otton in San Francisco While Scotland battles to ditch Section 28, liberals in California have failed to fend off another bankrolled campaign from conservatives and the religious right. I joined a crowd forming outside the Waterfront Restaurant in San Francisco. Bill Clinton was coming out. I was ready to shout at him to lend his support for the campaign on Tuesday, 7 March, when Californians went to the polls to vote on Proposition 22, a Limit on Marriage Initiative sponsored by Senator William Pete Knight. (No relation to Dame Jill Knight of Section 28 fame of course). This was in response to court decisions in both Hawaii and Vermont that stated denying gays the right of a civil union was illegal. The Knight Initiative, according to the San Francisco Examiner, "raised more than $10 million... The Roman Catholic church kicked in $350,000." There were also contributions from "a highly organized and motivated Mormon church and its 740,000 California members, plus contributions from members in Utah... and the conservative Christian Helping Hands Ministries in Georgia donated $64,000." The campaign was helped by certain sections of the press to persuade Californians, with the aid of TV ads touting the sanctity of the traditional nuclear family, to outlaw the acceptance of out-of-State same-sex marriages. The No on Knight campaign was defeated by a 61 percent to 39 percent margin. A normally liberal California had joined a growing list of over 30 US States to formally register their refusal to recognise gay civil unions. Even the generally conservative Latino community was targeted with TV ads in Spanish. The simply worded ballot measure didn't even mention gays, just a soft, fuzzy campaign that promoted the sanctity of marriage - now who could possibly disagree with that? Anti-Proposition 22 produced a TV ad with pickets carrying boards with slogans like God hates fags. The ad implored: "Prop. 22 won't save a single marriage, but it will hurt gay people. That's what it's intended to do." The Yes on 22 campaign has repeatedly denied any ulterior motive. Its campaign literature made out that Prop. 22 was not taking away anyone's rights or attacking any group of people or their family. "It merely affirms the irreplaceable role of marriage between men and women in our society." A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll of over 2,000 adults found two-thirds believing gay marriage would be legalised within the lifetime of a baby born in 2000. Suddenly, after being frisked, and ordered to take my hands out of my pockets by security, Bill was headed in my direction and shook hands with a group of us. I didn't shout when it came to my turn. Nerves gave way. I don't think he even heard me. He just shook my hand and looked slightly startled after hearing my Souf Lundun accent. Never mind. Headlining at a pair of fund-raisers in Los Angeles later, Democrat President Bill Clinton added his voice to the furore recommending Californians reject the ban on gay marriages. In the San Francisco Examiner, Senator Pete Knight had said: "Today there are minority groups all over the country that are screaming and demanding and we as a people are giving in to their demands, one right after another. I don't think we can continue to do that and maintain these United States." In the Central Valley City of Tracy, a Mormon couple had been informally disciplined by their church for speaking out against Proposition 22. Alan and Yvette Hansen were told it was a sin, as was speaking out against it. There were a number of propositions for Californians to vote on. Proposition 22 was stuck next to Proposition 21 which, at a time when the crime rate was going down, was aimed at treating child criminals as adults; throwing kids as young as 14 into an adult system without judicial review. One poll found support for the poll actually went up when it was suggested youth of colour would be the most likely victims of the initiative. While this campaign raged in California, John McCain, who was standing against Texas governor George W Bush to lead the Republicans at the next US elections, blasted Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, calling them "evil." (He later claimed he was "just joking"). Pat Robertson is no friend of the majority of American people. Priests and rabbis had been closing hands and encircling the headquarters of Fox, protesting against Pat Robertson's broadcasts on the Fox Family Channel in Los Angeles. Although they were pushed and shoved by security, Fox declined to have them arrested, fearful of the adverse publicity of handcuffed priests and rabbis. None the less, presidential hopeful, John McCain was caricatured as a party traitor and the abortionist's friend. His campaign was soon over. It is the religious right who helps get Republicans elected. Republicans in turn, set up various fund-raising mechanisms and their bodies give money back to religious organisations. McCain had wanted to challenge the special interests groups to secure the votes of Middle America. It was days later, on 16 March when the State of Vermont set an historical precedent and agreed to recognise same-sex unions and give gays and lesbians the same civil rights as married heterosexuals. They gave same-sex couples equal rights in health insurance, pensions, inheritance and custody of children. Partners splitting would have to go through dissolution proceedings in Family Courts and assume each other's debts. The only gay legislator in Vermont's House of Representatives had a few choice words for opponents. "I am sorry for your fears. We as gay and lesbian people, as gay lesbian couples, we are not a threat to you and your committed relationships or your marriages." Bob Meadows, president of Decision Research in the US says: "Most ballots, if there's any uncertainty, or if ballot measures are too long or complicated, people tend to stick to the status quo." Of Prop 22 he called it divisive, intrusive and unfair. This same argument applies to Section 28 in Scotland. And while the Advertising Standards Authority turned its back on pleas to halt the Keep the Clause's vicious campaign, we appeared to have learned nothing from a time when Jews walked past similar posters to those being displayed in Scotland. They could so easily have portrayed the message of a concerned parent saying: "My son could be asked to take part in Jewish role playing in school. That horrifies me". Democratic consultant Bill Carrick told the San Francisco Examiner: "This is one of those issues where people made up their minds early, where people bring a set of convictions, prejudices and beliefs to the issue and then they close the door and don't re-examine it. You see it on gun control. And abortion, too" They also found Rudy Martin, a retired Oakland police officer, a catholic and a "self-described conservative Republican," who said, "over eggs and hash browns at the Pastime bar and pool hall... They should not get married. Why should we change it because it's the year 2000? Maybe I'm a little old-fashioned, but I just don't feel it's discrimination. Every marriage ceremony I've ever heard of is entered into by a man and a woman." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- **************** DUN DEAGH/DUNDEE **************** Liberty Nightclub was the venue for the recent Dundee heat of Mr Gay UK. Our cover shows the prizewinners: 1st Barry Mann (C). 2nd Paul Hastie (R) and 3rd Simon Peterson (L). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ********* NUN SENSE ********* Schisms are a long-standing tradition in Scottish religious life, and it is with great sadness that we must acknowledge that this is what has happened to the Order of Perpetual Indulgence in Scotland. The meeting held in February was poorly-attended, although there were plenty of written submissions. Despite the best efforts of Sister Bobby, who thought that peace breaking out in Northern Ireland and the Middle East would usher in a new era of world peace and universal harmony, attempts to heal the split have now been abandoned. After consultation with the Mother House in San Francisco, (and especially the delightful Sister Sadie Sadie, the Rabbi Lady) the active sisters--Sister Athletica de la Bain, Sister Ovina Fornicata and Sister Bobby have decided that the order itself is the most important thing and plan to get on with doing its work. As I type, the incompetents who register domain names in the UK are faced with a request from our good selves and we should be able to announce a web site next month. The site will leave you in no doubt as to exactly how much fun safer sex can be. We'll even provide illustrations if you need them! And as the Powers That Be can't threaten to withdraw our non-existent funding, you can guarantee that we will be much more informative than the centrally shackled agencies. Sister Bobby has already spent the morning explaining all sorts of interesting uses for a Femidom, and the rubber ring you can find in it, in far more detail than I really wanted to know. Well, not at seven in the morning, anyway. The web site will also tell you all you need to know about the Scottish Saints, and why they were so honoured. And, should you feel drawn to the habit, plenty of information about our work and what it takes to become a fully-fledged Sister of Perpetual Indulgence. You can also find out about our services to the gathered faithful such as relationship blessings and boasting (a bit like confession, but more honest). No doubt we'll also find a way to sell you those oh-so-essential indulgences online. All in aid of a good cause, of course. BUG OF THE MONTH: CHILDREN Symptoms: (women) weight gain, nausea and exhaustion followed by sleeplessness, lack of money and anxiety for approximately 18 years. Appear: nine months after exposure. Exposure: through unsafe sex with a member of the opposite sex (Novice Brother Bimbo assures us some people do this). Prevention: Condoms protect against children as well as many other sexually-transmitted diseases unlike many other contraceptives. Cure: If caught early, it is possible to prevent pregnancy developing into full-blown children, otherwise only time can help. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ********************** SCOTTISH MEDIA MONITOR ********************** Christians should hurt the church that hates them, says TERRY SANDERSON The Section 28 horror rumbles on in both Scotland and England with the common factor of religion as the moving force. The bandwagon-effect of religious protest has demonstrated quite clearly that the 'faith communities' are trying to revive their own flagging fortunes by jumping on our backs and exploiting anti-gay prejudice for all it's worth. They're at it all over the world. In the USA the religious right fight elections by whipping up righteous frenzies over homosexuality. In the Islamic world, homosexuals are executed as a matter of routine. In Rome, the Vatican agitates ceaselessly against us and issues 'bulls' about our being 'intrinsically disordered' and 'objectively evil'. The Pope is aware that when he hate mongers against homosexuals he has an enthusiastic audience. But let's face it, with hardly any bums on pews these days, religions are finding it more and more difficult to justify the clout they continue to wield in our national lives. The Church of England is in the last stages of a terminal decline, the Catholics are (according to an official source) "haemorrhaging", and the only religion showing any sign of life and vitality is Islam. And that is hardly good news as far as gay rights are concerned. Despite the fact that thousands of people who don't usually regard themselves as religious joined in the crusades organised by the Churches to retain Section 28, the present aggression from religious sources might well backfire. There are signs that there is a liberal backlash against the extremity of some religious reaction. People might have fallen for the lies that the Churches have been spreading about Section 28, but they haven't been taken in altogether. Every survey shows that there is no growing hostility to the general rights of gay people. The Daily Telegraph found to its surprise that 72% of its own Gallup poll sample thought that "homosexuality is neither right nor wrong, it is simply a fact of life." So we shouldn't assume that religious agitation against us necessarily works in the way its proponents think it does. A few homophobic remarks might get Cardinal Winning on the national news and the front pages for a couple of days, but they also repel people of good will. It seems that the punters can and do distinguish between the issue of 'protecting children' and the rights of adults to live their lives according to their own lights. They may not want their children to be taught about homosexuality in school, but they have nothing against gay relationships between consenting adults. In the end, it may be that the Archbishops and Rabbis and Mullahs will find that they have shot themselves in the foot. It may be they who find themselves on the receiving end of the nation's contempt for their intolerance and nastiness. Which brings me to the question I really want to ask. Where do gay Christians stand in all this? Why, indeed, do they continue to be gay Christians? It is quite clear that they are held in the deepest contempt by the institutions to which they ache to belong. The usual argument from the gay Christians that it is better to fight the battles inside the Church than outside of it just doesn't hold water any more. Any idea that the Churches are going to change their policies on homosexuality because of pressure from gay Christians is pie in the sky. Being anti-gay is the religious establishment's only chance of survival. Recent events have shown that this is so. A couple of years ago at the Lambeth Conference, Anglicans passed a resolution of abiding homophobia. The debate accompanying this decision was laced with vitriolic homo-hatred. It hardly represented progress towards the acceptance of gays by the Anglican Communion. Then came Cardinal Winning's pronouncements over Section 28 and the Pope's repeatedly hostile gibberish. Homophobia in the Church is clearly getting worse rather than better. It is now time for gay Christians to rethink their position. Rather than supporting institutions that hate them, why don't they take the honourable option and quit the Church? If all the gay vicars were to hand in their notice tomorrow - and make a song and dance about it, too - then the Archbishop of Canterbury would have to stop making homophobic noises and start to listen. If every gay Christian resigned from his or her church, stopped giving money and withdrew their energy and commitment, then the prejudiced preachers and vicious vicars would have pause to think. You can still be a good person, even a Christian without going to a church - as most of the population has discovered. And you can teach the Churches the error of their ways by punishing them. Gay Christians are best placed to show the Church that it cannot simply discriminate against a whole section of the population and get away with it. Hurt religion in the way that it has hurt us. Stop it in its tracks before it does real damage to our lives. Gay Christians have the power to do this, and no convincing reason not to. It was only a matter of time before commentators in the press got round to blaming gay people for the spate of child abuse that has been in the news in recent months. As Richard Ingrams in The Observer put it: "Are p‰dophiles gay? It's not a question we are allowed to ask." Oh really? Then what's it doing in the headline of a national newspaper? Anyway, Mr Ingrams says: "In all the thousands of words I have read and heard in the past week about the Welsh child abuse scandal, one word has never been mentioned. That word is 'gay'" He says that the word is used almost every day in every newspaper, but usually to describe gay victims of the holocaust, or gay priests or gays at the Dome and so on. "However, it seems that when gays are shown to have engaged in acts of dreadful cruelty and depravity they are invariably described as 'p‰dophiles'". So, Mr Ingrams is trotting out the old chestnut that because some gay men are p‰dophiles, all gay men are p‰dophiles. If this is true, then it must also be true that because some straight men are p‰dophiles, they all are. Including Mr Ingrams. We can't get away from the fact that all men (and some women) are potential p‰dophiles. It does not mean that we all are p‰dophiles. Most gay men, like most straight men, have no sexual interest in children at all. The ones that have must be prevented at all costs from exploiting children, and no appeal to "political correctness" should interfere with that protection. But Richard Ingrams' insidious remarks are sick and dishonest, and in saying that I am not playing the 'politically correct' card in order to silence critics. Ingrams is being unfair, nasty and playing to the same prejudices that the Church has been exploiting. The reason the point he makes has not been made is because it isn't true. At the end of the piece, Ingrams says: "Anyone who opposes the new legislation (to lower the age of consent in England and Wales) can be safely dismissed as out of date, homophobic or some kind of crazed born-again Christian." Or, in his case, just some brainwashed Catholic who will stoop to any kind of deceitful propaganda to further the Catholic cause. And shame on The Observer, too, for printing such muck. Terry Sanderson is author of MEDIAWATCH, published by Cassells, and writes the popular MediaWatch column in Gay Times. Garry Otton has been on holiday. His column returns next month. SCOTTISH MEDIA MONITOR web site: http://www.bigfoot.com/~scotmedia CUT IT OUT! Gerald Warner, Scotland On Sunday on North Lanarkshire Council's vote against repeal of Section 28: "That vote represents Old Labour values, from the days of coal in the bath and short shrift for nancy boys in the miners' welfare & Most parents look forward to spending the Sundays of their twilight years visiting their grandchildren in a conventional family home, not at the bedside of their son in an Aids hospice." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *********************** OBAR DHEADHAIN/ABERDEEN *********************** Yet again our wonderful editor has decided to put the wind up us contributors by giving just a couple of days to get this month's copy in! I don't know how much excitement I can take! Unfortunately I don't have much in the way of news once again, so I'm going to have to do my best to waffle as much as possible in order to fill the available space (but don't I normally do that anyway?). Sadly, I've nothing really to moan about, either. Once I get on my high-horse there's usually no stopping me, but for a change, nothing seems to have got me rattled. Oh, there's one thing: mobile phones. Once the size of a house brick and the preserve of the few who could afford them (and the Range Rover to carry it in), the mobile phone has gone from being yet another yuppie toy to an essential item for just about everyone. Now you can even buy them along with your pint of milk and your loaf down at your local Alldays. Since I bought my own mobile, I've never ever missed meeting up with someone because I've been running a bit late (a frequent occurrence, believe me), and organising such a hectic social life has become a bit easier. The only regret I have is giving my mother the number! So what's the problem then? After 6pm in the City Bar, there is now a ukp1 fine should a mobile be heard within earshot of the management. The fine rightfully goes in the charity bottle, but the question remains as to whether or not this policy is a good idea. Just as a great number of people believe they have the right to socialise in a smoke-free environment, there are probably some who believe that they should be able to socialise without electronic renditions of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos or Rossini's William Tell Overture. While I didn't particularly mind contributing a bit to charity, there are occasions when I go out for a drink on limited financial resources, and a quid fine every time my mobile goes off can drain those resources. I think from now on I'll have to keep the volume down! (Mine doesn't vibrate, alas!) It has been unfortunate to see that City Bar isn't as busy as it could be. I've visited on a few occasions, on the weekend, and noted that apart from a brief flurry of activity shortly before ten, it's fairly quiet. And it would seem that grippiness prevails once more as people still hurry to get to C2k before eleven, just so that they don't pay the extra door tax. It has been said so many times within the pages of this organ, and especially in the Aberdeen column, that if you don't use it you'll lose it, and this is equally true of the City Bar. Just remember how many other places have vanished. The music in the CB has recently seen a bit of an improvement. The music has definitely developed a more housey feel, with much less cheese. Whether or not this is intentional, I do not know, but any efforts to reduce the amount of Steps we hear has to be a good idea! The same too can be said about Club 2000 too. My visits there are becoming more few and far between (I don't like packed clubs at the weekend, and I have tried to minimise going out on school nights), but I have generally enjoyed the change. The last few times I was there, the music was a little harder towards the end, and while it was inevitable that "Tragedy" was going to be played at some point, happily this was over and done with fairly early on in the evening, leaving the rest of the night relatively cheese-free. The dancefloor is getting livelier too, with people actually looking as if they're having fun for a change. Having said that, there are one or two who have taken fun a bit too far - dancing on the speakers is sure to get you thrown out! You know who you are. Well, that just about does it for this month. I have managed to fill more space than usual, so miracles perhaps do happen. Be good. Gus gus@drink.demon.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ************** MOIREIBH/MORAY ************** It has to be said that in recent times Elgin really seems to be stepping ahead in credibility. It is honoured with the reputation of being the place in the North where you can regularly witness gay crowds in the pubs and clubs. These clubs are now open to 3am for the hardier party-goers and the atmosphere is always friendly. Being deprived of an exclusivly gay club doesn't seem to force people around here away or even into the closet as it is clearly accpeted in the town. I was speaking to a mother who's straight son and his wife were up from England the other day and had a night out in Downtown. They came home convinced they had gone there on a gay night! Ha, a gay night in Downtown? Now that would be interesting! I never thought I would see the day when Elgin played host to the Rocky Horror Picture Show, complete wth live actor enhancement, too. What a good laugh! Many of the followers turned up, of course, in costume and enjoyed an hilarious night in the company of Frank, Rocky, Brad and Janet. I'm not convinced, however, that the poor cleaners would agree! Maybe by the time the team return to entertain us we'll know all the heckles to shout back. We're doing it all over again soon in Aberdeen where the stage version is on with Darren Day as Frank. If he is as good as Jason Donovon was last year it'll be excellent! As we all know that Souter man has been spreading joy across the land with his evil witch-hunt poster campaign. One of his 'Keep The Clause' babies stands proud as you drive into Elgin and the other one was, until very recently, in position opposite ASDA in Edgar Road. However BIG CONGRATULATIONS to the unsung heroes of the hour who brandished their aerosols in protest to this bigotry and I'm happy to report that the Edgar Road poster for many weeks portrayed a much more positive message! I must add that that 'Keep The Clause' poster has since been replaced with a huge cigarrette advert. This, I'm sure Souter would agree, encourages our youth into a much healthier and less anti-social pastime. The Pride of Moray Firth social group are up to their antics again! Never ones to be restrained, the latest plan is to organise a trip abroad to Ibiza! I had to laugh when Plummy told me... considering the commotion that went on at the last Pride to all get on the same bus, all at the right time, this trip could be quite a tall order! Has anyone thought of inviting a TV company along to record it? Now that would make hilarious viewing! Right, back to the other stuff...there will be pub gatherings in the Georgian Suite of the Park House Hotel (South Street, Elgin) on the following dates: 22nd March, 12th April, 26th April and 10th May. The 26th April is also the date for the Annual General Meeting for the Social Group, also to be held at the same venue. And I think that's it for another month... don't forget that for further details of any social events in the area contact Moray LGB Switchboard. OK, take care and make the most of every minute. 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Glasgow Genuine Guy (33) Straight acting, good looking, clean shaven, fit body, seeks 18-24 slim smooth WE horny straight acting guy. Can accommodate. No time wasters, horny guys only. Please send photo. Box SG32190. Wanted: Glasgow Muscular Toyboy I'm fit, fifty and five-eight. You're younger, smooth, muscular, under six foot. Come pose for me, wrestle with me and have fun. ALA - but phone numbers ignored. Box SG32191. Falkirk - West Lothian Slim 33 VWE dark hair seeks similar guy 18-40 for fun times. Regret cannot accommodate but can travel. Photo helps. ALA. Box SG32192. Horny Young Sexy Devil Required If that's you slim smooth WE S/A speaking someone for hot, sticky horny times then reply - you'll not be too disappointed. Fit body, WE, SA can accommodate. Frank letter, photo. Box SG32193. 26 Year Old Gay Dundee Guy I enjoy pubs, clubs and having fun, so if you are 18-30 and want to have fun, then please reply with photo and I will contact you. See you soon. Box SG32194. Edinburgh - Anywhere Guys wanted that are into DMs, waders, 501's for horny times, inside or out. Also into W/S, boot worship. Can accommodate, write soon. ALA photo appreciated. Box SG32195. Not Too Old For Toys! West of Scotland guy seeks like-minded guys for safe fun. Can travel, no age limits, likes videos, nights in. Glasgow - Edinburgh area preferred. Box SG32196. Edinburgh Blond, 18, uninhibited bloodthirsty innocent. WLTM 18-35 year old for fun and games, possible 1-2-1. Photo please. All frank letters answered. Box SG32197 Dad is seeking a new son in the Scotland area, I am 50yo easy going and a non-smoker, you should be under 25, slim, a non-smoker, and genuinely interested in an older guy. Pic helps, but looks not so important. Box SG32158. ***BISEXUAL Edinburgh Bi-curious? Young? Then why not have your first experience with a considerate older guy. Total discretion assured. I have a large comfortable bed and collection of gay videos. What have you got to lose? Box SG32107. Friendly Bisexual Wanted I am seeking to experience friendship with nice person who likes social drinking, dancing and having fun. Fiona. Box SG32113. Edinburgh Bi Lad Artistic, sexy, boyish lad, 29, 6ft, good body, dark hair, totally sa/sl, wants to meet cool boys and girls, 20-30, for fun and friendship, maybe more. ALAWP. Thanks. Box SG32115. Gotta Get With My Friends Happy, healthy, spiritual guy. Likes music, film, food, and mother nature. Seeks friends male/female from Fife to hang out with. Open minded, caring, fun people please apply. Box SG32145. Crossdresser Crossdresser seeks another crossdresser for fun and frolics. Box SG32152. ***STRAIGHT Edinburgh Big butch Irishman, own teeth and hair, balanced attitude, looking for brainy balanced female. Box SG32114. Edinburgh Area 31 year old male specimen looking for a 25-35 bi or straight female to receive his specimen. A sense of humour a must. (REALLY)!!! Box SG32150. ***LOOKING FOR Debi K And Kati M Long time no see. I hope to see you both in the next five years. I am in Inverness now. Marjorie S will give you my address. From Lorraine B. Box SG32102. Munire - Glasgow Please phone me sometime. 00-??-294-432614 (you know the country code ??) or E-mail: blueflippers@hotmail.com ***MBA I Love Scotland! Latin student, 29 years old, Edinburgh, seeking genuine, honest and discreet gay or bi-sexual girl for MBA. Involvement negotiable. If you are willing to help get in touch. E-mail: ramufo@hotmail.com or write. Box SG32151. ***FRIENDS ABROAD Austin Man Looking For Pen Pals Hello there, My name is Matthew Gould. I live in Austin Texas and would like to hear from Men who are European especially Scottish. I am 32, Scottish background. I love the Culture and would like to know more about the interesting Highlanders. Hope to hear from you. Write: Matthew Gould, 2707 Windswept Cove, Apt 201, Austin, Texas 78745, USA. E-mail: mgould69@excite.com Belarus Good-looking young man (22;183;72) has a wish to make friends with handsome man. Interests: travelling, languages, art, books. A job or financial support are welcome. Write: Alexander Petrov, PO Box 72, Lida-2 231300, Belarus, CIS. E-mail: alex@oic.unibel.by Older Likes Younger Just over the pond on the NE coast of USA, I live in the little gay seaside village of Provincetown, MA. I'm a United Nations mixture of mostly French, a bit of North American Native and Scots. I'm 55 years old, weigh 250lb, have a hairy chest, etc. But am attracted to my opposite: the smooth, young and slim. Write: Joel Ouellet, 441 Commercial Street, PO Box 1557, Provincetown, MA 02657, USA. E-mail: realestate50@hotmail.com ***JOBS WANTED Opportunity Calls Bored, slim, passive guy (smooth), 24, wants to make amateur/prof videos. No interest in a fee, just like the turn on! Most things considered especially GB and Bukkake. Glasgow area preferred due to my lack of a license. But will travel for the right offer. This is a serious ad, so please, sensible offers only. Box SG32103. ***JOBS OFFERED 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 Phone: 020-7373 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 phone Stuart on 0141-636 6556 (No withheld numbers please) or E-mail budgie@shaws.u-net.com ***ACCOMMODATION Exchange Wanted I have a two bedroom flat off Leith Walk (3up). 10 mins walk from most gay pubs/clubs. Near to all amenities. I'm looking for a two bedroomed flat in Glasgow - any nice area. Phone: 0131-467 7303. ***SERVICES CAFFMOS Contacts and friendships for men over sixty. The organisation for the more mature gentleman and his admirers. Write to: CAFFMOS, PO Box 2273, Hove. BN3 2GF. Or phone Hove (01273) 220995 for information. Contact Mag Contact Mag for adults: over 900 photos. Approval copy from: Matchmaker (K38), Chorley, PR7 4BS. Or ring 01257 483335 (24 hours). Free TV/TS News A Tranny not for profit newsletter. Views, news, venues and free personal adverts. A5 sae: BM Box 2534, London. WC1N 3XX. 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. 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SW18 5EE. ***PUSSY FOR SALE Persian Chinchilla male kitten For sale by GCCF registered breeder. Fully inoculated. Home reared. Sired by champion. Tel: 01506 634736 or 07714 103375, ***BACK RUBS Back Rub Plus - Glasgow Discreet unhurried service given by well built guys. Student and Unemployed discounts available. This is a special offer for only Feb and March. Call Chick or Mike on 0141-889 1764. Craig - Glasgow 21. 6ft, slim, XVWE, outcalls only. 07977 692970. Edinburgh Lee, good looking male escort, 21, slim masculine guy offers unhurried escorting service. Out calls Edinburgh only - ukp80 first hour. Call 07050 683033. Edinburgh Mark, VGL straight acting escort in Central Edinburgh, accom/travel. 26 year old muscular guy, very fit, works out at gym - ukp80 per hour. Call for details: 07050 682 970. Edinburgh Mature educated 21 year old offers discreet and friendly personal/escort service to genuine callers in Edinburgh. Evenings and weekends. Phone: Thomas on 0771 850 8479. Glasgow Joe Pierced, smooth skin, shaved head, friendly relaxed service. 0403 480601. Glasgow Massage Discretion assured. Two good-looking guys, together or separate. Call 07946 615584. Gordon - Glasgow 23, VWE, slim, smooth. In or out calls. 07050 030424. Lanarkshire Escort massage with Tom. Full aromatherapy body massage for that all over sensual experience with friendly and professional guy in the Lanarkshire area. Relax and enjoy. Phone 07944 005569 (Mobile). Massage For Men Great relaxing sensual pampering by qualified genuinely caring masseur. 1 hour full body session ukp15 - includes soothing candles, music, warm towels, shower, refreshments. Exceptionally good value. Jim. Phone 0131-556 7199. Massage Services By Chubby Escort Genuine big and cuddly chubby gay man gives gentle massage to all men. ukp15. Tel: 0131-653 0436 or leave details on 07880 658324 (Mobile). Kenny - Lothians. ***WHERE TO STAY Gay Friendly Guest House - Edinburgh Run by gays with a mixed clientele. We are situated 1 1/2 miles from Princes Street and most tourist attractions. We have a full Scottish and continental breakfast menu. All rooms have a refreshment tray and cable TV. We have en- suite and basic rooms available to suit both budgets. A warm welcome awaits you at the Alexander. For more information, phone Glenn or Alex on 0131-624 4028. Fax: 0131-477 1246. Or E-mail: alexander@guest68.freeserve.co.uk North East Scotland Farmhouse Retreat-Bed & Breakfast Gay, non-scene, rustic, remote, private, warm relaxed atmosphere. Enjoy that extra special break you really need. Treat yourself. Discretion assured service. Details and other information: phone 01261 851154. Sutherland On A9 to Wick, B&B. Roadside. 60 miles from Inverness. Double or single. Phone: Helmsdale (01431) 821570. Tayside B&B Gay friendly B&B, riverside setting, Strathtay, 30 miles North of Perth. Double or single. STB Four Stars. Own trout fishing available. Phone: Richard on 01887 820944. The Maltings Bed & Breakfast Small guest flat double room. Friendly Service. Homely atmosphere. Midway between Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen. Phone: Peter on 01674 674148 or mobile 0831 438999. Camp and Cruise Wonderful holiday opportunity on Lossiemouth sea front. Residential four berth fully-equipped mobile home near cruisy beach. WC and all facilities. ukp150 a week all in. Tel 01343 542928. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Friendly city centre venue in side street just a few yards from the main road. WWW: http://www.citybar.co.uk/ CLUB 2000 62 Shiprow. Tel: (01224) 596999. 10pm-2am. Friendly, small and intimate pub/club. Entry charge Fri/Sat only. ukp1 before 11pm and ukp2.50 after with no re-entry fee. [__________________________________________________] AYR WEE WINDAES 9 Newmarket Street. Tel: (01292) 267360. Mon-Sat 11am-12.30am. Sun 12.30pm-Midnight. Although mainly straight during the day, the manager hopes to increase the growing number of lesbian and gay customers that frequent the bar. [__________________________________________________] COATBRIDGE PULLMANS BAR AND PUNJAB EXPRESS RESTAURANT 22 West Canal Street. Tel: (01236) 440643. Comfortable bar with restaurant upstairs. Run by Kally. Food served 11am-Midnight, children's certificate and carry out food. Popular with local LGBTs who gather through in the back room round the fire. Gay friendly, warm welcome, and no bad attitudes from the local troggies allowed. Veggie nosh and bits of dead animals for the carnivores. Live music Wed to Sun eves, Karaoke on Thu and Quiz on Sun. Nice place! [__________________________________________________] DUNDEE BAR XS St Andrew's Lane (behind Liberty Nightclub). Tel: (01382) 200660. Mon-Sat 8pm-Midnight. Sun 8-11pm. Cafe/bar for lgb clientele under the same successful management as Liberty to which it has its own entrance. Cyberpoint now available. CHARLIE'S BAR 75 Seagate. Tel: (01382) 226840. Mon-Sat 11am-Midnight. Sun 12.30-11pm. Dundee's longest established gay bar. 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. E-mail: club@liberty-nightclub.co.uk WWW: http://www.liberty-nightclub.co.uk/ [__________________________________________________] EDINBURGH 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. Exciting new fashion ranges and made to measure service. E-mail: atomix@tinyonline.co.uk 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. BO'S VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT 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. C32 CAFE 32c Broughton Street. Tel: 0131-557 2012. 10am-11pm. Stylish gay friendly licensed cafe with extensive menu including vegetarian selection. 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 2a Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7770. Mon-Sat 11am-1am. Sun Noon-1am. Busy, stylish and gay friendly. WWW: http://www.catwalk1.co.uk/ THE CAULDRON 77 Clerk Street. Tel: 0131-622 7236. Noon-12.45am. One of Edinburgh's other well kept secrets. Friendly real ale boozer frequented by omnisexual persons mainly of a Gothic persuasion. 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. 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. Last Sat of month: a male only night called Kruz aimed at leather, denim, rubber, skinhead, uniform and bears run in conjunction with the MSC Scotland Monthly Meeting. 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 friendly, 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. 10am-10pm. 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 - 10pm-3am. Future date: 17th Mar. Women only one nighter with all proceeds going to Edinburgh Switchboard. DUST Studio 24, 24 Calton Road. Thu 11pm-3am. A mix of Goth, Rock, Industrial, Metal and Punk DJ's. ukp2. Drinks promos. All sexualities. EDINBURGH GAY ESCORTS 19a Albany Street. Tel: 0131-558 1011. Fax: 07079 002683. Provides gay and lesbian escorts throughout Scotland. Tours of Edinburgh and surroundings. Member of the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association. E-mail: enquiries@edinburghgayescorts.co.uk WWW: http://www.edinburghgayescorts.co.uk EDINBURGH LESBIAN GAY AND BISEXUAL CENTRE 58a and 60 Broughton Street. Houses Atomix, Nexus Cafe-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 looks as if he might be but isn't), Steve (who is a scraeming nancy boy!), the (ever changing) Sandra or Maya (who has returned from her Virgin days!!!). Toys galore, video rental too! Glamour shop upstairs stocks larger sizes. FLY BAR 2 North St Andrews Street. 11am-1am. Newly established gay bar, popular with women. Offers up and coming new DJ talent at the decks at weekends and a variety of other weekday events. Look out for monthly Women Only events in the bar. Warm friendly atmosphere. Food served Noon-3pm daily. E-mail: flybar@ic24.net HABANA 22 Greenside Place. Tel: 0131-558 1270. Noon-1am. Under the new management of Brian. Centrally located pre club bar. E-mail: cafehabana@hotmail.com HOT STUFF 89 Rose Street Lane North. Tel: 0131-225 7651. Noon-1am. Previously Frenchies, this vibrant gay 70's disco theme bar in the heart of Rose Street is run by Shiela Blige. HOLYROOD TAVERN 9a Holyrood Road. Tel: 0131-556 5044. Noon-12.45am. Edinburgh's best kept secret. Real ale in a gay friendly atmosphere. "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/ IGNITION @ THE MISSION Studio 24, 24 Calton Road. Every 4th Fri. 11pm-3am. Two floors of clubs. A major ROCK NIGHT on the first floor with Billy Ritchie. OVERLOAD - Nu Metal, alternative - on the 2nd floor. Drinks promotions. JOY Wilkie House, 207 Cowgate. JOY Info Line: 0131-467 2551. 10.30pm-3am. Every 4th Sat. Next dates: 1st Apr, 29th Apr. Joy, Scotland's most upfront gay club! ukp7 members/ukp10 non-members (reduced entry of ukp6/ukp9 before 11pm. E-mail: joy.scotland@virgin.net KERO-SCENE Studio 24, 24 Calton Road. Info Lines: Leaf - 0131-667 1167, Studio24 - 0836 262597. Wed. 11pm-3am. Alternative nightclub: Goth, Industrial, Metal, Extreme. DJ's Leaf, Wally, Iqy, Dug. ukp1.50 entry. E-mail: Pickle_000@hotmail.com WWW: http://connect.to/nightnews/ 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, range of complementary therapies. Concessions available. MINGIN' Studio 24, 24 Calton Road. Info Line: 0131-467 2551. 10.30pm-3am. Every 2nd Sat. Next date: 8th Apr. Alan Joy's club Mingin' features Alan Joy himself on the decks plus Brian Dempster. ukp5 entry. E-mail: its.mingin@virgin.net THE MISSION Studio 24, 24 Calton Road. 11pm-3am. Every second Sat. 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. (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. 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. Quiz night every Tue. Live music 3rd Mon of month. Internet access 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! ICONS Club Mercado, 36-39 Market Street. Tel: 0131-226 4224. 1st Sun of each month. 10pm-3.30am. Themed club nights - look out for flyers. OOT: OUT ON TUESDAY Stand Comedy Club, York Place. Tel: 0131-558 7272. Second Tue of each month. 9-11pm. Monthly gay comedy club in established comedy venue. Hot food. E-mail: tommy@thestand.freeserve.co.uk OUT OF THE BLUE 1 Barony Street. (Downstairs at the Blue Moon Cafe). 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. Popular and busy gay bar with friendly staff. QUEER SUNDAY @ EDEN Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7435. Sun 10pm-3am. Weekly Gay Club in the centre of the Broughton Street Triangle. Two drinks for the price of one before Midnight. SASHA'S Tippler's Bar, 17 Bread St. Info Line: 07720 011032. Sun 8pm-1am. Scotland's only lesbian strip bar. Shows start 9pm. SHEBANG Wilkie House, Cowgate. Tel: 0131-557 4656. Next date: Sat 8th April. 11pm-3am. Mixed club with an all-woman DJ line up. WWW: http://www.webflyers.co.uk/shebang/ THE STAG & TURRET 1-7 Montrose Terrace. Tel: 0131-478 7231. 11am-1am. Friendly 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 Wilkie House, Cowgate. 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. WWW: http://www.webflyers.co.uk/taste/ 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 SAUNA AND GYM 53 East Claremont Street. Tel: 0131-556 6116. Noon-11pm. Scotland's largest, featuring steam room, 20 person sauna, large Jacuzzi, new Kruze Video Zone, licensed bar and cafe, free weights gym, massage by appointment. Admission ukp8 (Concessions ukp5), Annual Membership ukp2. Proudly gay owned and operated. WWW: http://www.townhouse-sauna.co.uk/ UP Studio 24, 24 Calton Road. 11pm-3am. Every 4th Fri. Next date: 31st Mar. Mixed night for fun loving people with credible dance music. E-mail: up.up@talk21.com WEB 13 13 Bread Street. Tel: 0131-229 8883. 9am-10pm. Informal mixed cybercafe with homely and approachable staff. The largest cybercafe in Scotland with 27 terminals, 2 iMacs and a text scanner. New rates: 20 mins ukp1, 40 mins ukp2, 60 mins ukp3. The cheapest in Scotland, maybe even Cyberspace! 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. [__________________________________________________] GLASGOW AUSTINS 61b Miller Street. Tel: 0141-221 0444. Noon-Midnight. Food: Noon-8.30pm. Smart plush bar. Upmarket. Overseen by Sandra and her friendly crew. Tuesday Club from 8.30pm with Laura James and Chris. DJ Wendy on Wed, Fri from 9pm. Betty B commits Karaoke on Sun from 9pm. BENNETS DISCO 80-90, Glassford Street. Tel: 0141-552 5761. Tue-Sun 11pm-3am. Beautifully appointed busy club on two floors. Frequent PAs. Tuesdays are straight. WWW: http://www.bennets.co.uk/ BOOGIE BAR 261 Hope Street. Tel: 0141-331 1886. Mon-Sat Noon-Midnight. New gay friendly 70's bar. Meals every day from Noon till 7:30pm. WWW: http://clix.to/BoogieBar 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. Sun-Fri Noon-10pm, Sat 11am-7am (All Nighter). Facilities now include 2 saunas, steamroom, jacuzzi, gymnasium, fully equipped cafe, large rest area, luxury private rest rooms (just recently opened), television lounge, smoking and non-smoking lounges, free hot food, Loyalty Scheme for regular clients. Sat and Sun now only ukp7. E-mail: centuriglw@aol.com CLONE ZONE 11 Dixon Street. Tel: 0141-248 2593. Mon-Sat 11.30am-7pm, Sun 1-7pm. Clothes, videos, magazines, toys. In increasingly less temporary accommodation at the GGLC due to a building mishap at their Virginia Street premises to which they hope to return one day. E-mail: admin@clonezone.co.uk WWW: http://www.clonezone.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. Nice if your face fits. FRUITFLY Updated! 210300 The Arches, Midland Street. Tel: 0141-221 9736. Next date: Sat 15 Apr. 11pm-4am. Mixed club run by Taste from Edinburgh. WWW: http://www.webflyers.co.uk/fruitfly/ GLC CAFE/BAR GGLC, 11 Dixon Street. Tel: 0141-400 1008. Daily 11am-Midnight. Full breakfast always available. Home cooking. Friendly and busy! Big Greg with quizzes, "Who wants to be a Millionaire?", bingo and karaoke from 9pm Tue. Quiz 9pm Thu. Karaoke on Fri and Sun. GLASGOW GAY & LESBIAN CENTRE (GGLC) 11 Dixon Street, St Enoch. Tel/FAX: 0141-221 7203. Reception: 0141-400 7203. Daily 10am-Midnight. Welcomes lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transexuals. Services include: Cafe Bar, Clone Zone shop, Info Box, Health Info, Interest Groups, Free Newspapers, Diary of Events, Reading Room, Garden of Reflection, Function space for hire and innovative Art Gallery. Increasingly busy and popular! Fully wheelchair accessible venue. E-mail: gglc1@dircon.co.uk WWW: http://www.gglc.org.uk/ also see their Art Gallery: http://www.gglc.org.uk/index2.html 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. Not as busy as it used to be. LOVE BOUTIQUE Alaska, Bath Street Lane. Tel: 0141-248 1777. 10.30pm-3am. 2nd Sat of month. Busy mixed club popular with the younger crowd. MacSORLEYS BAR 42 Jamaica Street. Tel: 0141-248 8581. Mon-Sat Noon-Midnight, Sun 12.30pm-Midnight. Glasgow's second oldest pub which is now actively seeking lgbt trade! Live music Fri and Sat eve. PANTS Planet Peach, Queen Street. Tel: 0141-226 8990. Mon, Tue 11pm-3am. Two nighter with DJ Shawn. Various drinks promos. Entry ukp3 (ukp2 with flyer). THE POLO LOUNGE 84 Wilson Street. Tel: 0141-553 1221. Mon-Fri 5pm-1am, Sat-Sun Noon-3am. Upmarket bar with low seating and hopelessly out of date web site. WWW: http://www.pololounge.co.uk/ SADIE FROST'S 8-10 West George Street. Tel: 0141-332 8005. Noon-Midnight. Bar meals Noon-7pm. Recently re-painted, but the fridges still leave a lot to be desired. Women only on 1st Fri in Blue Room with Karen Dunbar. Quiz on Wed. Karaoke with Karen on Thur. Disco with Grant Duff on Fri and Sat. Karaoke on Sun with Georgie Boy. 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. SLAVE 288 Clyde Street. Tel: 0141-400 8280. Fri-Sat 8pm-3am. Sun 7pm-3am. New gay friendly club. Fri ukp8, Sat ukp10, Sun ukp7. Also has a guys only night on Tue (ukp2/ukp3) when they have a dark room! TRADE The Arches, Midland Street. Tel: 0141-221 9736. 1st Sat of month. 11pm-4.30am. The most famous club night in the UK with a host of big name DJs. Entry ukp11 in advance, ukp13 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/ 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. 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. [__________________________________________________] TROON FREUD'S 11 West Portland Street. Tel: (01292) 318258. Wed 8pm-12.30am. 'Gay friendly night' with DJ Barron. A new venture which may expand if there is sufficient clientele. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ScotsGay: a monthly magazine for lesbians, gays and bisexuals. ScotsGay 60/- Light appears in odd numbered months, whilst ScotsGay 80/- Heavy appears in even numbered months. ISSN: 1357-0595. Edited, printed and published in Scotland. (c) Pageprint Limited, March 2000. PO Box 666, Edinburgh. EH7 5JW. 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. Editorial: Tel: 0131-539 0666. 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