SCOTSGAY MAGAZINE ================= ScotsGay is a monthly magazine for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals. Edited, printed and published in Scotland ScotsGay 60/- Light - Issue 61a - January 2005 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 Publishing Limited 2005. 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) GBP8 6 issue sub (Overseas) GBP15 12 issue sub (UK & EC) GBP15 12 issue sub (Overseas) GBP28 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: Edinburgh Aberdeen Glasgow Scottish Media Monitor Out In The Sticks - Gay Orkney and Shetland Dundee DVD and Freebies ScotsGay Voice Personals Boxes - The ScotsGay Meet Market Helplines Venues and Emporia --------------------------------------------------------------- Dun Eideann - Edinburgh Scene ============================= Top news this month is Pride Scotia which will now take place in Edinburgh on Sat 25th June. It was to be held in July, but the G8 Summit at Gleneagles has led to all police leave in Scotland being cancelled and Lothian and Borders Police wouldn't have been able to spare even one Bobby for the March. Co-incidentally, Elton John is playing a gig in Edinburgh on that date, so the city will be even fuller of pooves, dykes and bicycles than usual - some of whom will no doubt join the March! Tired and stressed out in January? Trying to stick to the New Year Resolutions? Then why not head along to the Edinburgh Holistic Therapy and Remedy Day to be held at the Assembly Rooms on Sun 13th Feb. Entry is UKP2 and a whole range of therapies will be on offer including: Massage, Reflexology, Aroma-therapy, Reiki, Tarot Reading, Hypnotherapy and lots, lots more!! It could also be an excellent hangover cure as the Edinburgh LGBT Ball will be on on Sat 12th Feb at the same venue. For more info Email: alan_reiki@hotmail.com The theme for the Bitchboard Ball will be Hoedown and the doors open from 8pm-1am. To get everybody in the mood, the Country and Western band "Lemongrass" will provide tunes and DJ Trendy Wendy will be in the ballroom providing the more dance stuff. The dress code is (suprise, suprise) Country and Western. Tickets are UKP16.50 and UKP13.50 and are available from the Usher Hall Box Office in Lothian Rd. Alternatively, call 0131-228 1155. Switchboard continues to offer a nightly listening ear on 0131-556 4049. A thanks to the event's sponsors Number 18 Sauna and Caledonian Thebans. Tackno is in rehab on the last Sun of Jan! DJ Trendy Wendy provides the tunes at the not so new venue Tackno members are charged UKP5 and non-members UKP7. Drink promos run throughout the whole night and the pre club party will take place at the newest and most trendy venue The Street. Shame Alternative Club is Edinburgh's newest alternative club night held on the last Sat of the month at the Commplex in Commercial St, Leith. The launch night is 29th Jan, dates after that are Feb 26th, and Mar 26th. Entry is UKP6 and UKP5 b4 10.30pm. Promos run throughout the night and the music policy is Punk, Techno and Digital Hardcore. Club night Wiggle is still going strong at the venue eGo and is still held monthly - next dates Sat 29th Jan and 26th Feb - 11pm-3am. Entry is UKP10 or UKP8 for Green Card Holders. The usual line up of DJs are on offer including Trendy Wendy, Jon Pleased, Sally F and DJ Michelle. The Pre Wiggle Party is now held at The Street. Popular mid week madness continues at Vibe held weekly Tue at eGo. Entry is just a couple of quid and if you like cheesy pop music old and new, then this is the place to be. Drink promos run all night and the local bars - Habana and Planet offer promos on this night. Your host is James Longworth and his other night Blaze is still as popular as ever held fortnightly Fri at eGo with slightly more dance music on offer. Somebody I always forget to mention are the guys at Polysuper held at Mood in the Omni Centre every Mon night - entry is cheap and all the latest chart music is on offer. The Polysuper boys are no longer playing at the NewTown Bar where DJ Malcolm has now returned to fill the Fri and Sat spots in the downstairs bar. Planet Out seems to be getting busier (if that's possible). The Monday Club held on (quelle surprise) Mondays is going down very well indeed. Selected drink promos are UKP1.50 and they have one of the nicest looking lezzers on the decks Lesley. POut opens 4pm-1am throughout the week and at 2pm at weekends. Habana is also still heaving no matter what day of the week - big massive sorry to Samantha Swallow - whose name I got wrong in the last issue - sorry and thank you for always playing my songs! Promos run daily at Habs and in the evening 9pm-1am on Mon-Wed. Cocktail night is on a Monday. Big Well Done to Habana who are raising Money for the Tsunami Fund. CC Blooms has welcomed Ms Cilla Slack with open arms and she's now a resident DJ at the popular club. CCs is also working with Gay Men's Health to put on a stomper of a fundraiser for the Tsunami Fund. CCs is the place to be if you are a poof or lezzer and is open till 3am seven days a week. Check out the bar for new drink promos. A big hello to the boyz at Frenchies on Rose St Lane near Executive Sauna. Apart from their regulars, a lot of people can't be arsed walking up town, but for affordable drinks and something different to the usual haunts, this place is worth a try. Fri 25th Mar is the confirmed date for - wait for it - Burly's first incursion to Edinburgh. The name is Burly Too and this date is the Launch Night. For anyone who doesn't know, Burly is the popular cruisy night in Glasgow now due to popular demand to be also held in Edinburgh. Usually appealing to older guys and more muscly guys, this night seems to have captured a niche in the market. Entry is UKP7 but I understand on this occasion that a donation from what is made on the door will go to Waverley Care. The next date will be Sat 16th Apr. Over at the Claremont, Saturdays are busiest with the following programme: 1st Sat - Bearscots for bears and bear lovers, 2nd Sat - Gaykilts and Sporran Clan, 3rd Sat - Fetish, leather and Scotskins, 4th Sat - Camouflage/uniform night, 5th Sat - Fetish night. The Claremont lads also worked hard to raise over UKP500 for the Order of Perpetual Indulgence as our picture shows. What our picture doesn't show is Sister Athletica trying to get the monster cheque onto the Night Bus without the local neds purloining it - and that's because the considerate Claremontians gave her a proper size cheque more suitable for banking and bussing purposes! Up at the Regent, the past few weeks have seen members of the local branch of CAMRA (the Campaign for Real Ale) wandering in to score the pub's beers. Pubs with the best real ale will finish up in next year's Good Beer Guide and Alan and Lisa are in with a good chance. Local LGBT CAMRA members meet there on the 1st Mon of each month from 9pm. The next Luvely is on Sat 26th Feb in The Liquid Room. But, as ScotsGay went to press, the theme had still to be announced - so you'll just have to look out for flyers. As we go to press, Gregor Laird (he of Disko Bloodbath) e-mails us about his new club night Heroes to be held every 2nd and 4th Sat of the month from 26th Feb in the Stag and Turret (opposite the Regent). Taking inspiration from London's Duckie club and New York's cutting- edge pop art nightlife, Heroes promises to shake up Edinburgh's scene and will combine live bands, performance art, movies and fashion to a soundtrack of eclectic music - homosexual rock'n'roll, synthesizers and trash-pop. Motormark (who have toured with White Stripes and Peaches) will be playing the opening night. Finally, news on the job scene - the Stonewall Director's job in Glasgow is on offer (at UKP30K), whilst the LGBT Centre For Health and Wellbeing in Edinburgh is looking for a new Project Manager - Janine Botfield, having set the project up, is moving onto pastures new. Wee Alan E-mail: weealan@drink.demon.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------- Obar Dheadhainn - Aberdeen Scene ================================ Hi there. Hope you all had a great New Year. Here is this month's round up of what is happening North of anywhere. The piece of news that caught us all out was the sudden closure of Rabbies just before Christmas. Although never officially gay, it had a big following from sections of the gay community. I am not aware of the reasons for its closure and it has left many people very disappointed. So Aberdeen's gay scene continues to be turbulent and unpredictable and as usual the rumours about where is to open next are flying. I did pop along to Bar Indigo on the Adelphi just to confirm it was still there - and yes it is. No news as to what's coming up but I'm sure they will put something together for Valentines weekend in a couple of weeks. Phace Scotland are still at their Justice Mill Lane premises. They had been due to move to their new offices on Waverley Place in Jan but when I spoke to Leslie, he said they were still waiting for the lease to be signed so I guess we are just going to have to wait. They will still be holding Icebreaker meetings for those coming out on the third Tue of the month and the Gay Group will meet on the third Sun of the month. The location of these meetings is still to be confirmed so give them a call on Aberdeen (01224) 587166. It's good to see that the Belmont Cinema are continuing with their 'Rainbow' theme for gay and lesbian films. They showed 'At Home at the End of the World' in Jan about two best friends and their experiences of living in New York over a period of twenty years. The next programme for the Belmont is due out at the start of Feb. After the previous success of the sell-out performance of the Vagina Monologues, Completely Mad Productions return to Aberdeen Arts Centre on King Street with two further performances on Sun 27th and Mon 28th Feb. If you have yet to experience the Vagina Monologues, bring an open mind and a group of friends. Various charities benefit from these performances including the Aberdeen Women's Centre. Tickets are priced UKP9 from the Aberdeen Box Office on Aberdeen (01224) 641122 or direct from the Arts Centre. The Granite Sisters website has been updated for 2005 and lists coffee meetings both in and outside Aberdeen. They are also looking for bridge, golf and badminton players and for the more adventurous there is hill walking, rock climbing and off road biking. So, if you are interested, check out their website at http://www.13.clara.co.uk/ or call them on Aberdeen (01224) 713336. Tivoli E-mail: Tivoli_abdn@yahoo.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------- Glaschu - Glasgow Scene ======================= Salutations and felicitations gentle folk. So, the first column of the new year and the same old crap. Dubya's in the White House and Tory Blur is gearing up for another pre-election round of bullshit, dissembling, disingenuous half truths and misleading statistics. Alternatively, you can choose the refugee from the eastern bloc or the wishy-washies, who will sell their souls for a taste of power: witness their behaviour in the Scottish Parliament. The good ship Britannia has hit the rocks and the rats instead of leaving are trying to refloat the rotting hulk. For a staunch believer in the right to vote and the need to take part in the democratic process. I have to say that I am sorely pushed when it comes to garnering any enthusiasm for the forthcoming elections. Yet we, as a community, need a strong voice and with all the widespread apathy displayed by the general public, now is the time when votes count. People still care when it matters, witness the overwhelming response to the aftermath of the Asian Tsunami. So, despite my serious reservations, I shall still be visiting my local polling booth in the coming year and I advise you to do the same. There endeth the sermon on the mint, have you ever tried balancing on a Polo? Speaking of the Asian Tsunami, the LGBT pubs and clubs of Glasgow are organising a massive fundraiser on Sat 29th Jan, all proceeds raised on the night will be handed to Beverley Lyons of the Daily Record to forward onto the Tsunami relief fund. So get your glad rags on and encourage your friends to get out and support this event. The next B.U.R.L.Y event in Glasgow will be at The Arches on Sat 12th Feb and is entitled "Love Hurts". Due to the popularity of the Club Violate "torture area" at "Carnival of the 7 Deadly Sins", they have invited the guys back to ensure a spanking good time is had by all who venture in! The doors open from 10.30pm until 3am, tickets are UKP8 for members and UKP10 for non members. The club is also venturing to the other city for the first time. For full details see Wee Alan's words of wisdom on the Edinburgh scene. The next club 'Violate' will take place on Sat 5th Feb at the Big Joint, 1084 South Street, Scotstoun. A very popular event, this club welcomes a mixed crowd of all ages. Music is provide by DJ Loveless - a mix of Dance and Rock. A play area is set up in the large back room and food is included in the ticket price. As an introduction to the BDSM scene, this club night is ideal. Doors open at 8pm, club runs until 2am, doors close at Midnight. Tickets are UKP10 on the door or UKP5 for members. Annual membership is available on the door at UKP10. Discount news: you can get 10% off products from the Juju website. Don't forget that your Violate membership card will also get you 10% off in Spyker and Cyber on King Street. Also all UK outlets of Clone Zone. For those of you into the Metal/Goth scene, check out New Flesh on Wed with Rock / Nu Metal at Privilege, 69 Hope Street, Glasgow (Just up from the Solid Rock Caf‚). Doors open 9pm-2am (UKP1 between 9pm and 10pm, UKP2 between 10pm and 11pm, UKP4 after 11pm). Tel: 0141- 353 6555. WWW: http://www.andywaite.com/newfle sh/ or http://www.signoise.com/ E-mail: newflesh@andywaite.com or nightqueries@signoise.com Club Allure takes place every Wed, 11.30pm until 4am at The Tunnel, 84 Mitchell Street Glasgow. Entry is UKP3 or (UKP2 with text message) and the night features DJ Darren playing all the best Pop, R'n'B & Dance. On 2nd Feb, Ian Van Dahl and Lasgo are live on stage. With a top class sound and light system, HUGE dance floor and fantastic drinks prices, this is the only place to be seen on a Wed night. For more information contact Gordon or Shaun at Thorn Leisure on: 07813 269995 or 0141-204 1000. E-mail: thornleisure@ yahoo.co.uk The next club 'Rebound' is on Fri 11th Feb. A great centre of the city venue, it's ideal for those who like their perversions served straight with a twist! Doors open at 8pm and close at 1am, The entrance fee is UKP3 on the door. Location is the upstairs bar of the Hogshead, 36 North Frederick Street, Glasgow. Please use the entrance through the wrought iron gates to the left of the pubs main entrance. Dress code is fetish and/or black. Okay culture vultures, here is something for you. Opera has been shocking and provoking audiences since long before Jerry Springer and Co jumped on the bandwagon. At the time of its premiere, Sir Michael Tippett's The Knot Garden broke new grounds: putting opera in a firmly late twentieth century context, with complex, twisted characters - and the genre's first openly gay couple. But a brave new generation of media-savvy, open-minded, 21st century opera-goers will be able to take all this psycho-sexual controversy in their stride though... won't they? The Story: Faber and Thea, a married couple, with their neurotic ward Flora and Thea's freedomfighting sister Denise, meet the bisexual black writer Mel and his white friend Dov, a musician. But Mel and Dov's relationship has grown fragile, and soon the others begin to feel the strain. As each of the characters encounter each other unexpectedly, human behaviour is seen at its worst, although, in the end, a hard-won kind of hope prevails ... The Music: One of Tippett's most eclectic scores (written between 1966-70), The Knot Garden shows the influence of jazz, blues and pop from the 'swinging sixties' (complete with electric guitar), as well as another of his great loves, Schubert song. In association with Glasgay, you are invited to explore The Knot Garden for yourself... buy any available Stalls seat for the performance in Glasgow at 2.15pm on 29th Jan or for the Edinburgh performances on 3rd and 5th Feb at 7.15pm for only UKP10 - just call the box office and quote them 'MAZE OFFER'! Theatre Royal, Glasgow: 0141-332 9000, Edinburgh Festival Theatre: 0131- 529 6000. However, this offer only applies to telephone bookings As always club 'Devotion' is packing them in on Jamaica Street, throughout the week. Now with the new chillout room available and more to come over the next year. Check this place out. For those who already know tell your friends, this is the future of gay clubbing in Glasgow. So that's it for another stunning revue of gay culture in Glasgow, how on earth can I maintain this scintilating prose and razor sharp wit for yet another year! Only time will tell folks, but keep on tuning in, it may yet all end in tears, recriminations and legal aid bills. The candle's burning low and I need to flog the serving boy (Ah, that's where Leo got to. Ed.). So until next time. Remember folks whatever you find to do: be safe. Angharad E-mail: angharad@drink.demon.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------- Scottish Media Monitor ====================== Garry Otton and the Disciplinarians Jeffrey John spoke of his schooldays during one of those religious propaganda programmes on BBC Radio 4. It was very touching. He remembered a boy who was bullied because he was 'weedy' and 'effeminate'. The boy had been beaten up, got his lunch thrown away, was called girl's names and always sat on his own. "I can hardly think of the misery that kid must have gone through", Dr John said. "I never said or did a thing to help him because, of course, I was terrified that if I did they would suspect me too and I would get the same treatment". As Karen Walker spat in Living TV's hit comedy Will and Grace: "Gays and yer discipline. No wonder you all end up in the clergy!" Talking of disciplinarians. Homophobic, Catholic, Conservative columnist, Gerald Warner took a moment to express his support for 'freedom of speech' in Scotland on Sunday. Well, sort of. "...Freedom of Speech? Liberty of expression has progressively been outlawed by the government, under the relentless advance of tyrannical political correctness. Observe the demeanour of those around you at work, in pubs, at dinner tables or in any milieu where conversation is wide-ranging. Note the hesitancy of expression of otherwise articulate people, as they grope nervously and selfconsciously for a vocabulary of illiterate euphemism whenever they are obliged to make reference to any minority group championed by the liberal establishment". No, no, no, my old fruit! What you're mistaking for 'political correctness' were simply the genuine intentions of people who didn't wish to offend. Displays of tolerance, sensitivity and a genuine need to understand; it comes naturally to most people. Gerald Warner had been wetting his pants over Ms Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti's play Behzti (Dishonour) that had provoked violent protests from some members of the Sikh community for its scenes of rape and torture in a temple. But whose temple? Is not a theatre a temple for those fighting and defending the right to free speech and artistic expression? Muriel Gray could not have put it more succinctly in The Sunday Herald: (The temple) "is sacred because, like freedom to worship, free speech has been fought for with the sacrifice of lives and the passion of nations. To have it desecrated, by the victory of thugs who threatened theatregoers with death for daring to see one woman's valid expression about abuse, is a blasphemy on a parallel to anything the fundamentalist zealots in this country can conjure up as 'offensive'. It was unsurprising. that the almost entirely male shouting threats at innocent people were, when interviewed, revealed as knuckle-dragging misogynists who wouldn't know Harold Pinter from Harold Steptoe. Their favourite line when asked why they were so angry was: 'These things don't happen in a temple'. No indeed. Nor do talking animals overthrow oppressive humans on farms, or guilty murderers get visited at banquets by their victims. People like George Orwell and Shakespeare just made stuff up. It's called fiction, you pathetic fools. But the philistines won. None of the violent protesters have been arrested or charged with incitement, as they should have been. Meanwhile, the playwright is in hiding, fearing for her life, a great many law-abiding Sikhs are left ashamed and frightened, and a bunch of smug religious fanatics are busy congratulating themselves that 'common sense has prevailed'." Gerald Warner's argument was more steel toe-capped Doc Martens than bare feet shuffling across prayer mats. He was with the militants. "The Sikhs have now served notice that any provocation against their religion will be met with the same ruthlessness that ended the career of Indira Ghandi". With Kitchener's finger pointing at the nice couple tiptoeing their way across the York stones to church, Warner stormed: "At the same time as the play in Birmingham was offending Sikh sensibilities, Christianity was being vilified at St Andrews. A production of Corpus Christi, the blasphemous play by Terrence McNally, portrayed Christ and his apostles as a gang of promiscuous homosexuals, with the saviour represented as the son of an alcoholic. Christians protested in an orderly fashion: the play completed its run. Future Christian protesters, contrasting their result with that of the Sikhs, will not need a degree in logic to draw an obvious conclusion. Could so gratuitously offensive a play have been staged if its central character had been, say, the Prophet Mohammed? Of course not, because the fatwa is a much more effective guarantee against blasphemy than the Lord Chamberlain ever was. The cosy explanation is that Christians are more tolerant. In reality, they simply do not care. They have made themselves a soft target because they are largely indifferent to their faith. The injunction to turn the other cheek is often quoted, out of context, to justify craven submission. It was intended to inform the response of Christians to personal affronts; but the appropriate reaction to insults against God was demonstrated when Our Lord whipped the traders out of the temple". This was The New Scottish Bible: Get ye out there good Christians and let's kick some arse! Trouble is, who always gets their arse kicked first? Warner snorted: "Part of David Blunkett's legacy is a proposed law against the inciting of religious hatred: would that not ban any similar production in future? Labour and its media satellites are all over the place. They are eager to impose discriminatory laws that will favour their prot‚g‚ groups (ethnic minorities, homosexuals, asylum seekers, etc) but to persecute those minorities they dislike (fox-hunters, Christians, smokers, et al). There is no consistency, because their agenda is prejudice masquerading as social responsibility". We were reminded: "In any other circumstances, the Sikhs could expect to be favoured by the liberal consensus; but what made this case different was the fact that it involved religion. For today the secularist Left has broadened its longstanding vendetta against Christianity to include all religions. With the rise of militant Islam, the Left has lost much of its enthusiasm for foreign creeds, formerly seen as helpful supplanters of Christianity". And certainly the political Right want to fill that space, only the party Mr Warner loves to hate, NuLabour, boasts some thirty or so members, including Jack Straw, of the Christian Socialist Movement. Is there really no escape? The very odd, Wee Free teuchter, John MacLeod, (E-mail: j.macleod@dailymail.co.uk), The Scottish Daily Mail's only queer columnist, thinks George Dubya Bush's America is just super! He agrees with Churchill that the US is "the last, best hope of mankind.In all truth it is in almost every respect our decided superior, politically and morally. I am a teuchter, a Wee Free, an oddity. In the U.S., I could be wonderfully and simply me". Oh, jeez-oh! That's so early eighties! To quote a tongue-in-cheek Alan Taylor in The Sunday Herald: "An oddity? Rev MacLeod? On Harris? Never!" But I've got to praise Bible John for his choice of countries. The home of: 'Don't ask; don't tell'? They'll love you, dear! Soothing his homophobic paymasters he advised: "Of course it is easy to mock the earnest Christians rising in revulsion against state-recognised gay marriage. But what are they to make of a Scottish parliament where. a 73-year old MSP was forced to grovel for voicing his disapproval of homosexuality". Yes, what exactly? A prudish, debtridden country that turns its back on its responsibilities to lead the world on green issues, flaunts international law and elects its President on the pressing issue of whether gays should get married or not? Much of the same sort of drivel could be wiped off the lips of Gerald Warner in Scotland on Sunday: ". Here is Uncle Sam bestriding the world again. It is America's vast wealth, its successful capitalist system and its political cohesion that give it staying power. Those last elements may implode during the course of a generation, with massive Hispanic immigration and bitter political polarisation threatening the traditional ethos of American identity. Yet, for the foreseeable future, the US is the only game in town". They just don't get it, do they? Pinch me. This is 2005 not 1905, right? We have the Federal Communications Commission in the US neither confirming or denying they were investigating indecency complaints over the broadcast of last summer's Olympic opening ceremony which included actors depicting two lovers dancing in the sea, a goddess of fertility and a pregnant woman whose belly glowed. Most of the complaints - as always in these circumstances - were part of an organised campaign by religionists, in this case, the Parents Television Council, a similar group to Mary Whitehouse's National Viewers' and Listeners' Association (NVLA); renamed MediaWatch, after Terry Sanderson's superb MediaWatch column in Gay Times. Greece hit back, telling the FCC and guardians of US citizens' morality to butt out of Greek culture! (May I just say I love Mykonos; moussaka is yummy and Vicky Leandros is fab)! Back in stormlashed Scotland, The Herald was reporting the recommendations of 'experts' to monitor lap dance clubs, including private areas such as booths. One condition was to ban physical contact between customers and performers 'except for a simple handshake at the beginning and/or end of a performance'. This 'expert group' includes the police and representatives from the licensed trade. I would've liked to have thought there was at least someone in this group who recognised moral policing of sex when they saw it. Given the numbers of journalists joining Scotsman publications from that doyen of the Conservative ratpack, The Scottish Daily Mail, I considered the report from Murdo MacLeod and Kate Foster (ex-Mail) on Kirsty Wark inviting First Minister Jack McConnell a respite from the rain at her Majorcan place in the sun in Scotland on Sunday had something of a whiff of hypocrisy about it. "(Tory chairman, Liam Fox} has written to the BBC Board of Governors claiming it was wrong for a supposedly impartial journalist to have such close links with senior Labour figures, demanding an inquiry and 'appropriate action'." Haven't all of those journalists, regularly appearing in these pages, continued milking their contacts in the Scots Parly for their own morally conservative ends? As Alan Taylor put it in The Sunday Herald: "One has lost count over the last few years of the prominent hacks who have sat on the Scottish Arts Council, become trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland, judged Creative Scotland awards, given their good names to hospital trusts, written reports for public bodies and private companies, joined political parties and supped with the enemy, all the while apparently unconscious of potential conflicts of interest". It's all so painfully predictable, really. The homophobic B&B owner, Tom Forrest, who was struck off the VisitScotland register after turning away a gay couple, was sorely vexed. Graham Grant, (E-mail: g.grant@dailymail.co.uk), the homophobic home affairs editor of the homophobic Scottish Daily Mail, had been waiting in the wings with arms outstretched to catch the swooning old soldier. A dash of absinthe to revive a couple of homophobic MSPs, (Fergus Ewing and Phil Gallie), and hey presto! We have another queer-baiting story fit for The Scottish Daily Mail! The caption: "Anger as official website carries links to homosexual escort service" was manufactured anger; designed to have readers tapping their pipes on the sides of their brogues. The Scottish Daily Mail first advised going on to VisitScotland's website, after which, you would have to have been gay and not a hapless Daily Mail reader to take the next step: Clicking on links to Gay Scotland. But it's not over yet! You've still to click on ScotsGay! And a Hard search through the mag awaits you before that elusive escort, with a bum like a full moon, is ready to take your rocket and let you land your face in his bird's nest! Of course, Grant's report was a joke. What's not so funny is that many of these dickhead 'journalists' leave to work for The Scotsman or Scotland on Sunday! Is this really the standard of journalism in Scotland? It's indisputably shoddy. The 'report' was amateur. "The only gay in the village? Just call the tourist board." the paper sniped. Backed up by a picture of "Village person" Matt Lucas as Dafydd, from TV's Little Britain, all the 'report' did was humiliate gays and discredit VisitScotland for acknowledging this UKP95billion UK market with a dedicated section "so they won't have to be lonely like Dafydd." They? Who are "they"? Does he mean us? Are we something so foreign to Mr Grant we should be scraped off his shoe? Sentences from the website that were supposed to address a more tolerant and liberal gay audience peppered Grant's 'report' to justify the 'storm', 'outrage' or, in this case, 'anger'. VisitScotland's quirky reference to the "United Queendom" was lighthearted banter that quickly turned to poison in the Mail. Tory MSP Phil Gallie found the quip "utterly offensive". Fergus Ewing, homophobic religionist MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber (he offered vocal support for the retention of Clause 28) moaned: "My Scottish parliament computer was unable to access a link because the Internet filter blocks pornographic material". (Someone please show the old fella how to disable his Net Nanny)! "We should not in Scotland have a national website. which is basically advertising the country as a place to go and have sex". If only! It was a fairly benign report in The Daily Record. A lesbian couple were wed. (Yawn). I know; some readers still get off on this stuff. Gays can't get married yet in Scotland. This couple were only able to slip through the net because the UK doesn't allow people who change sex the opportunity to do the same for their birth certificate, so 'he' got married to her. Days later, "THEY MAKE A VICE COUPLE", reporter Paula Murray attempted to tart up her story. "Sex-swap dad and his new lesbian wife are offering sex as an internet vice double act". It was no big deal. "Karen Sweeney - once married father-of-two Stephen - and Slovakian partner Cristina Sladekova are behind an escort service charging up to UKP850 a night for their services", Ms Murray sniffed after "the Record confronted them about the seedy activities". They readily agreed to close the website down, so whether they were really earning that kind of money is open to doubt. What wasn't, was The Record's willingness to cash-in on the sexual aspects of the story with a string of sexy pictures albeit with strategically placed black patches over the best bits to award at least some concession to the moral probity of this story. At the very least, the couple walked away with the dignity of being called lesbian, but it still got me thinking. Was that how they saw themselves? With the Internet revolutionising sex, more men are having gay sex, in groups or otherwise, without adopting the media-trashed title of 'gay', so why should Karen and Cristina have to be lesbians, let alone "a vice couple". Live and let live. E-mail: garry@scottishmediamonitor.com Read the papers, post your comments or search for material at the Scottish Media Monitor website: http://www.scottishmediamonitor.com/ ScotsGay supports the work of Outrage! P O Box 17816, London SW14 8WT. Donations welcome. WWW: http://www.outrage.org.uk/ CUT IT OUT... Labour Catholic 'family values' campaigner, MSP Michael McMahon in The Daily Record: " Our religious institutions will have a much more important role in achieving tolerance in our society than anyfootball clubs or their supporters." --------------------------------------------------------------- Out In The Sticks - Gay Orkney and Shetland =========================================== by Adrian Gillan Orkney and, above it, Shetland: the most Northern, isolated parts of the British Isles. Intrepid gay explorer Adrian Gillan nears this brink: an extreme, non-scene, great gay get-away - perfect for queer detox or remote romantic retreat. VisitScotland recently deleted a "family run" Highland guest house from its records when the owner branded a gay couple "sexual deviants", refusing them a double room. Unsurprisingly, this swift action has helped ensure a gay welcome in even the remotest of glens. And you can't get more remote than Orkney or Shetland: assuredly relaxed and gay-friendly settings, they make the ideal location to detoxify and purge oneself of those big city scenes, or enjoy romantic isolation, far from the watchful crowd. *Shetland Over 300 miles north of Edinburgh lies Shetland, more than half-way between London and the Arctic Circle. London is closer to Milan than to Lerwick, its main town. Shetland's 100+ islands boast over 900 miles of dramatic coastline, over 200,000 puffins, a mere 20,000 humans and over 5,000 years of human history, etched across 6000+ archaeological sites. Like Orkney, Shetland knows extremes: 24 hour light midsummer and almost total darkness midwinter. As your flight from Aberdeen touches down on the rugged southern tip, jump straight in your hire car - the only way to navigate the Northern Isles - and whisk to the prehistoric and Norse settlements at Jarlshof. Explore Bronze Age houses, an Iron Age broch (circular castle keep), Viking long houses, a medieval farmstead and even a 16th century laird's dwelling! Then, exchanging historical for natural delights, head up coast to stroll the spectacular tombolo - a 1/4 mile stretch of sandy beach causeway - across to the small island of St. Ninian's, with surf breaking up on either side! Take in the amazing scenery and fauna further north on Shetland's mainland, beyond Brae, keeping 'em peeled for seals basking on sandbanks and some of the most spectacular cliffs and cut-off beaches in Northern Europe. Head south again to Shetland's capital Lerwick to sample a traditional Orcadian music evening at the world-renowned Lounge Bar in Mounthooly Street, and grab some grub at Osla's on the cute, little, winding Commercial Street. Don't fill your tum too much though, ahead of the choppy 5"- hour crossing south - on open water between North Sea and Atlantic - 'twixt Shetland (Lerwick) and Orkney (Kirkwall). *Gay Northern Isles (Orkney & Shetland) In many ways more Scandinavian than Scottish - though falling fully under UK and Scots laws - both Orkney and Shetland have a long liberal tradition, stretching from the Vikings to the present day MP. "It was arranged that Earl Harald and Svein had to use the same bed, with a good many men from either side also sleeping in the room" - from Orkneyinga Saga (1200 AD): not the prelude to some Viking orgy, just a canny scheme to effect reconciliatory male-bonding between two warring lords Unlike Scotland's archly Protestant Western Isles, the Northern Isles are far less religious, more steeped at heart in earthy Viking, pagan culture. They have had Liberal MPs for decades from former Party Leader Jo Grimond in the 50s to present-day Lib Dem Alistair Carmichael, a prime mover in helping shape the recently legislated Civil Partnership Bill. Top gay composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies has lived on Orkney since the early 70s. He and his long-standing male partner are well known throughout the islands. Despite repeatedly slagging off teetotal Orcadian fish trader and Big Brother IV winner Cameron, comedian and TV presenter Graham Norton loves to stay on Orkney, at Kirkwall's Ayre Hotel. "Orkney Monk in Gay Porn Scandal" headlines rocked the islands in 2002, as a naturally frisky trainee monk was caught - shock horror - viewing gay porn in an internet caf‚ in Kirkwall. Prudish staff reported the poor boy to police, who decided - mercifully - that he had no case to answer. "Orkney does have a gay community and lots of potential for everyone" - Sheila Faichney, Orkney Tourist Board, on a discreet and uncommercialised local queer population. * Orkney On landing in Kirkwall, peruse its narrow, craft-filled streets and absorb the intimately vaulted St Magnus Cathedral, containing the remains of local skull-crushed Viking earls! Lunch at Bothy Bar on Mounthoolie Lane - full of friendly young locals, happy to chat or receive your gaze. Head south to wander alone, or hand in hand , through the amazing nature reserve at Deerness - a headland surrounded by sea, where gay lovers startle little more than flocks of birds or the odd prize bull! Then north again, to Orkney's Neolithic (3500-3000 BC) World Heritage Status sites. If Shetland's main treasures are natural, often linked to the sea, then Orkney's are definitely landbased and all-too-human, stretching back into the shifting mists of time. The haunting stone henge rings at Stenness and nearby Brodgar will simultaneously set your pulse apace and soul at peace. Their neighbour, Maeshowe, is the finest chambered tomb in North West Europe. And anyone with even an ounce of humanity will be utterly blown away by Skara Brae: some of the world's best-preserved Stone Age houses, built 600 years before the Pyramids. Before jetting back to CCs or the Waterloo, spend some hours in Orkney's second biggest town (population 2,000), Stromness - positively groaning with winding cobbled streets and thrust into the limelight recently when local lad Cameron won Big Brother. *Top Five Gayfriendly Hotels: + Busta House Hotel Tel: Brae (01806) 522506 http://www.bustahouse.com/ + Breiview Guest House Tel Lerwick: (01595) 695956 http://www.breiviewguesthouse.co.uk/ + Albert Hotel Tel: Kirkwall (01856) 876000 http://www.alberthotel.co.uk/ + Woodwick House Tel: Evie (01856) 751330 http://www.woodwickhouse.co.uk/ Note: Gay wedding ceremonies are possible in the garden's beautiful dovecot chapel! + Stromness Hotel Tel: Stromness: (01856) 850298 http://www.stromnesshotel.com/ * Transport: + British Airways - regular services connect Shetland (Sumburgh), Kirkwall and Aberdeen airports - http://www.ba.com/ + NorthLink Ferries - regular services connect Lerwick, Kirkwall and Aberdeen - http://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/ *Other useful links: http://www.visitscotland.com/ http://www.visitshetland.com/ http://www.visitorkney.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------- Dun Deagh - Dundee Scene ======================== Hello everybody! The holidays may be over, but the year is starting fairly up-beat with a few changes and events happening on the scene. The social evening run by the Tayside LGBT switchboard Diversitay continues to gain in popularity, and has found a regular home in the friendly atmosphere of Braes public house - formerly Raffles - on the Perth Road opposite the University. Held on the third Wednesday of each month, by my reckoning that would next be the 16th of February from about 8.30pm. Complete and exact details can be obtained from Diversitay on Dundee (01382) 202620 Mon 7-10pm. Diversitay are also about to distribute their latest newsletter to all the usual outlets. They hope to start producing this more regularly through the year, and are looking for contributors to help create a comprehensive guide to all that is LGBT in the Tayside region. Charlie's Bar celebrates its sixth year in business this month. Compared with our northerly neighbours in Aberdeen, Dundee's LGBT scene is amazingly stable; near a dozen pubs and clubs have opened and closed their doors up there during the same period. Whether or not this will be the year that Charlie and Ian decide to go onto warmer climes is uncertain, but I think we can all rest assured that number 75 Seagate will very likely continue to be part of the LGBT scene in Dundee for years to come. The first quiz night of 2005 at Charlie's will be held on Tue 1st Feb, starting at 8pm with a 1st prize of UKP100 up for grabs. The dance floor has also seen a boost on Fri and Sat nights with DJ Ross - formerly of Brooklyn's/Out - providing the music between 8pm and Midnight. Students and friends can also see Ross DJ every second Thu at an LGBT friendly night held in the Dundee University Students' Union, next one I believe to be the 3rd of Feb. Another LGBT friendly night that I have not yet mentioned is SiN, an industrial/goth night held monthly at the Fantasy Bar, St Andrews Lane. Next one is on the 25th Feb. Doors open at 10.30pm and entry is UKP3. I've not had a chance to find out what's happening in Brooklyn's and Out this month, but no doubt many of the usual events and deals are on. Exact details as advertised on the premises. Chris E-mail: courier_chris@yahoo.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------- Fair Waved The Golden Porn ========================== by Justin Milne The Kleenex has fair been getting a hit these last few days as I've been fast forwarding, rewinding and freeze framing this selection of salacious filth sent to me by those nice people at Eurocreme. First up is BeachBoy, which has been lying around at ScotsGay Towers since before Xmas - but thereby hangs a tale. It's a double DVD set from the DreamBoy stable starring Jamie Summers, who I certainly recall from a previous production SpyBoy2 where he played the baddy Blondini. In this film, also by Max Lincoln, things are a bit more autobiographical - the blond Australian surfer finds that Brighton is all very well for a dirty weekend, but really doesn't cut the mustard in the surf department. So, the 19-year-old cutie buggers off to Ibiza where sand, surf and much bonking ensue. Mr Eurocreme is frequently on the phone asking us to plug his wares and I've told him that Scots Boys = Big Plug. So, when I played the second DVD in this set and heard the soft Scots tones of Alistair Hill relaxing with a Big Plug (a rocket, actually) up his fundament, I thought that we might even have an interview with (and a front cover of) the capacious Scot. Mr Eurocreme seemed keen, the producers were up for it (as they intended to give him a starring role in a future film), but Ali failed to show up for his next gig with them and they've lost touch. A shame. Natural bottoms like that do not come along as often as one would like. Nevertheless, a pleasant time can still be had watching Ali's Big Afternoon at one's convenience. The latest DVD from DreamBoy will only be out in the shops a few days after this ScotsGay appears. It's BarBoy, starring Reece Richards - who appeared as Kevin the straight boy in SkaterBoy. He's tall, tattooed and rather cute and, in this London based romp (Brighton and Ivissa obviously drained the company travel budget) the alleged benefits of working in the hospitality industry are explored to the full. From shagging the cellarboy, buggery at the barbecue, balls (four sets) on the pooltable, to a glorious finale shot at The Hoist with eleven guys drenching the place with sticky white stuff. All jolly good fun and friendship. And all shot with the usual Max Lincoln panache. When it first dropped out of the offalope, I though that Blader Boyz was a piss film from DreamBoy. Silly me. Blader not bladder. It's a Czech film, with English subtitles, and features an agreeable selection of young men who spend over two hours sticking their willies up each others bottoms and other enjoyable things. Thankfully, the few minutes of running around on roller blades to justify the title of the film does not get in the way of this compellingly viewable fest of degenerate sexual activity. Now, to two films also from Eastern Europe (with English subtitles). Raw Luck and Raw Recruits. They're in the Raw range and proudly advertise themselves as "Condom Free". Call me old fashioned, call me anything you like, but I have a problem with this. Whilst the packaging makes a point of including a health warning "Sex without a condom can expose you and your partner to potentially fatal diseases - think before you fuck raw", these films worry me on two counts. Firstly, they may encourage viewers to bareback - which is not a good thing (much as I laughed my head off when I heard of the recent Amsterdam Safer Sex party which was gatecrashed by a contingent of Barebackers). Secondly, there's the whole idea of paying people to take risks with their health just for our entertainment. If you can get your head round the barebacking, you'll probably find these DVDs enjoyable. The men are cute with a good selection of twinks, muscle guys and, in Raw Recruits, a black guy with the expected massive penis. And the action is pretty universal - if it can be done, they do it. Just don't try it at home, guys! E-mail: justin@scotsgay.co.uk Freebies As consolation for not giftwrapping Ali and sending him over, that nice Mr Eurocreme has offered to hand out some of his wares free of charge to our readers. There are two copies of each of the titles I've reviewed and they're available on a "first come - first served" basis (so to speak). If you'd like some free filth, write your name and address on a postcard (along with an indication of the DVD you'd most like to receive) and send it to: "Eurocreme Offer, ScotsGay, PO Box 666, Edinburgh. EH7 5YW" If there are any DVDs which you don't want, please indicate that too. 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Phone: 0141-847 0647 or Stirling (01786) 469483 WWW: http://www.centralscotland.police.uk/gblt/ LOTHIAN GAY AND LESBIAN SWITCHBOARD Nightly 7.30-10pm. Phone: 0131-556 4049 E-mail: switchboard@rapidial.co.uk WWW: http://www.lgls.co.uk/ LOTHIAN LESBIAN LINE Mon, Thu 7.30-10pm. Phone: 0131-557 0751 E-mail: switchboard@rapidial.co.uk WWW: http://www.lgls.co.uk/ STRATHCLYDE LESBIAN AND GAY SWITCHBOARD Nightly 7-10pm. Phone: 0141-847 0447 E-mail: info@sgls.co.uk WWW: http://www.sgls.co.uk/ STRATHCLYDE LESBIAN LINE Wed 7.30-10pm. Phone: 0141-847 0547 WWW: http://www.sgls.co.uk/services1.htm LONDON LESBIAN AND GAY SWITCHBOARD 24 hours. Phone/Minicom: 020-7837 7324. FAX: 020-7837 7300. WWW: http://www.llgs.org.uk/ -------------------------------------------------------------- VENUES AND EMPORIA ================== * indicates that these venues stock ScotsGay +ABERDEEN ABERDEEN WOMEN'S CENTRE* Shoe Lane, (next door to Lemon Tree). Tel: (01224) 625010. Tue-Wed 10am-2pm, Thu 5- 9pm. A *women only space* where all women are welcome without prejudice. Free use of computers and Internet connection. Access for disabled. No smoking policy in Centre. Contact Maria Clark for more details at E-mail: awc@clara.co.uk BAR INDIGO* 20 Adelphi. Sun-Thu 5pm-2am, Fri-Sat 5pm- 3am. Gay bar/club in old Oh Henry's premises. Free entry before Midnight - thereafter UKP2 entry Fri, UKP3 entry Sat. WELLMANS HEALTH STUDIO* 3rd Floor, 21-23 Justice Mill Lane. Tel: (01224) 211441. Mon-Fri 11am-10pm, Sat-Sun 10am- 5pm. Aberdeen's first (and only) gay sauna. Two video booths, dark room, sauna, steam room, stand-and-tan sun cabin. Massages available from UKP20 - no need to book in advance. +ABERDOUR FORRESTER'S ARMS* 35 High Street. Tel: (01383) 860544. Sun 12.30pm-Midnight, Mon-Sat 11.30am- Midnight. Gay-friendly venue operated by Mark (ex Edinburgh's Holyrood Tavern). Real ale. +ARBROATH INVERPARK HOTEL* 42 Millgate Loan. Tel: (01241) 873378. Bar: Sun-Thu 11am-2pm & 5pm-11pm, Fri-Sat 11am-2pm & 5pm-1am. Restaurant: Noon- 8pm. Recently taken over by Beverli and Tina and welcomes LGBT folk. +DUNDEE BROOKLYN'S BAR* 2 St Andrew's Lane. Tel: (01382) 200660. 5pm-Midnight. Well appointed gay-friendly bar next door to Out and under the same management. Karaoke: Wed, Fri & Sun. DJ: Sat (Handbag Heaven Show). CHARLIE'S BAR* 75-79 Seagate. Tel: (01382) 226840. Sun 12.30-11pm, Mon-Sat 11am-Midnight. Gay-friendly bar with free disco Fri & Sat 8pm-Midnight. Free use of premises for pre-booked groups. OUT* 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. +EDINBURGH THE AULD HOOSE* 23-25 St Leonards Street. Tel: 0131-668 2934. Sun 12.30pm-1am, Mon-Sat 11.30am- 1am. Everybody-friendly bar. Real ale. Food served all day. BAR JAVA* 48-52 Constitution Street, Leith. Tel: 0131-553 2020. Fax: 0131-552 9683. Sun 9am-1am, Mon-Sat 8am-1am. Gay-friendly bar and hotel. Meals served daily. Hotel rooms from UKP25 p/p. E-mail: enquiries@hotelbarjava.com WWW: http://www.hotelbarjava.com/ BLACK BO'S 57/61 Blackfriars Street. Tel: 0131-557 6136. Mon-Thu 6-10pm, Fri-Sat 6-10.30pm. Superb little mostly vegetarian restaurant. Friendly staff. Mixed clientele. E-mail: admin@blackbos.co.uk WWW: http://www.blackbos.co.uk/ BLAZE eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434. 11pm-3am. 1st, 3rd & 4th Fri of each month. Next dates: 28th Jan, 4th, 18th, & 25th Feb. Commercial/funky house & chart by James Longworth and guests. 'Igniting the gay weekend'. UKP1.50 drinks promos all night. Entry UKP5. E-mail: info@jameslongworth.com WWW: http://www.jameslongworth.com/ BLUE MOON* 1 Barony Street/36 Broughton Street. Tel: 0131-556 2788 (Bar) or 0131-557 0911 (Office). Sun 10am-11pm, Mon-Thu 11am- 11pm, Fri 11am-11.30pm, Sat 10am- 11.30pm. Food served until 10pm. Popular lesbigay caf‚/bar complex. BOBBIE'S BOOKSHOP* 220 Morrison Street. Tel: 0131-538 7069. Mon-Sat 10am-1pm, 2-5.30pm. Mixed bookshop selling a selection of UK and imported gay magazines. BOOTYLUSHOUS Medina Nightclub (Under Negociants), 45-47 Lothian Street. Tel: 0131-225 8313. Info Line: 07736 936650. Sun 10pm-3am. Hosted by DJ Dale Lush and Graeme F. R&B/Soul/Disco. UKP2 entry before Midnight - UKP3 thereafter. E-mail: dale@lushmarketing.com WWW: http://www.lushmarketing.com/ BURLY TOO The Commplex, 39-40 Commercial Street, Leith. Tel: 0131-555 5600. Info Line: 07930 357401. 10.30pm-3am. Launch Night: Fri 25th Mar. Aimed at lads 25+. Dress Code: Sportswear, denim, rubber, leather, uniform, kilts. DJ Hi-FI Sean.*Introductory charge: Donation to Waverley Care. "Burly designed to be cruisy". UKP7 on the door. E-mail: dv8scots@hotmail.com WWW: http://www.dv8scots.co.uk/ C.C. BLOOM'S* 23 Greenside Place. Tel: 0131-556 9331. Mon, Fri, Sat 6pm-3am, Sun, Tue-Thu 8pm-3am. Two floors. Karaoke on Thu and Sun. Cilla Slack on Fri 10pm-3am. Disco every night from 11pm. E-mail: xanderfan82@hotmail.com WWW: http://www.ccblooms.com/ CLAREMONT BAR & RESTAURANT* 133/135 East Claremont Street. Tel: 0131-556 5662. Fax: 0131-558 3539. Bar: Sun 12.30pm- 1am, Mon-Sat 11am-1am. Restaurant: Sun 12.30pm-6pm, Mon-Sat 11.30am-2.30pm and 6pm-10pm. 'The Claremont is one of the most relaxed attitude bars in the city and has a policy that the customer always comes first.' Renowned for courtesy, comfort and good food. 1st Sat: Bearscots for bears and bear lovers. 2nd Sat: Gaykilts & Sporran Clan. 3rd Sat: Fetish, leather and Scotskins). 4th Sat: Camouflage/uniform night. 5th Sat: Fetish night. E-mail: mail@claremontbar.co.uk WWW: http://www.claremontbar.co.uk/ DISKO BLOODBATH eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434. 11pm- 3am. Monthly. 1st Wed of each month. Next date: Wed 2nd Feb. Edinburgh's 1st Alternative Queer Night. Electro/Indie/Punk/Rock. Free badges. XXX projections. UKP3. E-mail: gregorlaird@hotmail.com WWW: http://www.diskobloodbath.myby.co.uk/ EASYINTERNETCAF 58 Rose Street. Tel: 0131-220 3577. Sun 9am-10pm, Mon-Sat 7am-10pm. Large Internet Caf‚ from which many gay men seem to troll the net instead of just picking up each other! WWW: http://www.easyinternetcafe.com/ EDINBURGH LGBT CENTRE* 58a and 60 Broughton Street. Houses Sala Caf‚- Bar and Pride Scotia (Edinburgh). Provides meeting and noticeboard space for many LGBT organisations. FEVER eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434. Info Line: 0131-557 4656. 11pm-3am. Monthly. Next dates: Sat 5th Feb, 5th Mar. Taste's monthly night featuring Taste resident DJs Fisher & Price and Martin Valentine in the ballroom and The Visitor and Kaupuss playing pophouseelectrodisconewwaveglam (basically anything goes) in the Cocteau Lounge. Preclub party at The Street from 9pm with DJs The Visitor and Kaupuss. Ask staff for discount passes. UKP8 Members/UKP10 - Taste members UKP5 before 11.15pm. WWW: http://www.taste-clubs.com/ FRENCHIES BAR* 89 Rose Street Lane North. Tel: 0131-225 7651. Sun 2pm-1am, Mon-Sat 1pm-1am. Vibrant gay bar (Edinburgh's oldest) in the heart of Rose Street. Happy Hour 6-8pm every day. HABANA* 22 Greenside Place. Tel: 0131-558 1270. Sun 12.30pm-1am, Mon-Sat Noon-1am.Centrally located pre club bar. Open and bright as well as quite intimate. Busy. Drink promos throughout the month. E-mail: habana1@btinternet.com. WWW: http://www.gayscotland.com/habana/ HEROES Stag and Turret, 1-7 Montrose Terrace. Tel: 0131-661 6443. 8pm-1am. 2nd & 4th Sat of each month. New club night launches 26th Feb. Live Music, go-go dancers, movies, performance art, eclectic music policy. WWW: http://www.geocities.com/YRaHERO/ JOY The Venue, 15 Calton Road. JOY Info Line: 0131-467 2551. 11pm-3am. Monthly. Next date: Sat 12th Feb. Popular club night held on three levels and featuring DJs Maggie Joy, Alan Joy and Brett King in the main room, Trendy Wendy and Sally F downstairs in The Cooler. UKP8 Joy members/UKP10 otherwise - look out for discount passes in the bars beforehand. LEATHER AND LACE* 8 Drummond Street. Tel: 0131-557 9413. Fax: 0131-557 8336. 25 Easter Road. Tel: 0131- 623 6969. Sun Noon-9pm, Mon-Sat 10am- 9pm. 368-370 Gorgie Road (Currently not licensed as a sex shop). Tel: 0131-468 6969. Sun Noon-8pm, Mon-Sat 11am-8pm. Scotland's ORIGINAL licensed SEX shops! Toys galore, video rental too! Larger sizes stocked. LUVELY The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street. Tel: 0131- 225 2564. Info Line: 0131-657 4633. 10.30pm-3am. Monthly. Next dates: 26th Feb, 19th Mar. Mega club night with resident DJs Tommy Kay, Newton & Stone, Jared and GP. WWW: http://www.luvely.net/ MINGIN' The Venue, 15 Calton Road. Info Line: 0131-467 2551. 11pm-3am. Monthly. Next date: Sat 19th Feb. Keep your eyes open for special passes in the bars over the next few weeks for FREE ENTRY to Mingin' before midnight. Alternatively, bring along the advert for Mingin' from this issue of ScotsGay for free entry. Also as a wee twist to the night, Alan Joy will be playing first (11pm-1am) and Brian Dempster will be finishing off the night (1am- 3am). UKP6 entry (UKP5 before midnight). E-mail: mingin@blueyonder.co.uk NEWTOWN BAR* 26B Dublin Street. Tel: 0131-538 7775. Fax: 0131-539 1132. Sun 12.30pm-1am, Mon-Thu Noon-1am, Fri-Sat Noon-2am. Especially popular with men. Drinks Promotions Daily. Downstairs: Disco Bar is open Fri & Sat with resident DJ Malcolm from 10pm-2am - also available for hire Sun-Thu. E-mail: Webmaster@thenewtownbar. co.uk & petehimsworth@polysuper.com WWW: http://www.thenewtownbar.co.uk/ & http://www.polysuper.com/ NO EIGHTEEN* 18 Albert Place, Leith Walk. Tel: 0131-553 3222. Mon-Thu Noon-10pm, Fri-Sun Noon-11pm. Claims to be Edinburgh's busiest men only sauna. Relaxed and friendly atmosphere with excellent facilities which include large sauna cabin, 14-man steam room, private rooms, 8-man filter Jacuzzi, communal and private showers, themed rooms, video area and TV lounge. Hot and cold refreshments available. UKP9 (UKP7 concessions). Manager's special: admission UKP5 after 8pm. WWW: http://www.number18sauna.com/ PLANET OUT* 6 Baxter's Place. Tel: 0131-524 0061. 4pm- 1am. Popular and busy gay bar with friendly staff. Cheap drinks on a Mon! E-mail: planetout@btinternet.com POLYSUPER Mood Nightclub, Omni Leisure Development, Greenside Place. Tel: 0131-550 1640. Mon 10pm-3am. A Polysuper selection of commercial R'n'B, 70's, 80's, 90's hits and today's Top Of The Pops blended with a cheezee assortment of the most popular camp anthems. Entry: free before 11pm thereafter UKP2. Great Drinks Promos From UKP1.50. E-mail: petehimsworth@petehimsworth.com WWW: http://www.polysuper.com/ Q-STORE* 5 Barony Street. Tel/Fax: 0131-477 4756. Sun 1-5pm, Mon-Fri 11am-7pm, Sat 11am- 6pm. Scotland's only licensed gay store. Not just feelthy pictures - lifestyle too! THE REGENT* 2 Montrose Terrace. Tel: 0131-661 8198. Sun 12.30pm-1am, Mon-Sat 11am-1am. Alan Joy's dog-friendly gay bar, run in conjunction with Lisa from Luvely. Real ale, relaxed atmosphere, comfortable surroundings. Coffee and croissants. CAMRA's Lesbian and Gay Real Ale Drinkers meet here on the 1st Mon of each month at 8pm (except Aug - 2nd Mon). WWW: http://www.lagrad-edinburgh.org.uk/ SALA CAF-BAR* 60 Broughton Street. Tel: 0131-478 7069. Sun, Tue-Thu 11am-11pm, Fri-Sat 11am-1am. Relaxed and friendly gay caf‚ bar in the heart of Edinburgh's Gay 'district' (directly above Edinburgh's LGBT Centre). Fabby big window and sofas to watch world go by! Freshly prepared, wide ranging menu. Regular live music and party nights (contact Sala for more info). Gallery space with regularly changing exhibitions. Women's group meet informally for drinkies/food every Wed eve. Room also available for private dinners/parties etc. E-mail: salacafebar@hotmail.com SHAME ALTERNATIVE CLUB The Commplex, 39-40 Commercial Street, Leith. Tel: 0131-555 5600. 10pm-2am. Last Sat of each month. Next dates: 29th Jan, 26th Feb, 26th Mar, 23rd (not 30th) Apr, 28th May. New Alternative Club Night. Music includes Industrial, Techno, Digital hardcore and Punk. Music; Visuals/Art; Airbrush Tattoos & Jewellery & Fetish. Come as you are! LGBT and straight friendly and non-profit making. WWW: http://www.webflyers.co.uk/Flyer/2047 E-mail: shame@hotmail.co.uk SOLAS CAF* 2/4 Abbeymount. Tel: 0131-661 0982. Mon, Wed, Fri 11am-4pm, Tue, Thu 11am-8pm. Attached to Solas HIV/AIDS Information Centre. Good home cooking (everything cooked on the premises). Vegetarians and carnivores catered for. STEAMWORKS* 5 Broughton Market. Tel: 0131-477 3567. Daily 11am-11pm. Stylish sauna forming part of busy gay hotel & sauna complex in centre of gay quarter. State-of-the-art facilities including large spa pool, sauna cabin, large steam room, video room, labyrinth with themed areas, caf‚ lounge, free Internet access, tanning booth. Massage available daily. Choice of lockers or private cabins. Admission: Lockers UKP5, Cabins UKP10 before 3pm Mon-Fri. Lockers UKP9, Cabins UKP14 at all other times. Students & under 25 UKP5 lockers all day, every day! No membership required. Proudly gay owned & operated. WWW: http://www.steamworks-sauna.co.uk/ THE STREET* 2 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-556 4272. Mon-Fri 3pm-1am, Sat-Sun Noon-1am. Small but perfectly formed bar (formerly Pop Rokit) recently taken over and refurbished by Louise (ex-POut), Annie and Trendy Wendy. TACKNO eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434. Last Sun of each month. 11pm-3am. DJ Trendy Wendy. Mixed and crowded club night. Note new venue. TASTE The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street. Tel: 0131-225 2564. Info Line: 0131-557 4656. Sun 11pm- 3am. Edinburgh's original and longest running gayfriendly club night that brings together like-minded people who enjoy a club environment free from hassle and bad attitudes and for whom sexuality is not an issue. Taste's Main Room resident DJs Fisher & Price play an eclectic mix of the best dance music currently available. Back Room resident DJs Martin Valentine and Steven Wanless play Deep House and US House. Sun 13th Feb: Valentine's Night Special with Jon Pleased. Sun 6th Mar: Alex Anderson (The Gallery, London). Sun 27th Mar: Easter Weekend Special. Regular prices: UKP6 Members/UKP8 Guests UKP5 before 11.30pm. Drink promos until 1am. WWW: http://www.taste-clubs.com/ THAI ME UP 4 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-558 9234. Lunch: Wed-Sat Noon-2.30pm. Dinner: Mon-Sun 5- 11pm. Superb gay-friendly Thai restaurant situated in the middle of Edinburgh's gay area. Friendly, efficient staff serving some of the best and most authentic Thai food in the UK. E-mail: management@tmeup.com WWW: http://www.tmeup.com/ TOWNHOUSE SAUNA AND GYM* 53 East Claremont Street. Tel: 0131-556 6116. Sun-Thu Noon-11pm, Fri-Sat Noon- Midnight. Scotland's largest, featuring steam room, power showers, 20 person sauna, large Jacuzzi, adult videos, licensed bar and Broadband Internet caf‚, free weights gym, professional massage. Admission UKP9 (Concessions UKP7), Sun-Mon students UKP5 before 2pm, Tue all UKP5 before 2pm, Wed-Thu Buddies Days UKP12 per couple, Fri-Sat Under 25 UKP5 after 7pm. Proudly gay owned and operated. WWW: http://www.gayscotland.com/townhouse/ VELVET WOMEN'S CLUB NIGHT The Commplex, 39-40 Commercial Street, Leith. Tel: 0131-555 5600. 10pm-2am. First Sat of each month. Next dates: 5th Feb, Mar. date TBC. Male guests welcome if invited and accompanied by a lady. UKP6/UKP5 conc. with ID. Discount entry before 10.30pm. E-mail: clubvelvet@blueyonder.co.uk WWW: http://www.club-velvet.co.uk/ VIBE* eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434. Tue 11pm-3am. James Longworth plays charty/ party upstairs, guest DJs R'n'B downstairs. Super-popular gay night. UKP1 drinks promos all night. UKP4 entry. E-mail: info@jameslongworth.com WWW: http://www.jameslongworth.com/ VITTORIA 113 Brunswick Street. Tel: 0131-556 6171. Fax: 0131-478 7009. Sun Noon-11pm, Mon- Sat 10am-11pm. Mega-popular gay-friendly Italian restaurant. Best lasagne in Edinburgh! E-mail: info@vittoriarestaurant.com WWW: http://www.vittoriarestaurant.com/ WIGGLE* eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434. Info Line: 0131-467 2551. 11pm-3am. Monthly. Next dates: Sat 29th Jan, 26th Feb. In the main hall, resident DJs Trendy Wendy and Jon Pleased blend camp with classics and new sounds. Dale Lush and DJ Michelle go a touch alternative downstairs. Entry to Wiggle is UKP10 (UKP8 for green card holders). E-mail: wiggle@blueyonder.co.uk WORD POWER* 43 West Nicolson Street. Tel: 0131-662 9112. Mon-Fri 10am-6pm. Sat 10.30am-6pm. Independent radical bookshop. E-mail: books@word-power.co.uk WWW: http://www.word-power.co.uk/ +GLASGOW BENNETS 80-90 Glassford St. Tel: 0141-552 5761. Sun- Thu 11.30pm-3am, Fri-Sat 11.30pm-3.30am. Recently re-opened after disastrous fire. Currently only one floor (with no price reduction). E-mail: enquiries@bennets.co.uk WWW: http://www.bennets.co.uk/ BURLY Infoline: 07930 357401. Next event: Sat 12th Feb "Love Hurts" at the Arches from 10.30pm- 3am - entry after 1am at the discretion of the promoters. UKP8 members/UKP10 nightly membership. Strict Dress Code: rubber, leather, uniform, industrial, sportswear, kilts & denim. Designed to be cruisy. Every 1st Fri of the month at the Arches from 4th Mar. E-mail: dv8scots@hotmail. com WWW: http://www.dv8scots.co.uk/ CCA* 350 Sauchiehall Street. Admin Tel: 0141-332 7521. Fax: 0141-332 3226. Box Office Tel: 0141-352 4900. Caf‚ Tel: 0141-332 7959. Box Office: Tue-Thu 11am-10.30pm, Fri-Sat 11am-11.30pm, Sun 11am-6pm. Gallery: Tue- Sun 11am-6pm, Thu 11am-8pm. Caf‚: Tue-Thu 11am-11pm, Fri-Sat 11am-Midnight, Sun 11am-6pm. Bar: Tue-Thu 11am-11pm, Fri-Sat 11am-1am. The Centre for Contemporary Arts. 6 performance & exhibition spaces, Caf‚/Bar, bookshop. E-mail: gen@cca-glasgow.com WWW: http://www.cca-glasgow.com/ CLONE ZONE* 45 Virginia St. Tel/Fax: 0141-553 2666. Sun Noon-6.30pm, Mon-Sat 10.30am-7pm. Clothes, videos (soft porn only thanks to the Neandertals at Glasgow City Council), magazines, toys. E-mail: admin@clonezone.co.uk WWW: http://www.clonezone.co.uk/ CLUB DEVOTION 18 Jamaica Street. Tel: 0141-847 0820. Wed-Sun. 11pm-3am. Popular gay club. UKP3 (UKP2 with flyer). CLUB EROS* 1-3 Bridge Street. Tel: 0845 4562310. Sun-Fri Noon-10pm, Sat Noon-4am. Glasgow's largest licensed sauna & gym for gay and bi men set over three floors. Entry from UKP7.50. Free Sunday breakfasts. E-mail: cluberos@hotmail.com COURT BAR* 69 Hutcheson Street. Tel: 0141-552 2463. Sun 12.30pm-Midnight, Mon-Sat 8am-Midnight. Intimate bar beside former Sheriff Court. Straight until mid-evening. CUBE 34 & 44 Queen Street. Tel: 0141-226 8990. Mon-Tue 11.30pm-3am. Mon: Passionality@Cube44 with DJ Shawn Roberts. Tue: FunClub@Cube34 with DJ Shazza Halliwell. Various drinks promos. Entry UKP3. E-mail: thornleisure@yahoo.co.uk WWW: http://www.cubeglasgow.co.uk/ CYBER* Unit 3, King's Court, 107 King Street. Tel: 0141- 553 0942. Sun Noon-5.30pm, Mon-Sat 10am- 6pm. Alternative clothing specialising in corsetry. DELMONICA'S BAR 68 Virginia Street. Tel: 0141-552 4803. Daily Noon-Midnight. Claims to be 'Glasgow's biggest and busiest Gay bar'. DJs nightly from 9pm. Thu: Quiz. Sun: Karaoke. Nice if your face fits. E-mail: delmonicas@g1group.co.uk WWW: http://www.g1group.co.uk/ EASYINTERNETCAF 57/61 St. Vincent Street. Tel: 0141-222 2365. Sun 8am-8pm, Mon-Fri 7am-10pm, Sat 8am-10pm. Large Internet Caf‚ from which many gay men seem to troll the net instead of just picking up each other! WWW: http://www.easyinternetcafe.com/ GLC CAF/BAR* 11 Dixon Street. Tel: 0141-226 5050. 11am- Midnight. Full breakfast always available. Home cooking. Friendly and busy! Karaoke on Fri, Sat. GLASGOW LGBT CENTRE (GGLC)* 11 Dixon Street. Tel/Fax: 0141-221 7203. Daily 11am-Midnight. Welcomes lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered. Services include: Caf‚ Bar, Joys-4-Us, Info Box, Health Info, Interest Groups, Free Newspapers, Diary of Events, Reading Room, Garden of Reflection, Function space for hire and innovative Art Gallery. Houses 18 user groups and organisations. Fully wheelchair accessible venue. E-mail: admin1@glgbt.org.uk WWW: http://www.glgbt.org.uk/ HIDE AND SLEEK 9 St Margarets Place. Tel: 0141-552 6999. A clothes shop catering almost exclusively for the transgendered community. WWW: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/way/gis 93/hs_where_Glasgow2.htm JOYS-4-US* 11 Dixon Street. Tel: 0141-248 6065. Sun 12.30-4.30pm, Mon-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat 11am- 5pm. Toys for girls and boys. Fetish, bondage, leather, cards, magazines. E-mail: lesley@joys-4-us.co.uk WWW: http://www.joys-4-us.co.uk/ THE LANE 60 Robertson Street Lane (off Argyle Street). Tel: 0141-221 1802. Noon-8pm. 'Exotic Gay Men's Club' with sauna and private cabins. Not very busy. MERCHANT PRIDE* 20 Candleriggs. Tel: 0141-564 1285. Sun 12.30pm-Midnight, Mon-Sat Noon-Midnight. Food: Noon-5pm. Upmarket bar in the heart of the Merchant City. Regular cabaret, karaoke and disco. MODA 58 Virginia Street. Tel/Fax: 0141-553 2553. Mon-Thu 5pm-1am, Fri-Sun 5pm-3am. Fashionable pub/club. WWW: http://www.g1group.co.uk/ THE POLO LOUNGE 84 Wilson Street. Tel: 0141-553 1221. Mon- Thu 5pm-1am, Fri-Sun 5pm-3am. Long established pub/club. Young crowd. E-mail: polo@g1group.co.uk WWW: http://www.g1group.co.uk/ RELAX CENTRAL* 3rd Floor, 27 Union Street. Tel: 0141-221 0415. Noon-10pm. Established gay sauna. Fully licensed by Glasgow City Council. Entry UKP8.50. E-mail: info@relaxcentral.co.uk WWW: http://www.relaxcentral.co.uk/ REVOLVER BAR* 6a John Street. Tel: 0141-553 2456. Sun-Thu Noon-Midnight, Fri-Sat Noon-1am. A refreshing antidote to the current gay scene. Pool table, state of the art free jukebox (with over 8,000 tracks on it), reasonably priced drinks, good quality service, no karaoke. E-mail: info@revolverbar. com WWW: http://www.revolverbar.com/ SILKS AND SECRETS* 308 Argyle Street. Tel: 0141-572 1017. Fax: 0141-221 0959. Sun Noon-5pm, Mon-Sat 10am-6pm. Clothes and toys catering for gay, transvestite and fetish tastes. Larger sizes stocked. SPYKER* Unit 7, King's Court, 99 King Street. Tel/Fax: 0141-552 3111. Sun Noon-5pm, Mon-Fri 11am-5.30pm, Sat 11am-6pm. Fetish Wear. Violate members get 10% discount. E-mail: spyker@blueyonder.co.uk TRON THEATRE CAF BAR Chisholm Street. Tel: 0141-552 8587. Fax: 0141-552 6657. Sun 11am-Late, Mon-Sat 10am-Late. Friendly theatre bar. Mixed. Good food. E-mail: morven.stewart@tron.co.uk WWW: http://www.tron.co.uk/ THE TUNNEL 84 Mitchell Street. Tel: 0141-204 1000. Wed. 11pm-3am. Sun: Decked with DJ Sara. Entry UKP3. Wed: Allure with DJ Darren. Entry UKP3. E-mail: thornleisure@yahoo.co.uk VICTORIA BAR* 157-159 Bridgegait. Tel: 0141-552 6040. Sun 12.30pm-Midnight, Mon-Sat 11am-Midnight. Basically straight, but justly popular with Glasgow's many Real Ale queens and dykes. Convenient for the Citizens Theatre. VIOLATE PO Box 808, Glasgow. G71 7YN. Violate Club Line: 09099 108174 (60p per min at all times). BDSM and general pervery. Operates in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Runs regular clubs at the Big Joint in South Street, Glasgow on the first Sat of each month. Also holds special one off clubs called UltraViolate roughly every 3 months. E-mail: info@violate.co.uk WWW: http://www.violate.co.uk/ THE WATERLOO* 306 Argyle Street. Tel: 0141-229 5891. Sun 12.30pm-Midnight, Mon-Sat Noon-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 Beti Hutton seal of approval. +STIRLING BARNTON BISTRO* 3 1/2 Barnton Street. Tel: (01786) 461698. Sun Noon-Midnight, Mon-Thu 10.30am-Midnight, Fri-Sat 10.30am-1am. Food: until 7.30pm. Near to railway station. Mixed, busy, bohemian and friendly bar/bistro. Popular with students and Sons/Daughters of the Rock alike. TWIST* Fubar, 6 Maxwell Place. Tel: (01786) 472619. Wed 11pm-2am. John Mclean plays charty/party mix to a gay crowd. UKP3 entry. œ2 drinks promos all night. E-mail: fubar@clg.co.uk WWW: http://www.fubar.info/ +STRATHYRE MUNRO INN* Strathyre, Callander. Tel: Strathyre (01877) 384333. Sun-Thu Noon-Midnight, Fri-Sat Noon- 1am. Gay-friendly bar and hotel - owned by the same folk who own Revolver in Glasgow. Full menu served all day. Sunday roast. E-mail: bookings@munro-inn.com WWW: http://www.munro-inn.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------- ScotsGay: a monthly magazine for lesbians, gays and bisexuals. 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