SCOTSGAY MAGAZINE ================= ScotsGay is a monthly magazine for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals. Edited, printed and published in Scotland ScotsGay 60/- Light - Issue 66a - November 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: World AIDS Day Clubbing - Disko Bloodbath Bound & Gagged Glasgow Edinburgh Scottish Media Monitor Aberdeen Dundee Voice Personals Boxes - The ScotsGay Meet Market Venues ----------------------------------------------------------------- ON THE COVER DJs Alan and Jemma at Disko Bloodbath - Photo by Rachel Hastie ----------------------------------------------------------------- World AIDS Day ============== - Thursday 1st December 2005 Usually ScotsGay prints a list of all the things that are going on for WAD throughout Scotland - this year, you lot are on your own. If your local pub, club or organisation isn't doing anything and/or hasn't told you that it is, then chastise them. We're going to use the space for something more useful. The sad truth is that nothing has changed when it comes to HIV/AIDS in the past year. Or if it has, it has changed for the worse. There are still no wonder cures and the treatments we do have continue to lose their effect as the virus mutates - so much for Intelligent Design. The piece below appeared in a previous special Student issue of ScotsGay - it was anonymous - it had to be because of the prejudice both on the scene and in the wider community against people with AIDS/HIV. But the message is timeless. AIDS is a crappy shitty disease. The only cure is not to catch it in the first place. LIVING WITH HIV Hello all you students and welcome to the nicest country in the world. Let's hope student life here is perfect for you. Let's start by exploring all the other pleasures that await you outside the the library and lecture halls. Yup, it's the scene! Whether you're in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee or wherever the scene remains the same people looking for one thing - and it's not the alcohol. Yes - It's sex!!! Well of course it is. It's a whole part of the student lifestyle and it gives you something to talk about later in the week but like everything in life there are always the pitfalls. Now I'm starting to get on in years and it's been some 10 years since I was a student but even I know what goes on. And I know what can happen when it goes wrong. Yup we're talking about that small thing called HIV. It's something you don't get taught enough about at school nowadays. Well, not in the gay sense anyway. It's something that affects us all and sometimes we don't even know when it's happening or how it's affecting us. Knowing someone well isn't going to protect you against HIV. And you might think you know someone well enough after meeting them a few times. But you can't tell if someone is free from infection just by looking at them - it doesn't matter how nice they are! And you can't always trust all the people all of the time, now can you? And I should know. I've been positive for about 8 years. It's not the easiest thing to solve either. There is no cure, just a handful of pills you have to take. Twice a day. Everyday. Taken in a certain way. It's not the one-pill-wonder drug that everyone thinks it is. Everyday it's the same routine. Sort out the pills, three of one, one of the other and I've got to eat when I take them otherwise it completely screws with my body. Then it's the anti-sickness tablets to stop me throwing up. And it doesn't stop there. There are the vitamin tablets I need to replace what the tablets take out of my system. And that's when I get up. The whole routine is repeated at night as well, the whole thing all over again. And that's just the half of it! They make you feel like crap some days. Some days you don't want to take them. Some days you wish it would all just go away. Even then, there is the whole list of what you can and can't eat or drink. What you can and cannot do. That even relates to alcohol. The amount of alcohol you can drink on some tablets is so minimal that it's not worth drinking. That's enough to put you off going out. And this means any recreational drugs too. They completely screw up the pills and can actually stop them from working. It means you have to live to a routine. I've seen days when I'm at work taking my pills cos I haven't been able to take them at home or even the shift I'm working changes things. And I've seen days when work was too much to take and I've had to have sick days. You try explaining that one to your work! You can't miss them. It stops the whole process. It has to be like this. Then there are the constant hospital checks. Every three months I'm there. Thankfully I'm 'undetectable' but this doesn't mean I can stop taking all the meds. It just means that they are working. Then there's everything else you might need. A simple anti-histamine for hay fever? A Lemsip? All these things have to be checked with the hospital first to make sure that they don't do something to me. You try going to Boots and explaining the situation to the pharmacist. It doesn't happen. There is so much you can do to prevent this. You've got to play safe when you're out and about. If you pull - as you will, make sure you're safe. The bars out and about should have the usual supplies stocked up. Condoms and lube are available in most places nowadays and you should pick some up. Even if you've not pulled it's worth having them at home just in case you do. Trust me: this is not something you want. If I could turn the clock back 8 years and realise what I was doing then I would. A totally incurable disease that changes your life. Stops the way you live your life. Stops the way you think. Changes the way people see you. And that's just the start of it. Trust me. I know. But there are enough support groups about that can help you. And you'll soon realise who your friends are. There is a bucket load of information on the old info-clever-bypass internet about this and I'm sure that your own student groups can help with information. That's what the counsellors are there for. If you need more advice speak to them, search out your local support groups, PHACE West in Glasgow, Solas or Positive Voice in Edinburgh - that's just the tip of the iceberg. Just remember to be safe, and if in doubt use your head - ask the person you've picked up. It's not a nice thing to ask, but if you have a doubt leave it out. ----------------------------------------------------------------- CLUBBING - DISKO BLOODBATH ========================== WORDS Jessica Laine PHOTOS Rachel Hastie As a general rule, anything underground is good and club night Disko Bloodbath is no exception. Situated on the lower level of eGo it's at the centre of Edinburgh's gay scene. Set up over a year and a half ago the night was an instant success and has continued to draw crowds ever since. As Edinburgh's first alternative gay night it filled a much-needed niche in the city. Doors open at 11pm and first to greet you is a bouncer of considerable presence, further inside the foyer there's a place to leave your coats and bags for a small fee. Down the stairs you pay your three-pound entry fee and enter the world of Disko Bloodbath. The room is verging on small with low ceilings and dark walls but it's cozy rather than cramped. A large glowing fish tank partially divides the room, the fish swimming lazily, oblivious to the crowds around them. Before it is a seating area facing the small well stocked bar. Good drinks prices outweigh the size of the bar. Past the fish tank is more seating lining the side walls with the wood dance floor in the middle. A few pillars break up the dance floor, great for hiding behind if you don't want the whole club to see you dancing. The best part is the pole complete with pole dancer (and anyone else that sees fit to try their hand at it). At the top of the room stand the DJ decks, overlooking the dance floor, white screen behind. Various DJs have played here, DJ Michelle, Daughters of Kaos (London), Sally F (Joy and Wiggle), DJ Byrd (Fur Burger and Nowhere), The Under Skirts, Terry Aka Arnie (Opium). On this particular night, the DJs were Fiona and Alan and Jemma Bloodbath. The music is a mix of rock, electro, indie, punk, metal with artists such as the Distillers, Killers, Rancid, Hole, Garbage, Placebo, Murderdolls, Peaches to name a few being played. The crowd is a fairly evenly mixed bunch of guys and girls, bi, gay and a few straight. Some look as though they could have stepped off the pages of Bizarre Magazine but this is no bad thing. Girls go about in short skirts and see through tops, guys walk around in skimpy t-shirts and pvc trousers. The atmosphere is relaxed and friendly and being a small club it's easy to strike up a conversation with anyone, best place being in line for the toilets of course. Like most clubs it tended to get busier after Midnight though there were plenty of people on the dance floors throughout the night. Jessica So where do YOU think is worth a look on the alternative club scene? E-mail: jessica_laine@hotmail.co.uk and I'll do my best to cover it. The night must be women and gay/bi friendly. Apart from that - anything goes! Next month I'll be out and about in Glasgow... ----------------------------------------------------------------- BOUND AND GAGGED ================ Welcome pervs and pervesses to another instalment of my slap happy BDSM column. Well just like last time we have a number of moves on the BDSM scene. Though it is interesting to note that it seems there is no shortage of venues willing to host munches and the like. So maybe publicans are finally waking up to the fact that as a group we are less trouble and provide more regular income than many other social groups. Okay first up is news of The Edinburgh Munch, which has moved to the Holyrood Tavern on Holyrood Road. The old venue had decided to start charging an excessive amount to book the room, silly people you just lost a good set of customers. The Munch runs from 8pm to Midnight on the third Thu of the month. They do serve coffee but not food - and there's Real Ale too. Next is Scotland's longest running munch which is held on the first Wed of the month, from 8pm at The Balcony, Ward Road, Dundee. They will be seated upstairs in the small room to the right - just follow the F&T Munch signs. Any singletons wishing a meet and greet or anyone wishing further information, E-mail: fifeandtaysidemunch@ yahoo.co.uk Onto home territory the Glasgow Munch, which is now held at the warm and welcoming Admirals Bar on Waterloo Street. It runs from 8pm until kicking out time, on the 4th Thu of the month. Your meeters and greeters are Bumhug and Simply D, lovely people and very welcoming. As you go through the main entrance, simply go down the stairs to the lower bar and look for the table with the little teddy bear sitting on it. Dress code is street clothes or casual wear. You will notice from the above example that people often use a pseudonym, mine for example is Mistress Anya. So feel free to do likewise. Now onto the clubs. 'Rebound', a very popular Glasgow club, has moved to The Bastille Bar formally known as Slaon's Bar. This venue is in a prime city centre location and absolutely awesome, the entire first and second floors are taken over by the club. The original fixtures and fittings make a stunning contribution to the ambience, which resembles a decadent turn of the century party in a country house. This not to be missed. 'Rebound' is ideal for those who like their perversions served straight with a twist! Doors open at 7pm and close at Midnight, The entrance fee is GBP10 on the door. Location is 1st Floor, The Bastille Bar/Sloan's Bar, Buchanan Lane (off Buchanan Street) Glasgow (10 mins walk from George Square and Queen Street Station). Dress code is fetish and/or black. Now to an old favourite, club 'Violate' - it next takes place on Sat 5th Nov 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 GBP10 on the door or GBP5 for members. Down at the Claremont Bar, in Edinburgh, is the Fabulous Stunners. This club moved over from the now defunct 'Duck last year, and has found an excellent home when it takes over the whole bar on the fourth Sat of the month. Your delectable hostess Maggie from Viva is supported by every fabulous person in the Central Belt. The Claremont still has the long running SMgayscots night running on the third Sat of every month, no strict dress code but leather, uniform, skin gear, rubber are all encouraged! And for those T's who want their own night, well you can't go wrong with Absolutely Dragulous started by two of our very own novices from the Convent of Dunn Eideann. A quick note on 'Nightshade', please check their website for the latest situation as the venue had some issues. As far as I know these have now been resolved, but please check http:/www.nightshade-club.org/ Just a quick mention for the rope workshop that was held at the Admiral Bar on Sun 16th Oct, due to the success of this event, further workshops are planned in the future. I will include these as soon as I am aware of the dates. Mistress Anya E-mail: Mistress_Anya@drink.demon.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------- GLASGOW ======= Shorter days and longer nights, for many this is the time of year that you have no other choice but to go out. You may well have been able to get by on dinner parties and a quick coffee, at a pinch you may well get away with the latest 'Harry Potter' at the local flicks but it's time to dust off those glad rags and shake your funky stuff. If you have been following this column, since I took over, you may well see that I have tried to cover as much as possible as diversely as possible. So as the leaves fall, let's just enjoy the season! Weans in the Woods is on at the Tron Theatre from 5th Dec to the 7th Jan, to love struck wannabe child stars, Baxter Beatty and Logan MacLean meet Shirl 'Gingery Squirrel' and are granted a chance at stardom as the new faces of 'Funnocks Fondant Fancies' but is there something evil in the factory? Oscar Wilde wrote stories to read at bedtime to his children and one of the most beautiful of those was 'The Selfish Giant'. Arches Theatre Company did 'Little Mermaid' last year to rave reviews and at 55 minutes you're not going to have to suffer your sister, or in my case, brother's ankle bitters for too long! The interactive performance uses music, song, visual effects and puppetry and is on from 6th Dec to 7th Jan. Also in the Arches from 6th Dec - 9th Jan is an exhibition of work by a young artist called 'Onezero'. Curated by Ben Fallon, the intention of this work is to give new artists wider exposure and experience of exhibiting. I remember a time when 'Gay Socs' were commonplace in most universities and colleges. 'Gossip' in Strathclyde Uni Union in John Street may well be unique with its Wed gay night. It's on from 8pm and Allure is on at the Tunnel on the same night with its happy cheesy pop from DJ Darren. Passionality is on Mon at the Cube with DJ Shazza Halliwell who plays a really good mix of different musical tastes. Drew Robertson the 'soul man' is in Merchant Pride on Sat afternoons. Q! Gallery has a new exhibition until 9th Dec called 'Cock Tales'. This unique comic book resource is illustrated by Scottish Cartoon Art Studio for Healthy Gay Scotland and is aimed at younger people. I know some do not consider comics as 'ART', and if that is the way you look at things this may not be for you. All three comics are very funny and in their own way very beautiful. If you see yourself as an 'ARTIST' it's time to let your own light shine bright! Q! Gallery are looking for visual work (http://www.qgallery.org/ Tel: 0141-552 7578) and Glasgay! are looking for everything else (http://www.glasgay.com/) the qualily for this year's festival was excellent with over 17,000 people attending! So if you have a wee something for 2006, let them know. For those who still have difficult finding the gallery - if you can find St Andrews Square to give your kilt a whirl you can find the Saltmarket! Glasgow Women's Library is hosting the Lesbian and Bi Women's History Group every Tue 2-4pm and it's open to eveyone with a story to tell or memories to share. Our history seems to have so little importance sometimes, with so much enphisis on youth, but so much could be lost if the older members of our community remain silent! The LGBT Centre has a Police Surgery last Tue of the month at 7.30pm - I hear that this is not as well attended as it could be! Why not pop along? After all, they are there to help: may the force be with you! Fri 2nd Dec will see the COCO CLUB open its doors with Floor One of its multi floored development, with no expense spared, a project costing just under half a million pounds. A project that joins together the talent and commitment of Scotland's Biggest Independent Gay Night Promoters and one of Scotland's most respected nightclub operators (TLC Glasgow and Michele Pagliocca oh and of course a little flamboyant help from one of Scotland's Top Interior Designers John Amabile) so you can expect something radical and forward thinking!! The Vegas Showgirl inspired club will bring together high levels of customer service provided by friendly well trained staff, stylish design and an entertainments package - including top DJ's, Regular Live PA's from top artists and the odd after show party thrown in for good measure - the likes of which Scotland's let alone Glasgow's gay scene has never seen before. Details of the COCO CLUB launch weekender have just been finalised and will include LIVE entertainment from Thu through to Sun night, providing a little something for everyone, so look out for special Invitation Flyers or alternatively why not visit their website @ http://www.thecococlub.co.uk/ Well, that's all that I have heard, seen, been told and had screamed at me! 'Til our next merry meeting, this witch must fly!' Criz E-mail: criz@drink.demon.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------- EDINBURGH ========= "What has been going on on the scene this month?", I see you yawn. There's a new club night - yeah another one. The brains behind it, Maggie and Alan Joy made noticeable for club nights such as Joy, Wiggle, Mingin', and the chill out bar The Regent. The new night to be held at .... yeah, you guessed it, eGo, will be called UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS (Reminds me of the Won Kei. Ed.). The night debuts on Dec 3rd and admission is GBP6 - apparently a bargain! The night will run from 11pm- 3am and probably the usual drink promos will run throughout the night. Anyway... in the main hall are two excellent resident DJs from HABANA Chris Paton and Graeme F. Chris normally DJs at the weekends and Graeme on a Mon. Teaming up these boys should have all the veteran DJs a wee bit worried - unlike others they are approachable, get the crowd going and play requests i.e. give the punters what they want not an extended mix of some DJ's favourite songs! They will be playing all the best dance tracks from 80's, 90's and 00's. And Maggie and Alan Joy will be downstairs with all the classics and new stuff thrown in too. Seems like there is something for everybody here folks so go along and give it a go! And let's remember that Dec 1st is World Aids Day. While all the other bars will more than likely have various things planned the Newtown were the first to announce their fundraising plans. Thu 1st Dec sees the Newtown celebrating with a generous happy hour Noon- 8pm where GBP2 from every drink bought will be donated to Waverley Care. The bar will obviously be open until the usual closing time but this generous promo which is in aid of such an excellent cause should get you in the mood to stay out for the rest of the night and maybe even check out the other venues to see what they are up to. A big happy Birthday to Planet Out. They celebrated in style with top act 'Topping & Butch' and excellent drink promos to thank all the customers since the takeover last year. Planet offers drink promos most days during the week and will no doubt have lots going on for World Aids Day. Edinburgh's most popular mid week club night VIBE is still going strong and as popular as ever. Mainly popular with the youngsters who don't care about going into work hungover or are students and don't give a fuck about lectures. This night is GBP2 entry with cheap drinks on vodka and VK (I think) A wide mix of cheese and dance is on offer with DJ James Longworth and occasional special guest DJs. Little sister Blaze is also still on the go offering a way to dance into the weekend on the 1st, 3rd and 4th Fri of each month. Blaze opens 11am-3pm like VIBE @ eGo. Similar drink promos run, the music is a wee bit more dancey, and entry is GBP5. Not fancy any of these nights? Hop across the road to CC Blooms, Edinburgh's ONLY OFFICIAL GAY NIGHT CLUB which is open 7 days a week with non stop party antics 7pm-3am. There is no door charge although if you intend to go along at the weekend try and get there before Midnight to avoid queuing to the downstairs dance zone. Drinks are fairly priced and DJs are on both floors throughout the majority of the week. At Habana, drink promos run throughout the whole week and are too long to mention. DJs are on most of the nights and also check out resident drag act Samantha Swallows on selected charity nights and quiz nights. Habana is always the first to be involved in fundraising and will no doubt have major plans for World Aids Day so check out the bar for more details. In case you are all feeling tired and need to chill out before all the partying over the New Year, check out the Pure Works, Holistic Health Festival@St George West Church, Shandwick Place Edinburgh. A weekend (10th- 11th Dec) promoting holistic Health with the following on offer, Reiki , Massage, Sekhem, Tarot, Spa Products, Jewellery, Aloe Vera Products and Information, Indian Head Massage and much more. Entry is FREE and Taster sessions and full treatments are available. Due to a production problem, half of my column got missed out last month. So you missed the exciting news that both The Regent and the Broughton Street complex that houses Sala now have free WiFi Internet access. Cheers, Alan E-mail: weealan@drink.demon.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------- SCOTTISH MEDIA MONITOR ====================== The last SMM from Gary Otton Starting off with Marcello Mega and another bit of shoddy reporting in Scotland on Sunday. He and Richard Gray had a go at a story on "GBP25k sex change for Scot at 69". Mega wasn't exactly stretching himself. It was a rehash of Charles Lavery's 'story' from The Sunday Mail (Scottish Media Monitor July 2004). Although you would never had thought so, reading Mega or Lavery's reports, this was the story of a gentle, retired antique shop owner from Buchlyvie in Stirlingshire who only felt comfortable enough to properly tackle his transgender status after his wife had died of Parkinson's disease. In The Sunday Mail, Lavery had wrote: "The OAP's sex change" had "stunned family and friends... (and) set tongues wagging... He walked into the two local pubs and the local grocer and introduced himself as Gladys. He also went to church in twin set and pearls". The story in The Sunday Times Scotland appeared nothing more than an opportunity for Mega to exercise his own warped personal opinion describing Jim Paterson's operation as: "Costing the taxpayer up to GBP25,000 for drugs, surgery and treatment..." adding that "...details of the operation have enraged some critics who believe the NHS should give priority to more clear-cut medical conditions such as hip replacements before offering expensive sex changes".Mega really ought to drag his tired arse into the office of The Scottish Daily Mail! They thrive on these sorts of tired cliches. Mega described the decision by doctors to refer Paterson for gender reassignment as 'remarkable' adding: "Later this year Paterson will have breast enlargement surgery, again funded by the NHS. Asked about justifying the use of scarce NHS resources on her gender-changing treatment when many wait for months in physical pain, and even for life-saving operations, Paterson said: 'Only I know what torment I went through for most of my life'." Mega jumped from exploring the story from a tight-fisted angle to one of prejudice and narrow-mindedness: "...Despite getting the operation free, the surgery has not been without its costs for Paterson, and her two children have had difficulty adjusting. Friends in the village have also been left stunned, while fellow antiques dealers have greeted her with hostility at recent antiques fairs".Cocky Mega now fancied himself as a doctor: "...However compelling the reasons for having the operation, the case has raised serious questions about the allocation of limited NHS resources. Men seeking to have gender surgery on the NHS in Scotland must first be assessed by two psychiatrists to establish there is a genuine psychological need for the operation. The patient must then live as a woman for at least a year, taking hormones to prepare the body for the change and to demonstrate commitment. Nearly half of all patients in Scotland are forced to wait more than three months for operations on the NHS. Those needing hip and joint operations to restore their movement face waits of up to nine months between referral and treatment. But Paterson was given a sex-change operation within just three weeks of being referred to a surgeon". Mega was fortunate to find someone equally short-sighted to lend a modicum - and I'm using that word very generously - of legitimacy to a story that basked in self-opinionated gob-shite. "SNP shadow health minister Shona Robison demanded answers from health bosses about Paterson's case... Forth Valley Health Board must defend and justify this use of public money by explaining the decision-making in this case". Helen Percy, a Church of Scotland minister who worked in six rural parishes in Angus, says she was forced out of her job after having an affair with a married Kirk elder. I remember reading a report in The Scottish Daily Mail a while back explaining: "The scandalised parishioners... declared Miss Percy as a witch amid tales that she preached in her nightdress..." Good ole' modern Scotland, eh? Ms Percy wants to know why the Kirk is not taking similar action against male ministers known to have had, or were still having, extramarital relationships. Quite right, sister! Astonishingly, the employment appeal tribunal and the Court of Session in Edinburgh have both ruled they have no jurisdiction since she is employed by God! (No! I'm not fucking making this up)! They insist she isn't employed by the Church at all! Surely, any sane person would have considered her agreeing to work as a minister constituted a contract of employment? The Herald reported: "Lords Nicholls, Hoffman, Scott and Hope, and Baroness Hale must decide how the 1921 Church of Scotland Act, which lays down the church's right to regulate its own affairs, interacts with EU's 1976 equal treatment directive, which provides that men and women must be treated equally at work". The paper also reported, Kirk lawyers have insisted that under the act, "the Kirk's power to decide all matters of doctrine, worship, government and discipline comes from Christ alone". I expect her legal advisers will be gathering their scrolls of parchment and heading across the mountains out of Narnia to Europe with this one! One of the 'problems' dreamed up for Old Mother (Joan) Burnie's agonising column in The Daily Record was a man, married for over 30 years who "looked up gay channel reviews and... liked what (he) saw". He admits: "My wife would go spare if she found out. So I can never pay for viewing them in full because I might be caught".Allow me a word in your shell-like... Is penning your thoughts to Old Mother Burnie - who you ought to know won't exactly be enthralled by your activities - really wise? And as for being caught out; Gay TV doesn't appear on your credit card statements. Old Mother Burnie 'advised': "The trouble starts when we make what is no more than a fantasy into a reality. Looking at these previews is a sort of half-way house, giving you a wee thrill without too much risk. So you would be well-advised to stick with them and not move on to anything that might seriously threaten your marriage or get you into something altogether murkier and nastier than this fairly mild porn". For a man describing himself as "not gay", I've no doubt this "half-way house" will be about as stimulating as popping a condom over a banana! I hope he's already shaken off conventeducated Old Mother Burnie's warnings and submitted to a perfectly natural desire to input four digits on the screenremote and toss himself off silly. I'm quite sure even Old Mother Burnie would approve of the false groans and limp dicks that comprise much of Gay TV's content. Take a leaf out of my book, my dear, and know when you've had your day. If it is the media that limits and contracts expressions of sexuality, the government regulates it. Government, police, judiciary and let's not forget local government. Not too outrageous for even The Scottish Daily Mail to print in full colour and label "inoffensive" was an advert for the Savannah Beauty Centre in Jordanhill featuring a woman lying down with four pebbles on her back destined for the side of black cabs. With not even her breasts visible, Glasgow City Council passed the smelling salts round City Chambers. The Scottish Daily Mail - yes, you read that correctly - gasped: "...Incredibly, bosses at Scotland's largest council have ruled the advert is too racy to be shown on the side of taxis". There was bound to be a sting in Grace Macaskill's report in this paper which described in length the City Council's otherwise 'liberal' credentials: "Council chiefs and the Scottish Arts Council funded the bulk of the GBP100,000 needed for the Glasgay! Festival - labelled 'Scotland's annual celebration of queer culture' - currently on in the city. The month-long event features shows such as Sex addict and Cock Tales..." (Did you know, not one single asterisk was used to conceal The Scottish Daily Mail's "cock")? Grace sniffed: "The same councillors who appear not to blink an eye at these events believe the massage adverts are too sexy for Glaswegians".Recently the Council also banned advertisements that had been carried on the side of cabs in London, Liverpool and Bristol by Triumph advertising sexy lingerie. The Council's policy - which a good number would find offensive - forbids nude or semi-nude advertising. It clearly indicates that the deadwood and their feminist friends banning the Erotic exhibition ten years ago are still bouncing off the white marble. With impending legal action on the part of the Beauty Centre, it would be interesting to know what this Council's arbitrary moral campaigns have cost the public purse. This is my last Scottish Media Monitor. It seems the wheel has turned full circle. This column began life only months after the murder of Michael Doran in Glasgow's Queen's Park. And now, months after the brutal murder of young Jodi Dobrowski on London's Clapham Common, the Media Monitor is winding down. Ten years ago, I wanted to write an article that wrote positively and honestly about outdoor sex. The Herald's features editor was cagey and told me to come back when something newsworthy came up. It did. Michael Doran was murdered. The excuse not to go to print changed to 'a shortage of newsprint' while some hasty arrangements were made to find a trusted journalist to knock something up for the paper and drop in a couple of my quotes. Nice safe ones. Nothing that might upset anyone. Ten years on and I'm called by The Sunday Herald's Susan Flockhart who'd read allmediascotlands. com's report on the demise of the Scottish Media Monitor. I was, at first, delighted. The Sunday Herald is one of Scotland's better papers and features one of my favourite columnists, Muriel Gray. Ms Flockhart invited me to write a piece for Seven Days but I was soon being advised to make substantial cuts and changes. This included omitting my opinion that the sexualisation of the Dunblane massacre had led to campaigns like The Daily Record's PervertWatch. Apparently, she said, Sunday Herald readers wouldn't understand it! At the last minute, the article was pulled and I was given more time to make alterations. Yet, however many alterations I made, it never seemed to be enough, until finally, I was told my style would not translate into this newspaper and was urged to allow my story to be written, instead, by Professor Brian McNair, from Stirling University. The article appeared the following Sunday describing my column as "radical". I'll tell you what's "radical". Days later in The Herald, another Professor, John Haldane was reported having been chosen by the Catholic Church to promote its values, (including the denial of our human rights). The Herald described him as "a leading thinker"and clearly didn't see any point commissioning someone to tone down his vile opinions or question the generous provisions of a platform for them. He had already shared with The Herald his opinion on gay sex: "The primary function of sexual activity remains that of reproduction. Homosexual activity, like the intentional consumption of indigestible material or the continuing and deliberate regurgitation of food, is a misuse of natural human capacities".This "thinker" has enjoyed numerous opportunities in The Herald to proselytise and now claimed he wanted to "reclaim Europe for Christianity". He warned: "The church has to engage with artists, writers, musicians and speak through radio, television and the print media in an effort to try to re-transcendentalise things..." Sure enough, days later and BBC Radio Scotland was interrupting the morning news with his propaganda under the guise of 'Thought for the Day' or some other condescending claptrap. Professor Brian McNair seemed to have forgotten that proposed legislation making attacks on religion a criminal offence have made it impossible for me to continue writing the Scottish Media Monitor. His article was accompanied by a comfy photo of celebrity couple Justin Ryan and Colin McAllister, allowing McNair to enthuse on some "glint of sunshine on the horizon" before going on to indulge himself in his opinion on the "steady, progressive transformation we have seen in public attitudes to homosexuality and gay rights..." He believed that should the 'incitement to religious hatred' bill become law, "interpretation will be a matter for the courts, which may take a more relaxed view of what constitutes incitement to religious hatred..." The law is indeed a matter for the courts and the Lord Advocate, appointed by whatever government is in power. McNair assured readers that "Justin and Colin is a reminder that the legislative progress in gay rights has been accompanied by a transformation in the treatment of homosexuality in popular culture". I spotted an example of this 'transformation' later in The Sunday Mail when, using a trusty stereotype, it was reported Justin was "unable to control his excitement"over a wish to attend the wedding of Elton John and David Furnish. Nonetheless, McNair trotted out a list of concessions awarded to gays in the past ten years, omitting to mention that none of the legislation originated in Scotland and most being forced on Westminster by the European Courts. Such developments led him to explain "why we have come to view homosexuality as unremarkable", insisting: "...homosexuality has been normalised". On what evidence? He referred to: "Mouthy moral guardians who occupy many of our pulpits and tabloid columns". But they are in equal abundance in the broadsheets. Perhaps he already knew this, that's why he was writing about the Scottish Media Monitor in The Sunday Herald and not me! As for the 'mouthy moral guardians' - which I certainly wasn't afraid to name and shame in my article - McNair skipped lightly over them and insisted: "I for one don't see the results of their protests in legislation..." No? And you've been asked to write about the Scottish Media Monitor? What about the real threat to me of six months imprisonment should the pending bill, giving special protection to religionists, become law? Did he read, in the same paper, how the Scottish Executive had been funding, to the tune of GBP10,000 a year, the efforts of the charity, Fertility Care Scotland (FCS) to give 'religious and moral education' in schools? The FCS also receives funding from the Catholic Church and charges schools 'tutor fees' to promote its 'proabstinence' message which urges teenagers to refrain from sex. A message that been propagated by the Church for hundreds of years in Scotland and has categorically failed. Perhaps someone more qualified than Brian McNair would've drawn readers attention to amendments instigated by moral campaigners to some of the legislation that has already gone through parliament. But it's too late now. I'm collecting my coat and I'm halfway out the door. The upside of all this is that I now mistrust the Scottish media so much I've started to think for myself! I hope you will too. We owe that much to them! I am part of a community that bore witness to the vile 'Keep the Clause' campaign. I read the pages that fanned their flames. NEVER AGAIN! As I see it, over the past ten years it is not so much the media that has changed - their circulation has continued to dwindle - but sexuality itself. The Internet has brought about a sexual revolution. The whole media-promoted definitions of sexuality are under threat. Experimentation is on the increase. So much of which has unconditionally been described as either 'gay' or 'straight' is morphing into the new sexually fashionable 'BiCurious', which, although as dishonest as its forebears, encompasses a world of 'dogging', menage a trois and sexual orgy, with the sexual emphasis changing to fit whoever chooses to wear it, be they two Swedish porn stars and a lucky guy in Lesbian Lust, or Diega Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal and the lucky girl in Y Tu Mamá Tambien. Likewise, reactions to the possibility of same-gender sex, of the cross-dressing kind that sent Begbie into a violent rage in Trainspotting, (1996) or Jimmy vomiting down the pan in The Crying Game, (1992) is beginning to look dated. It is all freely available now, on the Internet or in a lay-by near you. Gays too are invited to experiment in this new arena: A sort of sexual halfway house. Instead of finding themselves barred by the language of exclusion, many have felt permitted to try it. Just don't look to the Scottish media when you want to see anyone enjoying sex. Our sexual history was once measured by the criminal reports of yesteryear. Today, the evolution of the new sexually 'curious' will more likely be found behind the moral high dudgeon of the nation's press. Some things never change. I want say 'thank you' to ScotsGay editor, John Hein. He is one of Scotland's sharpest and talented writers who ought to be - but of course isn't - replacing any one of Scotland's tired columnists. I will not allow his generosity - sweeping aside a gym full of nice pecs to keep me a centrefold long past my sell-by date - to pass unmentioned. Thanks also to Dominic d'Angelo former editor of Gay Scotland who started it. Charlie Cov, Professor Dick, Douglas and Melvin of The Control Panel; Brian Deans; Wayne; Susan; Gordon (Pulse editor); Neil and his gang @ Alienation for giving me nearly 1,000 hits a day; Christopher Brookmyre; Ann Coltart at the National Union of Journalists; Karen Hetherington; Dr Richard Hillman; Radio Magnetic (nee SubCity); Glasgow Women's Library; the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence; Outrage!; Gay Times editor Vicky Powell (the best since Denis Lemon); Terry Sanderson and of course, Saint Peter Tatchell. To everyone who supported the Scottish Media Monitor, from the loyal fans to the smug, homophobic, morally conservative fuckwits who've kept Scotland in the Dark Ages for so long. What were your names again...? Thank you. It's been fun! Next Month: EXCLUSIVE TO SCOTSGAY: Garry Otton's full, unedited article 'Ten Years of the Scottish Media Monitor'. 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 always welcome. http://www.outrage.org.uk / CUT IT OUT! "As Scotland's first First Minister, Mr Dewar was an almost unmitigated disaster. His 18 months in office were dominated by... the poisonous, wholly unnecessary row over Section 28..." John MacLeod in The Scottish Daily Mail. "Mr Dewar had little insight to character and Wendy Alexander - his most notable protege, with vast brains, minimal charm and scant common sense - proved the administration's Achilles heel". John MacLeod in The Scottish Daily Mail. She's such a bitch! (And I'm no talking 'bout oor Wendy)! Throwing muck where he could find it at Donald Dewar, he adds: "And there was the gays-in-school thing".Wha?? "Poor Dewar was at the sharp end of this rise, with his glasses bent, his trousers bespattered and his tie an irresistible target to Glasgow's everincreasing bands of rather pathetic hooligans. Not that I don't have some sympathy for the whole idea of cocking a snook at Dewar, who, I'm afraid, I never really viewed as the 'father of the nation'." Mrs Katie Grant in The Sunday Times Scotland. Scotland on Sunday's resident homophobe, a furious Gerald Warner after the demise of the Tories in Scotland: "...When the pig-headed fatuity of the 'galactically bright' Wendy Alexander, in her crusade over Section 28, destroyed for ever the relationship between Holyrood and the public, the Tories allowed a bus magnate to hijack a campaign for family values that was tailor- made for them. While people outside Holyrood organised an independent referendum in which a third of the electorate participated, with more than a million voting to keep the clause, Brian Monteith was devising ever more Byzantine amendments, when the uncompromising message should simply have been No". Muriel Gray pointing out some discrepancies in the government's plans for reform in its education white paper in The Sunday Herald: "...Allowing religious nutcases to set up even more 'faith' schools with our tax money in which to ritually abuse innocent children's minds and ensure that there will always be a nice new generation of irrational, vain, self-obsessed bigots to keep conflict alive". ----------------------------------------------------------------- ABERDEEN ======== Hi there and here is this month's round up north of anywhere. By the time you read this a couple of important events will have taken place in Aberdeen. The first was the Pride in Aberdeen AGM where they met to elect the board that will bring us next year's event and also seek to attain charitable status for the organisation. In addition two of their current members represent the LGBT community on the Aberdeen Civic Forum. This Forum has representatives from all sections of the community at large to discuss issues that affect all the citizens in Aberdeen. By making your views known on local issues this can help to shape our community for the future. Their website can be found at http://www.prideinaberdeen. org.uk/ The second was a couple of performances of 'Game, Set and Match written by Mark Thomson and performed by Aberdeen Cares Drama Company. This was the first performance of this play and was kindly hosted at the former Linksfield Academy on the last weekend of Nov. All donations on the night went towards World Aids Day. Aberdeen University LGBT society has been busy with a number of events held on Thu evenings since the start of term. Robert Gordon's University LGBT Society is currently looking to elect someone to the post of LGBT Officer. Aberdeen College is also getting in on the act with this message from Kevin who has just taken the post in the Students' Association as the LGBT officer at the College. He is looking to start an LGBT group within the college to give students the opportunity to meet other LGBT students, help fight for their rights as LGBT students and make new friends. Also, getting out and about in Aberdeen to places like the cinema, bowling, amusements etc. If you are interested in taking part or want any further information then come along to the Students' Association office to speak with him or come along to one of their meetings on Mon at 4.30pm. LGBT Youth Scotland has set up a group for LGBT Young people in Aberdeen. It happens on the 1st Sat of every month, in the Phace Grampian Offices at 11 Waverley Place in Aberdeen city centre. If anyone would like to go along or to find out any information on the group then you can Email: abdnlgbt@hotmail.co.uk, they will then be able to give you timings and directions. For full details of all activities, see http://www.lgbtyouth.org.uk/ The LGBT Sports Group had an outing to Loch Muick near Ballater for a walk round the Loch. This must be about the 6th walk we've had where it has stayed dry and although there was a rather chilly breeze, the walk was enjoyed by all. Look out for more events with this group next year. Tivoli E-mail: Tivoli_abdn@yahoo.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------- DUNDEE ====== Firstly, may I wish everyone the best of the season. December is always a busy time on Dundee's scene, mainly with people escaping their traditional office party to head into town to show any brave colleagues the other side of Dundee's nightlife. It is an ideal time for "people watching" to see nervous straight couples holding on to each other for dear life at 10pm, to then see them in the club a couple of hours later dancing with the best of us without a care in the world. Like the other pubs in Dundee, Charlie's is open 'til one throughout Dec. Charlie's is having its Xmas quiz at the beginning of Dec, they haven't decided on Tue the 6th or Tue the 13th as yet, so next time you're in, ask behind the bar. Xmas Eve sees them getting in the Xmas Spirit with Ross providing the music. They will be shut during the day on Xmas Day, but you have the chance to show off the new jumper that your great-aunt knitted when they open at 6pm. New Year's Eve again sees Ross behind the decks, as normal there should be a buffet. Speaking from experience you are guaranteed a good new year in Charlie's, especially if it is followed by a dance in the club. Brooklyn's as usual has Susie doing Karaoke on a Wed, Thu and Sun. Brooklyn's will also be open on Xmas Day night at 7pm, again with Karaoke. The Showbar I believe will be open on either the 1st or 2nd of Jan to 'ease' you into the New Year, so look out for posters or ask behind the bar for more details. Dundee is also getting a new bar this month as Brian has decided to open what was the Showbar (next to Brooklyn's) into a daytime bar. The Budget Bar, will do exactly what is says on the tin and offer cheap drinks during the day. (11am-7pm), in turn Brooklyn's will be open at 7pm instead of 5pm. Brian hasn't set a date for this change yet, but is hoping that it will be this month sometime. OUT will have a late licence throughout Dec and will be open till 3.30am. Their promotion of a pound a drink will continue on a Wed and Thu nights throughout Dec. The club will also be open on Xmas Day Night. OUT will be holding its annual Xmas Eve and Hogmanay Parties with Dean providing the music. Does Your Mother Know is having a change of venue; Ross is hoping to host it in the Piano Lounge in London (formerly 'After Dark' and 'The Circus'). This hasn't been confirmed as yet, so I will give you more details next month. Diversitay will be holding its month icebreaker in Braes, on the 21st of Dec. So if you know someone who is coming to terms with their sexuality and wants a few drinks that don't involve the scene bring them along. Diversitay will be taking a break from the phone lines for two weeks over the holiday period (Boxing Day and 2nd Jan). They are still contactable through E-mail: contact@diversitay. org.uk and will ensure that all Emails are answered during this period. Diversitay has also set a date for the next women's disco, it will be held on the 4th Mar so it is a date for you new 2006 diary. 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I am fairly active and healthy. I am looking for a young man (20's / 30's) who will let me play the role of stern headmaster and allow me to have him bend over while I then remove his underpants and then proceed to give him 12 strokes on the bared buttocks with my heavy leather school strap! This is not a sexual relationship I am after. All I desire to do is to flog a young man on his bared breech. Any young men out there willing to experiment? I cannot accommodate for personal reasons - so the "punishment" would have to be at your place. I would prefer this to be in the Edinburgh area. I am not into any other form of sadism. I find it sexually exciting to think about having a young man bend over for me and let me punish his bared buttocks. Come on lads, there must be a few naughty boys out there who need a good belting! Box SG66108. Fuckable Me Seeks fuckable you - 'anything' is actually OK, but I need a fortysomething and very sexually experienced guy - to remind me of the importance of SEX - let me know what you want/need - and I will do my very best to accommodate you. God love you for all your completely pure humanity. Box SG66110. Hornywheels 39 year old active wheelchair user, brown wavy longish hair, blue eyes and moustache, looking for w/e top guys 18-50 who like it tight, I'm really good at "A" levels. The bigger it is, the better I am. If you cum from Aberdeenshire area, give a shout. Box SG61111. Chubby Guy Chubby passive guy, not well endowed, big belly looking for active guys. Prefer younger guys looking for daddy types. Box SG66113. Your Parents Warned You About Me! Are you 16-21? Then this 47 year old guy, old enough to be your father, would like to meet you. Box SG66114. Slut Needs Seeing To! Slut needs regularly taking from behind, looking to improve top skills too! 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Lonely gent, 40, slim, clean shaven, based in London, wishes to meet a mature clean shaven Scottish gent, over 60, for friendship. I can accommodate overnight. My interests include chess and horse racing. Box SG66120. Come And Get Me!!! Hi! I'm Al. I'm new to all this and I've just come out to my parents and friends. I would love to meet men up to the age of 25 to fool around with and maybe more??? And I know that this is the right move for me, maybe someone out there can help me release my full potential. Look forward to hearing from someone. Box SG66121. Up, Up And Away Frequent Ryanair/easyJet international traveller, 50, seeks younger (16-25) companions for short jaunts abroad or in UK. Don't do the gay scene generally. More into local food, drink and culture. Box SG66122. Crossdress Edinburgh West, crossdress a bit and am also bi-curious. Looking for the same or bi men for fun times. Box SG66123. 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The first is someone who can turn me into a convincing transvestite from scratch, this being my main desire. The other is a master into bondage and CP. The only thing that is required is that you live in Balerno and can accommodate and that you have an e-mail address. See you soon, I hope. Box SG66128. Inverness Scottish guy looking for Oriental/Asian guys for friends. I am honest and caring. Box SG66129. Festive Fun Festive fun for gay and bisexual couples and single guys in my home in Cumbernauld. I am 53 and welcome all ages. Full name and address only. No return mobile phone calls. Box SG66130. Glasgow Based Guy for Theatre Mate, Celtic Music Interested in mmeting others to share theatre visits, dance events. Fit guy, non smoking, Badminton, massage. 30+. Me mid 40's also seek guys into Celtic Connections event. Christmas mate. Box SG66131. Daytime Fun In Edinburgh City Centre Guy, 41, offers hot and horny day time fun. You 30-45 and up for it. Box SG66132. Edinburgh / Anywhere I am looking for a working class guy who is down to earth, genuine, non smoker, non scene, 40-50. Likes to go out for a beer, cinema, theatre or just stay in to have dinner and settle down to snuggle up. Me genuine, reliable, trusting and discreet. Own home, 39, 5'7", blond. Just an average down to earth guy. Do not do the gay scene. Looking for similar. Please no timewasters as there are a lot out there. Box SG66133. Leather - Rubber No strings. I have got the full leather and rubber gear and I am looking for discreet, genuine friends 30-50 who like to have good horny safe role play. Not into SM, GP or anything heavy. I am 40, 5'7", blond, non smoker, own home and discreet. Please no time wasters or camp queens or over weight. Just genuine replies only. ALAWP. Box SG66134. Handsome And Horny Homosexual I'm nearly 30, fit, smooth, nice looking, friendly and genuine. Looking for new mates, just out, why not contact me? I'm hard 'n' horny. Waiting to get sucked! 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Box SG66139. Nice Looking Blue Eyed Male 40 slim, W/E, seeks male 25-45 for fun, maybe more. Enjoy cinema, country drives and company. Box SG66140. Fit Muscular Bi Gent Into weights, running and wrestling. Would like to meet similar. I am based in Edinburgh. Have a zero crop, blue eyes and I'm 44 years old. Box SG66141. Gay Glasgow Guy Gay, late 30's. Tall, redhead, slim, GSOH, sorted, SA, SL, passive, discreet, seeking an active horny top man for fun and friendship. Can accommodate. Bi guys welcome. Box SG66142. Edinburgh Older for Younger Older (35) generous guy looking for younger (under 25) lads for fun in Edinburgh. Scally lads especially welcome. Box SG66143. Tight Leather! Lover of tight black leather jeans. 46, 6'2", bulky male. Single, sexy, senior WLTM Scots guy, non smoker, bear skin, who, like me, loves to wear leather jeans. Box SG66144. Tight Leather Jeans Tourist Tourist visits Edinburgh Glasgow quite often loves Burly guys in black leather gear. 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Box SG66101. Couple Seek Bi Female In Fife Bi female wanted for 3somes by couple. She: 42, very bi curious, 5' tall. He: 5'6" and 45 years old. We live in the St Andrews area and are very excited at the thought of Ria experiencing her first bi encounter. If you are up for it, then drop us a line. Box SG66109. Couple Seek Bi Girl We're a couple in our thirties looking for a fun loving bi female (25-45) to share good times with us in the Aberdeenshire area. Must be genuinely bi as we both want to enjoy. Box SG66112. Seeking Bi-Bi Friendship I would like contact with someone who has an adventurous outlook and a modernity that meets with today's upmarket social scene. The exchange of messages would be enhanced if photographs were included. No speed limits or other limitations are expected or desired. I am here waiting for you to come with me. Box SG66124. Bi Guy - 50's - Seeks Female Friends Teach me to give you oral pleasure. Welcome tuition from 21-50. Am looking forward to 69 fun also. 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WWW: http://www.gayscotland.com/alvahouse/ [69a] Apartment - Edinburgh City Centre Holiday/break. Fabulous serviced apartment, near all gay venues. 5 mins to nain rail/bus stations and Princes St. Sleeps 1-5 people. 1 double bedded room. 1 single bedroom. Very large lounge/dining room - inc double sofabed. Kitchen inc all mod cons and bathroom. From GBP90 per night. Tel: 0131-557 1910 or 07966 938055 or E-mail: dublinstreetstay@hotmail.com for bookings. WWW: http://www.dublinstreet.co.uk/ [68a] Charing Cross Guest House Offering budget accommodation in the heart of Glasgow City Centre. Gay friendly. Tel: (+44) 141-332 2503. Fax: (+44) 141-353 3047. WWW: http://www.glasgow-guesthouse.net/ Near Perth Guest House. En suite rooms B&B GBP25. Dinner to order. Also massage, hairdressing head and body. For a discreet personal service, call Ron on 07730 876454. [67] North West Highlands Friendly and relaxed small B&B with spectacular mountain views and wilderness surroundings. 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E-mail: contact@diversitay.org.uk WWW: http://www.diversitay.org.uk/ FIFE HATE CRIME REPORTING HELPLINE 24 hours. Phone: Freephone 0800 3891425 A freephone number for people who wish support in reporting to Fife Constabulary crime motivated by hate. For further information about the service or becoming a trained helpline volunteer, phone us now! HOMOPHOBIC CRIME LINE Nightly 7-10pm. 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: lgls.switchboard@btconect.com WWW: http://www.lgls.co.uk/ LOTHIAN LESBIAN LINE Mon, Thu 7.30-10pm. Phone: 0131-557 0751 E-mail: lgls.switchboard@btconect.com 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/ and http://www.queery.org.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- VENUES AND EMPORIA ================== * DENOTES SCOTSGAY AVAILABLE 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 GBP2 entry Fri, GBP3 entry Sat. WELLMAN'S 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 GBP20 - no need to book in advance. 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. CHARLIE'S BAR* 75-79 Seagate. Tel: (01382) 226840. Sun 12.30-Midnight, 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 ABSOLUTELY DRAGULOUS* Claremont Bar, 133/135 East Claremont Street. Tel: 0131-556 5662. Fax: 0131-558 3539. 9pmlate. 3rd Fri & 5th Sat of each month. Club for trannies, admirers, anybody with an open mind. Entertainment, Dancing. Entry GBP5 (Trannies GBP3). WWW: http://www.absolutely-dragulous. com/ and http://www.claremontbar. co.uk/absolutelydragulous. htm THE AULD HOOSE* 23-25 St Leonards Street. Tel: 0131- 668 2934. Sun 12.30pm-1am, Mon- Sat 11.30am-1am. Everybodyfriendly bar. Real ale. Food served: Mon-Fri 11.30am-1.30pm & 5pm- 8.30pm, Sat 11.30am-7.30pm, Sun 12.30-6.30pm. 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. Every Fri except 2nd of month. Commercial/funky house & chart by James Longworth and guests. "Igniting the gay weekend". GBP1.50 drinks promos all night. Entry GBP5. 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 cafe/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. "It's our duty to please your booty". DJs Dale Lush, Simmone Black, Michelle, Isla Blige, Arran Jay. R&B/Soul/Disco. GBP3 entry before Midnight - GBP4 thereafter. E-mail: dale@lushmarketing.com http://www.bootylushous.com/ BURLY TOO Mariners (formerly The Commplex), 39-40 Commercial Street, Leith. Info Line: 07930 357401. 10.30pm-3am. Next date: Fri 16th Dec: Let Your Baubles Hang Down. Aimed at lads 25+. DJ Hi-Fi Sean. Dress code: wear rubber, leather, uniform, industrial, sportswear, kilts or denim. Entry after 1am at the discretion of the promoters/ door security. "Burly designed to be cruisy". GBP7/GBP6. Email: 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 and bear lovers. 2nd Sat: Gaykilts & Sporran Clan for kilties and kilt lovers. 2nd Sun: Line dancing (7-11pm) beginners onwards. 3rd Fri: Absolutely Dragulous for Trannies/TS/TGs. 3rd Sat: SMgayscots/leather/rubber. 4th Sat: Fabulous Stunners - adult fetish group. 5th Sat: Absolutely Dragulous. 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 7th Dec. Edinburgh's 1st Alternative Queer Night. Hard boys, hard girls, hard rock, punk, electro-alternative with Party Monster atmosphere. GBP3. EASYINTERNETCAFE 58 Rose Street. Tel: 0131-220 3577. Sun 9am-10pm, Mon-Sat 7am- 10pm. Large Internet Cafe 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 Cafe-Bar and Pride Scotia (Edinburgh). Provides meeting and noticeboard space for many LGBT organisations. Free WiFi Internet access (sponsored by ScotsGay) now available. FEVER eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434. Info Line: 0131-557 4656. 11pm-3am. Monthly. Next date: Sat 10th Dec. 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. Pre-club party at The Street from 9pm with DJs The Visitor and Kaupuss. Ask staff for discount passes. Sat 31st Dec: Hogmanay Fever at eGo with DJs Fisher & Price and Martin Valentine in the Ballroom and The Visitor, Kaupuss and Neil Kerr in the Cocteau Lounge. Doors open at 10pm for this one with a 5am licence. Tickets are GBP16 members and GBP20 non members or GBP25 on the door, from Ripping, Q Store and Taste and Fever. GBP8 Members/GBP10 - Taste members GBP5 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. FUR BURGER eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434. 11pm-3am. 2nd Thu of each month. Next date: Thu 8th Dec. "I'm Lickin It" - new women's club. GBP3 entry. Pre club at Planet Out. WWW: http://mm.dfilm.com/mm2s/mm_ro ute.php?id=2323325 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/ HOLYROOD TAVERN* 9a Holyrood Road. 0131-556 5044. Mon-Sat Noon-1am. Sun 12.30pm- 1am. A welcome re-opening under previous landlord Mark. Real ale. Mixed clientele. JOY The Venue, 15 Calton Road. JOY Info Line: 0131-467 2551. 11pm-3am. Every 4 weeks. Next dates: Sat Dec 17th, Jan 14th. Popular club night held on two levels and featuring DJs Maggie Joy, Alan Joy and Brett King in the main room, Trendy Wendy and Sally F downstairs in The Cooler. GBP8 before Midnight/GBP10 after - look out for discount passes in the bars beforehand. KARMA Mood Nightclub, Omni Leisure Development, Greenside Place. Tel: 0131-550 1640. Mon 10pm-3am. New club night run by James Longworth in association with On Request. Loud popular noise of a cheesy variety with DJ Chris Bennison. Entry is free before 10pm, GBP2 before 12 and GBP3 after. There are plenty of drinks promos including GBP1 shots, GBP1.50 pints & bottles, and GBP3 for a double vodka Red Bull. LEATHER AND LACE* 8 Drummond Street. Tel: 0131-557 9413. Fax: 0131-557 8336. Sun Noon-9pm, Mon-Sat 10am-9pm. 25 Easter Road. Tel: 0131-623 6969. Noon-6pm. 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 licenced 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: Sat 26th Nov, 17th Dec. 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. Fortnightly. Next dates: Sat 21st Jan (no Mingin' Sat 24th Dec). Alan Joy & Brian Dempster are at the helm of this small friendly and intimate club. GBP5 before Midnight, GBP6 after. Mingin's Hogmanay Party is on Sat 31st Dec, price GBP10 in advance, GBP12 on the door. Tickets from The Regent Bar & Q Store. 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: The dark and cruisy 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 WWW: http://www.thenewtownbar.co.uk/ NOWHERE eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131- 478 7434. 11pm-3am. 1st Thu of each month. Next date: Thu 1st Dec. New club night. GBP3 entry. Drink Promotions. DJs: Dejay Bird, DJ Michelle, The Funki Diva, DJ Yonis & Special Guests. Nowhere is based on the ever changing New York Club scene with people as eclectic as the music. WWW: http://www.clubnowhere. co.uk/ 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. GBP10 (GBP8 concessions). Manager's special: admission GBP5 after 8pm. WWW: http://www.number18sauna.com/ PLANET OUT* 6 Baxter's Place. Tel: 0131-556 5551. 4pm-1am. Popular and busy gay bar with friendly staff. Cheap drinks on a Mon! E-mail: planetout@ btinternet.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. Relaxed atmosphere & comfortable surroundings. No loud popular noise makes it easy for chatting. Real ales (the pub is listed in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2006 - the first Scottish gay bar to be included). Soup, snacks and filled croissants available all day. Free wireless internet access. CAMRA's Lesbian & Gay Real Ale Drinkers meet here on the 1st Mon of the month at 8pm. WWW: h t t p : / / w w w . l a g r a d - edinburgh.org.uk/ SALA CAFE-BAR* 60 Broughton Street. Tel: 0131-478 7069. Sun, Tue-Thu 11am-11pm, Fri-Sat 11am-1am. Relaxed and friendly gay cafe 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. Free WiFi Internet access (sponsored by ScotsGay) now available. E-mail: salacafebar@hotmail.com SOLAS CAFE* 2/4 Abbeymount. Tel: 0131-661 0982. Mon-Fri 11am-4pm. 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, cafe lounge, free Internet access, tanning booth. Massage available daily. Choice of lockers or private cabins. Admission: Lockers GBP5, Cabins GBP10 before 3pm Mon-Fri. Lockers GBP9, Cabins GBP14 at all other times. Students & under 25 GBP5 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. 11.30am-1am. Small but perfectly formed bar run by Louise (ex-POut), Annie and Trendy Wendy. Food served 11.30am-7.30pm. TACKNO eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434. Last Sun of each month. Next dates: 27th Nov (90's Night), 25th Dec (Xmas Party). 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 gay-friendly 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 resident DJs Fisher & Price play an eclectic mix of the best underground dance music currently available in the Big Room, while resident DJ Martin Valentine plays Deep House and US House in the Wee Room. Sun 18th Dec: Jon Pleased (Quarterly Residency) with DJs Fisher & Price and Martin Valentine (5am licence). Sun 25th Dec: Escape Xmas Party with residents DJs Fisher & Price and Martin Valentine and Steven Wanless. Tickets are GBP10 members and GBP12 non members, GBP15 on the door, from Ripping, Q Store and Taste and Fever. Doors 11pm to until 5am. Sun 1st Jan: Best Tunes of 2005 with residents DJs Fisher & Price and Martin Valentine and Steven Wanless. Tickets are GBP10 members and GBP12 non members, GBP15 on the door, from Ripping, Q Store and Taste and Fever. Doors 11pm to until 5am. Regular prices: GBP6 Members/GBP8 Guests GBP5 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/ UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434. Info Line: 0131-467 2551. 11pm-3am. Monthly. Next dates: Sat 3rd Dec, 28th Jan. In the drawing room, DJs Graeme F and Chris Paton from Habana are unleashed into a bigger arena playing chart, dance, camp and pop. In the basement, Mrs Bridges and Mr Hudson aka Maggie & Alan Joy cook up a fine stew of Joy tunes from 1993- 2005. GBP6 entry. VELVET WOMEN'S CLUB NIGHT Mariners (formerly The Commplex), 39-40 Commercial Street, Leith. 10pm-2am. First Sat of each month. Next dates: Sat 3rd Dec, 31st Dec (Hogmanay Party). Male guests welcome if invited and accompanied by a lady. New music policy which spans the genres. GBP6/GBP5 conc. with ID. GBP3 before 10.30pm. E-mail: clubvelvet@ blueyonder.co.uk WWW: http://www.webflyers.co.uk/Flyer/377 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. GBP1 drinks promos all night. GBP3 before Midnight/GBP4 after. 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 lasagna in Edinburgh! E-mail: info@vittoriarestaurant. com WWW: http://www.vittoriarestaurant.com/ WORD POWER* 43 West Nicolson Street. Tel: 0131- 662 9112. Mon-Fri 10am-6pm. Sat 10.30am-6pm. Independent radical bookshop. E-mail: books@wordpower. co.uk WWW: http://www.word-power.co.uk/ GLASGOW BENNETS 80-90 Glassford St. Tel: 0141-552 5761. Sun, Wed-Thu 11.30pm-3am, Fri-Sat 11.30pm-3.30am. Recently re-opened after disastrous fire. Email: enquiries@bennets.co.uk WWW: http://www.bennets.co.uk/ BURLY The Arches, 30 Midland Street. Infoline: 07930 357401. 10.30pm- 3am - entry after 1am at the discretion of the promoters. Next event: Fri 2nd Dec: Let Your Baubles Hang Down. Dress code: wear rubber, leather, uniform, industrial, sportswear, kilts or denim. DJ Hi-Fi Sean and Raymo. Designed to be cruisy. GBP8/GBP10. 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. Cafe 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. Cafe: 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, Cafe/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, magazines, toys. E-mail: admin@clonezone.co.uk WWW: http://www.clonezone.co.uk/ CLUB EROS* 1-3 Bridge Street. Tel: 0845 4562310. Sun-Fri Noon-10pm, Sat Noon-4am. Glasgow's largest licenced sauna & gym for gay and bi men set over three floors. Entry from GBP7.50. Free Sunday breakfasts. Email: cluberos@hotmail.com THE COCO CLUB 18 Jamaica Street. Tel: 0141-847 0820. Thu-Sun. 11pm-3am. Gay night club and entertainment venue in former Club Devotion premises. Launches Fri 2nd Dec. WWW: http://www.thecococlub.co.uk/ 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 GBP3. 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/ EASYINTERNETCAFE 57/61 St. Vincent Street. Tel: 0141- 222 2365. Sun 8am-8pm, Mon-Fri 7am-10pm, Sat 8am-10pm. Large Internet Cafe from which many gay men seem to troll the net instead of just picking up each other! WWW: http://www.easyinternetcafe.com/ GLC CAFE/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: Cafe Bar, 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. Email: admin1@glgbt.org.uk WWW: http://www.glgbt.org.uk/ ICON* 24 Candleriggs. Tel: 0141-552 0243. Fax: 0141-552 4251. 4pm-Midnight. Next door to Merchant Pride. Interesting cocktail list. Stylish environment and laidback grooves through to quality house music. Email: info@icon-bar.co.uk WWW: http://icon-bar.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. Polo Club (downstairs dancefloor) open Fri- Sun, GBP5 after 11pm. E-mail: polo@g1group.co.uk WWW: http://www.pololounge.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 GBP8.50 (until 2pm), GBP10 thereafter. E-mail: info@relaxcentral.co.uk WWW: http://www.relaxcentral.co.uk/ REVOLVER BAR* 6a John Street. Tel: 0141-553 2456. Mon-Fri Noon-Midnight, Sat-Sun 1pm-Midnight. 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. 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. TRON THEATRE CAFÉ BAR* Chisholm Street. Tel: 0141-552 8587. Fax: 0141-552 6657. Sun 11am-Late, Mon-Sat 10am-Late. Friendly theatre bar. Mixed. Good food. WWW: http://www.tron.co.uk/ THE TUNNEL 84 Mitchell Street. Tel: 0141-204 1000. Wed. 11.30pm-3am. Allure with DJ Darren. Entry GBP3. 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. GBP3 entry. GBP2 drinks promos all night. E-mail: fubar@clg.co.uk WWW: http://www.clg.co.uk/fubar/ STRATHYRE MUNRO INN* Strathyre, Callander. Tel: Strathyre (01877) 384333. Sun-Thu Noon- Midnight, Fri-Sat Noon-1am. Gayfriendly bar and hotel. Full menu served all day. Sunday roast. E-mail: bookings@munro-inn.com WWW: http://www.munro-inn.com/ venues and emporia ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Publishing Limited, November 2005. PO Box 666, Edinburgh. EH7 5YW. 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. 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