Gay Scotland
Gay Scotland was an LGBT magazine created by the gay rights organisation, the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group (SHRG). The magazine grew out of SHRG's internal newsletter – which had previously switched from the foolscap-sized SHRG News to the A4-sized Gay Scotland from November 1978. Its first issue was published at the start of March 1982.[1] The magazine was originally edited by Ian Dunn who remained as editor for several years.[2] As part of later reorganisation – especially once SHRG relaunched as Outright Scotland – the role of publisher was, by the 1990s, shifted to Calosa Publishing Ltd and, by 2003, Outright Scotland Community Press Ltd—both companies wholly-owned by Outright Scotland.
The magazine was an important source of information for LGBT readers across Scotland. Through the HIV/AIDS epidemic it provided its readers with contemporary debates around HIV and AIDS, to keep them informed on latest healthcare developments and to debunk myths.[3]
As the first publication of its kind in Scotland, Gay Scotland went on to inspire future publications produced specifically for the LGBT community.[4]
A complete run of Gay Scotland can be found at the National Library of Scotland and an almost complete run can also be found at Lothian Health Services Archive in the collection of the Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard.[5][6]
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- ^ "Outright Scotland". lgbthistoryscotland.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ "Obituary: Ian Dunn". The Independent. 1998-03-21. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ Archive, Lothian Health Services (2019-02-08). "Lothian Health Services Archive: Students and the archive". Lothian Health Services Archive. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ Chair, S. Y. P. (2021-05-30). "Queer, Aye! LGBTQIA+ Publishing in Scotland - Event Round-up". The Society of Young Publishers. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ "LGBT research resources". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ "LGBTQ". www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-01.