SCOTSGAY MAGAZINE ================= ScotsGay is a monthly magazine for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals. Edited, printed and published in Scotland ScotsGay 80/- Heavy - Issue 63 - April 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. 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Standing for the Liberal Party (WWW: http://www.liberal.org.uk/) in Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, I'll be attempting to get round the 80 polling stations in 15 hours. Feasible when there were but 50 of them - but probably impossible in the new enlarged constituency. It's down to my boyfriend to cast my Proxy vote so I'll never know for sure how I actually voted! At least I trust him - unlike the uncertainties of Tippex on the Postal Votes that get diverted! So, it is he who will have to hold his nose as he goes to the Polling Booth and wields the Big Black Pencil. He's been told to cast my vote for the LibDems. Their only saving grace is that they're in second place in Edinburgh North & Leith and aren't the Labour Party - although with them sharing the same King Size in the Scottish Parliament, it's difficult to tell the difference most of the time. Elsewhere in Edinburgh, a long time SNP member tells me he too is holding his nose and voting Tory - another 2nd placer. I can sympathise. Anything to reduce what looks as if it will be another Tony Majority. There's so little to choose between the three Tory Parties - NuLabour, LibDem and Conservative. The stench appalls. At least, a lower parliamentary majority might enable some of the remaining Labour people to have more of a say and spank the NuLabourites who seem interested solely in "Jobs for the Blairites" and haven't an ounce of real political passion and conviction in their wretched bodies. Only the LibDems have any real enthusiasm for LGBT rights - and, as we've seen over Gay Marriage in the Scottish Parliament, they're quite prepared to wash their hands of the matter and send it down to London. Despite the recent immensely entertaining Gay Wedding Show in Edinburgh (which provides our cover), it's going to be 2nd Class Citizenships all round come December and the new Civil Partnerships. There are decent folk in all the parties - folk with vision for a better Britain. But the perceived "realities of politics" require a bland adherence to what is demanded by the Focus Groups of Middle England. Result? We get an incompetent and corrupt management culture with the Leaders we deserve, whilst the visionaries are silenced. Is it any wonder that fewer people can be arsed to vote every year? John Hein E-mail: editorial@scotsgay.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS ==== PRIDE AHOY Despite having to move their event to allow the G8 to continue unmolested, Pride Scotia (Edinburgh) seems to be running up a nice little programme for their big day on Sat 25th Jun. As we go to press, a number of the events were still unconfirmed, but the order of proceedings looks as if it will shape up rather like this: - Noon - Assemble in East Market Street (behind Waverley Station) for speeches before departing for the Happy Walk up Cockburn Street, up the High Street, down The Mound, along Princes Street, down Leith Street, into Picardy Place, down Broughton Street, finishing up in Albany Street (which will be specially closed for us). If you fancy bringing a float, please make sure you read the Float Info Pack on Pride Scotia's web site and complete all the formalities! - Marchers will arrive in time for the Health and Community Fair in eGo which will feature stalls run by all manner of people and even, it's hoped, sessions with a therapeutic masseur. The venue, which is being donated free of charge to Pride by the owners, is on two levels and is fully wheelchair accessible with access to the lower floor via the rear lane. It will be open from Noon-5pm. - Kids up to 12 will be catered for by the Edinburgh Creche Co-op whose registered workers will provide a free service in Macdonald Road Library during the afternoon. - Then, come the evening, there will be Ocean Pride - a massive Party with Loud Popular Noise at the Ocean Terminal in Leith. Organised for Pride Scotia by Alan Joy, it will feature DJs from all the major clubs and will run from 10.30pm until 3am. Tickets will be GBP10 in advance (from The Regent or Q Store) and GBP15 on the day. - Pride Scotia also hopes to be running an exhibition of AIDS Memorial Quilts (the first in 10 years) and are currently negotiating with a major West End venue for a lengthy booking which will take in Pride Day and beyond. Other associated events, not run by Pride Scotia, include a Youth Space in Gayfield Square run by LGBT Youth Scotland, a season of LGBT films at the Filmhouse and a Pilgrimage Picnic on Sun 26th Jun organised by Novice Rosemary Beads of the Order of Perpetual Indulgence. And many of the LGBT venues will be running their own events throughout the day. Elton John will also be playing at Easter Road on the day but, despite several requests to his management, has yet to provide the requested greeting for the Pride Programme. Stewards for the day are now being recruited - get in touch by Email: stewards@pride-scotia.org or leave your details an 0131- 556 9471 - the usual free T-shirt and other incentives will be on offer. WWW: http://www.pride-scotia.org/ PHACE-ING FORWARD April 2005 marked the 10 Year anniversary of PHACE Scotland, an innovative charity which provides support services to men and women in Scotland who are affected by HIV/AIDS. Fellow Scots: X-Men actor Alan Cumming, novelist Iain Banks, singer/ songwriter Horse and MSP Patrick Harvie have kindly expressed words of encouragement and support. PHACE Scotland (Promoting Health And Challenging Exclusion) provides a wide range of services including; support and advocacy, 1-1 counselling, a buddy programme, welfare rights advice and gay men's services, which includes a condoms-bypost initiative, for people living in rural areas of Scotland. The organisation began in Glasgow in 1995 as PHACE West and expanded to national status in 2000 with the opening of a regional office in Aberdeen. The work of PHACE Scotland covers a wide geographic area, also including major projects in Argyll and Clyde, Ayrshire and Arran and Lanarkshire. PHACE Scotland Chief Executive, Susan Douglas-Scott elaborates, "PHACE Scotland's overall aim is to support people to be sexually healthy. Our work addresses mental and emotional well-being, alongside HIV prevention and safer sex messages. We are very proud of the work done at PHACE over the last 10 years and the many HIV infections we have helped to prevent. We also work tirelessly to challenge inequalities such as sexism, racism and homophobia. We cannot rest on our 10th anniversary laurels however, as we need to do more, especially in an increasingly diverse Scotland where HIV and STIs remain a risk. This year for the first time it's been great to have the support of public figures; Alan Cumming, Iain Banks, Horse and Patrick Harvie MSP, as they can help to highlight the issues for us all." A number of fundraising activities and events are planned throughout the anniversary year including; a fundraiser dinner at The Tall Ship, Glasgow Harbour, a sponsored Skydive, a benefit evening at The Stand Comedy Club and a host of charity collections at selected Glasgow venues. There is an increased need for HIV support services, with currently 4219 known cases of HIV infection in Scotland (74% male 26% female) and 91 new cases reported in the last recorded quarter (Oct-Dec 2004). BORDERING The Scottish Borders LGBT Barbeque will be held at Boleside picnic site, Galashiels, by the River Tweed (National Grid Reference NT 502 337) from 2- 5pm on Sat 4th June. Barbequeing facilities and basic foodstuffs provided. Please bring meat to eat, and something to drink. Boleside is reached by car from the mini-roundabout at the bottom of Tweed Road and Winston Road, near Heriot Watt University (NT 509 348). Major bus routes from Edinburgh to the Borders pass nearby, on the A7 and the A6091 (Melrose bypass). There is usually some kind of social activity in the evening, maybe a party or a night out in Gala. For those with clear heads, the Gay Outdoor Club has arranged a walk over the nearby Eildon Hills on Sun 5th. For further details please contact Alastair on Galashiels (01896) 757861, mobile 07763 850087. APPOINTMENT Calum Irving has been appointed Director of Stonewall Scotland. Calum was previously communications manager at the Scottish Community Foundation. WALKING IN SUNSHINE The Highlands and Islands Equality Forum Conference is on Wed 25th May at the Drumossie Hotel, Inverness. WWW: http://www.hief.org.uk/ DOON RA WATTER There's a new group for LGBT people from Inverclyde. Info from Sandra on Greenock (01475) 892197 or Matt on 0141-332 3838. SPEED An Edinburgh speed-dating event for gay men will be held on Thu 5th May in Espionage. All the proceeds will go towards the costs of building a community garden for a small village in The Gambia this summer. TOWN CRYER Undisputed 'King of the one-liner', Barry Cryer, will bring his muchacclaimed show The First Farewell Tour to Edinburgh's Queen's Hall on Sat 11th Jun at 7.30pm for a one-off performance in support of Waverley Care. SPACE LGBT Youth Scotland have opened a new office in the Glasgow LGBT Centre. ABERDEEN PRIDE Is now definitely on for Sat 4th Jun in Duthie Park. PHWOARR... An Edinburgh heat for Mr Gay UK will be held in eGo on Sun 15th May. Pictured here are the winners of the recent Dundee heat. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DUN EIDEANN - EDINBURGH SCENE ============================= The clocks have gone back, the weather has got nicer - summer is nearly here! Edinburgh's trendiest bar, The Street, situated at the top of Broughton Street, is now serving food every day 11.30am-7.30pm in association with Devil's Kitchen http://www.devilskitchen.co.uk/ Opening hours are 11.30am-1am and Happy Hours are Mon-Fri 4- 8pm on selected drinks. Wed is Quiz Night with Harry Ainsworth (Perrier award winner), which starts at 9pm downstairs. A new theme on fortnightly Thursdays 'creating a scene' is now on offer - see http://www.borntobewide.co.uk/ Every Fri has a top DJ downstairs from 10pm and Sat sees the Street hosting the very best of Pre Club Parties for the likes of FEVER, JOY & WIGGLE. Not forgetting that one of the owners, Trendy Wendy, also has her club Tackno's pre club party there on the last Sun of each month with DJ Rodger McSandwiches. Downstairs at The Street is available for hire for all kinds of functions - speak to one of the staff for more info or call 0131-556 4272. Feeling stressed out, in need of some TLC?? Why not check out PURE WORKS an alternative Health Fair which is going to be held at St Georges West Church, situated at the West End of Edinburgh (Shandwick Place, beside Pret a Manger and Boots). The fair will take place over a whole weekend on Sat 7 and Sun 8 May (Sat 11.30am-5.30pm & Sun 1.30-5.30pm). Entry is a mere GBP2. A wide variety of treatments are on offer including; Massage, Reiki, Aromatherapy, Reflexology, Psychic Readings, Holistic Advice and much more! Full treatments are available as well as taster sessions and one-toone advice. A café providing refreshments will be on offer over the weekend - go on treat yourself! More info? E-mail: alan_reiki@hotmail.com Planet Out is now running a movie afternoon every Sun 2-7 (ish) when all the best movies from all genres will be on offer from very old to very new - if you are nice, the staff may even let you bring your own. Wee goody bags with popcorn and sweets are on offer as well as the usual drink promos on selected spirits and shooters. DJs are now on in Planet Out on most evenings. Thu sees popular DJ Michelle (Wiggle, Joy) on the decks with all the best in dance music past present and future. Thu is pre club for new club night FUR BURGER, a new girls' night which is held over at eGo. The night is designed for girlies and guy pals to go along for a no holds barred night of fun and frolics with a selection of Edinburgh's best DJs catering for every music need. The opening night was so popular last month that the LIST mag ran a feature on it! Excellent drink promos run throughout the night - see a member of PLANET OUT Staff for more info/flyers and dates. ALFRESCO restaurant is sponsoring the FUR BURGER goings on and promoting itself as a gay friendly joint to dine out in. Why? It offers excellent service with gorgeous waiters (male and female), a selection of dishes to satisfy any appetite and affordable prices too. Alfresco always supports the LGL Ball and will be working with Planet Out during Pride Scotia for a big extravaganza! The cosy wee restaurant is situated opposite Planet Out just down from big brother Guilianos. Habana seems to be the place where all the tourists hang out when in Edinburgh so head along if you want a bit of foreign willy. Habana seems to be the venue for supporting any charity night that comes up from Waverley Care through Gay Men's Health to Pride Scotia, Habana backs its community 100%. Our pic shows our Editor losing 10 year's worth of hair there to raise funds for Pride! A big 'Hello' to Samantha Swallows who is now hosting a drag-e-oke every second Thu from 9pm. Catch wee cutie Chris DJing most night with all the camp classics (Chris was runner up with BENT Mag for DJ of the Year). Fabulous drink promos run throughout the whole week on shooters, spirits and bottles, and now the summer months are in, the tables and chairs will be outside - wo hoo! Habana also has fabby new plasma screens although I have to admit if I see Kylie live in Sydney one more time!!!!!!! Habana is Edinburgh's busiest gay bar with excellent bar staff and the best prices for booze. On Sun May 1st, '2 Cherish' ran a unique event at the Apex International Hotel in The Grassmarket to promote the civil partnership shenanigans in December. If you are into that kind of thing, then this was the place to be for the best advice on clothing, hairstyles, and any other advice you would need for a civil partnership, blessing, gay wedding or whatever you want to call it. Seems like every gay couple is on the starting blocks for December! 2 Cherish has been set up to cater for those who want a partnership to be every bit as recognised as a heterosexual wedding and the guys at the Claremont Bar are the brains behind it all. 2 Cherish has a fantastic new website if you would like more information - this isn't amateur either, it is a professional company here to help those who are genuinely wanting help with their civil partnership - http://www.2cherish.com/ Bars I forget to mention: The Newtown, situated in Dublin St, fabulous spacious bar with excellent drink promos and a wicked downstairs which is open for disco goings on with a top DJ on Fri and Sat. Frenchies is still going strong in Rose St Lane - small but cosy, the bar has a unique atmosphere with mostly regulars but staff will make you feel welcome - ideal if you want to chill without all the hustle and bustle of other venues. The Regent on Montrose Terrace, slightly older crowd with Real Ale on offer as well as all the usual bar stuff. Other: Feeling peckish? Like you don't already know, the Blue Moon is still Edinburgh's number one LGBT Eating Out Joint with daily specials. Sala, Edinburgh's finest Tapas. Hang out with live acts at the weekend - Wed is Women's Night. La Favorita has just opened up at 325 Leith Walk and I hear good reports of this new pizzeria owned by the folk from Vittoria. Anything else: Steamworks in Broughton Market is Edinburgh's newest sauna with a hot masseur, whilst Number 18 on Leith Walk is as dependable and friendly as ever. OK, that's your lot, have a good one. Alan E-mail: weealan@drink.demon.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERNATIONAL ============= by Rex Wockner *Spanish Parliament OKs same-sex marriage Spain's Congress of Deputies voted to legalize same-sex marriage and adoption on 21st Apr. The vote was 183 to 136 with six abstentions. The bill now moves to the Senate where it should pass as well, although the Senate's approval is not necessary for the bill to become law. The measure modifies the Civil Code in 16 places, mostly replacing the words "husband" and "wife" with "spouse," and the words "father" and "mother" with "parent." It also states: "Matrimony will have the same requirements and effects when both parties are of the same sex or of different sexes". Spain will be the third country to legalize full same-sex marriage, following the Netherlands and Belgium. Eight Canadian provinces and territories and one US state also allow same-sex couples full access to marriage. *Lawyer beats up gay activist A leading Greek gay activist has been beaten up in a public square by a well-known lawyer. Attorney Alexis Kougias reportedly has a history of making antigay statements in the media. Earlier this year, activist Gregory Vallianatos said that Kougias' homophobic remarks "are probably due to some failed homosexual relationship Alexis Kougias had when he was younger". When the two men encountered each other in Athens' Kolonaki Square recently, Kougias reportedly called Vallianatos a "faggot" and began punching him. *MP sues gay organization Austrian People's Party Member of Parliament Walter Tancsits has sued the gay group Homosexual Initiative Vienna (HOSI Wien) in both civil and criminal court for accusing him of "taking ideological views of the Nazis". "It's a disgrace for the country that even today mental descendants of the brown Nazi myrmidons, such as Tancsits, are sitting in the Parliament", the group said. HOSI's president, Christian Hoegl, and its secretary-general, Kurt Krickler, also are named in the actions, which seek a retraction and damages for libel and defamation. *Televisa network to get gay-sensitivity training Activists from the US Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and Mexico City's Pride Committee Mexico will train staff of Mexico's biggest TV network, Televisa, in hopes of improving its depictions of gays and lesbians. "This is an important first step in what we hope will be a productive, collaboration between Televisa and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community", said Televisa General Programming Director Xavier Labrada. *Hong Kong police raid gay fashion show Hong Kong's Police Tactical Unit has raided a gay fashion show in a bar at King's Hotel. Officials later claimed they were executing a search warrant against the premises and were not targeting the attendees or the fashion show, which featured men in swimsuits and underwear. The show was stopped only 10 minutes after it began and the 300 guests were searched and had their IDs checked for about an hour. *Nepalese police beat up transgenders Police officers from the Durbar Marg station in Kathmandu, Nepal, beat up a group of 18 transgender males who were walking on Kantipath Road on 13th Apr, Human Rights Watch said. Nine of the "metis" (Nepalese men who dress and identify as women) were severely beaten with batons, gun butts and sticks, the organization said. "This attack is only the latest of a string of police assaults in Nepal against transgender people", said Scott Long, director of HRW's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Programme. "In a country where political and civil rights have been suspended, the violence sends a message that no one who looks or acts differently can feel safe". *French marriage rejected An appeals court in Bordeaux, France, has upheld the annulment of a same-sex marriage performed last year by Begles Mayor Noel Mamere. Mamere and the gay couple - Stephane Chapin and Bertrand Charpentier - had argued that the French civil code does not prohibit same-sex marriage. The spurned grooms plan an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights. *Bavaria to fight against gay adoption The German state of Bavaria will challenge a new federal law that allows registered same-sex couples to adopt each other's children. "The deciding factor in an adoption cannot be the wish of same-sex couples to have children but must be what is in the best interest of the children", said Premier Edmund Stoiber. *Beijing holds gay film festival China's second gay film festival was recently staged in Beijing by the Film Association of Beijing University. Seven movies and five documentaries from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong were screened, along with two French films. Information about the films is online at http://bglff.byhoo.com.cn. ------------------------------------------------------------------ OBAR DHEADHAINN - ABERDEEN SCENE ================================ Hi there, and here is what's happening North of anywhere this month and it's all happening here! The biggest news has to be that Pride in Aberdeen is definitely going ahead on Sat 4th Jun in Duthie Park as originally planned. It's coming at you faster than a pope's election in the Vatican and promises to be a bigger and better event than any previous Pride in Aberdeen. There will be a mixture of bands and DJs and headline acts are due to be confirmed very soon. As well as a day filled with fun and entertainment, the Pride in Aberdeen event seek to provide an opportunity for individuals, organisations, service providers, professionals and anyone interested to gain information and support on maters such as sexuality, sexual health, youth issues, health and wellbeing and much more. Many local and national organisations from the voluntary and public sector will be present in the Information Tent for the majority of the afternoon with the chance to take away information resources and answer any questions. Once again Bar Indigo will be providing a beer tent and I'm sure there will be a party atmosphere in Indigo's after the event. The organisers of Pride in Aberdeen 2005 are giving members of the public the chance to become the star of the show. Half an hour has been set aside for a lucky competition winner to play their own selection of tunes under the banner of Camp is Back!and the Pride team is calling on potential DJs to draw together an outrageous set list for judging before the big day. "Anybody can enter, regardless of age, or musical taste!" said Pride in Aberdeen convener Matthew Middler. "We want this half hour to be camper than camp, so whether that's bubblegum pop or disco classics, we want to hear what you've got to play. The winner will take to the stage to play their selection on 4th Jun, so we're looking for someone who's not afraid to play up to the crowd". Entrants should draw together their collection on a single cassette or CD, and send it Pride in Aberdeen at: Camp is Back, Pride in Aberdeen, c/o PHACE Scotland, 11 Waverley Place, Aberdeen, AB10 1XH. The judge's decision is final and, unfortunately, entries cannot be returned. In addition, entrants should be available for a training session prior to the event. May was due to kick off with a Pride volunteer recruitment and fundraising night in Bar Indigo on the bank holiday weekend, hosted by the raunchy Miss Demeanour. Later in the month on Thu 12th May there will be an 'A-coo-stic' open mic night at Cellar 35 (beneath the Noose and Monkey) on Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen. Come along and join in or sit back and enjoy the great atmosphere and musical performers. There will be opportunities to donate to Pride throughout the evening and the evening starts at 8pm. The Belmont Cinema continue their Rainbow season of films with But I'm a Cheerleader (15) showing on Fri 3rd Jun at 6.45pm. The film is described as 'An endearing, camp, sweet, outrageous, sympathetic, uplifting and hilarious comedy about gender stereotypes and the need to be who you need to be.' For tickets please contact the box office on Aberdeen (01224) 343536. There will be a Pride event Karaoke session in the bar afterwards for all to enjoy. Remember, Pride in Aberdeen is in Duthie Park from Noon until 7.30pm and note that this year it is being held on a Saturday so you can make a weekend of it. So put the date in your diary and join us for a weekend of fun here in the pink granite city. Pride in Aberdeen can be contacted for queries, donations or offers of help at the new Phace Offices on Waverley Place on their own dedicated line Aberdeen (01224) 644101 or visit their website http: //www.prideinaberdeen.org.uk/ Ab Fab have announced a Gayleidh on Sat 14th May in the Aberdeen City Hotel (formerly just about every hotel chain there ever was) on Market Street. The band is the Gordonaires and the evening starts at 8pm so it's a good opportunity to put on your kilt and Strip your Gay Gordon. Tickets are available from Ab Fab or Phace price GBP6 or GBP5 concession. Wellmans Health Suite is now under new management and I caught up with the new owners to find out what their plans are. The message is business as usual with some enhancements. They are starting a four week trial of late night openings on Fridays until 3am - last admission will be 2am. They also want to attract more of the younger clientele and are also investigating the possibility of a ladies day to attract the women. On the Sat 4th Jun they will be open until Midnight to coincide with the Pride celebrations. The Equality Conference - 'Conversations at the Edge' - on Sat 9th Apr was well attended and deemed to be a success. John Wilkes from the Equal Opportunities Commission opened the conference by paying tribute to Pride in Aberdeen Ltd, Aberdeen City Council and Grampian Police for the superb work they were doing for the LGBT community in the North East of Scotland. He went on to say that " The last ten years has seen tremendous advancements in the rights and protections for LGBT people in Britain. We have seen the equalisation of the age of consent, the gender recognition act, the introduction of protection in employment for lesbians and gay men and later this year the legal recognition of our relationships with civil partnerships. In Scotland devolution and the establishment of the Scottish Parliament has also been highly significant. From the start the Parliament and Executive have put equalities at the core of their work. In many other areas of life and society we have seen advances in the position of LGBT equality. In the TV and media LGBT issues have become more mainstreamed. There are more openly visible gay men and lesbians and transgender people than ever before. Many of our public services such as in health and the police are trying to positively address the issues that LGBT communities face and move this agenda forward. However it is not all positive of course. There are still many barriers to equality. People are still being discriminated against daily in employment, homophobic bullying is still rife in schools and our education system, with young lesbians and gay men six times more likely to attempt suicide or self harm. There is also still the tension between some religions and faiths and sexuality which has exhibited itself most recently here in Scotland. Of course this difficulty between faith and sexuality is not universally true of all religions and churches and many, such as the Scottish Episcopal Church, have made many positive advances in the acceptance of lesbians and gay men". He recognised that " there is still a reservoir of prejudice and negative attitudes resident in Scottish society. You could argue that why should it matter. Mainstream opinion and particularly political opinion is on our side and we have, or will have, the legislative protections and guarantees that we need. It matters because I believe that while absolutely fundamental and hugely important, legislation in itself is not enough to bring about change. It matters because as the section 28 campaign demonstrated it is easy to stir up that latent prejudice with misinformation and fear which can provoke increases in violence and intimidation and give legitimacy to discriminatory attitudes statements and positions. I think we only have to look across the Atlantic to America to see the battles that can so easily develop over these issues of equality and morality". He concluded "We need to ensure that in every workplace, every school and education institution, all public and private services and in policing and the justice system that LGBT issues are mainstreamed into every day life and we create an environment of respect and acceptance LGBT people and intolerance of discrimination. It requires the work of all activists and all LGBT people and our allies and friends - all people in fact - should seek to become equality activists. We need to check and challenge and nag and lobby and encourage institutions and organisations into effecting change - into putting our rights into institutional practice - to make it second nature. We can all do it. Sometimes it is about the little things that can effect change. I realise of course that it is not always as easy as that and that this is a difficult, challenging and tough agenda for the next 10 years". The rest of the day was spent in Open Space discussions. Numerous topics were posted on a board and assigned to different tables at different times. The idea being that you could moved between discussions and contribute as and when needed. This method worked very well and encouraged discussion while allowing you to move on when you had heard or said enough. Topics discussed included 'Homophobia in Schools', 'Where are all the Women?', 'Parenting Issues', 'Why are so few Gay People Out in Sports?', 'Is there a Gay Community?' Suggestions and comments were recorded by staff from the Equality Network and will be taken back to Edinburgh to help plan future initiatives. The day was rounded off with a social event at the new Phace offices on Waverley Place and thanks go to Mark and the guys for a lovely buffet with plenty of wine. Tivoli E-mail: Tivoli_abdn@yahoo.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- GLASCHU - GLASGOW SCENE ======================= And so to Glasgow, perchance to shag ... As Angharad has gone off in postures new, it falls to me to present a jaundiced Edinbugger's view of the Glasgow scene this month. But first, a few words from the Boys at Burly: 'We wanted on behalf of the "Burly Boys" to publicly thank Fiona for the support she has given Burly over the last 2 and a half years. We have enjoyed her scene reports and appreciated her comments about how she experiences the scene. She has always said it as she sees it and pulls no punches when it comes to stating what she likes and doesn't like about certain "gay" establishments. Her committment to her column and writing style has not gone unnoticed. Although she "shall return in another guise", she will be missed and we wish her well with her new column. Our launch night at The Commplex in Edinburgh was a great success and we were able to make a donation of GBP250 to Waverley Care. Our follow up night on Sat 16th Apr proved to be a popular night with many guys donning football strips and rugby tops and looking damn sexy too. We will be able to make a donation of GBP200 to Gay Men's Health as a result of this well attended night. We're looking forward to "Uniform Month" with a "Boot Camp" theme. We will be engaging the services of a "Shoe shine boy" and "barber". Discipline will be the prder of the night! "Uniform Month" takes place on Fri 6th May at The Arches, 10.30pm-3am GBP10/GBP8 and The Commplex on Sat 14th May, 10.30pm-3am (tbc) GBP8 door entry.' The Cockpit is a fortnightly men only club which launched on Thu 28th Apr at Basura Blanca downstairs in the Brunswick Hotel to a reasonable crowd. It's run by a well kent face: Craig Wilde who will be glad to welcome you to his website at http://www.warholandqueen.com/cockpit/ The club benefits from the discographic arts of DJ Atlas who has the world about his head if not upon his shoulders. We still await news of Bennets new floor - or rather, the re-opening of one of the old ones. It has been long promised, but as we went to press, it was still the one floor at the old prices. Come on, Bobby - you won't have room for Mr Gay UK if you don't get it open! Talking of Mr Gay UK, nobody has yet picked up the Glasgow heat for this popular contest. Now, there's an opportunity for some enterprising night spot promoter! Down at the Waterloo, I stuck my nose in the door and could hardly move for the crowd of happy punters - no change there then! Revolver Bar also seems to be pretty much the same despite the change in management - but the loss of the final opening hour is a bit of a scunner. The Poo is still running its Shag Tag on the last Sun of each month - that's what everybody seems to call it even though for legal reasons it's now marketed as The Mating Game. Sadly, I was neither Mated or Shagged. Moda is due to re-launch its cocktail menu on Thu 4th May. Which should be nice, if you like cocktails. But not a bundle of use to us Real Ale drinkers who are catered for rather more adequately by the Victoria Bar! Vivid Youth are on a mission to reduce stress in the city - they're running a Stress Management Course for young folk which will run from Tue 3rd May in the LGBT Centre from 7pm. The course will probably run for ten weeks by which time Glasgow will be a totally stress managed city! They are also running a basic Spanish course. Y porque no? Down also at the GLGBT Centre the latest exhibition in the Centre by artist Jo Morris entitled Summerland is well worth a look. And that's me back on the train to Civilisation in Edinburgh - hopefully having insulted you lot enough to consider providing a new scene reporter for Glasgow. Justin Milne E-mail: justin@scotsgay.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOTTISH MEDIA MONITOR ======================= THE SCOTTISH PRESS ENJOYS A GOOD FUNERAL says Garry Otton So the pope is deid! It sparked a media spectacle of breast-beating, stomach-churning, media-fawning obsequiousness not seen since Mrs Thatcher found Jenny Lives With Eric and Martin in a Hackney library. Reliably swinging her burning handbag up the aisle, Mrs Katie Grant, an Ovalteenie in a Bacardi Breezer world, wailed in The Scotsman: "...The simplicity of that small, cypress wood coffin lying open to the elements under the forbidding, overbearing front façade of St Peter's would have melted a heart of stone, it is easy to get carried away". A naughty Alan Taylor in The Sunday Herald saw it differently: "Instead of the whole shebang being shrouded in mystery it should be televised as a reality show... with the candidates seen in situ, as real human beings, cooking meals for one another while slurping wine, wandering around in their undies, their foibles open to all and sundry. Registered Catholics could digest their views on contraception, abortion and divorce, and vote accordingly; a puff of black smoke announcing the exit from the Sistine Chapel of each of the rejected candidates. Eventually, only one Cardinal would remain and he would emerge blinking into the sunshine of St Peter's Square to be quizzed over his ordeal by Davina McCall. Is Pope Idol too obvious a title?" After watching impatient Hearts fans chastised in media reports for not observing a minute's silence before their match with Celtic, I retched into the remote control's sofa pocket. The outcome was as predictable as a minute's silence after chucking-out time at the Dog and Duck! There was mayhem! The one-minute had to be cut to a channel-hopping 20 seconds. Similar protests at the fixture between Dundee and Hibernian attracted fewer reports. At the match in Glasgow at Hampden Park, there were five arrests. But what if those arrested were protesting at the human rights abuses of the Catholic Church? Unlikely, I know. Politically incorrect knuckle-scrapping Union Jack wavers will do what they always do at matches: Bring the male species into disrepute, but for one brief moment I felt myself standing in solidarity with the bleak and hopeless world of sectarian hate. Paul Stokes severed the join in Scotland on Sunday: "The creation of new hate crimes appears to be a miniindustry in Scotland. Did you know we have a Working Group on Hate Crime which is advising the Scottish Executive? It wants the current legislation, which is only a couple of years old, expanded so that we can't 'hate' gay, transgender or disabled people either. But what if they hate each other? Given that we already have laws to deal with discrimination against minority groups and laws to protect our persons, it is difficult to escape the view that the 'hate crime' industry is less interested in protecting its chosen groups than it is in finding hatred wherever it can". Are they? A 'hate crime' is crime motivated by malice or spite towards a particular group, usually involving assault and vandalism, not to the sort of 'thoughtcrime' Stokes refers. 'Hate crimes are, for example, graffiti messages scrawled on the door of a mosque; designed to spread a message amongst this community to be afraid. If it can be proved that these actions were part of a wider intent, then punishment can be extended under laws referring to 'statutory aggravation'. In Scotland, queers don't have the protection of 'hate crime' legislation. The law refers only to racial or religious groups. Uefa had requested that a minute's silence be observed before a whole week's Champions' League and UEFA Cup matches. Lars-Christer Olsson, Uefa's chief executive insisted the pope commanded enormous respect and demanded his work be properly recognised, clearly considering the middle of a Scottish football match a good place to start. Amidst nonsensical outbursts that old man Karol 'was a saint' that had 'died for our sins' our supposedly impartial media unfurled such sycophantic headlines as "He's with the Lord now" (The Metro). It looked like "the world" - albeit one just a wee bit over-represented by the citizens of Poland and the world's media - had flocked to Rome before the priests had a chance to fight over the red slippers! Through the frosted glass of media manipulation and censorship it was a lovely service. And he was a lovely man. Out of 'respect' we were reduced to the occasional aside over his 'moral conservatism'. Mrs Katie Grant explained in The Scotsman: "Where outsiders, and even some in our own church, saw authoritarianism, many of us saw certainty, and although he did not try to make life easy for us - no movement on birth control and no moral loopholes to slide through - we were left with on ever-riding impression, which was that John Paul searched harder and more openly than almost any previous pope, not for popularity or for respect, but for truth". Business tycoon Sir Tom 'Kwik-Fit' Farmer, Papal Knight and sponsor of Brian Souter's 'Keep the Clause' opinion poll in the The Sunday Mail added: "While you may not agree with everything the Pope said, you could be sure that he would do as he said and he believed what he said. He was someone you could really look up to". Ron Ferguson was one preacher man who was having none of it in The Herald. His column started off with a string of apologies and excuses that entailed reminding us of his glowing tribute to the pope in The Herald, ("I expressed my admiration for the integrity and spiritual stature of John Paul") and his "genuine admiration and affection for Catholicism..." which led him to describe Karol Wojtyla as "one of the champions of the free world". Getting down to business, Ferguson finally registered his unease at the "uncritical adulation which has bordered on the idolatrous" and reminded us of the plain daft scenario of a church that tells its priests they can't marry, yet welcomes married, Anglican priests who have left their church in opposition to the ordination of women. The day before the funeral, Ferguson's real anguish was thinly disguised: "How will tomorrow's funeral tributes sound to an African woman dying of Aids, knowing that her church has banned the use of condoms to prevent the spread of the HIV virus? What will be the feelings of devoted Catholic single-sex couples, who not only plead in vain for a Christian blessing, but are described as 'evil'? Or how about the mother of one of Chile's 'disappeared', knowing that the Vatican secretly lobbied for General Pinochet's release from Britain? There is a contradiction at the heart of the legend which is John Paul II... And it is impossible to parody the giving of a papal knighthood to Rupert Murdoch, that Dark Knight of the soul who produces 'family values' newspapers like The Sun." Cardinal Ratzinger, the man now in charge is God's rottweiler; a 78-year-old former member of the Hitler Youth who believes homosexuality is a 'tendency towards moral evil'. He has castigated the elected Spanish government for introducing gay marriage. I'm sure Spanish premier Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero carries the Church's alliances with dictator Franco clear in his head as he turns Spain into a secular country and strips the church of its privileges. What government will do the same for Scotland? Not Labour, Conservative or SNP, I'm sure! The TES Scotland (The Times Education Supplement) said it all really, splashed over the front page: "BISHOP SLAPPED DOWN OVER GAYS". (Of course, the Bishop of Motherwell, Joseph Devine should have been slapped a long time ago). He heads the Catholic Education Commission and said gay staff should be barred from schools and face obstacles to promotion. Trouble is, if I'm to believe the gay priests who have spoken to me, if that ever came about, it would be the end of the Catholic Church as we know it! 'Miss' Devine, at her best when the subject of homosexuality is doing the rounds, was last seen eagerly gathering signatories to a petition to help Cardinal Winning 'Keep the Clause' after the Scottish Executive announced it would repeal Section 28, the law that banned local authorities from 'promoting' homosexuality. Methinks the lady doth protest too much. Thomas Donnelly had a brainwave in The Herald's Letters to the Editor when he wrote: "It is now time to ask questions about openly Roman Catholic teachers in nondenominational schools. It seems to me that their Roman Catholic ethos makes it impossible for them to treat openly gay teachers and students fairly and without discrimination. As a result, in line with the bishop's philosophy, I feel that openly Roman Catholic teachers should have no place in the anti-discriminatory ethos of non-denominational schools. Perhaps we could swap the openly gay teachers in Roman Catholic schools for the openly Roman Catholic teachers in nondenominational schools". One of the last bastions of licensed homophobia, The Scottish Daily Mail exposed: "Rights for gay crofters". This has to be one of the biggest pieces of non-news since Jade Goody was evicted from the Big Brother house. "Gay crofters are to be recognised in law for the first time, ministers announced yesterday". What they meant was that co-habiting couples of any sex were now so dominant in society that to ignore their legal right to inherit would seriously threaten the existence of crofters. It was nonetheless, in the twisted world of The Mail, a "controversial move" but more importantly, one that helped boost a dwindling rural population. Patrick Krause, chief executive of the Scottish Crofting Foundation was used to justify The Mail's homophobia, saying: "I don't really know where the Executive is coming from on this one. I suppose it is updating the law. I certainly don't know if we will see a Gay Crofters' Association springing up in the Highlands any time soon'." (Stupid oik!) Whenever you stop over in a hotel, (the Marriott is a favourite), the first thing to do is grab the Gideon Bible, usually stuffed in a drawer in a bedside cabinet, and rip out offending pages in Leviticus. These days, I tend to just drop it in the bin. It was refreshing to read that students - albeit out of consideration for a string of other faiths - have taken action and "banned" Bibles - some 6,000 of them - from halls of residence at Stirling University. A motion to have them removed was passed 15-1 at a student council meeting with seven abstentions. ITV's Reporting Scotland 'balanced' the story with former - was the current one all for the idea? - Rev John Munro of Kinross Parish Church who spoke in tongues, spouting passages from The Daily Mail: "I think there's an agenda here, seemingly politically correct. But there's actually a hostility towards faith by those who have none..." Alan Massie, columnist in The Scottish Daily Mail was miffed. "Scotland and the United Kingdom may still be nominally Christian countries but the young students of Stirling disapprove of any manifestation of this fact". Well, hardly! They just felt the library was the best place for storing books! Massie wasn't having any of it. "Now I am quite sure that if some Islamic charity arranged that copies of the Koran were placed in every student's room, there would have been no such protest. It would have been unthinkable". In his piece entitled: "Why it's time to stand up for Jesus", he ranted: "On page 75 of The Scottish Book of Common Prayer, approved by the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland in 1929 and reprinted in 1986, you can find a prayer 'for the Conversion of the Mohammedans' (as we used to call Muslims) 'and all who know not Christ. Extend thy mercy, we beseech thee,' it runs, 'to the nations of the world that still walk in darkness. Enlighten the Muslims with the knowledge of thy truth...' I don't suppose this prayer is often offered in churches today. It would doubtless be thought politically incorrect, offensive to immigrants in our multi-cultural society and possibly even dangerous. Yet there it is, in the Prayer Book, evidence of the confidence of our Christian churches only two or three generations ago". Yes, and evidence of the same mindset that had Little Black Sambo shining his master's shoes. And remind me, how long did it take us to peel the golliwog off the side of jam-jars? Students were forced to buckle after "a storm of protest" (The Daily Record) from religionists and offered all religions to submit their holy works. When the Scottish Media Monitor began nearly ten years ago I remember the paedesteria that mushroomed around the massacre of schoolchildren by Thomas Hamilton in Dunblane. One leisure centre staff told the press he wanted patrols in swimming pool changing areas. It's no laughing matter now. The Scottish Sun reported: "LEISURE STAFF TO LOOK FOR PERVS", like it was an everyday occurrence. They "revealed... leisure centre staff are to be trained - to look out for paedophiles... People seen hanging around near kids or approaching young ones they don't know will be confronted by staff about their behaviour... Those without an innocent explanation for their activities will be reported to cops". The Leisurewatch initiative is being rolled out across Midlothian. A police spokesman was quoted: "The scheme is designed to protect children and vulnerable adults". Given the aggressive nature of kids to manipulate these situations, at least he got that right! The Sunday Mail's story of former PC Delwyn Williams hadn't quite gone away. (Scottish Media Monitor, March 2005). Neither, it seemed had some dated cliches of gay life not seen since the Tory press used them to garnish outrageous lies over porn mags for children in school libraries during the eighties! 'Reporter' Jane Hamilton, still living in a world where gay men 'haunted' basement bars and upstairs function rooms on Wednesday nights, reported on the "astonishing double life" of "a policeman caught moonlighting in a gay sauna...", adding: "Bosses at the sauna, a popular haunt for older members of Edinburgh's gay community, claimed Williams was their tea-boy..." And you're a tea-bag, Jane! One last thing before I go... COME ON THE GREENS! Yup! It's election time once again when everybody pours out to vote Labour. Come on Scotland; use your imagination! Failing that, there is always the Liberal Democrats, I suppose. But whatever you do ... DON'T LET IN THE TORIES! Nothing wrong with a bit of free enterprise, but not with the sort of morally conservative baggage trumpeted by the likes of Gerald Warner, John MacLeod or Mrs Grant! USE YOUR GAY VOTE ON MAY 5th! 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. http://www.outrage.org.uk/ CUT IT OUT... 'Outed' gay columnist John MacLeod in The Scottish Daily Mail: " There is not a single MSP with the guts to take on the gay lobby..." Oh, and that's not all... (John MacLeod; The Scottish Daily Mail): "For 40 years, an arrogant, Left-leaning, tuned-in, right-on intellectual aristocracy has embedded itself in power throughout Britain. Its members are marked by complacency and naïve Europeanism, a clucking café society with no time for orthodox Christianity or hard world, common thrift or social decency, sexual restraint or family values, rural realities or private enterprise, voluntary endeavour or the monarchy - or even the best and most decent things of their own country". Old Mother (Joan) Burnie, The Daily Record's agony aunt: "If I had my way, the age of consent would be hiked up to 18 and boys - yes boys - would be tied into chastity Y-fronts at the first sign of a pimple". ------------------------------------------------------------------- DUN DEAGH - DUNDEE SCENE ======================== Hello everybody! This month I had been hoping to offer an in depth political expose of local candidates for the General Election and what they could offer the local LGBT community. Only one of the parties responded to my e-mail however: the SNP. Other parties either have not checked their emails or are too busy to respond to some part-time amateur journalist such as myself! Anyway Joe Fitzpatrick, SNP candidate for Dundee West did respond with his party's belief that "all of Scotland's citizens have a right to participate fully in society and to share in out nation's prosperity" and that if successfully gain seats in Westminster would "work to ensure that all legislation promotes equality of opportunity" including equality on sexuality, gender and status. Diversitay - the Dundee LGBT switchboard - have their next icebreaker evening on Wed 18th May (every 3rd Wed of the month) at 8pm for 8.30pm in Braes on Perth Road. Other news from the switchboard is that they hope to host a drop-in meeting on the afternoon of Sat 11th Jun. I'm not entirely sure what the topic is but look out for details either here or in Diversitay's newsletter nearer the time. There will be some disturbance to the switchboard's usual operating hours while they search for new premises. They will be operating fortnightly only with the next night being on Mon 2nd May. Diversitay also urgently need volunteers. No matter what skills or experience you have, chances are you have something to offer this worthy organisation, and they can offer you training and expenses paid. Some of the work that volunteers take part in include staffing the telephone lines that still play an active part in Dundee LGBT life, writing articles for the Diversitay newsletter, helping with the youth group and assisting in raising funds for the LGBT cause in Dundee and Tayside. Details on how to volunteer are available on the website or by calling Diversitay. Over at Out Mr Gay UK was won by Brian who works the bar in the club. Over the next month the club will be offering all the usual nights and offers, including having Brooklyn's Bar prices in the club on Thursday's and some extra drinking hours on the May day holiday weekend. Wicked Wednesday has also been extended from the club to include promoting the drink in Brooklyn's Bar, also on offer in the bar is Carlsberg GBP1 a pint every day from 5-9pm. The Show Bar is also making a return, opening the last Saturday of the next two months and possibly beyond. For those not in the know this is a small intimate bar accessed via Brooklyn's that gives you the opportunity to see and hear some of your favourite musicals. Further along the Seagate at Charlie's Bar all the usual offers are on the go, including the quiz night on the first Tuesday of the month and DJ Ross providing disco on Friday and Saturday nights. It is possible the dance floor will be temporarily unavailable whilst some refurbishment goes on, but I'm sure it will be back up and running soon. Chris E-mail: courier_chris@yahoo.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------ OUT IN THE STICKS ================= Extreme Non-scene: The Hebrides by Adrian Gillan The Outer Hebrides, or Western Isles: literally - as well as metaphorically - amongst the most isolated parts of the British Isles. Far from the madding crowd, plucky gay explorer Adrian Gillan makes his Great Gay Getaway: fab for queer solo detox or remote romantic retreat. Scotland's pro-gay tourist authority, VisitScotland, swiftly deleted a "family run" Highland guest house from its records recently, after its owner branded a gay couple "sexual deviants" whilst (alas still legally) refusing them a double room because of their "perversion". Chucking this rotten apple has - not surprisingly - helped ensure a warm gay welcome in even the remotest of peaks or glens. And you can't get much more remote than the Outer Hebrides, off the North West coast of Scotland. In many ways, more Scandinavian or Gaelic than Scottish - though falling fully under UK and Scottish laws - the Outer Hebrides have struggled more recently with the influence of the Free Presbyterian church, who abhor Sunday openings. Rest assured: all accommodation in this feature is completely gay-friendly. *Lewis The Isle of Lewis, together with adjoining Isle of Harris - 55 miles long and 30 miles at their greatest width - form the largest island in the Outer Hebrides. It has a declining population of approximately 20,000, a third of whom live in main settlement Stornoway, on the north east coast. In a single day, you can witness a magical kaleidoscope of history, nature and wildlife - from dramatic cliffs and barren peat moor; through mountain passes via lochs and breathtaking beaches; to ancient standing stones and brochs, plus the odd fleeing otter or playful seal. Start off at main settlement Stornoway (population 6,000). Spy families of seals lolling and basking in the small harbour; stroll through the hilly Castle Park grounds for fine views back across the bay; and grab a bite at trendy, modern eatery HS1 (Cromwell Street). If you're late in town on a weekend, you might check out the main nightlife at The Clachan bar (North Beach; T: 01851 703653) or The Heb club (South Beach) - best apply the same coy discretion you would at any straight venue in central London. But you've probably come up here to avoid noisy clubs! That said, horny, harmless men have been known to loll around in the car park behind Euroclean; or along Castle Park paths after dark. Stay the night at Doune Braes Hotel (Carloway, Isle of Lewis; T: 01851 643252; www.dounebraes. co.uk), a short drive over, on the west coast, just south of tiny Carloway: an utterly gay-friendly hotel near major archaeological sites, with bar, lounge and restaurant (open Sundays). Doune Braes is ruled by the friendly, feisty Eileen MacDonald and her team of dogs - prime movers behind Sunday opening on the islands, still prayed against in certain die-hard pews. Refreshed, head north and you'll soon stumble upon Dun Carloway (www.historic-scotland. gov.uk), one of the most miraculously -preserved broch towers (fortified homesteads) in Scotland, whose poetically-proportioned drystone walls date back to around 500BC, the same age as the Parthenon in Athens, and scarcely less archaeologically important. No entry fee, no guards or gates: just chewing, knowing sheep, and stunning views across an inland bay! Gorged on human history, head right up to the enticingly-named Butt of Lewis with its Phallic lighthouse on the Isles' northernmost tip. Witness raw Atlantic breakers crash against cliffs whose folded strata expose Lewisian Gneiss, some of the oldest rock in the world, dating back 3 billion years - almost as ancient as the very Earth! Heading back south again, stop off for a timeless moment at low-key and only recently exposed Steinacleit Stone Circle, dating back to around 2500BC. Warmed up, pop back past Carloway - and yet further back in time - to Lewis' undisputed man-made glory: the famous Standing Stones of Calanais, dating back beyond 3000BC - older than Stone Henge. *Harris After the abundance of moorland on Lewis, you'll by now be yearning southwards to Harris - "high heart of the Hebrides" - via mountains and lochs, like mini great Italian lakes. Having crossed the peaks, as you briefly bypass Tarbert onto South Harris, you suddenly encounter beach after expansive beach of fine shell-crushed sands, webbed out in snow-white arcs to your right. A little out to sea, you see the sandfringed island of Taransay (www.visit-taransay.com), location for BBC series Castaway 2000. Weather permitting, take a boat over! Continuing south, Scarista is as good a Harris beach as any to lay your towel. Lavish yourself with 5-star self-catering at nearby Blue Reef Cottages (www.stayhebrides. com), complete with Jacuzzi and sauna. And so down to generally unlocked, beautifully proportioned, atmospherically carved, 16th Century St Clement's Church at Rodel, on the southernmost tip of South Harris. Continue round, on the single-track road, along the haunting and heart-achingly barren rocky eastern coast of South Harris - location for film classic Space Odyssey 2001. Follow this ring-of-a-road round to end up back at Tarbert (population 1500) - second largest settlement in the Isles after Stornoway. Settle into Harris Hotel (Tarbert, Isle of Harris; T: 01859 502154; www.harrishotel.com): a recently renovated mid-Victorian mansion with bar and fine restaurant (open Sundays) overlooking a neat lawn and Tarbert harbour itself. Peter Pan creator J.M. Barrie stayed here in the 20's. His signature initials - carved on the dining room windows - can still be clearly seen. Transport: British Airways (www.ba.com) - From most main Scottish airports, flights in cute little twin-prop planes take 45-60 minutes to Stornoway, the main town on Lewis. Mackinnon Self Drive (www.mackinnonselfdrive.co.uk) - Main hire car firm on Lewis & Harris - the only way to get around. Useful links: www.visitscotland.com www.visithebrides.com Only gay in the village? The Outer Hebrides, off the North West coast of Scotland: amongst the most isolated parts of the British Isles. 31-year old Glenn from tiny Stornoway on the Isles of Lewis - male nursery nurse, part-time local radio host, creator of a now sadly defunct local LGBT support website and just about the only out queer in the Western Isles - shares his thoughts exclusively with ScotsGay. "Growing up gay in a remote place, you do begin to think you're alone - especially in my youth, because the internet hadn't quite taken off then. The web is so important nowadays, both for accessing information and for making contacts - so you know you're not alone. Even though we're part of the UK - with its shift in attitudes and legal advances - you can still feel cut off over the water on these Isles." "The only real form of gay community that I have seen here has been through the internet, especially with websites such as Gaydar. To hook up - whether for friends, sex or to find someone special - online is the way now. I met my first boyfriend through a website. Plus, there are a few outdoor places where guys can meet in and around Stornoway". "So one way or another, I know lots of other gay guys round about but only a handful of us are 'out'. My first ex and myself are - plus a mutual friend is too, but only to close friends. This is such a tight community most guys are scared about what people will say and how quickly the gossip will spread." "I've had three proper ex's up here, although one of them's moved away. Of the other two, one I still talk to; and the other - well, he doesn't talk to me. Only once - almost by accident - did several of us local gay guys meet up together; but there's no regular organised LGBT social group up here. We may be aware of each other through our common sexuality, the web and hearsay, but that's about it." "I'm not really interested in gay scenes per se anyway. I occasionally meet up with a friend of mine over in Glasgow and go out there, but I'm not fussed. I once snogged a guy I was seeing in The Heb club here in Stornoway. We were both very drunk and copped off on the dance floor. Apparently, you could see us at it on the big screen upstairs - or so I was told by one of my nursery parents I later bumped into! No problem. Not sure I'd have done it without the booze though - my boy kept mixing my drinks." "www.gayhebrides.co.uk' [now defunct] started off with about three or four of us local gay guys - good intentions - but we didn't have the time to maintain it. We never really got that much feedback but I think it provided a valuable service. When it closed down, I had to read the news out on my own local radio station! One national newspaper even ran an item suggesting we'd shut due to homophobia - untrue!" "I've never had any trouble because of my sexuality. That said, I don't shove it down anyone's throat but if they ask me then - yeh - I tell them. I'm out to family, friends and those that ask. I'm totally out at my nursery; and more or less out at the radio station - although I've never discussed my sexuality on air and can't think why I would - unless some big local issue flared up, then I would." "It's a highly religious community and you have to be sensitive to that. The Churches have a very big stranglehold on the way things move up here. I don't really follow a specific faith - I'm agnostic - and tend to believe that religion rules many people's lives and can repress them in many ways, not just their sexuality. Up here, we're stuck in a time warp and things change - but at a snail's pace." "A decade ago, the children's play swings in the park were chained up on Sundays - not now! Pubs, restaurants and petrol stations are now opening on Sundays! My radio station still doesn't broadcast live on a Sunday - we've an automated service - but we will some day." "Many things, including sexuality, have been repressed here for generations but people's attitudes are gradually changing and gays are starting to feel more confident about being a little more open in public. But the transformation will happen in 'Lewis Time' - extremely slowly." Reach Out Highland (www.reachouthighland.org.uk): Inverness-based organisation providing support, advice and friendship to gay and bi guys throughout the Scottish Highlands & Islands. 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So what's it all about then, Guv? Well here is a brief overview of what it means to most people within the scene. The acronym BDSM breaks down as follows: BD - Bondage and Discipline. Ds - Domination and submission. SM - Sadism and Masochism. As you can see there is some overlap and hence the use of this particular acronym. Many of the specific practises in BDSM are those which, if performed in neutral or nonsexual contexts, are widely considered unpleasant, undesirable, or disadvantageous. For example, pain, physical restraint and servitude are traditionally inflicted on persons against their will and to their detriment. In BDSM, however, these activities are engaged in with the mutual consent of the participants, and typically for mutual enjoyment. This emphasis on informed consent and safety is also known as SSC (safe, sane and consensual), though others prefer RACK (Risk Aware Consensual Kink), which places the emphasis more on informed consent, and acknowledges the fact that all activities are potentially risky. OK, so now you know more than most people about BDSM. Like a lot of things in life, it has been going on behind closed doors forever. Like most such things it is frowned on in public by the 'great and the good' and practised by them in private! So where can you go to explore your darkest desires, I hear you cry? Well there are a number of well established clubs in Scotland, which I shall list in a moment. There is also a strictly social arm of the scene referred to by the ghastly Americanism of 'a Munch'! A munch normally takes place mid week in a pub or other public space, though occasionally they are held in someone's home. This is a chance for people to meet up, have a drink and a chat and generally chill out. It is also a great way for newbies to get introduced to people on the scene before attending a club night. The Glasgow munch is a movable feast, currently it is held upstairs in the Hogshead on North Frederick Street, in the centre of town. It takes place on the 4th Thu of the month and normally runs from 8pm until kicking out time. Your meeters and greeters are Bumhug and Black Valeria, lovely people and very welcoming. 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. There is also a well attended munch in Edinburgh. It is held Ryries on the corner of Dalry Road and Haymarket Terrace on the third Thu of each month, from 8pm until close. Dress code is street clothing or casual wear. The oldest and longest running Munch is Fife and Tayside Munch in The Auld Hoose, Whitenhill, Tayport, Fife DD6 9BZ. Next due to be held on Wed 4th May, it runs from 8pm until Midnight, located in the lounge bar (to the left inside front door) and can be identified by the Fife and Tayside poster which features our infamous mascot Bert. As the pub only sells pies and toasties there will be sandwiches served at "half time". Dress code - vanilla. WWW: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Fi fe_and_Tayside/ E-mail: fifeandtaysidemunch@yahoo.co.uk Some of the club venues have previously been listed on their respective city 'scene' pages. However from now on they will be listed here. So first up is an old favourite of mine, club 'Violate' it next takes place on Sat 7th May at the Big Joint, 1084 South Street, Scotstoun, G14 0AP. 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. Doors open at 8pm, club runs until 2am, doors close at Midnight. Tickets are GBP10 on the door or GBP5 for members. Annual membership is available on the door at GBP10. 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 Kings Street - also Melicious, Joy 4 Us and all UK outlets of Clone Zone. Next up is club 'Rebound' another popular Glasgow club. Next date is Fri 11th May. Rebound is ideal for those who like their perversions served straight with a twist! Doors open at 8pm and close at 2am, the entrance fee is GBP10 on the door. Location is the Brunswick Hotel, 106-108 Brunswick Street (off Ingram Street) Glasgow (5 mins walk from George Square and Queen Street Station). Dress code is fetish and/or black. The next is more of a fetishy, dress up and have blast kinda place. BEDLAM Goth Club where the next event is Sat 28th May. Usually takes place the last Sat of the month. The Doors open from 9pm-2am at the Qudos, Main Floor, Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow University, Hillhead, Glasgow. Bedlam Tickets usually available from: Osiris, 487 Great Western Road, Glasgow & Missing Records, Wellington Street, Glasgow and on the door on the night or E-mail: brian@cantara.demon.co.uk or gg@nakedtruth.co.uk or bedlamcorp@bedlamcorp.plus.com WWW: http://www.bedlamcorp.co.uk (Pansexual - Suitable for alternative sexualities.) Now we move on to a club based in Edinburgh. 'Nightshade' is held on dates that are not fixed throughout the month, next date is Fri 13th May! They're based at The Commplex in Leith, Edinburgh. A converted church on two levels, it's a very atmospheric and spacious venue, which allows enough room to fit in loads of good sturdy equipment. Doors open 8.30pm until 2am, doors close at 11pm. Entry is GBP8 non members and GBP6 members (including Club Lash, Nemesis, and Tension card carrying members) Fetish dress code or choose to wear the monthly theme. No jeans! Background music, with no dance area. WWW: www.nightshade-club.org There is also a club called appropriately enough DV8, but more of that in the next issue. Okay a word of warning, a small club in Perth, the so called 'House of Principals' is at the Plough Inn, Jeanfield Road, Perth. Regular monthly club on 4th Sat of the month. It is run by a clique of disaffected individuals who have worn out their welcome in Glasgow. So this venue comes with a health warning, I would not advise attending solo. They are also averse to being reviewed in person and have issued threats to myself and this magazine. But as always you pays your money and takes your choice. WWW: http://www.houseofprincipals.co.uk/ Okay folks, that's your lot for this instalment. More next time, any questions or venues you would like listed, contact me on my E-mail address below. You can also reach me on the following forums: http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/ or http://www.bondage.com/ - I am registered as Mistress_Anya. E-mail: Mistress_Anya@drink.demon.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOK REVIEWS ============ by Dirk Kreite Friendly Fire By Patrick Gale Published by Fourth Estate GBP10.99 Patrick Gale has done it again, this is a superb novel, full of charm and humanity. I must admit that since reading "A Sweet Obscurity" not so long ago I've been chasing up the back catalogue of this inspired writer, whether it is his the biography of Armistead Maupin or the strangely titled "Aerodynamics of Pork". I've not come across anything written by him I didn't devour with the greatest pleasure. This book tells the story of Phil, who is an exceptionally bright child who has not known her parents and has spent all her life in a children's home. Her life is transformed when she wins a scholarship to Tatham's, a kind of Oxbridge university for teenagers, but this is only the start of an education as much emotional as intellectual. She falls hopelessly in love with Lucas, adored gay son of a wealthy Jewish family and, through him, is drawn into a tangle of betrayed friendship and forbidden passions that ends in tragedy and disgrace. Through other people's families, and especially other people's mothers, she learns as much about the mysterious laws of class and love as she learns from her teachers about the Latin and Greek that will prove to be her passport to security. A Young Man's Passage By Julian Clary Published by Ebury Press GBP17.99 Do you remember "Fanny, the Wonder Dog" and the outrageous shows of Julian Clary's early career? I do, and I must admit that I never fell foul of the gay political correct scene who despised his sort of humour. I loved his shows, rarely missed one and laughed like there was no tomorrow at his sometimes shocking gags. And here we have an autobiography that shows us that there is more to Julian Clary then the celebrity, it's the promising debut of an exciting writer. He lets his reader into 'the suburban semi where he grew up and propagated a new and exciting self that few knew about. The clear-skinned schoolboy, who doffed his cap, brushed his hair and polished his black slip-on shoes every Sunday had a secret alter ego. Behind closed doors and under the blankets the other Julian spread his wings and opened his legs. He wanted fame and infamy, love and sorrow, money and boys, revenge and adoration. He wanted to be Jean Genet, Miss Jean Brodie and Larry Grayson...' But he doesn't shy away from the describing the pain of losing his lover, or from the devastation of depression. Of course, the odd double entendre is never too far away though. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now By Andrew Collins Published by Ebury Press GBP10.99 I think I might be just a little old to see this book as the "Unashamed nostalgia fest" promised on the cover, but as the saying goes, never judge a book by it's etc. pp. Maybe I should have made an exception with this one though, because when I read the blurb on the back I thought to myself 'oh no, not another coming of age story'... And sure enough that it is, complete with awful poetry, moany music and wannabe political activists in the universal tale of trainee hedonism, girl trouble, wasted grants and begging letters to parents. I dare say if you grew up in the 70's and had your teenage years in the 80's you might like to revisit places in this book, but I had to force myself to honour the promise to myself of finishing any book I start to read. The Quotable Queer By Minnie van Pileup Published by Fair Winds Press GBP4.99 If you've been reading this column for a while you must realise that I've got a penchant for reading little bits and bobs in the loo. Here's a great book for just that activity with memorable quotes such as "I'm a do-ityourselfer. Usually two or three times a day." - Thom Filicia, "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" or "Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common." - Author, poet and wit Dorothy Parker. The Quotable Queer is one of the most comprehensive collection of the overheard and heretofore underappreciated snippets from the gays, their lesbian sisters, and anybody who has something to say. The only thing I might say not in it's favour is that the overwhelming majority of quotes here are from the TV series "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy". Remember - I don't mind straight people as long as they act gay in public. Still Barking, Despite the Lithium By "Old Doc Runningduck" Published by Butterscotch Mammoth GBP7.95 This is a book that very much defies description and I'm only sorry that I've not come across it sooner. It was published in 2001, but as far as I can tell it was never in the catalogues of any major publishing house. And have they missed out here... This is a tour de force for your laugh muscles, a work-out for your belly laugh and definitely not recommended to read on a bus, plane or train or any other public place unless you don't mind being carted off and force fed Lithium. I don't usually print verbatim what the cover says on a book, but here I'll make the exception to that rule: "Still Barking, Despite the Lithium is a collection of non-heterosexually orientated oddments and giggly vignettes. It will appeal to those who have occasionally sat on the moon and poked fun at the human race, to those who love and respect our politicians (the best that money can buy, all of whom have passed rigorous self-selection processes), and to those who notice the daily abrasions of established assumptions (just for a change, could all those who do fit the established paradigm please do all they can to make themselves known...). The collection opens with the evolution of mankind ('Trevor the Axe Grinder') and closes with the true cause of this paradoxical anomaly ('Ooh, Bless Me!'): a couple of cavemen go out of their way to incite hostility by inventing caves, the wheel and the Labrador dog, while Adam and Eva join the 'more divorces than marriages' set after carelessly propagating an entire species for which they have made no domestic provision (incidental children). Cucumber-sandwiched between these covers is a representative confection of stock-broking cows, mooning Martians, huntin'- shootin'-fishin' New Labour MPs, bread-baking Orang-utans, frockenabled space-captains and humanist Beelzebubs. 'Just the thing for everyone's off-white ruminant woolly- animal to identify with." Hunt down a copy of this book, you'll love it... Pint-sized Ireland By Evan McHugh Published by Summersdale GBP7.99 This is a book for all you lovers of the perfect pint of Guinness. It tells the story of Evan McHugh, an Australian raised on Vegemite and his hitch around Ireland with his travelling companion Twidkiwodm (thewoman- he-didn't-know-he-wouldone- day-marry). You'll meet all sorts of weird and wonderful characters on this quest like a German bagpiper (did you know that the German for bagpipe is "Dudelsack") and a one armed windsurfer. He survives getting very drunk on Poteen, but ultimately gets told that the best Guinness gets brewed somewhere else. It's an entertaining book, well written and definitely worth reading whether you're planning a trip to the Emerald Isle or not. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FILM ==== by Malcolm Epstein Debra Messing has developed a vast TV fan following by playing Grace in the "Will And Grace" series for years now. That is why it is surprising she accepted the script of "THE WEDDING DATE" (12a). She is living in America and invited to the London wedding of her sister whose best man is Debra's still stunning former boyfriend. She wants to arrive with an impressive guy who is clearly mad about her and she chooses to pay escort Dermot Mulroney $6,000 to accompany her. Anyone with her looks and intelligence would clearly have chosen a good looking gay friend with acting ability who would pass as straight and could have been happy to have a free trip to London without payment. It is quite amazing that the production team on "The Wedding Date", plus Debra, didn't notice the incredible incongruity of the script. Otherwise it is an amusing wedding comedy. "ANDREW & JEREMY GET MARRIED" (15) is a humble British movie about two mature gay guys, a former bus driver and one time teacher, who decide on a legal agreement. It takes us through their relationship, their parties, a cruise on a luxury liner and American holidays. Nobody has made anything like this before. "A GOOD WOMAN" (PG) is a very pleasant surprise - a version of the Oscar Wilde play "Lady Windermere's Fan" updated to the Italian coast at Amalfi amongst the wealthy in the 1930's. It is a joy for anyone who knows the play having Helen Hunt as Mrs Erlynne, an older woman of ill repute surrounded by youth and beauty of both sexes. The Wilde wit has been expertly featured from the lips of perfectly cast character faces and it is an engrossing time trip to another world. Current Releases Every so often a phenomenon happens in films and "TARNATION" (15) is one of those. It is a documentary filmed by a boy of ten years of age on his mentally unstable mother and grandmother over almost twenty years. American audiences have been flocking to it and one wonders if it is because the boy grew up to be gay filming himself with his lovers. The most surprising hit of the year at US box offices. "DOWNFALL" (15) covers Adolf Hitler's last days in his 1945 Berlin basement bunker as the Russian army arrives and he decides suicide is the best way out. It is a compelling film. But nowhere does it point out the Germans who had died in years of air raids as Hitler felt they deserved it for not winning the war for him. If tall, tanned unshaven men with developed bodies are your hobby you must see Matthew McConaughey in "SAHARA" (12a). Penelope Cruz found him so irresistible they developed a relationship away from the cameras. Some women get all the luck. They are righting wrongs against villains in the desert is all you need to know about the plot. Fancying one of the two leads here is worth the seat money. "THE INTERPRETER" (TBC) has Nicole Kidman as a translator at the United Nations building in New York who overhears a plan to assassinate an African politician. Reporting it leaves her in danger of being murdered. Sean Penn is brought in to protect her. It is a gripping thriller made by director Sydney Pollack who knows exactly how to keep an audience in suspense. DVD World If you enjoy watching someone reap terrifying revenge on those who deserve it you are about to experience ecstasy in studying DVDs of two British movies. "I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD" has the magnificent Clive Owen, with a beard this time, seeking out who is responsible for raping his young brother. The advantages of DVDs is you often get interviews with the makers after the feature film and the astute director, Mike Hodges, who made his name years ago with "Get Carter", talks about the production. "DEAD MAN'S SHOES" needs a strong stomach as director Shane Meadows and leading man Paddy Considine have written a script together that is memorable for having first time actors who bring breathtaking authenticity with the two leads Paddy and Gary Stretch. Set in a quiet provincial town Paddy returns from years in the army to deal with local drug dealers who had enjoyed bullying his simple minded younger brother. You've seen nothing quite like this before. In total contrast film directors across the world have raved about the work of French director Jean Vigo who died at 29 in 1934 after making four films. Now "THE COMPLETE JEAN VIGO" is on a 2 disc collectors' edition. This 160 minutes is a time trip to yesteryear with subtitles that will interest far more than aspiring directors who want to copy his style. If stand up comedians are your thing you must see "RICHARD PRYOR - LIVE AND SMOKING" , a black guy revered by comedians everywhere for breaking new ground in comedy that nobody had touched. He was swearing 40 years ago onstage. He didn't need to as much of his humour is clever. It becomes desperate when he details his drug taking and womanising. When one of his wives was leaving because of it he emptied a gun of bullets into her car to stop her. He admits it all here. A brilliant performer if you can put up with his excesses. "CIRCUIT" is a Peccadillo Pictures import about a tall, tanned and tempting policeman from a small town who leaves his uniform behind to holiday in Los Angeles. On the gay club circuit he is lavished with attention and every kind of drug. Most of the cast are walking temptations. 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EDINBURGH LOCK Male, early 40's, into domination, rubber, leather and restraints. Comes from Edinburgh but can travel. Please give him a call if you are similarly interested. Phone 09068 556613 - Number 5452. FIFE FETISH FOR RUBBER AND RESTRAINT Fife Fetish couple looking for fetish males, females and couples. They are into leather, rubber, restraint and domination. They can accommodate and travel. Age not important. Phone 09068 556613 - Number 5367. PETER FROM EDINBURGH Peter from Edinburgh is 48 years old, 5'8" tall and totally non-scene. He is very genuine, honest and caring. He likes theatre, cinema, walking, the gym and holidays. He is looking for a like-minded gay or bi-guy who enjoys life - 18-50 years old. Phone 09068 556613 - Number 5380. LEARNING THE ROPES Slim, mature, 50's passive Tayside guy who likes bondage and restraint games would like to meet an active gay partner who is interested or experienced in trying out bondage ideas. Age and looks unimportant. Phone 09068 556613 - Number 5318. SUBERDONIAN Aberdeen area slim 38 year old submissive guy seeking dominant guys 40+. Phone 09068 556613 - Number 5321. DO YOU LOOK GOOD IN UNIFORM? Then here's something to your advantage with discreet, friendly non-scene type. Phone 09068 556613 - Number 5285. MATURE FROM DUNDEE? Francis from Dundee is in his mid-fifties with a slim build, 5'8" tall with blue eyes. He would like to meet an active gay guy for fun and friendship. Preferably mature, but any age and colour would be most welcome. Phone 09068 556613 - Number 5232. BELTING MEMORIES "I am looking for a genuine retired or former teacher, living in Scotland, over the age of 50 to give me the belt as per my schooldays. I need my hands warmed again". Phone 09068 556613 - Number 5252. PISSABLE MEETING IN ABERDEEN Aberdeen area. Slim, tanned, 38 year old Sub, into bondage and yellow, looking for other guys 40+. Phone 09068 556613 - Number 5199. COLOURFUL ABERDONIAN Aberdeen area, submissive 42 year old, into yellow or brown, into dominant guys, any age. Phone 09068 556613 - Number 5082. YELLOW SUB- 38 year old slim, submissive guy, into yellow, is looking for dominant guys any age. Phone 09068 556613 - Number 5060. PROFESSIONAL AND NONSCENE 31 year old professional, non-scene gay guy, non-smoker, 5'8", 10.5 stone, 33" waist. Hobbies include cinema, theatre, reading, country walking and swimming. Looking to meet gay/bi guys up to 45 years old for a possible 1-2-1 with the right guy. Phone 09068 556613 - Number 4775. PETER FROM EDINBURGH Peter from Edinburgh is a 51 year old, clean-shaven guy with dark hair. He enjoys, music, cinema, theatre, country walking, swimming, briefs and Speedos and he is looking to meet people for fun. Phone 09068 556613 - Number 4710. -------------------------------------------------------------- BOXES - THE SCOTSGAY MEET MARKET ================================ To reply to a Contact Ad: By e-mail: We can now accept replies by e-mail for Box Numbers. They should be sent to boxreplies@drink.demon.co.uk and will be printed out and posted on by snail mail to the box number holders. There will be no charge for this service. As box number holders are unlikely to have access to e-mail, please include your name and address so that they can get back to you! And remember to include the box number that you're replying to clearly on each reply. By snail mail: Just pop your reply in an envelope with the box number written in the TOP RIGHT corner and place the envelope with your reply inside another envelope with two loose first class stamps. If you are writing from outside the UK, an International Reply Coupon (IRC) should be enclosed for each reply instead of postage stamps. International Reply Coupons are available from most Post Offices throughout the world. We are unable to send on replies without postage stamps or IRCs. Send all replies to: ScotsGay Magazine, PO Box 666, Edinburgh. EH7 5YW. To place a Contact Ad: Write to the above address enclosing your advertisement copy. Ads are FREE of charge to the advertiser. Or you can send them by e-mail to scotsgay@drink.demon.co.uk *WOMEN PENPALS My name's Maddy. I'm 26, female, looking for penpals anywere to chat and write - to have a chat with and laugh. Box SG63022. YOU MUST EXIST! Young looking 44 year old lesbian, tall, blonde spiky hair, blue eyes and slim. Looking to settle with sincere passionate sexy chic to explore mind body and soul. GSOH. Sorted. Box SG63037. YOUNG LOOKING 48 YEAR OLD Ayrshire 48 year old lesbian seeks new friends in and around the Ayrshire area. ALA. Box SG63038. *MEN EDINBURGH Uncomplicated no strings fun and friendship offered to young guy 16-22 by 45 year old guy. Come and go as you like. Box SG63002. LOOKING FOR 50 PLUS GUYS Bi sub guy, 44, 5'11", slim, looking for 50 plus guys in the Glasgow area for mild spanking bondage fun. Can travel. Box SG63004. DAD FOR SON/COMPANION 40's masculine, down to earth, attractive, great personality, wide range of interests, generous. Looking for son/companion for nights out/in (paid) regular basis. Prefer skinny, young, straight acting/looking. Please send pic. Box SG63005. BAD BOY NEEDS SPANKING 37, slim fit Essex guy, all year light body tan, was last caned bare at 17 years. I'm 37 but look 20ish. I'm a very, very bad lad and need to be punished often. If you can help me, please respond. Box SG63006. GLASGOW CP UNCLE Uncle, 50's, seeks slim built naughty nephew for traditional CP sessions at my place. Discretion assured/expected. Box SG63007. PAISLEY GUY SEEKS SOULMATE 63 year old old Buddy WLTM 60+ ordinary down to earth guy for friendship/relationship. Enjoy videos, mutual O, W. Box SG63008. GAY COUPLE LOOKING FOR FRIENDS We are a gay male couple (been together for 14 years) fairly new to Aberdeenshire and looking for friends to increase our social circle. Friendship only. Box SG63009. DOUBLE UP! Genuine, friendly, not bad looks, horny couple (39/40), Glasgow/Central Scotland, seek decent guy(s) (18-40) for uncomplicated discreet horny fun. Can travel or accommodate. Box SG63010. 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 SG63011. GIVE ME A GOOD TIME, BOYS Hi guys, I'm a slim, convincing TV looking for a guy who knows how to give a lady a good time. I'm 36, single, bisexual and will fill you with desire when fully dressed. I live in the Highlands and can accommodate or travel. Interested? I hope so. E-mail me and I'll send you a pic so you can judge for yourself. Sara x. Box SG63012. WANT A BIT MORE? Single 29 year old guy in Glasgow looking for friends and more. I like both the scene and non scene. I like smart, single, genuine guys with a sense of humour. Movies, dinner, etc. Let's see what happens! Box SG63013. AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS WANTED Looking for male or female photographer to video or photograph top-shelf style shots (indoors and out) for own website. Experience not neccessary. Must be relaxed and friendly. E-mail reply only. Box SG63014. LOOKING FOR MORE THAN A CLICK... 24, slim, 5'7", brown hair/eyes, into politics, classical music (esp. Handel), theology, clubbing and travelling seeks similar for strictly-faithful LTR. Box SG63015. YOUNG AND HANDSOME Looking for an experienced man, 50 plus please, to show me and to teach me. Box SG63016. ABERDEEN YOUNG GUY Bi guy looking for someone 18-24 to teach me the ropes. Box SG63017. DUNDEE AREA 5'4" TV, medium build, seeks older male for fun and friendship. Box SG63018. HORNYBOY REQUIRED. Mid 30's guy, medium build, n/s, straight acting, seeks younger guys 18-30 for horny fun. Anywhere. Asian guys especially welcome. Box SG63019. A GOOD CATCH Aberdeen guy, 35, attractive, muscular, GSOH, seeks male 18+ for fun friendship and 1-2-1. So, if you are genuine and honest, then get in touch. Box SG63020. GLASGOW - LEAN - SMOOTH Tall, slim physically fit guy, 29, seeks confident fit guy(s) for discreet play sessions. Into all the good things. E-mail only, no hesitant time wasters please. Box SG63021. PERTH GUY SEEKS COMPANY 45 year old gay guy looking for company of similar, aged 25-34. I am active so seek passive. Can accommodate or travel within reason. VGSOH. Box SG62024. BUTCH BODYBUILDER 16st, 5'8", short brown hair, green eyes, seeks strong sporting types. Am versatile. Photo please. Box SG63066. SLAVE - LOOKING FOR HARD USE 39 year old slave looking to be used in heavy scenes. Box SG63025. MARRIED GUY MISSING OUT Wanted: no strings occasional meetings with active guy. Box SG63026. OLDER TOP SEEKS YOUNG BOTTOM Do you fancy older guys? This one is 46, 5'7", ready to teach new nephew types 16-26 who are hot and willing to learn. Shy boys and any race welcome. Box SG63027. CURIOUS SEEKS FUN 49 year old curious guy wants to experiment with another guy, will try anything safe. Couple with bi guy welcome. Also party invites. 100 mile radius of Glasgow. Will meet all who reply. Box SG63028. SUB GAY/TS/TV/CD REQUIRED Male, early forties, looking for a submissive guy for fun at my place. I am a large in the waist person, you should be a maximum of 5'10" high willing to perform O on me and allow A on you. If you're interested, please get in touch. Box SG63030. WHEELY HORNY INSCH GUY Active 39 year old wheelchair user looking for safe clean honest horny fun with like minded well hung guys. Box SG63032. SHETLAND WANTS FUN TIMES Genuine gay male, 35, looking for anyone interested in visiting Shetland for a holiday. Any nationality welcome. Box SG63034. HAIRY 40 Wants young studs. Gay farmer in Shetland, 40, stocky build and hairy, seeeks young lads or students to visit me in Shetland. Own place. Can accommodate. Travel expenses can be paid. Box SG63035. WANT A HOLIDAY Shetland gay, 38, looking to meet visitors to our islands for action. Anything goes. Island games. Guys who want company contact me for discreet times at my Lerwick flat. Box SG63036. SCOTS GUYS Sought to exchange visits. 33, attractive, fit, Italian/Scots origin in London, seeks guys into passion. Photo ensures mine. WWW: http://www.gaydar.co.uk/anal_bhoy/ Email: passivepaul_69@yahoo.co.uk or Write: Box SG63042. SLIM FIFTY YEAR OLD FIFER Seeks guy similar age for fun, friendship and more. 6ft tall, fair hair, glasses, smoker, likes pint, holidays and doing something different. ALA. Box SG63043. IRELAND CALLING Handsome Irishman, 45 years old, regular visitor to Scotland, seeks goodlooking sexy Scotsman, same age or younger for horny fun. Your place or mine. Box SG63044. ANY GAY NUDISTS OUT THERE? 40+ looking for guys similar age who he can share naked days/nights with indoors or out. Not like other gays. Fat guys welcome. Friendship could lead to LTR. Glasgow. Box SG63045. ATTRACTIVE GUY 36, slim, dark hair, blue eyes, 5'9", versatile. In need of financial help. Anything considered within the Ayrshire/Glasgow area. decorating, cooking, cleaning, gardening. Rob. Box SG63046. EDINBURGH - GLASGOW Attractive gay male, 40, medium build, likes gym, music, meeting new people, seeks men 30-50 for friendship and maybe lots of fun. ALA. Box SG63047. GAY NUDE PARTY At a private house, 13 miles from Glasgow. Sunday 15-22 May. No mobile phone numbers. Phone number or full name and address. Box SG63048. GLASGOW MATURE STUDENT FOR YOUNGER Southside based mid 40's, fit, hairy, looking for other students or professional guys (non smokers) to share work outs, badminton, etc. Box SG63068. EDUCATED SOCIABLE MALE 39, handsome, WE, seeks confident, nonalcoholic, sorted guy for friendship and more. Enjoys art and travel. WE, slim and sensual. Box SG63050. WANTED: GENUINE LOVER I'm a 24 year old virgin who wishes he could find a slim, fit, svelte, 18-32. Would also like uniformed men. Send photo and letter. No E-mails. Box SG63051. TO BE AND TO BE ABUSED AND MORE Are you young, fit, NSm, non effeminate, inexperienced, needing challenged and degraded? My satisfaction is all that concerns you. Present yourself to have your flexibility and versatility tested. Letter! Photo! Phone! Edinburgh. Box SG63052. FORCEFUL MASTER REQUIRES SLAVES Edinburgh master, 36, requires house slaves for all duties including full bondage, restraint and humiliation. Age/looks unimportant. Box SG63053. UNIFORMED GUYS WANTED For fun and friendship by randy guy, 48, but looks younger, with 28" waist, 5'11", clean shaven, very friendly with good sense of humour, Genuine replies only. Box SG63054. FAST AND FURIOUS Seeking guy(s) who would like to get off on hard core heavy duty steamy fun, ie O/A, toys, FF, Y/B. Come take a walk on the wild side! Box SG63055. FIFE Quiet non scene 44 year old seeks nephew for uncomplicated fun and friendship. Can accommodate and travel. Discreet. Photo if possible. Box SG63056. SUB GUY - GLASGOW - ANYWHERE 50, genuine, needs further training by dom master. Your age/looks unimportant but your ability to control and abuse is. You won't be disappointed, Sir! Box SG63057. TACTILE PASSIVE ACTIVELY LOOKING Genuine experienced gent would like to meet active non-smoker, any age, for discreet liaisons at mine (Fife - not the pits!) or yours. Box SG63058. GLASGOW - WEST OF SCOTLAND Passive guy, mid 30's, tall, slim redhead, sorted, no baggage, GSOH, NS, SA, SL, fit, looking for top for no strings fun. Can accommodate or travel. Box SG63059. ANYWHERE Rural dedicated man-servant, passive and subservient, will submit to dominat mastertype guy for training and general household duties leading to total control. Letter only. No E-mails accepted. ALA. Box SG63060. SLAVE HUNK Slave man/boy seeks master, TV or elegant type, any age or weight. Spank and train me for massage duties plus bondage, CD, wrestle match. Central Belt, anywhere. Box SG63061. EDINBURGH SKINHEAD Seeks guys into W/S, gob, rubber, leather, army gear, gas masks, poppers. Phone number for quick reply. Box SG63062. ATTRACTIVE Slim young 60, 5'7", smart appearance, totally passive, WLTM visit discreet active top guy, for friendship and more, good clean safe fun, likes O and A, videos, letters please. Box SG63063. GLASGOW 35 year old guy would like to meet young guys for safe pleasure and nights out, pubs, clubs, etc. I can accommodate. Box SG63064. REFLECTIVE MALE (GLASGOW) Narcissist seeks similar for mutual disappointment. Box SG63049. IT ALL COMES DOWN TO FRICTION IN THE END Cynical 46 year old seeks equally cynical 16-26 year old for fun and friendship. Strictly non scene. Box SG63069. *BISEXUAL BI CURIOUS? There has to be a first time for everything! Aged 16-21: get in touch? Considerate experienced versatile older guy will talk you through things at your own pace before getting down to some safe fun. Your limits respected. Total discretion assured. Live in Edinburgh but will travel if required. Box SG63001. EDINBURGH TV Would like to visit other TVs or males interested, males looking for mistress for CP or other needs. Females or male/female couples. Age/size not important just discretion and friendship. Box SG63041. BI CURIOUS LOOKING FOR FUN I am a 23 year old male, bi, 5'9", glasses, medium build, looking to experience the other side. I am looking for guy aged 18-40 for a discreet relationship. Interested? Then drop me a line. Box SG63023. I WANT TO LOVE I'm Andrew. I'm from Poland. Now I live in Southampton. Still I speak English no good but I all the time improve it. I'm crossdresser without practice. I'm looking someone men or woman who'll want to have me only for oneselfs on rest life, who to make with me oneselfs housewife and will be wear me in restricted cloths, chastity belt, corset, bloomers, bonet, dress. Someone 50-60 year old. I'm a loyal, honest, nice, good-looking, sensitive and spiritual man. Box SG63031. EDINBURGH FUN FRIENDS WANTED Male and female mates wanted, 20's - 30's, for cinema, pool, drinks, gigs. Me: male, 29, friendly and likes a laugh. ALA. Box SG63040. FRIENDLY BI GUY - GLASGOW - ANYWHERE Want to pull your briefs down or kilt up. Welcome new friends 25-55. I'm medium build 50's. Not tall. Cannot accommodate and don't drive. Photos appreciated (returned). Box SG63067. *STRAIGHT DUNDEE - PERTH Friendly, fit, 50something silver bear seeks morally relaxed women of all ages for fun and friendship. Box SG63003. *COLD TURKEY SPERM DONOR NEEDED Lesbian, Edinburgh, wanting to become a parent, seeks genuine male to donate sperm. Subsequent level of involvement negotiable. Must be willing to undergo health checks. If interested, let's meet and talk. Box SG63039. *FRIENDS ABROAD INTERGAY Penpal contacts with gay men all over the world. Over 120 subscribers in 30 countries. To join is free: send your ad. Only subscribers get the booklet with all data and addresses by enclosing GBP5. INTERGAY, Voorstraat 12-A, 4033 AD Lienden, Netherlands. BELGIUM - HOT HOUSEBOY FOR HOLIDAY Or full time living in. I take fully care and teach you to serve well. From 16-25. Slender or well built. Box SG63065. LOOKING 4 REAL 'N' FOREVER FRIENDS I'm Kiran, 22, gay from India looking 4 young and slim smart gay boys 20-29 from USA or Europe. I want to date first and then marriage. That guy come to India and stay with me. I love travelling. We will travel everywhere. Who wanna marry me? Plz mail me. Write: Kiran Gopu, 3-181 Huzurabad, 505468, State AP, India. E-mail: kiran_gopu@yahoo.co.in LOOKING FOR SCOTTISH PRINCE! 2nd generation Scot looking for young, slim boi for long term in the States! Mature professional in beautiful Seaport Community! Let's Talk!!! R U the One? Write: Frank Mitchell, 234 Low St #5, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 01950, USA. E-mail: tg2891@webtv.net UKRAINE I like Scottish guys and would love to meet them and see maybe we got a future if the chemistry between us works out. So am hoping that you guys in Scotland are willing to give it a try. Write: Livingstone Mukiite, Ludviga Svobodi 51, Dom 9, Kharkov, Ukraine. E-mail: stonystny@yahoo.com *PARTING GLANCES CUPAR You: tall blond nurse on train to Edinburgh 14th April. Me: Sitting opposite you. Love to see more of you. Contact me. Box SG63029. *JOBS OFFERED GBP100 PER HOUR We are recruiting attractive guys to work as escorts in our highly respected escort agency. Earn up to GBP100 per hour for doing what you enjoy. You will be well looked after and supported in your work, and will be involved with a progressive, dynamic agency. Models also required. For more info call Ross on 08444 170134 or E-mail: ross@scotsguys.com [63] ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES AVAILABLE In the comfort of your own home or clinics throughout Edinburgh. Therapies available: Reiki treatments/teaching, Indian Head Massage, Spiritual Readings and Hopi Ear Candles. Fully qualified and insured therapist. Please contact Alan on 07747 714005 for clinics and appointments. [99] ANIMAL LOVER Unique opportunity for horse and circus lover. Live in and learn to ride a High School Andalucian Horse. Possibility of waged UK tour summer 2005. Meals and accommodation provided with training. NE Scotland. Tel: Bobby on St Colms (01346) 583145. [63] ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR Required for the summer season by busy sailing school on West Coast of Scotland. Applicants must be young, fit, cheerful and reasonably broadminded. Experince not necessary as full training will be provided. Good terms and conditions including free private accommodation. Night suit student or school leaver. E-mail: swl121@aol.com or Tel: 07831 846025 for further details. [64] BEDTIME READERS WANTED Take your ScotsGay to bed with you tonight! CASH FOR YOUR BODY Photogenic guys can earn GBP100 cash posing for Mike Arlen who has had 14 glossy magazines published called Mike Arlen's Guys. Send snapshots of your magnificent body to him: Mike Arlen, Wetherby Studios, 23 Wetherby Mansions, Earls Court Square, London. SW5 9BH or Phone: 020-7373 1107. E-mail: mikearlen@btopenworld.com [99] LOOKING FOR STAFF Seeking salespeople for Spanish property shows in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Inverness areas. Sundays only. Do you have transport, access to PC, someone to work with? Commission only. GBP700 a day expected with approximately 15 week delay of payments. Full training given to right person. Contact Sales Manager: 0141- 229 1693. [63] OVERSPENT AT CHRISTMAS? Money for a better lifestyle or want to escape from it all? Want to beat the bills? Earn GBP50 - GBP500+ per week. Part Time or Full Time. No boss. Hours to suit. For free information pack call 24 hours 0800 0934705 quoting ref 498859 ScotsGay or check out http://www.4freeBMWcar.com/ [63] MODELS WANTED Previously published photographer needs good looking guys (18-25) who want to earn GBP20 per hour for publication work. For details please phone Stuart on 0141-636 6556 (No withheld numbers please) or Email: xpozure4u@shaws2000.fsnet.co.uk [99] VOLUNTEER CARE ASSISTANT WANTED Live-in care assistant urgently needed to assist with daily care. 18+, fit, slim build. You must drive. Please send photo with letter for quick response. Box SG63033. *SERVICES CAFFMOS Contacts and friendships for men over sixty. The organisation for the more mature gentleman and his admirers. Write to: CAFFMOS, PO Box 2273, Hove. BN3 2GF. Or phone Hove (01273) 220995 for info. [99] CONTACT MAG Contact Mag for adults: over 900 photos. Approval copy from: Matchmaker (K38), Chorley, PR7 4BS. Or ring 01257 483335 (24 hours). [99] CP CONTACT PAPER CP contact paper for spanking, skins, discipline, etc. SAE to TD Monthly, PO Box 352, Manchester. M60 2PG. [99] FREE TV/TS NEWS A Tranny not for profit newsletter. Views, news, venues and free personal adverts. A5 sae: BM Box 2534, London. WC1N 3XX. [99] GOLDEN WHEEL Seeking discreet gay or bisexual new friends, male or female? Long standing service, all areas and worldwide. Send stamp for details to: (Sadie), The Golden Wheel, Liverpool. L15 3HT. [99] HOME IN SPAIN For letting or investment. Superb villas, bungalows or apartments with pool direct from builder from GBP65,000 (60 per cent mortgage available). Call Let's Live Abroad on 0845 2255777. 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