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LGBT History

Remember When
celebrating the histories of Edinburgh's LGBT communities

LAIC - Lesbian Archive and Information Centre
UK collection of materials about Lesbian lives, histories & achievements

Homosexual History at the National Archives of Scotland
searching for 'homosexual' on the Scottish Archive Network, you will find details of the papers of Ian Dunn and of Outright Scotland, including records of the Scottish Minorities Group and the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group

Gay and Lesbian History at The National Archives in London
research guide to the historical and institutional contexts in which documentary evidence of gay and lesbian experiences, and official responses and attitudes to those experiences, have entered specific areas of collections at the National Archives in Kew, London

Hall-Carpenter Archives
source for the study of gay activism in Britain which followed the publication of the Wolfenden Report in 1958

Brighton Ourstory Project
lesbian, gay and bisexual history group, with an extensive archive from which shows, exhibitions and books are produced

LGBT History Month
opportunities for all of us to learn more about the histories of LGBT people in Britain and Northern Ireland

LGBT History Month in Scotland
information provided by LGBT Youth Scotland about events to mark LGBT History Month in Scotland

LGBT History Scotland
collection of records of LGBT history in Scotland, especially from the inauguration of the Scottish Minorities Group in 1969

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LGBT Support Groups

Glasgow LGBT Centre
inclusive space for all members of the LGBT community in Glasgow and the West of Scotland

Equality Network
campaigns for human rights for LGBT people in Scotland

Outright Scotland
LGBT rights organisation, fighting for equality and liberation since 1969

LGBT Youth Scotland
national youth organisation committed to the inclusion of LGBT young people in the life of Scotland

Bi Scotland
Scotland's national organisation for bisexuals

Crosslynx
Glasgow and West of Scotland's TV/TS/TG support group

PHACE Scotland
promoting health and challenging exclusion

Healthy Gay Scotland
promotes the sexual health and well being of gay and bisexual men living in Scotland

Reach Out Highland
promoting the sexual health and wellbeing of Highland communities

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Arts Organisations

Glasgay
Scotland's annual celebration of queer culture

7:84 Theatre Company Scotland
Scotland's foremost political touring theatre company, with whom OurStory Scotland collaborated to produce seXshunned at the Glasgay Festival in November 2004

Rachel Jury
The new recipe in lesbian performance poetry. Rachel is coordinating the OurStory Scotland storytelling event 'Queer Stories' at Glasgay 2005.

conFAB
aims to to support, develop and expand opportunities for writers of all mediums, encouraging the innovative growth of the arts of the written and spoken word across Scotland and internationally

Queer Storytelling Festival
QSF, based in London, aims to provide a platform for new, existing and never-performed-before queer storytellers of all backgrounds and persuasions, to share their stories with an audience of queer listeners.

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Museums and Libraries

Mitchell Library
The Mitchell is one of Europe's largest public reference libraries with a book stock of 1.3 million books, 35,000 maps and thousands of photographs, newspapers and microfilms. It is funded by Glasgow City Council and is the hub of a citywide information service for all residents, workers and visitors to the City. The Mitchell Library supports OurStory Scotland by archiving our material and by providing meeting space and a permanent lock-up carrel for our recordings, documents and equipment.

National Museums of Scotland - Scottish Life Archive
The Scottish Life Archive at the National Museums of Scotland in Edinburgh is a rich research resource which comprises documentary and audio-visual evidence of the diverse lives of the people of Scotland. This includes OurStory Scotland materials that are helping to form the national archive of LGBT lives in Scotland.

People's Palace and Winter Gardens
The People's Palace is Glasgow's social history museum and tells the story of the people and city of Glasgow from 1750 to the present. Attached to the People's Palace is the elegant Victorian glasshouse - the Winter Gardens - where there is a programme of temporary exhibitions and events throughout the year. OurStory Scotland has been invited to exhibit here.

Glasgow Women's Library
Glasgow Women's Library is a library of information for and about women, a reference and lending library, an archive and resource centre, and the only women's library in the UK.

British Library Sound Archive
one of the largest sound archives in the world

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Oral History and Reminiscence

Living Memory Association
The Living Memory Association is an Edinburgh based Scottish charity that aims to bring people together through reminiscence and oral history work. They have given invaluable advice to OurStory Scotland on oral history and reminiscence work, and they helped to set up Edinburgh's Remember When project.

Age Exchange
Age Exchange, based in Blackheath, London, is internationally known for work in all areas of reminiscence, including theatre, publishing, exhibitions, cross-generational projects and training workshops. All their work emerges from interviews with older people. The material collected is made available to a wider audience through books, exhibitions and theatre. Age Exchange is also the coordinator of the European Reminiscence Network.

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