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Monthly Archives: February 2015

The 49,000: ‘Pardons & Homosexual Offences’, a Scottish Perspective

Claire Hayward’s recent blog post on ‘pardoning the past’ examined the meanings, motives and problems with the recent attempts to encourage pardons for the 49,000 men convicted of ‘gross indecency’ with males in Britain after the introduction of the 1885 Criminal Law Amendment Act. The petition has attracted over half a million signatories. Claire Hayward…

February 23, 2015 in Uncategorized.

“Desperately Seeking Someone (Non-camp, No-effems)”: The Gay Personal Ad in Mid-1980s Scotland

By the 1980s the personal ad was fast becoming a popular medium for Scots gay and bisexual men unsure, tired, or weary of the ‘gay scene’ to meet others. During the 1980s these short advertisements were relatively free of the acronyms that would come to dominate the medium and lead to much head-scratching and confusion. Knowing…

February 5, 2015 in Uncategorized.

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