A Government Bill now wending its way through Parliament reaffirms that acts of 'gross indecency' between men, and a whole rance so called criminal offences in Scotland.
The 1967 Act [which permitted males over 21 to have sexual relations in onvate cia not adoly to ocoland. ine government claim that their Sexual Offences Bill (Scotland] simply repeats existing laws, and made, are just as easily broken; and if the recent attitude of the authorities towards those who campaign nomosexuals is anyuning to go by, me tuture for gays in Scotland is cim.
The Scottish Minorities Group, which campaigns for law against the Bill-and is being harassed as a result. When the group opened Its new office in Edinburgh, the District Council Fight Harassment Of olences including sooomy, are still that they don't intend to bring any for the rights of refused permission for a small plaque containing the dreaded word 'homosexuality' to be erected outside the office That particular prohibition was successfully fought, but the Council's campaign against the SMG continues. The Planning Committee have now ruled that the office can only be between 9 am and 5 pm. As lan Christie, a member of the SM's and the Gay Labour Group, points out: "The office's work, such as counselling and advising Scotland's 250,000 homosexual men and women, can only be done in the evening. No other organisation or business in Edinburgh has been subject to such limitations.
such narassment must be tougni by a campaign against al legislation which makes homosexuality illegal. unions, SLP and Labour Party must be mempers i racino orosecution. and a tont wacecto commit Labour MPs to vote against the new Bill and for the scrapping of all anti-gay legislation - CHRIS BAMBERY (Edinburgh). USed Deen notao y tionist Will SOCIeTY WEEK LABOUR-ARM EQUAL PAY for TRICO WOMEN:
Demonstrate urday 2 Oetober, assemble 2.00 p.m Called by Working Women's Charter Can WORKERS!
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