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| − | [[File:The Tay Rail Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 1039813.jpg|thumb|The Tay Bridge]]'''Dundee''' is the fourth largest city in [[Scotland]]. It lies on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, and has been diescribed as the city of "jute, jam and journalism". Dundee City is a local government area, and was previously a district within the [[Tayside]] region. | + | [[File:The Tay Rail Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 1039813.jpg|thumb|The Tay Bridge]]'''Dundee''' is the fourth largest city in [[Scotland]]. It lies on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, and has been diescribed as the city of "jute, jam and journalism". Dundee City is a local government area, and was previously a district within the [[Tayside]] region and historically part of the county of [[Angus]]. |
==LGBT history== | ==LGBT history== | ||
| + | in 1979 the [[SHRG]] were meeting at Castlehill House, 1 High Street, and the Gauger Public House in Seagate was listed in Gay News <ref> Gay News issue 176 4 Oct 1979 </ref>. | ||
There is a local LGBT organisation, [[Diversitay]], which began life in 1994 as Dundee LGB Switchboard, and assumed its present name in 2000.<ref>http://www.diversitay.org.uk/aboutus.html</ref> | There is a local LGBT organisation, [[Diversitay]], which began life in 1994 as Dundee LGB Switchboard, and assumed its present name in 2000.<ref>http://www.diversitay.org.uk/aboutus.html</ref> | ||
[[Eddie Mair]] and [[Rhona Cameron]] were born in Dundee. | [[Eddie Mair]] and [[Rhona Cameron]] were born in Dundee. | ||
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| + | Dundee City Council is a former member of the [[LGBT Consortium]].<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20110712145345/http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:29, 9 December 2021
Dundee is the fourth largest city in Scotland. It lies on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, and has been diescribed as the city of "jute, jam and journalism". Dundee City is a local government area, and was previously a district within the Tayside region and historically part of the county of Angus.
LGBT history
in 1979 the SHRG were meeting at Castlehill House, 1 High Street, and the Gauger Public House in Seagate was listed in Gay News [1]. There is a local LGBT organisation, Diversitay, which began life in 1994 as Dundee LGB Switchboard, and assumed its present name in 2000.[2]
Eddie Mair and Rhona Cameron were born in Dundee.
Dundee City Council is a former member of the LGBT Consortium.[3]
References
- ↑ Gay News issue 176 4 Oct 1979
- ↑ http://www.diversitay.org.uk/aboutus.html
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20110712145345/http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory
