Scottish History

Scottish Storytelling Sessions: Queer History, Community and Archives

By Alva Traebert March 29, 2016 LGBTQ, United Kingdom 1 comment

Oral history faces the challenge of bridging the divide between the observer and the observed.

Coming Oot! A Fabulous Gay History of Scotland

By Amy Tooth Murphy December 8, 2015 LGBTQ, United Kingdom 0 comments

On 30 November 2015 the BBC aired a documentary entitled, Coming Oot! A Fabulous History of Gay Scotland. The documentary featured NOTCHES co-founder and editor Amy Tooth Murphy and NOTCHES contributors Bob Cant and Jeff Meek. Amy Tooth Murphy It’s been a good while since I first ‘came oot’. In fact, next year marks […]

Homophile Priests, LGBT Rights, and Scottish Churches, 1967-1986

By Jeff Meek November 12, 2015 LGBTQ, United Kingdom 1 comment

Jeffrey Meek There’s a long history to the intersection of religious faith and sexuality in Scotland. The introduction of same-sex marriage, LGBT clergy, and the Church of Scotland’s liberalising attitude to LGBT+ rights and issues all attest to significant changes within the institution. While the Church of England played a crucial role in the […]

‘Dinnae Meddle!’*: Scotland and the Historiography of Homosexual Law Reform

By Jeff Meek February 19, 2014 LGBTQ, United Kingdom 0 comments

Jeff Meek A curious, or perhaps irksome, aspect of ‘British’ approaches to the history of sexuality is that they tend to neglect the variation of experience within the United Kingdom. I’ve lost count the number of times I’ve read, or watched, or marked, pieces offering a summary of developments for […]