Gay in scotland
Sexual minorities: numbers in Scotland
This table presents data from Scotland’s Census showing the percentage of respondents who identified as heterosexual or as lesbian, gay, bisexual person, or other.
Table 1*: Sexual identity Scotland’s Census
Health Board | Heterosexual | Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or other | Not answered |
Scotland | % | % | % |
Ayrshire and Arran | % | % | % |
Borders | % | % | % |
Dumfries and Galloway | % | % | % |
Forth Valley | % | % | % |
Grampian | % | % | % |
Highland | % | % | % |
Lothian | % | % | % |
Orkney | % | % | % |
Shetland | % | % | % |
Western Isles | % | % | % |
Fife | % | % | % |
Tayside | % | % | % |
Greater Glasgow and Clyde | % | % | % |
Lanarkshire | % | % | % |
*These are the Health Boards based on boundaries.
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Illegal to be gay - Scotland's history
BBC Scotland
Scotland prides itself on organism one of the most progressive countries in Europe on issues of sexuality and gender identity but for gay men it was not always such an open-minded place.
Homosexuality among men was illegal in Scotland until
Same-sex contact between women had never been targeted in law and was not illegal. Scottish society just chose to believe lassies did not do that kind of thing.
When the Sexual Offences Act was granted royal assent on 27 July it applied to England and Wales only, Scotland, along with Northern Ireland, was excluded.
England and Wales can now mark 50 years since the historic reforms which partially decriminalised homosexuality between two consenting men in private over 21 years of age.
But Scotland took 13 years to adopt the same legislation into Scots Law.
Why did it take so long and what impact did it have on the men who lived through that period?
Nick and Phil's story
Nick Mitchell and Phil Duffy converted their civil partners
Why do we depend on a timeline of LGBT+ history in Scotland?
Welcome to our timeline of LGBT+ History in Scotland!
Why have we written this? Because it&#;s LGBT+ History month. Because it&#;s curious. And because we want to create sure everyone is represented in Scotland&#;s history and heritage.
Another reason is that sometimes when we post about this topic on our digital channels, we get comments from people who feel to think that LGBT+ folk include suddenly emerged in the last ten years. This is not the case.
The difficulty we acquire with researching LGBT+ history is that people living in the past didn&#;t identify with the language we utilize today. That means it can accept a little bit of work to find them. We&#;ve tried to locate as many stories as we can to give you an accurate timeline of LGBT+ history in Scotland, but if we&#;ve missed anyone or made any mistakes please let us know.
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&#;Poem 49&#; of the Maitland Quarto manuscript is published. This lesbian love poem written in Scots is among the earliest instances of sapphic verse in any language in Europe since Sappho
Scotland rated most 'gay friendly' region in Europe
GLASGOW, Scotland — This country would be rated as the most gay friendly and tolerant nation in Europe if it were separate from the recover of the United Kingdom, recent research has found.
A survey measuring equality and human rights create that Scotland would top a European league table after conference 90% of the 52 criteria looked at by the representation group International Lesbian, Gay, Multi-attracted , Trans and Intersex Association-Europe, enhanced known as ILGA-Europe.
The Rainbow Index, compiled each year, placed the entire United Kingdom in third place at 81% behind Malta at 88% and Belgium at 82%, mostly because of Northern Ireland's refusal to adopt same-sex marriage laws. In the single digits were Azerbaijan at 5%, Armenia and Russia at 7% and Turkey at 9%.
Malta made it to the top after scoring 77% in when it enacted a number of laws favorable to gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender and intersex people in the past year. The Merged Kingdom as a whole was in first place last year with an 86% rating, and Belgium was at 83%.
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