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SMG News Feb 1971 No 2/72
SMG and GLASGOW UNIVERSITY
SOCIAL STUDIES GROUP
Report
of annual weekend Conference at Seamill Hydro, West Kilbride,
29-30 Jan 1972 by Ian Dunn. SMG was invited to send a membe “and
a friend” ... theme “Minority Groups and the
Community”. [Ian was accompanied by Marion Bowles] ...
socially a success ... Although SMG had been assured ten minutes
at the end of the Sunday session to present a prepared paper to
the Conference the Chairman decided that other minorities in
Scotland were “not relevant to our discussions”. It
was too much. I rose to protest at this unwarranted muzzling. This
was the first occasion in Scotland of a homosexuals group making
its voice heard (firmly and with civility) at a “professional”
conference.
p5 NATIONAL UNION OF STUDENTS (SCOTTISH REGION) At the Annual Scottish
Conference of NUS in Edinburgh held on 4/5 February [1972]
Heriot-Watt Universityh moved "That this conference notes
the continuing social and legal inequalities of the homosexual
in Scotland and supports the Scottish Council fo Civil
Liberties and the Scottish Minorities Group in their present
efforts towards sound legal reform and for an early removal
of remaining discrimination." Danny Mullen (Deputy Chairman
of SMG) introduced the motion, THere were some excellent and
lively speeches in favour, especially from Fional Smith
(Telford College, Edinburgh) and Fraser Grigor (Strathclyde
University). Ian Dunn for Heriot-Watt summed up. There
was tremendous applause when the motion was carried with
only one abstention. Danny intends to introduce a similar
motion at the NUS National Conference in Birmingham in
April.
LAW REFORM It is too early yet for a full evaluation of the reaction
of the Scottish Members of Parliament to the SMG/SCCL Memorandum.
Initial response would seem to indicate that our Members
of Parliament on the whole consider that the homosexual
male in Scotland has little to gain from a change in the
present law since any "anti" statutes are more or less
dormant. Replies are still with the Scottish Council for
Civil Liberties. As soon as our Law Reform Committee has
had time to consider these fully a more specific analysis
will be published for the information of members.
ATTO DI RIFORME SESSUALI - This proposed "Sexaul Reform BIll" comes
from Leslie, and SMG member from the United States, who
is at present touring the COntinent and may from time to
time send us his thoughts on Europe:
Look at this and next article. 27 Feb 2006:
law reform references searched up to this issue.
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