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This is a personal index to National Archives of Scotland Files GD467, Records of Outright Scotland often known as the "Ian Dunn Archive". From the index there are links to details of some of the contents.
This is prepared by Ian Strang for personal research purposes and should not be quoted.

Link to the NAS Catalogue entry . If this does not work go to NAS Search and enter GD467 in Reference field.

The organisation known as Outright Scotland (OS) was founded in May 1969 as the Scottish Minorities Group, and between 1978 and 1992 was known as the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group. OS exists to uphold the rights of Scottish lesbian, gay and bisexual persons, and its archives include records of its work in the areas of law reform, welfare and social activities. Included are the records of the Scottish Homosexual Action Group (SHAG) (GD467/8/1-11). SHAG was an in dependant organisation, separate from the SHRG. Its records date from 1987 to 1989 and concern opposition to section 28 of the Local Government Bill 1988 and the organisation of the Lark in the Park, Edinburgh, 1989.

The records were sorted by a member of the organisation, who I believe to be Cecil Sinclair who died in 2004, and deposited as a private collection in the care of the Scottish Records Office in July 1996.  Obituary to Cecil Sinclair: Scotsman Newspaper. 29 October 2004.(not accessable 6/2021) A page on Cecil's unique contribution to the LGBT community is in preparation: my links so far If you have further information please email .

Acknowledgement to Outright Scotland:
I am grateful to Outright Scotland who have made the following statement to me in writing:
"As a bona fide researcher you are hereby authorised to make full and any use of the SMG/SHRG/Outright Scotland including copying that material and publishing it, provided always that you acknowledge the source."

Please note that many of the scanned documents come from private archives not the NAS.