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Recently I inherited after a colleague retired a large collection of LGBT magazines and ephemera stretching back to the early s. These include numerous editions of Gay Scotland and Gay Timescentral are helpful resources when examining the development of LGBT culture over the past 30 years. At this time the magazine had a circulation of around 8, with the majority of readers subscribing or buying a copy from gay bars and clubs.

What is noticeable from the content is that the magazine contains significantly less advertising space than more recent magazines, and offers a plentiful supply of news items, which are unsurprisingly related gay LGBT interests and the continuing pursuit of equality and an end to discrimination. This new culture was characterised by a more confident and market-savvy approach that relied upon a younger and more affluent bar base.

Characterful, they were not. But this gay scene was replicating the changes that were occurring more broadly within the glasgow industry, which was becoming a more customer-driven platform, and introduced a new phase in the evolution of gay commercial culture in Scotland which saw an alignment with the mainstream. The language of gay Scottish leisure changed too.

These changes were replicated in the LGBT publications of the period too, which reflected increased revenue, appeal, and confidence and were able to expand content to include more than activism and awareness of LGBT issues.

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Modern venuesmay be guilty of permitting market forces to disregard sections of the community: the older and less well off, in its drive for profitability and commercial appeal, with LGBT 0ver 50s frequenting venues in fewer numbers. View all posts by Jeff Meek. Skip to content. Like Loading Published by Jeff Meek. Leave a comment Cancel reply.

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