programme

Terrence Higgins Trust Scotland
Highland Programme June 2008
Social gatherings

Wednesday 11 7-9pm at THT T group Evening around ‘style’ with specialist Gloria. A social evening for those who identify as Transgender – in all its variety

Thursday 12 6.30-9pm Thurso LGBT CAITHNESS social group. Community Learning
and Leisure Office, Princess Street, Thurso. All lgbt people welcome.
Contact Jon on 07749 517826 or Rob on 07511 199066 for more information.

Monday 16 12-2pm at THT LGBT lunch drop-in
Come and have your lunch at THT with your friends or meet some new ones. Browse through the brochures, ask us questions. Tea, coffee and soup provided by THT

Wednesday 18 6-8pm at THT HepC positive Support Group
A group to meet other people who are HepC+, whether on treatment or not.

Tuesday 24 6.30-8.30pm at THT Movie: ‘Aimee and Jaguar’. Come and watch this movie together with friends.

Wednesday 25 6-8pm at THT HIV positive support group.




Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lgbtnorthscotland and join the online community for LGBT people in the North of Scotland
You can also find this info. and more on our blog http://thtscotland-highlandservices.blogspot.com/


Sexual Health

Free, anonymous and confidential testing
By appointment: Every Tuesday from 5-7pm at THT
Drop-in: Every weekday from Monday to Friday from 1.30pm-4pm at THT

Needle exchange: Every weekday from Monday to Friday from 1.30pm-4pm at THT

Drop-in for sex workers: Monday 2 and Monday 23 June from 12noon-2pm at THT

THT: Terrence Higgins Trust Scotland, 34 Waterloo Place, Inverness IV1 1NB Tel: 01463 711 585

Film

Tuesday 24 June 2008 6.30pm

Aimee and Jaguar


Nominated for a Golden Globe and German’s offical submission for a Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award, Max Farberbock’s Aimee & Jaguar is the tender accont of a forbidden love affair set against the backdrop of wartime Germany.

In performances that garnered them Silver bears at the 1999 Berlin International Film Festival, Julian Kohler (Lily Wust) and Maria Schrader (Felice Schragenheim) play the epynomous Aimee & Jaguar, an exampler of Nazi motherhood and a politically committed Jewess respecively who embark on a transgressive love affair that will ultimately shatter their lives.

Based on a true story and powerfully dramatised, it is an uplifting love story totally unlike any other.

newsletter

30 April 2008



Dear Friends,


Again a month has passed, May is announcing itself and our programme is also landing into your post box.

Lgbt people in the Highlands are getting out and I am so happy about that. The online lgbt community led to the start of the lgbtcaithness social group that had its first meeting last month and will meet every month from now on. What a better combination than living in the beautiful surroundings of the north of Scotland together with getting to know and socialising with like minded people? Do not forget that we also have an lgbt lunch drop-in at our office in Inverness and that there is also the lgbt Lochaber social group that meets bi-monthly.

Testing…yes there is also some good news on that front. As you probably know, we offer free, anonymous and confidential testing every Tuesday from 5-7pm, by appointment. Lisa Ross, our clinical nurse, is now also offering the opportunity for testing on a drop-in basis, every weekday from 1.30-4pm. Choose the time that suits you best and get tested for HepB, HIV, and HepC or get your vaccination against HepB. Take care of yourself and of others….if you are worried, do not wait, we are here to advise and help you.

Since last year we are running an HIV support group on a monthly basis. From now on, we will run the group alternately on a Wednesday evening and a Friday at noon. It will meet the different needs of different people.

Last but not least, the works have finished, from now on we are occupying the whole building and next month we will be able to announce the long-awaited grand opening.


Take care, keep well




Agnes Boes
Health Promotion Specialist - Highland

May programme

Terrence Higgins Trust Scotland
Highland Programme May 2008
Social gatherings

Wednesday 07 7-9pm at THT T group movie ‘The crying game’
For those who identify as Transgender – in all its variety

Monday 12 12-2pm at THT LGBT lunch drop-in
Come and have your lunch at THT with your friends or meet some new ones. Browse through the brochures, ask us questions. Tea, coffee and soup provided by THT

Wednesday 14 6.30-9pm Thurso LGBT CAITHNESS social group. All lgbt people welcome at the Central (bar, hotel and restaurant), 1 Traill Street, Thurso. Contact Jon on 07749 517826 or Rob on 07511 199066 for more information.

Tuesday 20 6-8pm at THT HepC positive Support Group
A group to meet other people who are HepC+, whether on treatment or not.

Wednesday 21 6.30-8.30pm Fort William LGBT Lochaber social group.

Friday 23 12-2 at THT HIV positive support group.

Tuesday 27 6-8pm at THT LGB movie ‘French Twist’

Wednesday 28 5-6 at THT possibility to talk to the police in a safe environment about homophobic/transphobic incidents

Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lgbtnorthscotland and join the online community for LGBT people in the North of Scotland
You can also find this info. and more on our blog http://thtscotland-highlandservices.blogspot.com/


Sexual Health

Free, anonymous and confidential testing
By appointment: Every Tuesday from 5-7pm at THT
Drop-in: Every weekday from Monday to Friday from 1.30pm-4pm at THT

Needle exchange: Every weekday from Monday to Friday needle exchange from 1.30pm-4pm at THT

Drop-in for sex workers: Monday 12 and Monday 19 May from 12noon-2pm at THT

THT: Terrence Higgins Trust Scotland, 34 Waterloo Place, Inverness IV1 1NB Tel: 01463 711 585

Films in May

2 Films in May

T movie The crying game 7May

The twist. It's all everyone could talk about when this movie first was released in theaters. By now most people know what the twist is. But the movie deserves to be here for more than the shock value. It mixes politics and love as its two themes and shows better than any movie that love is a many complicated thing. The performances are outstanding by the entire cast, but Jaye Davidson steals the show. This unknown earned a Best Supporting nomination for the portrayal of the exotic hairdresser that Stephen Rea falls for. Every gay film fan should see this movie.


LGB movie Frenchtwist 27May
Loli is a stereotypical faithful wife, staying at home and taking care of the kids unaware that her husband is off on many sexual adventures. Enter Marijo, who has arrived to help Loli with her plumbing. It doesn't take much perception to see how lonely Loli is, so Marijo makes her move. Usually, right under the nose of Loli's husband. As the budding lesbian romance grows, the husband grows jealous and becomes more faithful, trying to salvage his marriage. In the end, Loli must choose between her husband, or her lesbian lover. Or, must she? There is something to be said for having your cake and eating it too.

Newsletter April 2008

Dear Friends,



Spring is in the air and our building saga is going on and on…. However, the end is in sight and it already looks great. Our ‘grand opening’ will probably be in June. Do not worry we will keep you posted!

As you will see in the programme, this month we are organising a discussion evening for bisexuals. It all happens on the 29th April at 6.30pm at the Terrence Higgins Trust. We see it as an opportunity to talk about issues that concern this specific group. As always, everyone is welcome.

New! LGBT CAITHNESS. On the 28th of March we had a meeting with some lgbt people living in Caithness who would like to set up an lgbt social group. The initiative was a direct result from the new online lgbtnorthscotland community. It is great to see how it has brought people together already. A big thank you to the people who initiated it! As a result a new social group is born, LGBT CAITHNESS. Monthly social gatherings will be organised. The first one is on Wednesday 16 April at 7pm at the Central (bar, hotel and restaurant), 1 Traill Street in Thurso. Contact Jon on 07749 517826 or Rob 07511 199066 or 01847 896 281 for more information.

Do you feel rather isolated and do you have access to a computer and the internet? Get online and join the online lgbt community. Initiate an activity, raise a topic for discussion, announce an event, communicate with individuals or with the group as a whole. Join http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lgbtnorthscotland.

We are also looking for volunteers who would like to help us with distributing safer sex materials at music festivals during the summer and for some people who would like to help us with our outreach work at cruising areas. If you are interested in any of these two, please do not hesitate to contact Agnes Boes on 07816 064752 or 01463 711585





Agnes Boes
Health Promotion Specialist - Highland

Programme April 2008

Terrence Higgins Trust Scotland
Highland Programme April 2008

Social gatherings
Monday 07 12-2pm at THT LGBT lunch drop-in
Come and have your lunch at THT with your friends or meet some new ones. Browse through the brochures, ask us questions. Tea, coffee and soup provided by THT

Wednesday 09 7-9pm at THT T group
For those who identify as Transgender – in all its variety.

Wednesday 16 7-9pm Thurso LGBT CAITHNESS social group. All lgbt people welcome at the Central (bar, hotel and restaurant), 1 Traill Street, Thurso. Contact Jon on 07749 517826 or Rob on 07511 199066 or 01847 896281 for more information.

Tuesday 22 6-7.30pm at THT HepC positive Support Group
A group to meet other people who are HepC+, whether on treatment or not.

Wednesday 23 6-8pm at THT HIV positive support group.

Tuesday 29 6.30-8.30pm at THT Discussion evening for Bisexuals

Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lgbtnorthscotland and join the online community for LGBT people in the North of Scotland
You can also find this info. and more on our blog http://thtscotland-highlandservices.blogspot.com/


Sexual Health
Tuesday 01 5-7pm at THT Needle exchange
5-7pm at THT Test clinic
Monday 07 12-2pm at THT Drop-in for sex workers
Tuesday 08 5-7pm at THT Needle exchange
5-7pm at THT Test clinic
Thursday 10 9.30-11.30am at THT Needle exchange
Tuesday 15 5-7pm at THT Needle exchange
5-7pm at THT Test clinic
Thursday 17 9.30-11.30am at THT Needle exchange
Monday 21 12-2pm at THT Drop-in for sex workers
Tuesday 22 5-7pm at THT Needle exchange
5-7pm at THT Test clinic
Thursday 24 9.30-11.30am at THT Needle exchange
Tuesday 29 5-7pm at THT Needle exchange
5-7pm at THT Test clinic


THT: Terrence Higgins Trust Scotland, 34 Waterloo Place, Inverness IV1 1NB

Tel: 01463 711 585