Scope and Contents 00:00 Lynne [L] born Gourock 1959. Moved to Helensburgh, aged 11. Went to university in 1976. Moved into student house 1978. Psychology course at Glasgow. Postgraduate course in Educational Psychology, aged 20, fell in love with another woman, Ruth. L had gone out with boys but not particularly interested. Ruth was flatmate for first year, became roommate. L didn’t consider herself a lesbian. Heart-broken when Ruth graduated. L’s close relationships had all been with women, but assumed she...

Scope and Contents 00:00 Lynne [L] born Gourock 1959. Moved to Helensburgh, aged 11. Went to university in 1976. Moved into student house 1978. Psychology course at Glasgow. Postgraduate course in Educational Psychology, aged 20, fell in love with another woman, Ruth. L had gone out with boys but not particularly interested. Ruth was flatmate for first year, became roommate. L didn’t consider herself a lesbian. Heart-broken when Ruth graduated. L’s close relationships had all been with women, but assumed she...

Scope and Contents 00:00 Worked as school librarian in only secondary school in Cowal Peninsula: close-knit community, couldn’t be out. Wanted to be out, so important to move. Job came up at Stirling University, Faculty of Human Sciences. In Autumn 1994 hadjoined Lilidots, a lesbian hill-walking group. Started new job February 1995. Equal Opportunities policy – felt she could be more open. Found out about Forth Friend, an organisation for lesbians and gays in Forth Valley. Phoned their phoneline,...

Scope and Contents 00:00 Worked as school librarian in only secondary school in Cowal Peninsula: close-knit community, couldn’t be out. Wanted to be out, so important to move. Job came up at Stirling University, Faculty of Human Sciences. In Autumn 1994 hadjoined Lilidots, a lesbian hill-walking group. Started new job February 1995. Equal Opportunities policy – felt she could be more open. Found out about Forth Friend, an organisation for lesbians and gays in Forth Valley. Phoned their phoneline,...

Scope and Contents 00:00 Parents did not say much in response to L’s coming out. Father knew due to visits to house, would see Pink Paper, Out Scotland etc. They didn’t seem to want to talk about it. Mother got seriously ill, and may not remember L’s coming out. Mother didn’t want family to know: difficult for L who doesn’t want to be hidden.02:07 L diagnosed with breast cancer, and planning funeral. Has been to lesbian and gay funerals and no mention of sexuality. Wants this to be acknowledged at...

Scope and Contents 00:00 Parents did not say much in response to L’s coming out. Father knew due to visits to house, would see Pink Paper, Out Scotland etc. They didn’t seem to want to talk about it. Mother got seriously ill, and may not remember L’s coming out. Mother didn’t want family to know: difficult for L who doesn’t want to be hidden.02:07 L diagnosed with breast cancer, and planning funeral. Has been to lesbian and gay funerals and no mention of sexuality. Wants this to be acknowledged at...

Scope and Contents 00:00 L could find herself reflected in books. Even working in school library found the odd story with lesbian themes, that were not supposed to be on open shelves. Joined Glasgow Women’s Library [GWL] with its Lesbian Archive. They had books on lesbian themes. Complicated journey to come in to GWL from Argyll. Novels and factual books – took them back in brown paper bag to Dunoon. Bought books, but could not have lesbian themed books on show while working in a school, so donated them to...

Scope and Contents 00:00 L could find herself reflected in books. Even working in school library found the odd story with lesbian themes, that were not supposed to be on open shelves. Joined Glasgow Women’s Library [GWL] with its Lesbian Archive. They had books on lesbian themes. Complicated journey to come in to GWL from Argyll. Novels and factual books – took them back in brown paper bag to Dunoon. Bought books, but could not have lesbian themed books on show while working in a school, so donated them to...