The Edinburgh LGBT Centre is a lesbian

Lesbian

Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...

, gay

Gay

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, bisexual, and transgender

Transgender

Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles....

 community centre located at 58a/60 Broughton Street

Broughton, Edinburgh

Broughton is an ancient feudal barony today within the City of Edinburgh, Scotland that was once known for its witchcraft. Its borders are defined, approximately, as being Leith Walk in the south east, Broughton Street in the south west, Broughton Road in the north west and McDonald Road in the...

, Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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, Scotland

Scotland

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The Centre was bought in 1974 by the Scottish Minorities Group

Outright Scotland

Outright Scotland is a LGBT rights organisation based in Edinburgh, Scotland.-History:Outright Scotland began as the Scottish Minorities Group in 1969.In 1974, SMG bought the premises on Broughton Street that became the Edinburgh LGBT Centre....

, and remains the only LGBT-owned LGBT Centre in the UK. It is the oldest LGBT Centre in Europe

Europe

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The Centre consists of a street-level café and basement with offices and a meeting room. It is used by many LGBT community groups and organisations, including Pride Scotia

Pride Scotia

Pride Scotia is Scotland's national LGBT pride festival. Since 1995, volunteers have organised a Pride March and a community-based festival in June, alternating between the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow....

 Edinburgh.

Organisations with offices in The Centre:

• Pride Scotia (Edinburgh): Organises Scotland's annual gay pride event every 2nd year in Edinburgh.

External links

• OurStory Scotland timeline
• Cecil Sinclair interviewed by Remember When
• Pride Scotia