We take a look back on the story of the powr-faced, stylishly drsed gang of male prostut and the hidn liv of gay men who lived, loved, cised and partied Glasgow the early 20th century.
Contents:
- EXCLUSIVE: FORMER POLICE OFFICER PUNISHED FOR GAY MARRIAGE VIEW LAWYERS UP, DEMANDS APOLOGY
- 'MEET ME AT THE KNOB' – RELLG GLASGOW'S FOTTEN GAY SCENE AND THE NOTOR WHE HATSWE TAKE A LOOK BACK ON THE STORY OF THE POWR-FACED, STYLISHLY DRSED GANG OF MALE PROSTUT AND THE HIDN LIV OF GAY MEN WHO LIVED, LOVED, CISED AND PARTIED GLASGOW THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY.GLASGOWLIVEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYCHRISTA O'NEILLDIGAL JOURNALIST14:20, 2 FEB 2021UPDATED16:19, 26 JAN 2023BOOKMARKTHE WHE HATS ARE SAID TO HAVE LED THE BROOMIELAW THE 1920S. PICTURE: SUBMTED.GET THE LATT NOSTALGIA FEATUR AND PHOTO STORI OM GLASGOW STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THE LATT NOSTALGIA FEATUR AND PHOTO STORI OM GLASGOW STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
- VICE PS TARGET SEEDY SNA OWNED BY GAY TYOON'SEXCLUSIVE: VICE SQUAD OFFICERS HAVE RAID A SEEDY SEX CLUB OWNED BY BRA'S FIRST GAY NEWLYWEDS.DAILYRERDBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYDEREK ALEXANR00:00, 3 OCT 2010UPDATED18:37, 1 JUL 2012BOOKMARKGET THE LATT TOP NEWS STORI SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THE LATT TOP NEWS STORI SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
- THE BEST GLASGOW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS GLASGOW
- GAY GLASGOW P 'OVERWHELMED' WH SUPPORT AFTER MARRYG FELLOW OFFICERIN AN EMOTNAL MSAGE TO MARK LGBT HISTORY MONTH MART CULLEN-MULVENEY REVEALED HE WAS UNDATED WH MSAG OF SOLIDARY OM WORKMAT ON HIS BIG DAY.GLASGOWLIVEBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYCHERYL MCEVOYCONTENT EDOR13:54, 13 FEB 2020BOOKMARKMART AND FRANCIS WERE THRILLED WH THE TURNOUT ON THEIR BIG DAY (IMAGE: GARY ALLAN PHOTOGRAPHY)DON'T MISS ANY OF GLASGOW LIVE'S BIGGT STORI - SIGN UP TO OUR DAILY EMAIL NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 DON'T MISS ANY OF GLASGOW LIVE'S BIGGT STORI - SIGN UP TO OUR DAILY EMAIL NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
EXCLUSIVE: FORMER POLICE OFFICER PUNISHED FOR GAY MARRIAGE VIEW LAWYERS UP, DEMANDS APOLOGY
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'MEET ME AT THE KNOB' – RELLG GLASGOW'S FOTTEN GAY SCENE AND THE NOTOR WHE HATSWE TAKE A LOOK BACK ON THE STORY OF THE POWR-FACED, STYLISHLY DRSED GANG OF MALE PROSTUT AND THE HIDN LIV OF GAY MEN WHO LIVED, LOVED, CISED AND PARTIED GLASGOW THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY.GLASGOWLIVEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYCHRISTA O'NEILLDIGAL JOURNALIST14:20, 2 FEB 2021UPDATED16:19, 26 JAN 2023BOOKMARKTHE WHE HATS ARE SAID TO HAVE LED THE BROOMIELAW THE 1920S. PICTURE: SUBMTED.GET THE LATT NOSTALGIA FEATUR AND PHOTO STORI OM GLASGOW STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THE LATT NOSTALGIA FEATUR AND PHOTO STORI OM GLASGOW STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
EXCLUSIVE: VICE squad officers have raid a seedy sex club owned by Bra's first gay newlyweds. * glasgow gay police *
Gay uple, 1919; Broomielaw, where the Whe Hats worked. Through years of rearchg and terviewg gay and bisexual men, he disvered the story of the ltle-known Whe Hats – who ed nicknam to nceal their te inti om the thori.
They were known for targetg wealthier clients particular, who had a fair b to lose at a time when homosexualy was illegal.
VICE PS TARGET SEEDY SNA OWNED BY GAY TYOON'SEXCLUSIVE: VICE SQUAD OFFICERS HAVE RAID A SEEDY SEX CLUB OWNED BY BRA'S FIRST GAY NEWLYWEDS.DAILYRERDBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYDEREK ALEXANR00:00, 3 OCT 2010UPDATED18:37, 1 JUL 2012BOOKMARKGET THE LATT TOP NEWS STORI SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THE LATT TOP NEWS STORI SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
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It may also e as a surprise to learn that some of the Whe Hats were blackmailed to beg prostut or were "gay for pay".
Same-sex sexual activy wasn't legalised Stland until 1981 but there were many bars, rtrants and hot-spots across the cy for gay men and women to meet. Gay and bisexual men were forced to refully partmentalise their liv to keep their sexualy unr wraps and avoid beg "ught out" as the nsequenc on their workg liv, fai and reputatns would be grave. By the 1980s, there were more openly gay and mixed bars such as Delmonis, Guys Bar, the Waterloo Bar and Bens.
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Though there was ltle they uld do to crimalise gay men other than "tch them the act", men terviewed told how ps would timidate them the streets and e to their bars at closg time to orr drks and create an hostile atmosphere among punters. "Gay men were viewed by the police as the lowt of the lowt terms of crimaly: A vis, a disease, which was spreadg major ci. " Though most men shroud their sexualy secrecy the early 20th century, there were s of openly gay men who would be out and proud wh their peers – one of whom worked the shipyards by the Cly.
GAY GLASGOW P 'OVERWHELMED' WH SUPPORT AFTER MARRYG FELLOW OFFICERIN AN EMOTNAL MSAGE TO MARK LGBT HISTORY MONTH MART CULLEN-MULVENEY REVEALED HE WAS UNDATED WH MSAG OF SOLIDARY OM WORKMAT ON HIS BIG DAY.GLASGOWLIVEBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYCHERYL MCEVOYCONTENT EDOR13:54, 13 FEB 2020BOOKMARKMART AND FRANCIS WERE THRILLED WH THE TURNOUT ON THEIR BIG DAY (IMAGE: GARY ALLAN PHOTOGRAPHY)DON'T MISS ANY OF GLASGOW LIVE'S BIGGT STORI - SIGN UP TO OUR DAILY EMAIL NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 DON'T MISS ANY OF GLASGOW LIVE'S BIGGT STORI - SIGN UP TO OUR DAILY EMAIL NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
They were perfectly okay wh certa reprentatns of homosexualy – mostly lourful, mp, over-the-top typ. But they would say what really threatened their masculy was if someone 'jt like them' was gay. "Dpe the horrors faced by gay people the 1920s to 60s – and the fact that who they were practice was illegal until the early 80s, some of the men had great fun.
"I asked him, ‘Do you thk gay and lbian people will ever be able to marry?
The pri movement began 1959 at the Stonewall Inn, New York, when people who were LGBT+ rose up agast ntued physil attacks and timidatn om officers of the New York Police Department and is acknowledged as the start of the fight for gay rights.