GAY SCOTLAND

Sean Connery (acting)

The newspaper Scotland on Sunday has produced its annual Pink Scotland List. 

The Scots have always been pretty gay, or bisexual.

King James I (and VI) had a number of male lovers, including: Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, and George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham.

Rabbie Burns had his reputed homosexual relationship.

Robert Burns.



Sir Walter Scott liked gay characters.

In Redguantlet, Darsie writes, "my love for Alan Fairford surpasses the love of woman."

Darsie Latimer

Cardinal Keith O'Brien (above) was in long-term gay relationship.

R L Stevenson reportedly was very fond of boys

Viscount Drumlanrig reportedly had a gay affair with the UK Prime Minister, the Earl of Rosebery. (Scottish Lords)

Field Marshall Douglas Haig was reportedly very fond of young men. (Military Leaders - Gays?)

hotscotsfc.com .

Lindsay Anderson, the film director of Scottish descent, was gay. (Lindsay Anderson)

Cameron Mackintosh, producer of Les Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera, is gay. (List of gays.)

Ian McKellen, the actor, is gay. (Famous Gay Celebrities)

John Buchan - is suspected of being bisexual (A BOY IN A SCHOOL BLAZER)



Ian Fleming - author of James Bond, was reportedly bisexual.

Compton Mackenzie, was apparently a boylover.  (CAPRI, BRONZED BOYS AND GRAHAM GREENE )

Edwin Morgan, Scotland's most famous poet, came out as gay at the age of 70. (Sadness, fear and thrill of national poet's secret gay life )



Rhona Cameron, the comedian, is gay (Famous Gay Celebrities)

Gordon Brown (Peter and Gordon) is alleged to be gay.

Sir Knox Cunningham was reportedly fond of boys. (TONY BLAIR AND CHILD ABUSERS)

Alan Cumming, the actor, is bisexual (Alan Cumming - Wikipedia)



Ronald Selby Wright was reportedly fond of boys. (TONY BLAIR AND CHILD ABUSERS)

Steven Purcell, former Leader of Glasgow Council, has been revealed as gay. ( PURCELL, Stefan King.)

Tam Paton and one of the Bay City Rollers have been named as gay.

Patrick Harvie, the leading figure in the Scottish Green Party, is bisexual. (Patrick Harvie - Wikipedia)

The Pink Scotland List includes: 

RUTH DAVIDSON - Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party.

GORDON MATHESON - Leader of Glasgow City Council

DEREK OGG QC - former head of the National Sexual Crimes Unit.

NEIL MACGREGOR - Director of the British Museum



CAROL ANN DUFFY - Poet Laureate

CHRISTOPHER KANE - Fashion designer

DEREK MACKAY - Government minister

LAURIE SANSOM - Artistic Director, National Theatre of Scotland

GRAEME OBREE - World champion cyclist

SUSAN STEWART - former diplomat at the British Embassy in Washington.

SUSAN CALMAN - Comedian



CLAIRE BLACK - Newspaper columnist, Scotland on Sunday

SCOTT RENNIE - Church of Scotland minister

IAN PRICE - General Secretary
of the Scottish Labour Party

NEIL BAXTER - Secretary and treasurer of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS).

ALI SMITH - Author

KAREN DUNBAR - Comedian



JAMES CLARK - Former ambassador

SIR JONATHAN MILLS - Director of the Edinburgh International Festival

VAL MCDERMID - Author

DAVID TORRANCE - Political writer

JO CLIFFORD - Playwright

LEE BEATTIE - co-owner of a public relations company

JACKIE KAY - Poet and novelist

CHRIS CREEGAN - Chief executive, Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability

EDDIE MAIR - Radio presenter

LOUISE WELSH - Author

KELVIN HOLDSWORTH - Episcopalian clergyman

JEANE FREEMAN - Political consultant

ZOE STRACHAN - Author

RICHARD WILSON - Actor (Victor Meldrew)

JOHN BARROWMAN - Actor

CHITRA RAMASWAMY - Journalist

MARCO BIAGI - Member of Parliament (MSP)

DR SHARON COWAN - Senior law lecturer, University of Edinburgh.

KATHERINE O’DONNELL - Journalist

CALUM IRVING - Chief executive, Voluntary Action Scotland

JENNIE KERMODE - Journalist and human rights campaigner

HORSE MCDONALD - Musician

CRAIG HILL - Comedian