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    Monitoring the treatment of sexuality by the Scottish media every month.

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    1 Gay Sex Now! Part 8 - BADGE OF SHAME - May 2008
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    THE STORY SO FAR… Stagecoach boss, Brian Souter, the Catholic Church and the School Boards’ Association have won the support of Falkirk, Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Councils to fight repeal of Section 28...

    2 Dennis Goldie and the fall of Falkirk. Part 7 - BADGE OF SHAME - April 2008
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    THE STORY SO FAR… After the repeal of Section 28 is announced by Labour, Brian Souter, the Catholic Church and the Scottish School Boards’ Association were joined by Scotland’s biggest tabloid newspapers to fight repeal. Shockwaves reached Falkirk…

    3 American money and Souter's last penny. Part 6 - BADGE OF SHAME - March 2008
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    THE STORY SO FAR... Wendy Alexander has announced repeal of Section 28. The Catholic Church has been joined by millionaire Brian Souter who pledges to bankroll the Scottish School Boards’ Association’s campaign to fight repeal. Wendy is quickly sidelined when it becomes clear religion is spoiling for a fight...

    4 Driving a bus through the argument. PART 5 - BADGE OF SHAME - February 2008
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    THE STORY SO FAR... Despite never being used in schools, anti-repeal campaigners had found a teaching aid tackling homophobia in schools to hold up as an example of why Section 28 should remain…

    5 Mrs Hill and the black lesbian gay in a wheelchair. PART 4 - BADGE OF SHAME - January 2008
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    THE STORY SO FAR... Communities Minister, Wendy Alexander’s announcement that Section 28 is to be repealed is met with a barrage of abuse from sections of the Scottish press and Cardinal Winning…

    6 Wee Wendy and the broken Record. PART 3 - BADGE OF SHAME - December 2007
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    Wendy Alexander MSP announces repeal in Scotland and Cardinal Winning objects.

    7 The Bank of Scotland boss and the ex-guitarist. PART 2 - BADGE OF SHAME - November 2007
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    The Bank of Scotland's deal with extreme Christian, Pat Robertson

    8 Section 28: Sitting on lesbians. Part 1 - BADGE OF SHAME - October 2007
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    The birth of Section 28

    9 BADGE OF SHAME (Summary) - September 2007
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    THE START OF SCOTLAND'S SENSATIONAL SERIALISATION!

    10 CLEAR THE SHELVES! - January 2007
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    You'll have had your oats? Edinburgh or Glasgow - who's the coolest about sex?

    11 The Scottish Media Monitor by Garry Otton - January 2006
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    The Story of the Scottish Media Monitor

    12 The Last Scottish Media Monitor from Garry Otton - December 2005
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    Censorship, exclusion and prudery... Nothing changes!

    13 GodPods and Holy Socks! Is This It For the Church, Then? asks Garry Otton - November 2005
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    Arresting the teacher and selling the Church. What next? Blow up priests and biblical loo-roll?

    14 Garry Otton says Let's Show Marriage the Future - September 2005
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    Thumbs down to 'marriage-lite' and attacking moral conservatism.

    15 Garry Otton on Being Free to Hate Fascism - August 2005
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    Religious hatred in the Scottish media and sex education - a child's rights or a parent's right to say 'no'?

    16 Garry Otton asks Can Gays War With Religionists? - July 2005
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    The Scottish Media Monitor self-censors ahead of new laws protecting religion. But will the law be a sledgehammer to crack a nut? Even The Daily Mail thinks so!

    17 Garry Otton and Where The Sun Never Shines - June 2005
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    Football, condoms, cursing and getting pregnant in Dundee.

    18 The Scottish Press Enjoy a Good Funeral says Garry Otton - May 2005
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    Election time, the new pope and getting the Bible back in the library.

    19 Garry Otton Pokes Some Christian Thugs - April 2005
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    Election time again and the thugs who put the the spirit back into Christianity.

    20 Garry Otton asks: Is the Church Running Scotland? - March 2005
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    Do gays hinder teaching history in schools; was 'Keep the Clause' a job well done and can The Sunday Mail have fun in a gay sauna?

    21 Garry Otton and the Disciplinarians - February 2005
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    Freedom of speech under attack, gay Scotland and the USA.

    22 Garry Otton and the Responsibilities of Being Liberal - January 2005
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    A challenge to liberalism, promoting chastity and gay Jesus.

    23 Garry Otton and the Religionist Gene - December 2004
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    The Republican win hits Scotland and divides the world.

    24 Garry Otton challenges the Obstacle to Sex Education - November 2004
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    The Catholic campaign against sex education and in support of religious apartheid and shelf-clearing 'feminists'.

    25 New Catholic Morality Campaign Fails writes Garry Otton - October 2004
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    The new campaign the church threatens to be as devastating as 'Keep the Clause' and Glasgow's own morality campaign against erotic dance.

    26 Garry Otton Examines the Media's Defence of Marriage - September 2004
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    The big hoo-ha over gays marrying, the damning of transsexuals by tabloid agony aunt and sex workers challenged.

    27 Garry Otton Checks Into a B&B - August 2004
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    Highland guesthouse bars gays from sharing a double room.

    28 Garry Otton Sniffs Moral Outrage - July 2004
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    New efforts to thwart sex education and marching in parades

    29 Garry Otton Sees Hypocrisy in Exposés - June 2004
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    Being responsible about sex and is Dirty Den so removed from how we enjoy it?

    30 Garry Otton Lifts the Veil Off Marriage Before We Take It Over - May 2004
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    Monogamous gay marriage in The Herald, footballers get a bit on the side in The Scottish News of the World and pensioners get it in The Sunday Mail.

    31 Garry Otton Walks the Dog - April 2004
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    Obstructing sex education and doing it 'doggy-style' outdoors.

    32 Time to Declare War on Militant Religionists says Garry Otton - March 2004
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    The Catholic Church wants, amongst other things, separate toilets and more control of the media.

    33 Camp or Conforming; it's all the same for a Homophobe - February 2004
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    Religionists and Civil Unions, being camp and victory for the right to be naked.

    34 Garry Otton Flashes at the Church - January 2004
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    Scotland's take on Jacko, gay marriage and gay schools.

    35 Rape is a Four-Letter Word - December 2003
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    Rape, Prince Charles and the kilt.

    36 'Liberal' Religionists? Do Me a Favour, says Garry Otton - November 2003
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    The truth behind Scotland's so-called gay age of consent at 14 and 'liberal' religionists.

    37 Garry Otton Wants to Go Naked in the Sun - October 2003
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    The opposition of civil rights for all couples by religionists, Gough goes naked and gay 'handouts'.

    38 Garry Otton on Sexual Morality - September 2003
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    Crackdown on saunas, men prosecuted for kissing and Old Mother Burnie and the married bisexual.

    39 Garry Otton on Invasions of Privacy - August 2003
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    Tabloid prudes find five-day sex parties in Dunoon and horny dentists on the Internet while the Church gets wrecked!

    40 Garry Otton on Getting Our Priorities Right About Sex - July 2003
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    Special Rights for Religionists and Reporting Websites for Sexual Liaisons

    41 Religionists and Media Cronies Renew Attack on Scottish Gays - Garry Otton - June 2003
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    The attack on Green Party MSP and new editor, retrograde step for The Record.

    42 Garry Otton on Noble Grossart: When Money Talks - May 2003
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    Scotland's big bankers and the invisibility of gay sexuality from King James VI to pop duo tatu.

    43 Garry Otton on the Hypocrisy of The Sun - April 2003
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    Nudism, outdoor sex hyprocrisy and the girl footballer.

    44 Garry Otton, Releasing the Ghost of Clause 28 - March 2003
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    Lap-dancing, Lego and Lies

    45 Garry Otton. Dancing With Paedophiles - February 2003
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    The press hysteria

    46 Garry Otton Defends Women's Sexual Rights - January 2003
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    Glasgow Sauna raids in moral clampdown and when are knickers sexy?

    47 Terry Sanderson appeals to gays to speak out! - December 2002
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    Gay Times columnist and author Terry Sanderson writes Everybody's Talking About Us - But We Are Silent.

    48 Garry Otton pulls Conservatives, religionists and anti-porn 'feminists' off gays backs. - November 2002
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    Lesbian scenes on TV, the Countryside Alliance and more censorship of sex.

    49 Garry calls it Old, Borrowed and Blue - October 2002
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    Gay marriage, Thought for the Day and the sacking of MacLeod

    50 Garry Otton on the Senseless Scottish Censors - September 2002
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    Glasgow's Censor-in-chief attacks lap-dancing and the story of the vulnerable monk in the Orkneys

    51 Garry Otton: He's A Strange Boy! - August 2002
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    The book, Strange Boy, The Pill and Sex Packs for Schools

    52 Garry Otton asks Where Is Our Voice? - July 2002
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    Silencing sexual liberals, bonking at Luss and sex tips for kids.

    53 Garry Otton Sorts Fact from Fiction - June 2002
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    The Church Under Scrutiny, Alexander's Resignation and Dirty Dancing

    54 Garry Otton Celebrates a Small Breakthrough - May 2002
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    Trinity Mirror accepts gay ads, gays win parenting rights and Glasgow bans nudes.

    55 Garry Otton on Co-Parenting - April 2002
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    Co-Parenting, George Michael, the UAE and Streaking.

    56 Garry Otton on Lap-dancing and Sexism in the Papers - March 2002
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    Lap-dancing, misogyny and Catholic propaganda.

    57 Tally-Ho! Garry Otton Cross-dresses the Press - February 2002
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    Has Erotica a Place in Schools? Militant Religionists Challenge Full and Proper Sex Education and Media Attacks on Transgender.

    58 Scottish Gays Still At War With Religion says Garry Otton - January 2002
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    Militant religionists challenge sex education led by The Scottish Daily Mail and The Scotsman and wild media speculation over another gay murder.

    59 Garry Otton Tells Why Wendy Was Right For Scotland - December 2001
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    Wendy, the face of modern Scotland, Glasgay! plays away and human rights helping a five-knuckle shuffle!

    60 Garry Otton - Hating Religion - While He Still Can! - November 2001
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    Hating religion, homosexuals and kiddies clothes while Paisley does Vogue.

    61 Garry Otton is up to his Neck in Corrections - October 2001
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    What's left of The Scotsman, Paedosteria is back, randy docs and swingers

    62 Garry Otton is Ready with the Shredder - September 2001
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    Dying on the job,Coping with Cuddling and Paedesteria

    63 Garry Otton Waves a Fond 'Foxtrot Oscar' to 'Brigadier' Brown - August 2001
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    Conservatives seize the news, Church militants control the agenda and its a war against gays.

    64 Garry Otton Wrestles Behind the Towel - July 2001
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    Attacking Stonewall, Lap-dancing, Erotic Websites, Naturism and Encouraging Showering in Your Clothes!

    65 Its Payback Time in the Election Special. Garry Otton on Swimming, Saunas and Pretending to be a Man - June 2001
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    66 Garry Otton Drives a Stake Through the Heart of Clause 28, Follows Porn Again Linda and Zealot Gloag in Africa - May 2001
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    67 Garry Otton On Marriage, Weak Women and Roman Law - April 2001
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    68 Garry Otton On Mail Paranoia and the Demise of the Liberal Scotsman - March 2001
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    69 Garry Otton Voice of the Liberal - February 2001
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    70 Garry Otton Voice of the Liberal - February 2001
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    71 Media Minx Garry Otton is Loose Under the Covers - January 2001
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    72 Media Minx Garry Otton is Loose Under the Covers - January 2001
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    73 Garry Otton Watches Scotland Drown in Sexual Repression - December 2000
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    74 Garry Otton Watches Scotland Drown in Sexual Repression - December 2000
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    75 Garry Otton is Fighting Colour Prejudice Against Pigs! - November 2000
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    76 Garry Otton fights Colour Prejudice Against Pigs - November 2000
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    77 Garry Otton Celebrates! - October 2000
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    78 Garry Otton Celebrates! - October 2000
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    79 Garry Otton Watches Them Getting the Perverts! - September 2000
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    80 Garry Otton Examines Sex Between the Sheets - September 2000
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    81 Fallout from Victory! - August 2000
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    82 Garry Otton Attacks the Record - August 2000
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    After six months of sharing breakfast with every homophobe in Scotland, it’s apparently all over; the debate over gay sexuality can be brushed back under the media foam-backed. In the Sunday Herald, Iain Macwhirter wrote: “Journalists, this one included, would be happy never to write about the damn clause ever gain. The Scottish public long ago made its excuses and left, and even the keepers of the clause, have developed indignation fatigue.” Oh, have they now…!

    83 The Repeal! - July 2000
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    84 Garry Otton Sentences his Prisoners of War! - July 2000
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    85 The Rise of Fascism in Scotland! - June 2000
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    86 Garry Otton Charting the Rise of Fascism in Scotland! - June 2000
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    87 WAR EDITION Oooh, Mr Souter… Who’s a pretty boy then? - May 2000
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    88 American politics in Scotland writes Garry Otton from California - April 2000
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    89 Hey you! (The Church). Me! (Garry Otton) OUTSIDE! - March 2000
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    90 Badges of Shame: The Souter Scandal - March 2000
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    91 Garry Otton catches the media with its tongue up the Church’s arse! - February 2000
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    92 William 'Ian' Beggs and the Forces of Moral Repression - February 2000
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    William 'Ian' Beggs and the Forces of Religious and Moral Repression

    93 Garry Otton dances on the Church’s grave - January 2000
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    94 Snubbed by the press, turned away by the NUJ, grabbed by ScotsGay; Garry Otton writes on… - December 1999
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    95 Snubbed by the press, turned away by the NUJ, grabbed by ScotsGay; Garry Otton writes on - December 1999
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    THE PROPOSED REPEAL OF SECTION 28 (Section 2a of the Local Government Act) in Scotland.

    96 Garry Otton finds Women’s Knickers a Threat to Public Order in Scotland! - November 1999
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    97 Scotland’s most popular underground writer, Garry Otton gets under the sheets again - October 1999
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    98 Garry Otton now finds straights clamouring for fair play! - September 1999
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    99 Garry Otton now finds straights clamouring for fair play! - September 1999
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    100 Militant homosexual, Garry Otton gunning for fair play again - August 1999
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    101 Militant homosexual, Garry Otton gunning for fair play again - August 1999
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    102 Garry Otton. The Scottish media’s biggest embarrassment - July 1999
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    103 Garry Otton gets between women scrapping - July 1999
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    104 Garry Otton. The Scottish media’s biggest embarrassment - June 1999
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    105 Garry Otton. Talking to Glasgow, writing for ScotsGay and reading for Scotland! - May 1999
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    106 Nowt as queer as the Scottish press says Garry Otton. - April 1999
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    107 Nowt as queer as the Scottish press says Garry Otton. - April 1999
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    108 Garry Otton is the dark and evil force Hell-bent on destroying the media. - March 1999
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    109 Move over Winning, Wallace & Warner, there’s a new bitch on the block, says Garry Otton. - March 1999
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    110 Garry Otton is on SmutWatch, admiring repression in Scotland - February 1999
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    111 Garry Otton shoots the messengers! - January 1999
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    112 Garry Otton asks the press to step outside! - December 1998
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    113 Garry Otton in the seX files! - November 1998
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    114 Garry Otton keeps up the PRESSure! - October 1998
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    115 Garry Otton buggers the press! - September 1998
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    116 Anyone for sodomy? Garry Otton goes for the hole of the press! The Age of Consent - August 1998
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    117 Garry Otton examines the sexually rePRESSed! - July 1998
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    118 Serving up more of Garry Otton’s erotic fare! - June 1998
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    119 Garry Otton catches the media with its pants down! - May 1998
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    120 Garry Otton in torrid affair with Old Mother Burnie! - April 1998
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    121 Garry Otton, the Blacklisted Journalist taking Scotland by Storm! - March 1998
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    122 Garry Otton is a Porn Again Homosexual - February 1998
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    123 Punch-drunk Garry Otton - January 1998
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    124 Garry Otton and a Sudden Unexplained Interest in Fitba - December 1997
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    125 Garry Otton Going Pubic - November 1997
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    126 Garry Otton Exposes Tom Brown’s Lust for Black Stockings - October 1997
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    ScotsGay magazine, October 1997. (The Scottish Media Monitor was prepared for publication in the new Gay Scotland magazine which folded shortly after its new editor took over, so did not appear last month and appeared this month for the first time in ScotsGay magazine)

    127 Garry Otton: Looking After the Children - August 1997
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    128 Garry Otton says Pervert Watch Encourages Vigilantism - July 1997
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    129 Bad Porn or Good Erotica, Garry Otton’s Seen It All Before! - June 1997
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    130 Garry Otton Casts an Eye on the Scouts - May 1997
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    131 Garry Otton finds the Press Shocked by Condoms for Kids - April 1997
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    132 More Sex Please… I’m Garry Otton! - March 1997
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