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Scottish Government Restricts Use Of ‘Homosexual’ | Via Pink News, new guidance from the Scottish government to civil servants states, “It is not acceptable to use the word ‘homosexual.’ This term is offensive to many people as it is the term that was used in law to make same-sex sexual relationships illegal.”

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