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Bravehearts: the real gay McCoys in Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh are true.(Cover Story)

From: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbiannewsmagazine)  |  Date: 2/3/2004  |  Author: Kadushin, Raphael

It was our first day in Edinburgh, and we were fighting jet lag with a plodding hike up Princes Street. On our south side ran the classic cityscape that spans every local postcard: the medieval turrets of Old Town, rising to the castle that looks primordial, like an organic outcrop whittled from volcanic stone. On our north side swept the softer stones of New Town, all dandified Georgian crescents and terraces. In front of us, though, history met its downfall: Princes Street, the ...

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