Lavender Menace (bookshop and archive) - Revision history

Ross Burgess at 12:38, 14 July 2026

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	The name "Lavender Menace" had previously been used around 1970 by a group of lesbian radical feminists in New York.		The name "Lavender Menace" had previously been used around 1970 by a group of lesbian radical feminists in New York.

	Lavender Menace was also the name of [[Lavender Menace (youth group) \|an LGBT youth project]] in [[Dumfries and Galloway]].		"Lavender Menace" was also the name of [[Lavender Menace (youth group) \|an LGBT youth project]] in [[Dumfries and Galloway]].

	==References==		==References==

Ross Burgess: another use of the name

2026-07-14T12:37:48Z

another use of the name

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	Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive and Blog appears on Facebook.<ref> https://www.facebook.com/lavendermenacereturns accessed 16 February 2023</ref>.		Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive and Blog appears on Facebook.<ref> https://www.facebook.com/lavendermenacereturns accessed 16 February 2023</ref>.

			The name "Lavender Menace" had previously been used around 1970 by a group of lesbian radical feminists in New York.

	Lavender Menace was also the name of [[Lavender Menace (youth group) \|an LGBT youth project]] in [[Dumfries and Galloway]].		Lavender Menace was also the name of [[Lavender Menace (youth group) \|an LGBT youth project]] in [[Dumfries and Galloway]].

Ross Burgess at 12:35, 14 July 2026

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	Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive and Blog appears on Facebook.<ref> https://www.facebook.com/lavendermenacereturns accessed 16 February 2023</ref>.		Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive and Blog appears on Facebook.<ref> https://www.facebook.com/lavendermenacereturns accessed 16 February 2023</ref>.

	[[Lavender Menace]] was also the name of an LGBT youth project in [[Dumfries and Galloway]].		Lavender Menace was also the name of [[Lavender Menace (youth group) \|an LGBT youth project]] in [[Dumfries and Galloway]].

	==References==		==References==

Ross Burgess: 2026 exhibition

2026-07-14T11:19:59Z

2026 exhibition

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	The current Lavender Menace company is "a Community Interest Company established to promote and benefit the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, non-binary, intersectional (LGBT+) community and their allies. Company Number SC663479."<ref>[https://lavendermenace.org.uk/become-a-menace Lavender Menace website]</ref>		The current Lavender Menace company is "a Community Interest Company established to promote and benefit the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, non-binary, intersectional (LGBT+) community and their allies. Company Number SC663479."<ref>[https://lavendermenace.org.uk/become-a-menace Lavender Menace website]</ref>

	Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive and Blog appears on Facebook.<ref> https://www.facebook.com/lavendermenacereturns accessed 16 February 2023 </ref>.		In 2006, an exhibition entitled "Past Shelves: Histories of Queer Reading" was held in the Museum of Edinburgh, as a collaboration between the Museum and Lavender Menace.<ref>https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article/14370/new-exhibition-explores-the-power-of-books-to-build-community</ref>

			Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive and Blog appears on Facebook.<ref> https://www.facebook.com/lavendermenacereturns accessed 16 February 2023</ref>.

	[[Lavender Menace]] was also the name of an LGBT youth project in [[Dumfries and Galloway]].		[[Lavender Menace]] was also the name of an LGBT youth project in [[Dumfries and Galloway]].

Ross Burgess at 11:10, 14 July 2026

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	The current Lavender Menace company is "a Community Interest Company established to promote and benefit the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, non-binary, intersectional (LGBT+) community and their allies. Company Number SC663479."<ref>[https://lavendermenace.org.uk/become-a-menace Lavender Menace website]</ref>		The current Lavender Menace company is "a Community Interest Company established to promote and benefit the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, non-binary, intersectional (LGBT+) community and their allies. Company Number SC663479."<ref>[https://lavendermenace.org.uk/become-a-menace Lavender Menace website]</ref>

	Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive and Blog appears on Facebook <ref> https://www.facebook.com/lavendermenacereturns accessed 16 February 2023 </ref>.		Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive and Blog appears on Facebook.<ref> https://www.facebook.com/lavendermenacereturns accessed 16 February 2023 </ref>.

	[[Lavender Menace]] was also the name of an LGBT youth project in [[Dumfries and Galloway]].		[[Lavender Menace]] was also the name of an LGBT youth project in [[Dumfries and Galloway]].

Ross Burgess: Re-working

2026-07-14T11:10:00Z

Re-working

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	[[File:LavenderMenace.png\|thumb\|logo for the Community Interest Company]]'''Lavender Menace''' is a former gay bookshop in [[Edinburgh]], now re-constituted as an archive, located at St Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, Edinburgh. The original bookshop ~~was~~ in Forth Street, [[Edinburgh~~]] and~~ opened in 1982.<ref>[https://www.gayinthe80s.com/2013/09/1982-bookshop-lavender-menace/ ''Gay in the 80s'']</ref><ref>[https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/turning-the-page-the-radical-story-of-scotlands-first-lgbtq-bookshop Turning the Page: The Radical Story of Scotland’s First LGBTQ Bookshop]</ref>.		[[File:LavenderMenace.png\|thumb\|logo for the Community Interest Company]]'''Lavender Menace''' is a former gay bookshop in [[Edinburgh]], now re-constituted as an archive, located at St Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, Edinburgh.
	~~The original bookshop~~ was set up by Sigrid Nielsen and Bob Orr and developed from the [[Open Gaze]] bookstall created by Bob Orr in 1976 as part of the [[Scottish Homosexual Rights Group]]’s Gay Information Centre in Broughton Street. Lavender Books was set up as a collective, and began selling lesbian and gay books and paraphernalia at conferences and marches across the UK between 1980 and 1981.<ref>[https://lavendermenace.org.uk/lgbt-bookselling-in-scotland "LGBT+ Bookselling in Scotland"] on the Lavender Menace website.</ref> ~~In 1982 the bookshop was established in Forth Street, Edinburgh.~~
			The original bookshop, in Forth Street, Edinburgh, opened in 1982.<ref>[https://www.gayinthe80s.com/2013/09/1982-bookshop-lavender-menace/ ''Gay in the 80s'']</ref><ref>[https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/turning-the-page-the-radical-story-of-scotlands-first-lgbtq-bookshop Turning the Page: The Radical Story of Scotland’s First LGBTQ Bookshop]</ref>. It was set up by Sigrid Nielsen and Bob Orr and developed from the [[Open Gaze]] bookstall created by Bob Orr in 1976 as part of the [[Scottish Homosexual Rights Group]]’s Gay Information Centre in Broughton Street. Lavender Books was set up as a collective, and began selling lesbian and gay books and paraphernalia at conferences and marches across the UK between 1980 and 1981.<ref>[https://lavendermenace.org.uk/lgbt-bookselling-in-scotland "LGBT+ Bookselling in Scotland"] on the Lavender Menace website.</ref>

	The current Lavender Menace company is "a Community Interest Company established to promote and benefit the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, non-binary, intersectional (LGBT+) community and their allies. Company Number SC663479."<ref>[https://lavendermenace.org.uk/become-a-menace Lavender Menace website]</ref>		The current Lavender Menace company is "a Community Interest Company established to promote and benefit the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, non-binary, intersectional (LGBT+) community and their allies. Company Number SC663479."<ref>[https://lavendermenace.org.uk/become-a-menace Lavender Menace website]</ref>

Ross Burgess at 11:07, 14 July 2026

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	[[File:LavenderMenace.png\|thumb\|logo for the Community Interest Company]]'''Lavender Menace''' is a gay bookshop in St Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, [[Edinburgh]]. The original bookshop was in Forth Street, [[Edinburgh]] and opened in 1982.<ref>[https://www.gayinthe80s.com/2013/09/1982-bookshop-lavender-menace/ ''Gay in the 80s'']</ref><ref>[https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/turning-the-page-the-radical-story-of-scotlands-first-lgbtq-bookshop Turning the Page: The Radical Story of Scotland’s First LGBTQ Bookshop]</ref>.		[[File:LavenderMenace.png\|thumb\|logo for the Community Interest Company]]'''Lavender Menace''' is a former gay bookshop in [[Edinburgh]], now re-constituted as an archive, located at St Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, Edinburgh. The original bookshop was in Forth Street, [[Edinburgh]] and opened in 1982.<ref>[https://www.gayinthe80s.com/2013/09/1982-bookshop-lavender-menace/ ''Gay in the 80s'']</ref><ref>[https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/turning-the-page-the-radical-story-of-scotlands-first-lgbtq-bookshop Turning the Page: The Radical Story of Scotland’s First LGBTQ Bookshop]</ref>.
	The original bookshop was set up by Sigrid Nielsen and Bob Orr and developed from the [[Open Gaze]] bookstall created by Bob Orr in 1976 as part of the [[Scottish Homosexual Rights Group]]’s Gay Information Centre in Broughton Street. Lavender Books was set up as a collective, and began selling lesbian and gay books and paraphernalia at conferences and marches across the UK between 1980 and 1981.<ref>[https://lavendermenace.org.uk/lgbt-bookselling-in-scotland "LGBT+ Bookselling in Scotland"] on the Lavender Menace website.</ref> In 1982 the bookshop was established in Forth Street, Edinburgh.		The original bookshop was set up by Sigrid Nielsen and Bob Orr and developed from the [[Open Gaze]] bookstall created by Bob Orr in 1976 as part of the [[Scottish Homosexual Rights Group]]’s Gay Information Centre in Broughton Street. Lavender Books was set up as a collective, and began selling lesbian and gay books and paraphernalia at conferences and marches across the UK between 1980 and 1981.<ref>[https://lavendermenace.org.uk/lgbt-bookselling-in-scotland "LGBT+ Bookselling in Scotland"] on the Lavender Menace website.</ref> In 1982 the bookshop was established in Forth Street, Edinburgh.

Ross Burgess: Ross Burgess moved page Lavender Menace (bookshop) to Lavender Menace (bookshop and archive)

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Ross Burgess moved page Lavender Menace (bookshop) to Lavender Menace (bookshop and archive)

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	==References==		==References==
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	[[Category:Bookshops]]		[[Category:Bookshops]]
	[[Category:Edinburgh]]		[[Category:Edinburgh]]

Wessexman: Current location of bookshop.

2023-06-27T12:42:47Z

Current location of bookshop.

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	[[File:LavenderMenace.png\|thumb\|logo for the Community Interest Company]]'''Lavender Menace''' ~~was~~ a gay bookshop in Forth Street, [[Edinburgh]] ~~which~~ opened in 1982.<ref>[https://www.gayinthe80s.com/2013/09/1982-bookshop-lavender-menace/ ''Gay in the 80s'']</ref><ref>[https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/turning-the-page-the-radical-story-of-scotlands-first-lgbtq-bookshop Turning the Page: The Radical Story of Scotland’s First LGBTQ Bookshop]</ref> It was set up by [[Sigrid Nielsen]] and [[Bob Orr]] and developed from the [[Open Gaze]] bookstall created by Bob Orr in 1976 as part of the [[Scottish Homosexual Rights Group]]’s Gay Information Centre in Broughton Street. Lavender Books was set up as a collective, and began selling lesbian and gay books and paraphernalia at conferences and marches across the UK between 1980 and 1981.<ref>[https://lavendermenace.org.uk/lgbt-bookselling-in-scotland "LGBT+ Bookselling in Scotland"] on the Lavender Menace website.</ref> In 1982 the bookshop was established in Forth Street, Edinburgh.		[[File:LavenderMenace.png\|thumb\|logo for the Community Interest Company]]'''Lavender Menace''' is a gay bookshop in St Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, [[Edinburgh]]. The original bookshop was in Forth Street, [[Edinburgh]] and opened in 1982.<ref>[https://www.gayinthe80s.com/2013/09/1982-bookshop-lavender-menace/ ''Gay in the 80s'']</ref><ref>[https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/turning-the-page-the-radical-story-of-scotlands-first-lgbtq-bookshop Turning the Page: The Radical Story of Scotland’s First LGBTQ Bookshop]</ref>.
			The original bookshop was set up by Sigrid Nielsen and Bob Orr and developed from the [[Open Gaze]] bookstall created by Bob Orr in 1976 as part of the [[Scottish Homosexual Rights Group]]’s Gay Information Centre in Broughton Street. Lavender Books was set up as a collective, and began selling lesbian and gay books and paraphernalia at conferences and marches across the UK between 1980 and 1981.<ref>[https://lavendermenace.org.uk/lgbt-bookselling-in-scotland "LGBT+ Bookselling in Scotland"] on the Lavender Menace website.</ref> In 1982 the bookshop was established in Forth Street, Edinburgh.

	The current Lavender Menace company is "a Community Interest Company established to promote and benefit the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, non-binary, intersectional (LGBT+) community and their allies. Company Number SC663479."<ref>[https://lavendermenace.org.uk/become-a-menace Lavender Menace website]</ref>		The current Lavender Menace company is "a Community Interest Company established to promote and benefit the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, non-binary, intersectional (LGBT+) community and their allies. Company Number SC663479."<ref>[https://lavendermenace.org.uk/become-a-menace Lavender Menace website]</ref>