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'''Rose Collis''' is a multi-media writer, alternative historian and performer. | [[File:Rose-collis.jpg|thumb|Rose Collis]]'''Rose Collis''' (born 1959)<ref>http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3413800065.html</ref> is a multi-media writer, alternative historian and performer. | ||
She was born in [[Wimbledon]] and has lived and worked in [[Brighton]] since 1997. She was a member of the world’s first gay ceilidh group, and performs with the [[Rainbow Chorus]]. In 2006, she wrote and researched online content for the Icons Project, a national web project on British culture, commissioned by Culture Online. In 2007, she contributed to the online exhibition and website dedicated to the life and works of [[Joe Orton]].<ref>http://www.rosecollis.com/about</ref> | She was born in [[Wimbledon]] and has lived and worked in [[Brighton]] since 1997. | ||
Rose was a key project member in ''Framed Youth - the revenge of the teenage perverts'', a film produced by the Lesbian and Gay Youth Video Project in 1983 <ref> The film won the 1983 British Film Institute Grierson Award for Best Documentary. It was broadcast on Channel 4 in December 1986. see Clifford Williams (2021) ''Courage to Be: Gay Youth in England 1967-1990'' (Book Guild Ltd.) </ref>. | |||
She was a member of the world’s first gay ceilidh group, and performs with the [[Rainbow Chorus]]. In 2006, she wrote and researched online content for the Icons Project, a national web project on British culture, commissioned by Culture Online. In 2007, she contributed to the online exhibition and website dedicated to the life and works of [[Joe Orton]].<ref>http://www.rosecollis.com/about</ref> | |||
Her books include: | Her books include: | ||
*''Colonel Barker’s Monstrous Regiment: A Tale of Female Husbandry'' (Virago 2000 & 2001) | *''Colonel Barker’s Monstrous Regiment: A Tale of Female Husbandry'' (Virago 2000 & 2001) | ||
*''A Trouser-Wearing Character: The Life and Times of Nancy Spain'' (Cassell 1997 & 1999) | *''A Trouser-Wearing Character: The Life and Times of [[Nancy Spain]]'' (Cassell 1997 & 1999) | ||
*''Portraits To The Wall'', a celebration of lesbian lives hitherto concealed by history (Cassell 1994). | *''Portraits To The Wall'', a celebration of lesbian lives hitherto concealed by history (Cassell 1994). | ||
*''The Mammoth Book of Lesbian Erotica'' (2000) | |||
*''The New Encyclopaedia of Brighton'' (2010) | *''The New Encyclopaedia of Brighton'' (2010) | ||
With [[Stephen Watson]] she created the [[Brighton Pink Plaques (app)|Brighton Pink Plaques]] mobile phone app. | |||
In 2021 Collis published a video film 'The Boy and the Bear' <ref> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3pNXvMSlRM&feature=youtu.be </ref>. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Historians]] | [[Category:Historians]] | ||
[[Category:Brighton]] | [[Category:Brighton]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:10, 10 July 2026
Rose Collis (born 1959)[1] is a multi-media writer, alternative historian and performer.
She was born in Wimbledon and has lived and worked in Brighton since 1997. Rose was a key project member in Framed Youth - the revenge of the teenage perverts, a film produced by the Lesbian and Gay Youth Video Project in 1983 [2].
She was a member of the world’s first gay ceilidh group, and performs with the Rainbow Chorus. In 2006, she wrote and researched online content for the Icons Project, a national web project on British culture, commissioned by Culture Online. In 2007, she contributed to the online exhibition and website dedicated to the life and works of Joe Orton.[3]
Her books include:
- Colonel Barker’s Monstrous Regiment: A Tale of Female Husbandry (Virago 2000 & 2001)
- A Trouser-Wearing Character: The Life and Times of Nancy Spain (Cassell 1997 & 1999)
- Portraits To The Wall, a celebration of lesbian lives hitherto concealed by history (Cassell 1994).
- The Mammoth Book of Lesbian Erotica (2000)
- The New Encyclopaedia of Brighton (2010)
With Stephen Watson she created the Brighton Pink Plaques mobile phone app.
In 2021 Collis published a video film 'The Boy and the Bear' [4].
References
- ↑ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3413800065.html
- ↑ The film won the 1983 British Film Institute Grierson Award for Best Documentary. It was broadcast on Channel 4 in December 1986. see Clifford Williams (2021) Courage to Be: Gay Youth in England 1967-1990 (Book Guild Ltd.)
- ↑ http://www.rosecollis.com/about
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3pNXvMSlRM&feature=youtu.be