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Building Equality

2023-02-21T18:19:38Z

Ross Burgess: Created page with "Building Equality logo'''Building Equality''' is an alliance of construction consultants, engineers, developers, contractors, and instituti..."

[[File:BuildingEquality.png|thumb|Building Equality logo]]'''Building Equality''' is an alliance of construction consultants, engineers, developers, contractors, and institutions who are passionate about working together and harnessing our collective power to drive LGBTQ+ inclusion in the construction, engineering and built environment industry.

==External links==
*[https://www.buildingequalityuk.com/ Website]

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File:BuildingEquality.png

2023-02-21T18:15:37Z

Ross Burgess:

[[Building Equality]] logo. From its website.
[[Category:Logos]]

File:BuildingEquality.png

2023-02-21T18:15:20Z

Ross Burgess:

[[Building Equality]] log. From its website.
[[Category:Logos]]

File:BuildingEquality.png

2023-02-21T18:14:56Z

Ross Burgess: Bilding Equality log. From its website. Category:Logos

[[Bilding Equality]] log. From its website.
[[Category:Logos]]

Lavender Menace (bookshop)

2023-02-17T17:12:23Z

Ross Burgess:

[[File:LavenderMenace.png|thumb|logo for the Community Interest Company]]'''Lavender Menace''' was a gay bookshop in [[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]] boookstall 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>

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]].

==References==
<references>

[[Category:Bookshops]]
[[Category:Edinburgh]]

File:LavenderMenace.png

2023-02-17T17:11:06Z

Ross Burgess:

Current [[Lavender Menace (bookshop)]] logo.

File:LavenderMenace.png

2023-02-17T17:09:06Z

Ross Burgess: Current Lavender Menace logo.

Current Lavender Menace logo.

Lavender Menace (bookshop)

2023-02-17T16:44:58Z

Ross Burgess:

'''Lavender Menace''' was a gay bookshop in [[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]] boookstall 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>

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]].

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

Lavender Menace

2023-02-17T16:30:58Z

Ross Burgess:

[[File:Lavender Menace.jpg|thumb|Lavender Menace logo]]'''Lavender Menace''' is a youth-led voluntary project running social and cultural events for LGBT+ people in [[Dumfries and Galloway]].<ref>''[[D&G Queerier]]'' issue 2 (2 September 2018) page 3.</ref>

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

There was a [[Lavender Menace (bookshop)|Lavender Menace bookshop]] in Edinburgh in the 1980s.

==External links==
*[https://www.facebook.com/lavendermenacedumfries/ Lavender Menace facebook page]
*The ''D&G Queerier'' article also mentions another facebook page, www.facebook.com/queersofthesouth, but this appears not to exist.

==References==
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[[Category:Youth groups]]
[[Category:Dumfries & Galloway]]

SOGIESC

2023-02-17T16:09:06Z

Ross Burgess:

[[File:IOM-SOGIESC.png|thumb|SOGIESC logo on the IOM website]]'''SOGIESC''' is an acronym for "sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics", used for example by the IOM (International Orgamizaation for Migration).<ref>[https://www.iom.int/sites/g/files/tmzbdl486/files/documents/SOGIESC-LGBTIQ-Messages-for-Pre-Departure-Orientation-Curriculums.pdf SOGIESC page] on the IOM website.</ref>

==References==
<references>

[[Category:Terminology]]

File:IOM-SOGIESC.png

2023-02-17T16:07:27Z

Ross Burgess:

IOM [[SOGIESC]] logo. From [https://www.iom.int/sites/g/files/tmzbdl486/files/documents/SOGIESC-LGBTIQ-Messages-for-Pre-Departure-Orientation-Curriculums.pdf the IOM website]

[[Category:Logos]]

File:IOM-SOGIESC.png

2023-02-17T16:05:30Z

Ross Burgess: IOM SOGIESC logo

IOM SOGIESC logo

SOGIESC

2023-02-17T16:00:41Z

Ross Burgess: Created page with "'''SOGIESC''' is an acronym for "sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics", used for example by the IOM (International Orgamizaation for..."

'''SOGIESC''' is an acronym for "sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics", used for example by the IOM (International Orgamizaation for Migration).<ref>[https://www.iom.int/sites/g/files/tmzbdl486/files/documents/SOGIESC-LGBTIQ-Messages-for-Pre-Departure-Orientation-Curriculums.pdf SOGIESC page] on the IOM website.</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Terminology]]

Category:Bookshops

2023-02-17T12:51:00Z

Ross Burgess:

To be added (from Wikipedia):
*[[Common Press]]
*[[Paned o Gê, Cardiff]]
*[[Shelf Life, Cardiff]]
*[[Proud Geek, Birmingham]]
*[[Queer Lit, Manchester]]
*[[The Bookish Type, Leeds]]
*[[The Portal Bookshop, York]]
*[[Lighthouse- Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop]]

[[Category:Businesses]]

[[Category:Venues]]

Lavender Menace (bookshop)

2023-02-16T18:49:33Z

Ross Burgess:

Lavender Menace (bookshop)

2023-02-16T18:49:14Z

Ross Burgess:

Category:Bookshops

2023-02-16T18:46:37Z

Ross Burgess:

To be added:
*[[Common Press]]
*[[Paned o Gê, Cardiff]]
*[[Shelf Life, Cardiff]]
*[[Proud Geek, Birmingham]]
*[[Queer Lit, Manchester]]
*[[The Bookish Type, Leeds]]
*[[The Portal Bookshop, York]]
*[[Lighthouse- Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop]]

[[Category:Businesses]]

[[Category:Venues]]

Category Is Books

2023-02-16T18:45:47Z

Ross Burgess: /* See also */

'''Category Is Books''' is an independent LGBTQIA+ bookshop in [[Glasgow]].

It was established by Charlotte and Fionn Duffy-Scott in September 2018.<ref>"Southside LGBT+ bookshop celebrates 'incredible' first year", [https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/17979942.southside-lgbt-bookshop-celebrates-incredible-first-year ''Glasgow Times'']</ref><ref>"In conversation with Glasgow's first LGBTQ+ bookshop" [https://glasgowguardian.co.uk/2019/02/27/in-conversation-with-glasgows-first-lgbtq-bookshop ''Glasgow Guardian'', ]</ref>

==See also==
*[[Gay's the Word bookshop]]
*[[Lavender Menace (bookshop)]]

==External links==
*[https://www.categoryisbooks.com/ Official website]

==References==
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[[Category:Bookshops]]
[[Category:Glasgow]]

Category Is Books

2023-02-16T18:37:15Z

Ross Burgess: /* See also */

'''Category Is Books''' is an independent LGBTQIA+ bookshop in [[Glasgow]].

It was established by Charlotte and Fionn Duffy-Scott in September 2018.<ref>"Southside LGBT+ bookshop celebrates 'incredible' first year", [https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/17979942.southside-lgbt-bookshop-celebrates-incredible-first-year ''Glasgow Times'']</ref><ref>"In conversation with Glasgow's first LGBTQ+ bookshop" [https://glasgowguardian.co.uk/2019/02/27/in-conversation-with-glasgows-first-lgbtq-bookshop ''Glasgow Guardian'', ]</ref>

==See also==
*[[Gay's the Word bookshop]]
*[[Common Press]]
*[[Paned o Gê, Cardiff]]
*[[Shelf Life, Cardiff]]
*[[Proud Geek, Birmingham]]
*[[Queer Lit, Manchester]]
*[[The Bookish Type, Leeds]]
*[[The Portal Bookshop, York]]
*[[Lighthouse- Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop]]

==External links==
*[https://www.categoryisbooks.com/ Official website]

==References==
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[[Category:Bookshops]]
[[Category:Glasgow]]

Category Is Books

2023-02-16T18:36:19Z

Ross Burgess:

'''Category Is Books''' is an independent LGBTQIA+ bookshop in [[Glasgow]].

It was established by Charlotte and Fionn Duffy-Scott in September 2018.<ref>"Southside LGBT+ bookshop celebrates 'incredible' first year", [https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/17979942.southside-lgbt-bookshop-celebrates-incredible-first-year ''Glasgow Times'']</ref><ref>"In conversation with Glasgow's first LGBTQ+ bookshop" [https://glasgowguardian.co.uk/2019/02/27/in-conversation-with-glasgows-first-lgbtq-bookshop ''Glasgow Guardian'', ]</ref>

==See also==
*[[Gay's the word]]
*[[Common Press]]
*[[Paned o Gê, Cardiff]]
*[[Shelf Life, Cardiff]]
*[[Proud Geek, Birmingham]]
*[[Queer Lit, Manchester]]
*[[The Bookish Type, Leeds]]
*[[The Portal Bookshop, York]]
*[[Lighthouse- Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop]]

==External links==
*[https://www.categoryisbooks.com/ Official website]

==References==
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<references />

[[Category:Bookshops]]
[[Category:Glasgow]]

Category Is Books

2023-02-16T18:27:46Z

Ross Burgess:

Category Is Books

2023-02-16T16:33:59Z

Ross Burgess: Created page with "Category IS Books is an independent LGBTQIA+ bookshop in Glasgow."

[[Category IS Books]] is an independent LGBTQIA+ bookshop in [[Glasgow]].

Fire Island (Edinburgh)

2023-02-16T16:30:18Z

Ross Burgess:

'''Fire Island''' was a gay club in Princes Streete, [[Edinburgh]], It opened in 1978 and closed in 1988 when the building was sold the the Waterstones book selling chain. Many celelbrities performed htere, including Eartha Kitt, and it was sometimes referred to as "Edinburgh's Studio 54" (referring to the famous New York nighclub).<ref>[https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/history/edinburgh-locals-look-back-citys-22519222 ''Edinburgh Live''.]
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==External links==
*[https://www.facebook.com/Official-FIRE-ISLAND-EDINBURGH-page-356236646863/ Facebook page]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPltZ6tO_JQ YouTube video]
==References==
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[[Category:Nightclubs]]
[[Category:Edinburgh]]

Fire Island (Edinburgh)

2023-02-16T16:21:43Z

Ross Burgess:

'''Fire Island''' was a gay club in Princes Streete, [[Edinburgh]], It opened in 1978 and closed in 1988 when the building was sold the the Waterstones book selling chain. Many celelbrities performed htere, including Eartha Kitt, and it was sometimes referred to as "Edinburgh's Studio 54" (referring to the famous New York nighclub).<ref>[https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/history/edinburgh-locals-look-back-citys-22519222 ''Edinburgh Live''.]
</ref>
==External links==
*[https://www.facebook.com/Official-FIRE-ISLAND-EDINBURGH-page-356236646863/ Facebook page]

==References==
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[[Category:Nightclubs]]
[[Category:Edinburgh]]

Fire Island (Edinburgh)

2023-02-16T16:16:40Z

Ross Burgess: Created page with "'''Fire Island''' was a gay club in Princes Streete, Edinburgh, It opened in 1978 and closed in 1988 when the building was sold the the Waterstones book selling chain. Man..."

'''Fire Island''' was a gay club in Princes Streete, [[Edinburgh]], It opened in 1978 and closed in 1988 when the building was sold the the Waterstones book selling chain. Many celelbrities performed there, including Eartha Kitt, and it was sometimes referred to as "Edinburgh's Studio 54" (referring to the famous New York nighclub).<ref>[https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/history/edinburgh-locals-look-back-citys-22519222 ''Edinburgh Live''.]
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[[Category:Nightclubs]]
[[Category:Edinburgh]]

Fire Island

2023-02-16T16:06:31Z

Ross Burgess: Created page with "{{disambig}} '''Fire Island''' is the name of an island of the coast of Long Island, USA, long known as a gay village. In the UK LGBT Context, it may refer to: *Fire Islan..."

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'''Fire Island''' is the name of an island of the coast of Long Island, USA, long known as a gay village. In the UK LGBT Context, it may refer to:

*[[Fire Island (Edinburgh)]], a former gay disco in [[Edinburgh]].
*''Fire Island'', a 1974 film by [[Derek Jarman]].

Lavender Menace (bookshop)

2023-02-16T15:46:55Z

Ross Burgess:

'''Lavender Menace''' was a gay bookshop in [[Edinburgh]] which opened in 1982.<ref>[https://www.gayinthe80s.com/2013/09/1982-bookshop-lavender-menace/ ''Gay in the 80s'']</ref> It was set up by [[Sigrid Nielsen]] and [[Bob Orr]]
and developed from the [[Open Gaze]] boookstall 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>

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

==References==
<references>

[[Category:Bookshops]]
[[Category:Edinburgh]]

Lavender Menace (bookshop)

2023-02-16T15:46:29Z

Ross Burgess:

'''Lavender Menace''' was a gay bookshop in [[Edinburgh]] which opened in 1982.<ref>[https://www.gayinthe80s.com/2013/09/1982-bookshop-lavender-menace/ ''Gay in the 80s'']</ref> It was set up by [[Sigrid Nielsen]] and [[Bob Orr]]
and developed from the [[Open Gaze]] boookstall 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 esbian 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>

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

==References==
<references>

[[Category:Bookshops]]
[[Category:Edinburgh]]

Scottish Homosexual Rights Group

2023-02-16T15:35:47Z

Ross Burgess: Redirected page to Scottish Minorities Group

#REDIRECT [[Scottish Minorities Group]]

Lavender Menace (bookshop)

2023-02-16T15:33:52Z

Ross Burgess:

'''Lavender Menace''' was a gay bookshop in [[Edinburgh]] which opened in 1982.<ref>[https://www.gayinthe80s.com/2013/09/1982-bookshop-lavender-menace/ ''Gay in the 80s'']</ref> It was set up by [[Sigrid Nielsen]] and [[Bob Orr]]
and developed from the [[Open Gaze]] boookstall created by Bob Orr in 1976 as part of the [[Scottish Homosexual Rights Group]]’s Gay Information Centre in Broughton Stree<t.ref>[https://lavendermenace.org.uk/lgbt-bookselling-in-scotland "LGBT+ Bookselling in Scotland" on the Lavender Menace website.]]</ref>

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

==References==
<references>

[[Category:Bookshops]]
[[Category:Edinburgh]]

Dunfermline

2022-11-29T17:04:14Z

Ross Burgess:

[[File:Scotland-2016-Aerial-Dunfermline Abbey.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Dunfermline Abbey]]'''Dunfermline''' is a city and former royal burgh in [[Fife]]. From 1974 to 1996 there was a local government district of that name within the then region of Fife.

Dunfermline achieved ciety status in 2022 as part of the celebrations for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
==LGBT history==

The [[Connected]] youth group meets in Kirkcaldy.

[[Category:Fife]]
[[Category:Scottish cities]]

Dunfermline

2022-11-29T14:03:18Z

Ross Burgess:

[[File:Scotland-2016-Aerial-Dunfermline Abbey.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Dunfermline Abbey]]'''Dunfermline''' is a city and former royal burgh in [[Fife]]. From 1974 to 1996 there was a local government district of that name within the then region of Fife.

==LGBT history==

The [[Connected]] youth group meets in Kirkcaldy.

[[Category:Fife]]
[[Category:Scottish towns]]

Paradise Press

2022-08-08T14:04:10Z

Ross Burgess: /* Single authors / editors */

[[File:Pp.png|thumb|Paradise Press logo]]'''Paradise Press''' is a British gay and lesbian publishing company, devoted to "fine writing by lesbians and gay men".

It is the imprint of [[Gay Authors Workshop]] (GAW) and is run by a collective within GAW. , a publishing collective that produces a wide range of literature by lesbians and gay men.
Authors submit their books to the collective; if the book is approved, the author can then join the collective and benefit from and contribute to Paradise Press services.
Paradise Press was founded in 1999 and was originally the imprint of GASPS ([[Gay Authors Self-Publishing Society]]).

The majority of the Paradise Press output has been fiction and poetry, plus a small number of autobiographies. The non-fiction list includes ''[[Diverse Performances]]'' by [[David Haldane Lawrence]] and ''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' by [[Peter Scott-Presland]].

==Authors==
Paradise Press authors and their books include<ref>[http://www.paradisepress.org.uk/authors Paradise Press: Authors]. Accessed: 2015-09-21. ([http://www.webcitation.org/6bhn8KZoR Archived] by WebCite®).</ref><ref>Paradise Press Catalogue February 2016.</ref>

===Single authors / editors===
*[[G Abel-Watters]]: ''[[People your Mother Warned You About]]'' (editor), ''[[Queer Haunts]]'' (editor)
*[[Rex Batten]]: ''[[Rid England of this Plague]]''
*[[Ross Burgess]]: editor of ''[[Diverse Performances]]'' by [[David Haldane Lawrence]]
*[[Andrew Cooper]]: ''Two Lives''
*[[John Dixon]]: ''The Carrier Bag and other stories'', ''Seeking, Finding, Losing''
*[[Martin Foreman]]: ''Weekend'', ''A Sense of Loss and other stories'', ''First and Fiftieth and other stories''
*[[David Gee]]: ''The Bexhill Missile Crisis'', ''The Dropout''
*[[Timothy Graves]]: ''Homo Jihad'', ''Pharmakeia''
*[[Winston Green]]: ''Behind the Mask''
*[[Michael Harth]]: ''[[Guru on Hire]]'', ''A Little Chat and other stories'', ''The Physent and other stories'', ''The Picnic and other stories'', ''[[Eros at Large]]'' (editor), ''[[The Best of Gazebo]]'' (editor). ''Selected Stories''; ''Selected Lyrics'' (both edited by John Dixon and Jeff Doorn)
*[[Joseph Hucknall]], ''A Life’s Tales''
*[[Alan Keslian]]: ''Goodmans Hotel''<ref name=oop>Out of print; listed at the [http://web.archive.org/web/20030409144714/http://www.paradisepress.org.uk/ April 2003 version] of the Paradise Press website, archived by the Internet Archive.</ref>
*[[Jeremy Kingston]]: ''Risking It''
*[[David Haldane Lawrence]]: ''[[Diverse Performances]]'' (edited by [[Ross Burgess]])
*[[Elizabeth J Lister]]: ''Prisoner 537'', ''My Life Outside'', ''Nothing Stays the Same'', ''Tracy Manners'', ''Consequences''
*[[Paul Mann]]: ''The Queer Commando''<ref name=oop/>
*[[Christopher Preston]]: ''Twenty-Two Eighty-Four''
*[[Graham Robertson]]: ''A New Man in Old Steine''<ref name=oop/>
*[[Peter Scott-Presland]]: ''[[Amiable Warriors]]''
*[[Rod Shelton]]: ''Bokassa’s Last Apostle''
*[[Ian Stewart]]: ''Cocksuckery''
*[[Ivor Treby]]: ''Poems 2007–2012'' (edited by [[John Dixon]])
*[[Elsa Wallace]]: ''A Short History of Lord Hyaena'', ''Ghosts and Gargoyles'', ''The Monkey Mirror'', ''Kissyface and Others''
*[[Donald West]]: ''Gay Life, Straight Work''

===Joint editors===
*[[Stephanie Dickinson]] and [[Pat Dungey]]: ''[[We want to tell you how...]]''
*[[John Dixon]] and [[Jeffrey Doorn]] (editors): ''[[Coming Clean]]'', ''[[A Boxful of Ideas]]''
*[[Jeffrey Doorn]] and [[Adrian Risdon]] (editors): ''[[Oysters and Pearls]]'', ''[[Slivers of Silver]]''<ref name=oop2>Out of print; listed at the [http://web.archive.org/web/20120703105336/http://paradisepress.org.uk/pages/silver.htm July 2012 version] of the Paradise Press website, archived by the Internet Archive.</ref>
*[[Colin Graham]] and [[Mark Coton]] (editors): ''[[Gawp and Gaze]]''

===Contributors to anthologies===
See [[Paradise Press contributors]].

==Other Paradise Presses==

There have been a number of other organisations with similar names.<ref>[[Rod Shelton]], [http://www.rshelton.org/2013/10/the-other-paradise-presses.html "The other Paradise Presses"]. ([http://www.webcitation.org/6n4A4ZviH archived] at 2016-12-27 by WebCite®).</ref>

==External links==

*[http://www.paradisepress.org.uk/ Paradise Press website]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Slivers of Silver.jpg|''[[Slivers of Silver]]''
File:Oysters and Pearls.jpg|''[[Oysters and Pearls]]''
File:People Your Mother Warned You About.jpg|''[[People Your Mother Warned You About]]''
File:The Best of Gazebo.jpg|''[[The Best of Gazebo]]''
File:Queer Haunts.jpg|''[[Queer Haunts]]''
File:Eros at Large.jpg|''[[Eros at Large]]''
File:Rid England of this Plague.jpg|''[[Rid England of this Plague]]''
File:Diverse cover 4 front.jpg|''[[Diverse Performances]]''
File:Amiable Warriors Volume One.png|''[[Amiable Warriors]] Volume One''
File:BoxfulOfIdeasFront.png|''[[A Boxful of Ideas]]''
File:Harth Stories Cover Scan.jpg|''Selected Stories'' by [[Michael Harth]]
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Paradise Press| ]]
[[Category:Consortium members]]

CHERT

2022-06-27T05:29:36Z

Ross Burgess:

[[File:Chert.png|thumb|CHERT logo]]The '''CHE Research Trust''' ('''CHERT''') is the name for a new Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) set up by [[CHE]] in 2021. It was registered as a charity on 11 March 2022. <ref> https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5181452/governance </ref>

==Aims==

The objects of the CIO are:
#To advance education for the public benefit about the history of the struggle for LGBT+ rights, including but not limited to the origins and history of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality and by contributing to the safe preservation of LGBT+ archives.
#To promote equality and diversity by encouraging a deeper understanding of the causes and progress of changes in public acceptance of LGBT+ rights.<ref>[https://chert.org.uk/ CHERT website].</ref>

==Trustees==
The board of 6 Trustees was listed on the Charity Commission website in March 2022. The Trustees are as follows:

*[[Peter Burman]] (Chair)
*[[Ross Burgess]]
*[[Mark Delacour]]
*[[Simon Ives]]
*[[Glenys Parry]]
*[[Rainer Schulze]]

==References==
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== External links ==
http://www.chert.org.uk/

[[Category:Charities]]

CHERT

2022-06-27T05:29:00Z

Ross Burgess: Updated objects

[[File:Chert.png|thumb|CHERT logo]]The '''CHE Research Trust''' ('''CHERT''') is the name for a new Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) set up by [[CHE]] in 2021. It was registered as a charity on 11 March 2022. <ref> https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5181452/governance </ref>

==Aims==

The objects of the CIO are:
#To advance education for the public benefit about the history of the struggle for LGBT+ rights, including but not limited to the origins and history of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality and by contributing to the safe preservation of LGBT+ archives.
#To promote equality and diversity by encouraging a deeper understanding of the causes and progress of changes in public acceptance of LGBT+ rights.<ref>[https://chert.org.uk/ CHERT website]].</ref>

==Trustees==
The board of 6 Trustees was listed on the Charity Commission website in March 2022. The Trustees are as follows:

*[[Peter Burman]] (Chair)
*[[Ross Burgess]]
*[[Mark Delacour]]
*[[Simon Ives]]
*[[Glenys Parry]]
*[[Rainer Schulze]]

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== External links ==
http://www.chert.org.uk/

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Theresa May

2022-03-07T16:12:35Z

Ross Burgess:

[[File:Theresa May (2016).jpg|thumb|Official portrait, 2016]]'''Theresa May''' (née Brasier; born 1956) is a [[Conservative]] politician. She was elected as the MP for [[Maidenhead]] in 1997. She served as Home Secretary from 2010 to 2016. She became Prime Minister in 2016, succeeding [[David Cameron]] and stepped down in 2019, being succeeded by [[Boris Johnson]]. Her time as Prime Minister was dominated by the negotiations over the UK's exit from the [[European Union]].

==LGBT issues==
Her voting record on LGBT issues has been mixed. In 1998 she voted against equalising the [[age of consent]], and in 2000 she voted against the repeal of [[Section 28]].<ref>[https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/05/12/analysis-how-pro-gay-is-the-new-home-secretary-and-minister-for-equality-theresa-may/ "Analysis: How pro-gay is the new home secretary and minister for equality Theresa May?"] ''Pink News'', 12 My 2010.</ref> However she later told ''Question Time'': “I have changed my view. If those votes were taken today, I would take a different vote.<ref name="indy" />

She was the one to suggest the Conservatives were planning to look at introducing gay marriage in 2010 and later said she had changed her mind on gay adoption. She was responsible for helping draft the [[Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act 2013]] with Equalities Minister [[Lynne Featherstone]]. In her book on the passage of the law, Baroness Featherstone praised Ms May as the “unsung hero” in the push for gay marriage against the furious protests of some elements of the Tory grassroots.
But it has been claimed that the conditions and treatment of LGBT asylum seekers had worsened during her tenure as Home Secretary.<ref name="indy">[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-lgbt-rights-gay-commons-vote-same-sex-marriage-gay-adoption-tim-farron-a7702326.html "All the anti-gay and lesbian stances Theresa May has taken in her political career"] ''The Independent'', 26 April 2017.</ref>

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Theresa May

2022-03-07T16:10:42Z

Ross Burgess:

'''Theresa May''' (née Brasier; born 1956) is a [[Conservative]] politician. She was elected as the MP for [[Maidenhead]] in 1997. She served as Home Secretary from 2010 to 2016. She became Prime Minister in 2016, succeeding [[David Cameron]] and stepped down in 2019, being succeeded by [[Boris Johnson]]. Her time as Prime Minister was dominated by the negotiations over the UK's exit from the [[European Union]].

==LGBT issues==
Her voting record on LGBT issues has been mixed. In 1998 she voted against equalising the [[age of consent]], and in 2000 she voted against the repeal of [[Section 28]].<ref>[https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/05/12/analysis-how-pro-gay-is-the-new-home-secretary-and-minister-for-equality-theresa-may/ "Analysis: How pro-gay is the new home secretary and minister for equality Theresa May?"] ''Pink News'', 12 My 2010.</ref> However she later told ''Question Time'': “I have changed my view. If those votes were taken today, I would take a different vote.<ref name="indy" />

She was the one to suggest the Conservatives were planning to look at introducing gay marriage in 2010 and later said she had changed her mind on gay adoption. She was responsible for helping draft the [[Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act 2013]] with Equalities Minister [[Lynne Featherstone]]. In her book on the passage of the law, Baroness Featherstone praised Ms May as the “unsung hero” in the push for gay marriage against the furious protests of some elements of the Tory grassroots.
But it has been claimed that the conditions and treatment of LGBT asylum seekers had worsened during her tenure as Home Secretary.<ref name="indy">[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-lgbt-rights-gay-commons-vote-same-sex-marriage-gay-adoption-tim-farron-a7702326.html "All the anti-gay and lesbian stances Theresa May has taken in her political career"] ''The Independent'', 26 April 2017.</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Conservative politicians]]
[[Category:1956 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]

Lynne Featherstone

2022-03-07T16:09:42Z

Ross Burgess:

[[File:Lynne Featherstone - under secretary for equalities and criminal information.jpg|thumb|Lynne Featherstone]]'''Lynne Featherstone''' (born 1951) is a [[Liberal Democrat]] politican. She was Member of Parliament for [[Hornsey]] and [[Wood Green]] from 2005 to 2015.

In 1910 Mrs Featherstone was appointed a junior minister at the Home Office with responsibility for equalities. In this role she launched the consultation by the UK government on introducing [[equal marriage]] and was the first politician to take part in the [[Out4Marriage]] campaign.<ref>http://www.libdemvoice.org/lynne-featherstones-honeycomb-surprise-28542.html</ref>

In September 2012 she was moved to the [[Department For International Development]]. In November 2014 she was moved back to the Home Office.

She was named as a "Non-LGBT friend" in the ''Independent on Sunday'''s [[Pink List 2011]] and in the "Friends to LGBT people" category in the [[Pink List 2013]].

She lost her seat in Parliament at the [[2015 general election]], and was then created '''Baroness Featherstone''', ''of Highgate in the London Borough of Haringey''.<ref>''London Gazette'', issue=61390 (26 October 2015), page 20046.</ref>

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Lynne Featherstone

2022-03-07T16:08:19Z

Ross Burgess:

[[File:Lynne Featherstone - under secretary for equalities and criminal information.jpg|thumb|Lynne Featherstone]]'''Lynne Featherstone''' (born 1951) is a [[Liberal Democrat]] politican. She was Member of Parliament for [[Hornsey]] and [[Wood Green]] from 2005 to 2015.

In 1910 Mrs Featherstone was appointed a junior minister at the Home Office with responsibility for equalities. In this role she launched the consultation by the UK government on introducing [[equal marriage]] and was the first politician to take part in the [[Out4Marriage]] campaign.<ref>http://www.libdemvoice.org/lynne-featherstones-honeycomb-surprise-28542.html</ref>

In September 2012 she was moved to the [[Department For International Development]]. In November 2014 she was moved back to the Home Office.

She was named as a "Non-LGBT friend" in the ''Independent on Sunday'''s [[Pink List 2011]] and in the "Friends to LGBT people" category in the [[Pink List 2013]].

She lost her seat in Parliament at the [[2015 general election]], and was created '''Baroness Featherstone''', ''of Highgate in the London Borough of Haringey'' on 20 October.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61390 |date=26 October 2015 |page=20046 }}</ref>

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[[Category:Pink List 2011 Non-LGBT Friends]]
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Theresa May

2022-03-07T16:05:40Z

Ross Burgess:

Theresa May

2022-03-07T15:58:34Z

Ross Burgess:

'''Theresa May''' (née Brasier; born 1956) is a [[Conservative]] politician. She was elected as the MP for [[Maidenhead]] in 1997. She served as Home Secretary from 2010 to 2016. She became Prime Minister in 2016, succeeding [[David Cameron]] and stepped down in 2019, being succeeded by [[Boris Johnson]]. Her time as Prime Minister was dominated by the negotiations over the UK's exit from the [[European Union]].

==LGBT issues==
Her voting record on LGBT issues has been mixed. In 1998 she voted against equalising the [[age of consent]], and in 2000 she voted against the repeal of [[Section 28]]<ref>[https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/05/12/analysis-how-pro-gay-is-the-new-home-secretary-and-minister-for-equality-theresa-may/ "Analysis: How pro-gay is the new home secretary and minister for equality Theresa May?"] ''Pink News'', 12 My 2010.</ref> However she was later responsible for helping to draft the legislation with Equalities Minister [[Lynne Featherstone]] which led to the implementation of [[same-sex marriages]] in 2014. She was the one to suggest the Conservatives were planning to look at introducing gay marriage in 2010 and later said she had changed her mind on gay adoption. She told ''Question Time'': “I have changed my view. If those votes were taken today, I would take a different vote.

In her book on the passage of the law, Baroness Featherstone praised Ms May as the “unsung hero” in the push for gay marriage against the furious protests of some elements of the Tory grassroots.
But others say her stance has not evolved enough with refugee campaigners saying the conditions and treatment of LGBT asylum seekers had worsened during her tenure as Home Secretary.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-lgbt-rights-gay-commons-vote-same-sex-marriage-gay-adoption-tim-farron-a7702326.html "All the anti-gay and lesbian stances Theresa May has taken in her political career"] ''The Independent'', 26 April 2017.</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Conservative politicians]]
[[Category:1956 births]]

Theresa May

2022-03-07T15:57:52Z

Ross Burgess:

'''Theresa May''' (née Brasier; born 1956) is a [[Conservative]] politician. She was elected as the MP for [[Maidenhead]] in 1997. She served as Home Secretary from 2010 to 2016. She became Prime Minister in 2016, succeeding [[David Cameron]] and stepped down in 2019, being succeeded by [[Boris Johnson]]. Her time as Prime Minister was dominated by the negotiations over the UK's exit from the [[European Union]].

==LGBT issues==
Her voting record on LGBT issues has been mixed. In 1998 she voted against equalising the [[age of consent]], and in 2000 she voted against the repeal of [[Section 28]]<ref>[https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/05/12/analysis-how-pro-gay-is-the-new-home-secretary-and-minister-for-equality-theresa-may/ "Analysis: How pro-gay is the new home secretary and minister for equality Theresa May?"] ''Pink News'', 12 My 2010.</ref> However she was later responsible for helping to draft the legislation with Equalities Minister [[Lynne Featherstone]] which led to the implementation of [[same sex marriages]] in 2014. She was the one to suggest the Conservatives were planning to look at introducing gay marriage in 2010 and later said she had changed her mind on gay adoption. She told ''Question Time'': “I have changed my view. If those votes were taken today, I would take a different vote.

In her book on the passage of the law, Baroness Featherstone praised Ms May as the “unsung hero” in the push for gay marriage against the furious protests of some elements of the Tory grassroots.
But others say her stance has not evolved enough with refugee campaigners saying the conditions and treatment of LGBT asylum seekers had worsened during her tenure as Home Secretary.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-lgbt-rights-gay-commons-vote-same-sex-marriage-gay-adoption-tim-farron-a7702326.html "All the anti-gay and lesbian stances Theresa May has taken in her political career"] ''The Independent'', 26 April 2017.</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Conservative politicians]]
[[Category:1956 births]]

Theresa May

2022-03-07T15:56:28Z

Ross Burgess:

'''Theresa May''' (née Brasier; born 1956) is a [[Conservative]] politician. She was elected as the MP for [[Maidenhead]] in 1997. She served as Home Secretary from 2010 to 2016. She became Prime Minister in 2016, succeeding [[David Cameron]] and stepped down in 2019, being succeeded by [[Boris Johnson]]. Her time as Prime Minister was dominated by the negotiations over the UK's exit from the [[European Union]].

Her voting record on LGBT issues has been mixed. In 1998 she voted against equalising the [[age of consent]], and in 2000 she voted against the repeal of [[Section 28]]<ref>[https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/05/12/analysis-how-pro-gay-is-the-new-home-secretary-and-minister-for-equality-theresa-may/ "Analysis: How pro-gay is the new home secretary and minister for equality Theresa May?"] ''Pink News'', 12 My 2010.</ref>

However she was later responsible for helping to draft the legislation with Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone which led to the implementation of [[same sex marriages]] in 2014. She was the one to suggest the Conservatives were planning to look at introducing gay marriage in 2010 and later said she had changed her mind on gay adoption. She told Question Time: “I have changed my view. If those votes were taken today, I would take a different vote.

In her book on the passage of the law, [[Baroness Featherstone]] praised Ms May as the “unsung hero” in the push for gay marriage against the furious protests of some elements of the Tory grassroots.
But others say her stance has not evolved enough with refugee campaigners saying the conditions and treatment of LGBT asylum seekers had worsened during her tenure as Home Secretary.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-lgbt-rights-gay-commons-vote-same-sex-marriage-gay-adoption-tim-farron-a7702326.html "All the anti-gay and lesbian stances Theresa May has taken in her political career"] ''The Independent'', 26 April 2017.</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Conservative politicians]]
[[Category:1956 births]]

Theresa May

2022-03-07T15:49:35Z

Ross Burgess:

Theresa May

2022-03-07T15:48:14Z

Ross Burgess:

Theresa May

2022-03-07T15:47:53Z

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Theresa May

2022-03-07T14:36:46Z

Ross Burgess:

Theresa May

2022-03-07T14:31:22Z

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'''Theresa May''' (née Brasier; born 1956) is a [[Conservative]] politician. She was elected as the MP for

Broadland, Norfolk

2022-03-07T10:42:50Z

Ross Burgess: LGBT

[[File:Broadland UK locator map.svg|thumb|Broadland District shown within Norfolk]]'''Broadland''' is a local government district within [[Norfolk]]. The administrative headquarters is at [[Thorpe St Andrew]].

Thorpe St Andrews [''sic''] School is one of those listed as taking part in "Educating with Pride", as part of the [[Norfolk LGBT+ Project]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/save/https://norfolklgbtproject.org.uk/training-awards/educating-with-pride/</ref>

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Rainbow Social Events

2022-01-15T18:35:04Z

Ross Burgess:

[[File:Rainbow Social Events.jpg|thumb|Rainbow Social Events logo]]'''Rainbow Social Events''' was the organisation, created by [[Peter Robins]] and [[Alan Louis]], which organised the [[October Fair]] for several years running in [[Waterloo]], central London.
==October Fair==
The '''October Fair''' "for Lesbians - Gays - Bisexuals - Tv/Ts and friends", was a one-day event held at the Waterloo Action Centre, Baylis Road, Waterloo SE1 in October 2000, 2001 and 2002.<ref><cite>[[Out of the Shadows]]</cite>, Page 207 (using the term "Rainbow Fairs")</ref> It featured stalls for art, books, bric-a-brac, food, and pension and mortgage advice, plus a tea dance and morris dancers.

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