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'''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]] | '''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> | + | 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]]. | [[Lavender Menace]] is also the name of an LGBT youih project in [[Dumfries and Galloway]]. | ||
Revision as of 18:49, 16 February 2023
Lavender Menace was a gay bookshop in Edinburgh which opened in 1982.[1][2] 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.[3]
Lavender Menace is also the name of an LGBT youih project in Dumfries and Galloway.
References
- ↑ Gay in the 80s
- ↑ Turning the Page: The Radical Story of Scotland’s First LGBTQ Bookshop
- ↑ "LGBT+ Bookselling in Scotland" on the Lavender Menace website.
