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Join the Lavender Menace Board of Directors

Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive is looking for new Directors to join our Board! Our trustees play a vital role in making sure that Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive achieves […]

6 June 2025
Elizabeth Calvert: 17th-Century Radical Bookseller

What can 17th-Century Radical Bookseller Elizabeth Calvert Teach Us in a Modern Age of Book Bans? by Ali Leetham The US Education Department decided to end its investigations into book […]

17 June 2025
Book review: Marsha by Tourmaline

Lavender Menace volunteer Cooper King reviews Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson by Tourmaline. Thanks to HarperCollins for providing review copies for this blog and for our […]

13 June 2025
The History of Polari: A Bona Tour of London

Lavender Menace volunteer archivist Ali Leetham takes us on a bona tour of London in this article. Ever ordered a bevvy? Got into a barney? Or scarpered after telling a […]

9 April 2025
Humbuggery and Bumbuggery: The Greenfield Incident

Guest blogger Dr Sarah Sloane investigates the elusive story of William Greenfield, disgraced Professor of the University of Edinburgh and minister at St. Giles Cathedral. There was a certain grave […]

21 December 2024

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Blog

Join the Lavender Menace Board of Directors

Elizabeth Calvert: 17th-Century Radical Bookseller

Book review: Marsha by Tourmaline

The History of Polari: A Bona Tour of London

Humbuggery and Bumbuggery: The Greenfield Incident