LGBT+ Archives - Lavender Menace https://lavendermenace.org.uk/category/lgbt Queer Books Archive Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:44:17 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Eye-3.0-32x32.png LGBT+ Archives - Lavender Menace https://lavendermenace.org.uk/category/lgbt 32 32 Book Review: Waiting on a Friend by Natalie Adler https://lavendermenace.org.uk/waiting-on-a-friend Sun, 11 Jan 2026 19:06:17 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=17382 Lavender Menace volunteer Katie Marson reviews Waiting on a Friend by Natalie Adler, which will be published by Quercus Publishing later this year. Natalie Adler’s Waiting on a Friend is […]

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]]> Dorian the Maenad https://lavendermenace.org.uk/dorian-and-dionysus Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:10:19 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=2486 Lavender Menace volunteer, Michael, explores the queer links between The Picture of Dorian Gray and the Cult of Dionysus.

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]]> Lavender and Menaces https://lavendermenace.org.uk/lavender-and-menaces Fri, 19 Apr 2024 17:09:29 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=2347 The clothed lesbian body as a tool of resistance, the sapphic significance of purple, and the making of the modern-day femme

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]]> A Lavender Attic https://lavendermenace.org.uk/a-lavender-attic https://lavendermenace.org.uk/a-lavender-attic#respond Wed, 07 Apr 2021 15:29:27 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=399 'LGBT+ archives,' says Gerard Koskovich of the GLBT Historical Society of San Francisco, 'are your queer grandma's attic'. They are the place where younger generations will find our legacy.

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]]> https://lavendermenace.org.uk/a-lavender-attic/feed 0 The Left Hand of Darkness https://lavendermenace.org.uk/the-left-hand-of-darkness https://lavendermenace.org.uk/the-left-hand-of-darkness#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2020 11:00:00 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=271 The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuinAce Books, 1969. Exploring new worlds A love story between a man from earth and a double-sexed alien? This was a genuine case […]

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]]> https://lavendermenace.org.uk/the-left-hand-of-darkness/feed 0 Murder in the Collective https://lavendermenace.org.uk/murder-in-the-collective https://lavendermenace.org.uk/murder-in-the-collective#respond Thu, 22 Oct 2020 11:00:00 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=245 Murder in the Collective by Barbara WilsonWomen’s Press, 1984ISBN 0704339439 ‘Safe spaces’ in 1984 were thin on the ground ‘Safe spaces’ for queer  people were rarely heard of in 1984. […]

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]]> https://lavendermenace.org.uk/murder-in-the-collective/feed 0 Welcome to our blog https://lavendermenace.org.uk/welcome-to-our-new-lavender-menace-books-archive-blog https://lavendermenace.org.uk/welcome-to-our-new-lavender-menace-books-archive-blog#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2020 11:48:59 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=96 We've already started blogging about the books in our growing archive – found in our own and friends' collections and secondhand shops.  And we invite you to join us.

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