Queer publishing Archives - Lavender Menace https://lavendermenace.org.uk/category/queer-publishing Queer Books Archive Sat, 30 Aug 2025 15:47:24 +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 Queer publishing Archives - Lavender Menace https://lavendermenace.org.uk/category/queer-publishing 32 32 “Indecent and obscene” – 40 years since Operation Tiger https://lavendermenace.org.uk/operation-tiger Sat, 30 Aug 2025 15:47:16 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=15323 You can now watch the recording of this event online In 1984, UK Customs and Excise officers raided Gay’s The Word bookshop in London and seized over 140 titles on […]

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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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]]> 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 Unsung: the queer books that tell our story – the video https://lavendermenace.org.uk/unsung-the-queer-books-that-tell-our-story-the-video https://lavendermenace.org.uk/unsung-the-queer-books-that-tell-our-story-the-video#respond Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:33:26 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=368 As part of this year’s LGBT History Month, Bob and Sigrid took part in a live webinar conversation on 24 February with Chris Creegan about how queer books tell our […]

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]]> https://lavendermenace.org.uk/unsung-the-queer-books-that-tell-our-story-the-video/feed 0 Rebecca by Daphine du Maurier https://lavendermenace.org.uk/rebecca-by-daphine-du-maurier https://lavendermenace.org.uk/rebecca-by-daphine-du-maurier#respond Thu, 26 Nov 2020 11:59:18 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=326 Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.Gollancz, 1938; Virago (present publisher). Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again… Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier’s best known novel, has never been out of […]

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]]> https://lavendermenace.org.uk/rebecca-by-daphine-du-maurier/feed 0 Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs https://lavendermenace.org.uk/hot-blooded-dinosaurs https://lavendermenace.org.uk/hot-blooded-dinosaurs#respond Wed, 18 Nov 2020 16:58:16 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=316 The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs: A Revolution in Palaeontology by Adrian DesmondBlond & Briggs, 1975. QUEER DINOSAUR DISCOVERED! Some people may remember the ITV series based on this illustrated science book, now […]

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]]> https://lavendermenace.org.uk/hot-blooded-dinosaurs/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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