Name: Queer Joy
Start: 2026-06-21T12:15:00+01:00
End: 2026-06-21T14:00:00+01:00
Location: Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive

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Decorative image in purple with text reading: Past Shelves: Histories of Queer Reading. Museum of Edinburgh, 10am to 5pm, 7 days a week. Extended to 20 September!

Past Shelves: Histories of Queer Reading (Exhibition)

Thu 5 March @ 10:00 am – Sun 20 September @ 5:00 pm

Museum of Edinburgh 142-146 Canongate, Edinburgh

12:00 pm

Queer Joy

Sun 21 June @ 12:15 pm – 2:00 pm

Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive Edinburgh Palette, Edinburgh

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