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    The A Team with Eris Young

    Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive presents a free and informal discussion session on asexual and aromantic spectrum representation hosted by the writer Eris Young. Join our small group for tea, […]

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    Abolition and Liberation Study Group

    Weekly 6-8pm on Tuesdays: 11th, 18th, 25th June & 2nd July ‘Abolition’ describes an outlook towards the world that works to dismantle systems of oppression that maintain and perpetrate forms […]

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    LGBT Youth Scotland Storytelling Cafe

    Come and join LGBT Youth Scotland and add your voice to the (Un)seen, (Un)heard archive – a first of it’s kind collection that aims to capture the lived experience of […]

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    The A Team: discussion group

    Following our first meeting of The A Team with Eris Young on 30th June, the Lavender Menace volunteers will lead an informal discussion group for three initial meetings. Join our small group for tea, books, and discussion to share asexual and aromantic media in a welcoming space.

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    Queer Memory with Andrés N. Ordorica

    Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive Edinburgh Palette, Edinburgh, Scotland

    Join Lavender Menace for an in-person conversation with the wonderful Andrés N. Ordorica. We are excited to discuss his poetry and much-anticipated debut novel How We Named the Stars while exploring themes of in-betweenness in queer history, memory, and the archive.

  • Decorative image of books in the colours of the asexual and aromantic flags

    The A Team: discussion group

    Following our first meeting of The A Team with Eris Young on 30th June, the Lavender Menace volunteers will lead an informal discussion group for three initial meetings. Join our small group for tea, books, and discussion to share asexual and aromantic media in a welcoming space.

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    Queer Traces exhibition

    Curator and volunteer archivist Alex Lednicky presents Queer Traces, an exhibition which traces queer history through the books and ephemera at the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive.

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    Queer Traces: open evening

    Join us for the opening night of our exhibition Queer Traces by curator and volunteer archivist Alex Lednicky! 

  • A graphic of books in the asexual and aromantic flag colours (black, grey, white, purple, and green)

    The A Team: discussion group

    Following our first meeting of The A Team with Eris Young on 30th June, the Lavender Menace volunteers will lead an informal discussion group for three initial meetings. Join our small group for tea, books, and discussion to share asexual and aromantic media in a welcoming space.

  • Social Sunday at the Botanics

    The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

    Queer liberation and the natural world are two themes that aren’t often thought of as related or connected. We’re going to read and respond to some works that explore these […]

  • An audience (photographed from behind) watch an event at the Lavender Menace Quer Books Archive. A leaflet titled Fighting Transphobia is in the foreground.

    Through A Lavender Lens

    French Institute of Scotland West Parliament Square, Edinburgh

    Edinburgh Art Festival present the photography exhibition Through A Lavender Lens: Celebrating the Legacy of Scotland’s First LGBTQ+ Book Shop.