Lavender Menace

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 of injustice. Contemporary abolitionists argue that prisons and the police (among other institutions) are key mechanisms of anti-black, racist, classist, ableist, trans- and queerphobic oppression. […]

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 young (and formerly young) LGBTQ+ people in Scotland today.  5pm – 6pm: We will run an informal drop in session between 5-6pm, where you can write, […]

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.

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 themes. You are welcome to come along and listen or to bring an extract of your own to read out.A short list of questions to […]

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

Join us at Archive After Hours for the 42nd anniversary of the original Lavender Menace bookshop, which first opened its doors in August 1982. 42 years on, the archive will be open late for a wee party to celebrate. Expect cake, snacks, fizz, and a good blether! This is a drop in event, so you […]

Free workshop for for queer, trans, intersex and non binary people of colour Doors 5pm, event 5:30pm-7:30pm Plotting on the Body is a reflective writing and collage workshop for QTPOC feeling the weight of expectations on the way they present gender and queerness in their bodies.  We will collage with maps to discuss the way […]