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SUMMARY:Past Shelves: Histories of Queer Reading (Exhibition)
DESCRIPTION:Opening hours: The exhibition runs 5 March to 3 May. In March\, the museum is open Wednesday to Sunday. In April/May\, it is open every day. \n\n\n\nJoin us for the Past Shelves exhibition to explore the impact of LGBTQ+ reading\, publishing\, and bookselling. The exhibition is inspired by Scotland’s first LGBTQ+ bookshops\, community experiences of reading and life in Scotland from 1980-2000. \n\n\n\nThe Past Shelves exhibition follows on from the Past Shelves oral history project run in 2025-2026 by the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive. The project interviewed dozens of members of the LGBTQ+ community whose lives were shaped by books and reading. You can hear some of these interviews in the exhibition. \n\n\n\nLavender Menace was Scotland’s first gay and lesbian community bookshop. Co-founded by Bob Orr and Sigrid Nielsen\, it opened in 1982. After five years of bookselling\, the bookshop was reborn as West & Wilde (1987-1997) owned by Bob Orr and Raymond Rose. These spaces were a haven for LGBTQ+ people and sold queer books at a time when mainstream bookshops would not stock them. The bookshops were also important community spaces where LGBTQ+ people could feel welcomed and connect with each other. In 2019\, Lavender Menace was revived as Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive.  \n\n\n\nDiscover the world of Lavender Menace and West & Wilde with us\, through books\, magazines\, interviews and more. \n\n\n\nCredits \n\n\n\nThis exhibition was created by Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive in partnership with Museums & Galleries Edinburgh. Thank you to our funders\, the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Awards for All. \n\n\n\nLocation & access \n\n\n\nThe exhibition takes place at the Museum of Edinburgh\, 142-146 Canongate\, Edinburgh EH8 8DD. \n\n\n\nThe main entrance has 1 step. There is no lift and no ramp and the upper levels are accessible by stairs only. There is level access from the main entrance to the Foyer section of the exhibition and the accessible toilets. Some parts of the exhibition are located upstairs\, which are accessible by stairs only.  \n\n\n\nWe appreciate that this means some of our audience won’t be able to access the exhibition\, and we are committed to producing a digital guide of the exhibition in order to make the exhibition more accessible.  \n\n\n\nIf the inaccessibility of the building is preventing you from seeing the exhibition\, please email themenaces@lavendermenace.org.uk and we will send you the digital guide when it is available (currently expected late April).
URL:https://lavendermenace.org.uk/event/past-shelves
LOCATION:Museum of Edinburgh\, 142-146 Canongate\, Edinburgh\, Midlothian\, EH8 8DD\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Social Sunday
DESCRIPTION:On the 2nd and 4th Sunday of every month\, the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive is open 2pm–4pm for our informal Social Sundays. Join us for tea\, cake and lots of queer book discussion! \n\n\n\nThere is no need to sign up in advance\, you can just turn up. \n\n\n\nSocial Sundays are a great way to learn more about the archive and chat about your favourite LGBTQ+ books. You can come with friends or on your own – our volunteers will make you feel welcome. \n\n\n\nVenue & Accessibility\n\n\n\nSocial Sunday takes place at the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive in Edinburgh Palette. There is information on how to get to us on public transport and by car\, along with access information\, on our location & accessibility page. \n\n\n\nAny other questions\n\n\n\nPlease email us: themenaces@lavendermenace.org.uk
URL:https://lavendermenace.org.uk/event/social-sunday-5
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SUMMARY:Dyke's Delight: Kate Charlesworth in Conversation with Jay Whittaker
DESCRIPTION:Join Lavender Menace for an afternoon of stories of lesbian life and art. Kate Charlesworth is an illustrator and writer of renowned lesbian cult classics like Sensible Footwear: A Girl’s Guide and The Life & Times of Auntie Studs. Kate will be in conversation with award-winning poet and writer Jay Whittaker. \n\n\n\n\nBook ticket\n\n\n\n\nThis event is part of our exhibition Past Shelves: Queer Histories of Reading (5 March to 30 April\, Museum of Edinburgh)\, created in partnership with the Museum of Edinburgh (City of Edinburgh Council). Thank you to our funders\, National Lottery Heritage Fund and Awards for All. \n\n\n\n\nKate Charlesworth began to work as a cartoonist and illustrator in the 1970s. Her work has appeared in LGBT publications such as The Pink Paper\, Gay News\, Strip AIDS\, Dyke’s Delight\, whilst in the mainstream media she drew weekly strips for The Guardian\, New Scientist\, and the Independent. The award-winning graphic novel ‘Sally Heathcote – Suffragette’\, co-authored with Mary and Bryan Talbot\, appeared in 2014 and was followed in 2019 by her award-winning LGBT memoir/history\, ‘Sensible Footwear – a Girl’s Guide.’ \n\n\n\n\n\nJay Whittaker is an award-winning poet\, author of two full length collections: Sweet Anaesthetist\, (Cinnamon Press\, 2020) and Wristwatch\, (Cinnamon Press\, 2017)\, which was Saltire Society Poetry Book of the Year 2018. Current projects include her third poetry collection\, a queer sewing memoir in prose\, and co-hosting EH11’s grass-roots poetry night\, The Graveyard Shift. \n\n\n\n\n(Photo by Ryan McGoverne) \n\n\n\nLocation and Access\n\n\n\nThis event is taking place at Assembly Rooms\, 54 George Street\, Edinburgh EH2 2LR. \n\n\n\nThe venue is fully accessible on the ground and first floor areas for all visitors with mobility difficulties and accessibility needs via a lift or handrail assistance. For full accessibility information\, visit the venue website: https://cultureedinburgh.com/our-venues/assembly-rooms
URL:https://lavendermenace.org.uk/event/dykes-delight
LOCATION:Assembly Rooms\, 54 George Street\, Edinburgh\, EH2 2LR\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Becoming Archived with the Lesbian Snapshot Collective
DESCRIPTION:“…[G]ive us a visual record of our passages… a mosaic of lesbian strength\, of our strivings to remake our outer and inner worlds.” – Joan Nestle \n\n\n\nIn an era shaped by Section 28 and silence\, many lesbian lives of the 1980s and 1990s were undocumented or deliberately hidden. Join the Lesbian Snapshot Collective to bring those images into the light—out of our shoeboxes\, out of our closets. In this creative archiving workshop\, we will explore personal snapshots\, storytelling\, consent\, and what it means to record your own history. \n\n\n\n\nBook ticket\n\n\n\n\nYou are invited to bring a personal photograph\, share its story\, and reflect on what it means to archive lesbian life now. \n\n\n\nThis event is for all lesbians\, dykes\, and queer and trans women. Those that came out before the year 2000 are particularly welcome. Find out more about the Lesbian Snapshot Collective. \n\n\n\nWhat to expect \n\n\n\nAn informal creative workshop in a small-group setting. The workshop lasts for 2 hours with a break in the middle. \n\n\n\nYou are invited to bring a personal photograph\, share its story\, and reflect on what it means to archive lesbian life now. \n\n\n\nBooking \n\n\n\nTickets are pay-what-you-can. Booking in advance is essential as places are limited so\, if you are unable to attend\, please let us know as soon as possible so we can offer your place to someone else. \n\n\n\nVenue & Accessibility \n\n\n\nThe event is located at the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive in Edinburgh Palette. There is information on how to get to us on public transport and by car\, along with access information\, on our location & accessibility page. \n\n\n\nAny other questions \n\n\n\nPlease email us: themenaces@lavendermenace.org.uk
URL:https://lavendermenace.org.uk/event/lesbian-snapshot-collective
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