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1982. Bookshop: Lavender Menace

Gay in the 80s Posted on September 9, 2013 by Colin ClewsJuly 14, 2025

Lavender Menace bookshop opened on Forth Street, Edinburgh in 1982 as a development of earlier initiatives around both radical and LGBT bookselling. One of the two owners – Bob Orr – had previously worked in the First of May radical … Continue reading →

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