Desire Paths: Reading Queer Edinburgh explores our city’s histories through a queer lens. Drawing on books from our collection and Edinburgh’s rich LGBT+ history, this exhibition maps Edinburgh through queer literature and places. The exhibition encourages visitors to reexamine the Edinburgh spaces they encounter in their everyday lives and to add their own experiences to Lavender Menace’s archive.
Alongside the exhibition, we will run a free public engagement programme of author talks, creative workshops, and exhibition tours to offer a range of opportunities for people to contribute to a wider discussion of Scotland’s queer history and literature. Please visit our website for updates: https://lavendermenace.org.uk/
Lavender Menace is a community archive with roots in Scotland’s first LGBT+ bookshop. We have a mission to bring together the queer community in Edinburgh and beyond, celebrate LGBT+ authors and their works, and collect and preserve LGBT+ books.
