lesbianpersistence

We are delighted that following our discussions with Edinburgh Council, the Museum of Edinburgh will now display a notice in the Past Shelves exhibition recognising that the terms “LGBTQ+” and “queer” used in this exhibition are contemporary terms, and that the use of them has been, and continues to be, contested - especially by some lesbians and gay men... [who] believe that applying these terms retrospectively obscures important distinctions between communities and misrepresents their...

On 18 August Edinburgh Council's Policy and Sustainability Committee will consider a report on the EHRC Updated Code of Practice. It should be about how the council has set about complying with the CoP and implementing the FWS judgment, ensuring that single sex spaces and services are properly single sex, and are available as required. Instead, the Report largely focuses on how "trans" people will be disadvantaged and the steps the Council is taking to make sure they are provided for. The...

The Museum of Edinburgh has an exhibition called Past Shelves: Histories of queer reading. It consists of materials from the Lavender Menace archive. Lavender Menace - which was once a gay and lesbian bookshop, but is now completely captured by gender-identity ideology. Although there's some lesbian info (including brochures from the Deckchairs Collective which Sally co-founded in the 80s) all the blurb talks about "LGBTQ+", denying the existence of lesbian culture and community. Here's a...