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NOTCHES is seeking social media editors.

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If you are in Leeds on 6 October, @krheyam.bsky.social and @helencfinch.bsky.social will be discussing with me People Without History Are Dust thebookishtype.co.uk/products/que...

Queer History Club: People Without History Are Dust - Queer Desire and

People Without History Are Dust: Queer Desire and the Holocaust Where are the stories of great queer love in the Shoah? There are almost none. Anna Hájková explains why the history of same-sex desire ...

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People without history are dust: queer desire and the Holocaust | Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/people...

People without history are dust: queer desire and the Holocaust | Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism

Public lecture

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A delight to have all of us co-curators of the Queer Scrapbook together in Oxford to talk about its origins and significance at @torchoxford.bsky.social Books at Lunchtime. l-r E-J Scott, Justin Bengry, @rebeccajennings.bsky.social and Matt Cook Thanks to @hannahelias.bsky.social for the photo!

The Queer Mundane conference in Bergen, Norway celebrating the conclusion of the Queerdom project. So many new connections & friends, and much to think about. HUGE thanks to Tone Hellesund and her fab Queerdom team! Hopefully just the first of many visits to Bergen! www4.uib.no/en/research/...

My furry editor and I are excited to announce the publication of my book, Bisexuality and Beyond: A History of Multiple-Gender-Attraction in Modern Britain!

Thanks for an amazing time in Scotland sharing A Queer Scrapbook: Britain and Ireland since 1945 with FAB people in Edinburgh and Glasgow. HUGE thanks to such great hosts at @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social and @lighthousebks.bsky.social in Edinburgh and Category is Books in Glasgow!

New on NOTCHES: “Come to My Cottage: Queer Pleasures and Female Fandom in the Silent Hollywood Era” by Diana W. Anselmo. Link: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4UE #FandomHistory #Herstory #QueerHistory #QueerFandom #HeatedRivalry

Join us 26 May for our next in-person IHR #histsex Seminar. Birgit Lang : Sex, Psyche, and Politics: Eden and Cedar Paul as Activist Translators of European Modernity DATE: 26 May 2026 at 5:30pm LOCATION: N202 Past and Present, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU All are welcome.

A useful discussion yesterday on Radio 4's Antisocial on Queerbaiting that I was pleased to be part of. I appreciate panellists who shifted discussion from celebrity toward the economic motivations for targetting queer people, and what this means beyond visibility. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

AntiSocial - Queerbaiting - BBC Sounds

Are stars like Harry Styles guilty of it, and should they be called out?

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Join me in Glasgow Thursday 14th May 2026 at 7:00 PM at Category is Books in conversation with Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo.bsky.social about the Queer Scrapbook. See you in Glasgow soon! More information and sign up here: www.outsavvy.com/event/34904/... @manchesterup.bsky.social

Don't miss leading queer historian @justinbengry.bsky.social as he visits Edinburgh to discuss his new co-authored book, A Queer Scrapbook. 13th May, 3-5pm Tickets: www.gender.ed.ac.uk/events/2026/... edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social @lighthousebks.bsky.social #booksky

Book Talk - A Queer Scrapbook: Britain and Ireland since 1945 | GENDER.ED

GENDER.ED is a cross-University hub for gender and sexualities studies from an interdisciplinary perspective

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A wonderful evening at @thebookishtype.bsky.social in Leeds! It was a delight to join @krheyam.bsky.social along with Matt Cook to celebrate A Queer Scrapbook. Thank you Kit for such a rich and engaging conversation, and to everyone who came along! @manchesterup.bsky.social 📚 #QueerHistory #Leeds

Join me and @echomikeromeo.bsky.social on 4 June for an evening of trans history at the Birmingham LGBT Centre. Expect fun stories, unexpected connections, serious takeaways, and a little bit of hope. Free but register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/british-tr...

Join me 13 May at 3pm in EDINBURGH for a book talk on the Queer Scrapbook: Britain & Ireland since 1945. For more info & to sign up: www.gender.ed.ac.uk/events/2026/... With thanks to @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social and @manchesterup.bsky.social

Book Talk - A Queer Scrapbook: Britain and Ireland since 1945 | GENDER.ED

GENDER.ED is a cross-University hub for gender and sexualities studies from an interdisciplinary perspective

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A Queer Scrapbook (@manchesterup.bsky.social) is a tremendous achievement: fun and informative, perfect for teaching in schools and universities. I'm delighted to be included, alongside this fabulous cover of Oxford student mag Isis from May 1973. #queer #lgbtq #Oxford #booksky #queerhistory 🌈📚🗃️💋

Justin Bengry@justinbengry.bsky.social · 4mo ago

OUT NOW: The Queer Scrapbook tells our history through the playful, messy, personal stories we save. Huge thanks to MUP and 'dream team' co-editors Matt Cook, Rebecca Jennings and E-J Scott. Check out the book, recommend it, and please share widely! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165312/

This is a wonderful resource for teaching and also really fun to browse as a general reader - would highly recommend especially to those (historians and not) who are newer to this material! It has never been easier to include queer & trans perspectives in your teaching of modern British history!

Justin Bengry@justinbengry.bsky.social · 4mo ago

OUT NOW: The Queer Scrapbook tells our history through the playful, messy, personal stories we save. Huge thanks to MUP and 'dream team' co-editors Matt Cook, Rebecca Jennings and E-J Scott. Check out the book, recommend it, and please share widely! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165312/

Join me in Leeds for A Queer Scrapbook: Book Launch, Conversation and Scrapbooking Workshop with Matt Cook hosted by @krheyam.bsky.social . See you soon! Date: Wed 22nd April 2026 Time: 7-9pm Venue: @thebookishtype.bsky.social 77a Great George Street, LS1 3BR thebookishtype.co.uk/products/a-q...

A Queer Scrapbook: Book Launch, Conversation and Scrapbooking Workshop

As part of Queer History Club we are very excited to bring you a book talk, conversation and scrapbooking workshop with the editors of A Queer Scrapbook! New book A Queer Scrapbook: Britain and Irelan...

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OUT NOW: The Queer Scrapbook tells our history through the playful, messy, personal stories we save. Huge thanks to MUP and 'dream team' co-editors Matt Cook, Rebecca Jennings and E-J Scott. Check out the book, recommend it, and please share widely! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165312/

Manchester University Press - A queer scrapbook

A queer scrapbook - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of A queer scrapbook by Justin Bengry

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Had so much fun working on this book with @justinbengry.bsky.social , Matt Cook and E-J Scott, all our amazing contributors and the fantastic team at MUP. Really excited to see it out and on the bookshelves!

Manchester University Press@manchesterup.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Publishing today! A beautifully illustrated compendium of LGBTIQ+ life. 'A queer scrapbook' is a rich archive of histories from across Britain & Ireland. Featuring interviews, photographs & flyers, it captures the diversity of queer & trans lives since WW2. Out now. #booksky

Publishing in March! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 'A queer scrapbook' vividly illustrates the diversity of LGBTIQ+ lives across Britain and Ireland since the Second World War. 📖 Pre-order before the 28th Feb to get 30% OFF, just enter code LGBT30 at checkout on our website. @lgbthm.bsky.social #booksky

A really great pre-review of our soon-to-be-published Queer Scrapbook: Britain and Ireland since 1945. This reviewer really got the point of the book. :) mancunion.com/2026/02/10/a...

A Queer Scrapbook: Britain and Ireland since 1945 - a review - The Mancunion

A Queer Scrapbook offers a treasure trove of LGBTIQ+ histories from across Britain and Ireland.

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A new book unearthing artefacts relating to queer life in Britain and Ireland since 1945 is rich with scarcely seen material. Attitude meets the editors of The Queer Scrapbook www.attitude.co.uk/attitude-lov...

7 photos, artefacts and other hidden treasures from LGBTQ history

A new book unearthing artefacts relating to queer life in Britain and Ireland since 1945 is rich with scarcely seen material. Attitude meets the editors of The Queer Scrapbook

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In 1982, inspired by the work of MO the National Lesbian and Gay survey began, it sought to capture what everyday life was like for queer people living in the UK. For our latest open call we're continuing the work of NLGS and asking what does it mean to be queer every day? #lgbtqhistory

Do you teach/research gender/sexuality w/ German sources? Have you had access issues or needed to translate sources yourself bc English versions don’t exist? Fill in this survey (by 2/15) to identify core texts for an anthology of translations in scientific & literary sexology between 1890 & 1930.

Today we are launching a new series of articles and podcasts to mark the 100th issue of History Workshop Journal 🎉✊🗃️ In this introductory article, Barbara Taylor reflects on a picnic she shared with other editors in 1984, and what it meant to be part of the HWJ collective.

An Editors' Picnic

Barbara Taylor introduces our new series with her memories of a picnic she enjoyed with other History Workshop Journal editors in 1984.

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I’m contributing to Inherent Vice, a new queer heritage & arts zine launching in January 2026! It’s an independent, non-profit project exploring queer stories, objects, creativity, and community across the heritage and arts sectors. www.inherentvice.co.uk

Fun to be quoted in Cosmopolitan about the newest iteration of so-called 'lavender marriages'. As in the past, even this TikTok phenomenon reveals that looking at precarity, economic security and pragmatism are all important for understanding what's going on. www.cosmopolitan.com/relationship...

Are Lavender Marriages Making a Comeback?

An old-fashioned ruse is having a renaissance—but with a uniquely 2020s twist.

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