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Justin Bengry

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Historian of Capitalism and the Pink Pound (he/him) Writer | Speaker | Traveller Editor: @historyworkshop.org.uk Founder: @notchesblog.bsky.social Convenor: @histsex.bsky.social justinbengry.com

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NOTCHES Blog @notchesblog.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
From 'Womanless Weddings' to alleged performances for royalty, Julian Eltinge’s glamorous persona delved into performances of both femininity and masculinity in his carefully crafted life. #NOTCHESBLOG #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #DragHistory #TheatreHistory
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NOTCHES Blog @notchesblog.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
New on NOTCHES: Queer Crafts: LGBTQ+ Identity, Politics, and Cultural Expression by Daniel Fountain. Fountain discusses how LGBTQ+ artists and makers use craft to explore identity, embodiment, community, and queer worldmaking. 🔗 Link to full interview: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4XT #NOTCHES #MaterialCulture
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Queer Crafts: LGBTQ+ Identity, Politics, and Cultural Expression
Craft is not simply the act of making; it is a powerful site of identity, politics, and cultural expression.
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NOTCHES Blog @notchesblog.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
New on NOTCHES: On the Origins of Queer #Islamophobia in #Germany: From Sex Tourism to Queer Fascism in The Color of Desire by Christopher Ewing. This article traces the historical development of the claim that Islam and queerness are fundamentally incompatible Link to blog: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4Zg
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On the Origins of Queer Islamophobia in Germany: from Sex Tourism to Queer Fascism in The Color of Desire
The story of the making of homonationalism is also the story of its unmaking.
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NOTCHES Blog @notchesblog.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
New on NOTCHES: The Roots of the Global Culture Wars over Birth Control by Wannes Dupont How did debates over contraception become internationally entangled with population control, reproductive rights, and the Catholic church? Link to article: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4Yp #QueerHistory #ReproductiveRights
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The Roots of the Global Culture Wars over Birth Control
A showdown involving the Catholic Church, the United Nations, and Planned Parenthood over the politics of birth control.
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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Do you read and enjoy the NOTCHES history of sexuality blog? Do you want to join the team that puts it together? We're currently looking for a social media editor to join us. More information here: notchesblog.com/2026/07/21/n... Please share widely.
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NOTCHES Vacancy: Social Media Editor
NOTCHES is seeking social media editors.
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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
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...
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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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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
People without history are dust: queer desire and the Holocaust | Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/people...
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People without history are dust: queer desire and the Holocaust | Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism
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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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!
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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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/...
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Martha Robinson Rhodes @mrobinsonrhodes.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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!
A box containing several copies of the book Bisexuality and Beyond. A small tabby cat is enthusiastically rubbing her head against the box.
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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
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!
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NOTCHES Blog @notchesblog.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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
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IHR History of Sexuality Seminar @histsex.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
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.
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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
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/...
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AntiSocial - Queerbaiting - BBC Sounds
Are stars like Harry Styles guilty of it, and should they be called out?
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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
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
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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
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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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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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
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Mo Moulton @momoulton.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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...
British Trans History: Stories for Our Times. 4 June 18:00, Birmingham LGBT Centre, Birmingham. Flyer with image from TGirlsonFim zine, purple and white drawing of a woman with personal narrative typed.
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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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
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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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🌈 Dr Ross Brooks @rossbrooks.co.uk · 09/04/2026
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 🌈📚🗃️💋
Photograph of part of a page from A Queer Scrapbook. It features an image of the cover of Oxford student magazine Isis dated 19 May 1973 featuring a picture of a head with red lips and the word 'gay' underneath. I'm quoted: ''Queer' Oxford was as dead as the proverbial dodo after the war right through the 1950s and 1960s. Things changed quickly through the emergence of student activism in the early years of the 1970s as Oxford's students began to organise and campaign in a major way. The front cover of the student magazine Isis from 19 May 1973 always makes me smile.'
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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
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!
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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
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...
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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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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
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/
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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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Rebecca Jennings @rebeccajennings.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
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!
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
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
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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
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...
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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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Attitude Magazine @attitudemag.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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...
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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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NOTCHES Blog @notchesblog.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
NOTCHES now has a Ko-fi account! If you like what we do and want to support us, visit ko-fi.com/notches and consider leaving us a tip.
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Mass Observation Archive @massobsarchive.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
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
A scan of a yellow flyer advertising the National Lesbian and Gay Survey. It has a collage of different photographs of people and in the middle it reads 'so who will write the lesbian and gay history of the nineties..?' the bottom of the flyer has further information about how to take part.
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Joela Jacobs @joelalala.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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.
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 16/12/2025
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.
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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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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
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
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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
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...
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Are Lavender Marriages Making a Comeback?
An old-fashioned ruse is having a renaissance—but with a uniquely 2020s twist.
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IHR History of Sexuality Seminar @histsex.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Join us 28 October, 5:30pm (UK) for the first IHR History of Sexuality Seminar of the new term! This Early Career Researcher Double Bill is an ONLINE ONLY seminar. For more information and to register in order to receive the Zoom link please go to: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Early Career Researcher Double bill
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IHR History of Sexuality Seminar @histsex.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
The IHR History of Sexuality Seminar is now on Bluesky! Check out our upcoming seminars at www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... Please follow for updates and share widely!
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History of Sexuality
The seminar series explores historical perspectives on themes as varied as queer(ing) history, sexual reform and identity-based movements and sexuality
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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Very excited to see our new book: A Queer Scrapbook: Britain and Ireland Since 1945 (with FAB co-editors Matt Cook, Rebecca Jennings, and E-J Scott) now available for pre-order. www.waterstones.com/book/a-queer...
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A Queer Scrapbook by Justin Bengry, Matt Cook | Waterstones
Buy A Queer Scrapbook by Justin Bengry, Matt Cook from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
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Vicky Iglikowski-Broad @vickyig.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Join us for Surveillance and Society: Reading Records Against the Grain — an exploration of how historical records reveal power, resistance, and surveillance. November 18 at The National Archives. Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/past-surve... #HistoryFromBelow #LGBTQHistory #BlackHistory
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PAST Surveillance and Society: Reading records against the grain
Participants are invited to critically engage with case studies of a broad range of 20th century surveillance records at the archives
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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Celebration and Resistance: Explore LGBTQ+ collections and more at History Day 2025 🎉 This #HistDay25 we're partnering with @justinbengry.bsky.social to create a Queer History and Heritage Trail highlighting queer stories, figures & collections. Hear from Justin here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Celebration and Resistance: Explore LGBTQ+ collections and more at History Day 2025
Every year in November we host History Day, an event for students, researchers and history enthusiasts.
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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Are you coming along to #HistDay25 on Tuesday 4 November 2025? Why not stay at Senate House for my #lecture in the evening, on 'Can popular #history be radical? Historical research and writing for the public'. Book your free place: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Matthew Roberts @matqbritholiday.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
www.sal.org.uk/event/queeri... Tuesday 27th January 2026 I will be presenting Queering the British Holiday @antiquaries.bsky.social Book tickets (FREE) in person or zoom. NO PASSPORT REQUIRED! 😊
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Queering the British Holiday - Society of Antiquaries of London
This lecture explores queering the British holiday by intersecting the Long Eighteenth Century Grand Tour; the impact of Music Hall theatricality on the Victorian Coast by male impersonator, Vesta Til...
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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Join me 4 Nov at Senate House for History Day. This year I'm delighted to be working with the IHR to include a Queer History Trail and have a Queer Zine workshop at History Day 2025. Come say Hi and check out the amazing historical work being done around the UK. www.history.ac.uk/news.../even...
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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
A delight to be interviewed by Elisha Pearce for this great piece on rainbow capitalism for Voice Magazine. I'm even happier that it's a publication for young people, engaging with issues that affect them too. www.voicemag.uk/blog/15421/p...
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Pride Month for Profit: Investigating the rise and retreat of rainbow capitalism
In Pride Month, brands are quick to sport corporate rainbow logos and invent lucrative products. What is this clever marketing scheme, and how can brands show genuine support for the queer community a...
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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Very pleased to see David Roberts' We Are Your Children: A History of LGBTQ+ Activism published by @twohootsbooks.bsky.social It was a delight to consult on the book & great now to see that the other consultant was @paulaakpan.bsky.social Good company indeed! www.panmacmillan.com/authors/davi...
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We Are Your Children by David Roberts
Find out more about We Are Your Children by David Roberts
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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
@historyworkshop.org.uk is seeking to appoint two Editorial Fellows for the period October 2025 to September 2027. This is a paid, part-time role that supports early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history. www.historyworkshop.org.uk/article/hist...
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Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025
History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.
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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Delighted to be interviewed (in such stellar company with Lillian Faderman) on 'lavender marriages' for Parade magazine. parade.com/living/laven...
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What Is a 'Lavender Marriage,' Exactly?
Plus, where it gets its name.
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DeclanKavanagh.bsky.social @drdeclankavanagh.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Great to see NOTCHES on Bluesky. Get following!
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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
NOTCHES is a collaborative and international history of sexuality blog that aims to get people inside and outside the academy thinking about sexuality in the past and in the present. We’ve left Twitter so do follow NOTCHES on Bluesky at @notchesblog.bsky.social Please share widely!
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Christyn Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now! Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
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Historians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPs
In light of the recent and incessant attacks on the trans community in the UK by the UK government and legal system, a group of UK-based historians have drafted the letter linked below. Our aim is to ...
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NOTCHES Blog @notchesblog.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Following two illuminating articles on nightclub Taboo and iconic doorman Marc Vaultier, today we bring you a new post: “Would You Let Yourself In?” Reflections on Marc Vaultier’s Mirror by Stephen Brogan. Read it here: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4Ni #QueerHistory #HistSex #HistoryofSexuality 1/5
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“Would You Let Yourself In?” Reflections on Marc Vaultier’s Mirror
The often-repeated, shady story of how Marc Vaultier turned away people from Taboo’s door turns out to be apocryphal.
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