Sigrid Catherine Nielsen (born March 1948) is best known as the co-founder and co-owner of Scotland's first gay bookshop,
Lavender Menace Bookshop
The Lavender Menace Bookshop was an independent gay bookshop in Edinburgh from 1982 to 1986. It was the first gay bookshop in Scotland and the second in the United Kingdom.
As of 2019, the Lavender Menace now operates as The Lavender Menace Qu ...
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Life and career
Sigrid grew up in America, before settling in Scotland. Once in Scotland, she assisted Sylvia Neri in managing a Scottish Minorities Group (SMG) (now
Outright Scotland) Women's Group, in 1975–1976. However, Neri noted that Sigrid could only do it for a short time, as she had so many commitments.
Sigrid teamed up with business partner Bob Orr to run a bookstall at the
Scottish Homosexual Rights Group (SHRG) on Broughton Street in 1976, Edinburgh. Trading initially under the name Lavender Books'','' they named the bookstall Open Gaze.
This eventually became what is now known as the Lavender Menace Bookshop.
Writing
Sigrid went on to co-edit a book with Gail Chester, ''In Other Words Writing as a Feminist'', in 1987. This radical feminist perspective of women’s publishing brings attention to the significance of writing for women's liberation.
At this time Sigrid contributed to LGBTQ+ newspaper, ''
The Pink Paper
The ''Pink Paper'' was a UK publication covering gay and lesbian issues published by Millivres Prowler Limited. Founded in 1987 as a newspaper, it switched to internet-only publication in June 2009. The decision to go online-only was announced ...
'', including a column entitled: ''Fortune, fame and the feminist'' (1988).
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See also
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List of LGBT bookstores
The following list article contains the names and locations of LGBTQ+ bookstores, sorted by location. The bookstores listed are Brick and mortar, brick and mortar stores with a focus on the LGBT community and literature.
Open bookstores
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LGBT culture
LGBTQ culture is a culture shared by lesbian, Gay men, gay, bisexuality, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals (LGBTQ people). It is sometimes referred to as queer culture (indicating people who are queer), LGBT culture, and LGBTQIA cult ...
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List of feminists
References
Living people
1948 births
American feminists
American writers
American women writers