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Sigrid Nielsen

Sigrid Nielsen

Co-founder of Lavender Menace Bookshop, Scotland

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.

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Life and career

Sigrid grew up in America, before settling in Scotland.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

At this time Sigrid contributed to LGBTQ+ newspaper, The Pink Paper, including a column entitled: Fortune, fame and the feminist (1988).[5]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Ley, James (2018-02-14). "Bringing Scotland's LGBT Bookshop Back To Life". Historic Environment Scotland Blog. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  2. [2]
    "Remember When -- ACTIVISM". livingmemory.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  3. [3]
    "1982. Bookshop: Lavender Menace – Gay in the 80s". www.gayinthe80s.com. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  4. [4]
    Chester and Neilsen, Gail and Sigrid (1987). In Other Words Writing as a feminist. London: Taylor and Francis. ISBN 9781136189517.
  5. [5]
    Fischer, SA (1989). "Judging by the cover : an ethnographic study of women and reading" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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