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Queer Edinburgh: The Tapes

Feb 13, 2023

Episode 5 - Maruska Greenwood OBE.

In this episode of Queer Edinburgh: The Tapes, we speak to Maruska Greenwood. Since moving to Edinburgh in the 1980s, Maruska has been an activist, campaigner, and volunteer as part of the Scottish Homosexual Action Group (SHAG), the Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard, and more. She...


Jan 24, 2023

Episode 4: Bob Orr.

In this episode of Queer Edinburgh: The Tapes, we speak to Bob Orr. Bob co-founded Edinburgh’s LGBT bookshop Lavender Menace in the 1980s with Sigrid Nielsen. He also managed its successor, West and Wilde, throughout the 1990s. Bob co-managed Edinburgh’s popular House music club, Taste. Today,...


Dec 30, 2022

Episode 3. Kate Fearnley.

In this episode of Queer Edinburgh: The Tapes we speak to Kate Fearnley. Kate was a founding member of the Edinburgh Bisexual Group, which was active between 1984 and 2000. This group offered meetings, conferences and a phoneline to Edinburgh's bisexual community. Kate was a part of various...


Dec 30, 2022

Episode 2. Linda Bates

In this episode of Queer Edinburgh: The Tapes, we speak to Linda Bates. Linda is a tour guide on Edinburgh's Royal Mile. She is also a founding member of Scotland's largest LGBTQ+ choir, Loud and Proud. Linda's oral history interview covers themes of LGBTQ+ community groups and social spaces,...


Dec 30, 2022

Episode 1: Stef Lauer.

In this episode of Queer Edinburgh: The Tapes, we speak to Stef Lauer. Stef is an outdoor guide who devised the Anne Lister walking tours around Edinburgh's Old and New Towns. Her oral history interview covers themes of LGBTQ+ entrepreneurship, belonging, identity, and LGBTQ+ social spaces.