Justin Bengry
@justinbengry.bsky.social
Historian of the queer past | 'gay pardons' | local LGBTQ+ histories | capitalism. Headed the University of London's MA Queer History.
Travels, writes, and longs for the mountains. London and Valencia. (he/him)
justinbengry.com | notchesblog.com
Travels, writes, and longs for the mountains. London and Valencia. (he/him)
justinbengry.com | notchesblog.com
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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 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
February 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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 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. :)
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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.
mancunion.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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...
mancunion.com/2026/02/10/a...
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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...
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
www.attitude.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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...
www.attitude.co.uk/attitude-lov...
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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.
October 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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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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
#lgbtqhistory
January 12, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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
#lgbtqhistory
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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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January 13, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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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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.
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.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
December 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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.
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.
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
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
December 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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
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...
www.cosmopolitan.com/relationship...
Are Lavender Marriages Making a Comeback?
An old-fashioned ruse is having a renaissance—but with a uniquely 2020s twist.
www.cosmopolitan.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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...
www.cosmopolitan.com/relationship...
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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/...
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/...
Early Career Researcher Double bill
www.history.ac.uk
October 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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/...
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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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!
Please follow for updates and share widely!
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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October 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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!
Please follow for updates and share widely!
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...
www.waterstones.com/book/a-queer...
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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October 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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...
www.waterstones.com/book/a-queer...
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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
November 18 at The National Archives.
Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/past-surve...
#HistoryFromBelow #LGBTQHistory #BlackHistory
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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October 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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
November 18 at The National Archives.
Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/past-surve...
#HistoryFromBelow #LGBTQHistory #BlackHistory
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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/...
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/...
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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October 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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/...
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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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/...
October 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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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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! 😊
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! 😊
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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August 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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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! 😊
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! 😊
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...
Come say Hi and check out the amazing historical work being done around the UK.
www.history.ac.uk/news.../even...
September 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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...
Come say Hi and check out the amazing historical work being done around the UK.
www.history.ac.uk/news.../even...
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...
www.voicemag.uk/blog/15421/p...
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...
www.voicemag.uk
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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...
www.voicemag.uk/blog/15421/p...
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...
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...
We Are Your Children by David Roberts
Find out more about We Are Your Children by David Roberts
www.panmacmillan.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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...
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...
@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...
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/article/hist...
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.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
July 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
@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...
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/article/hist...
Delighted to be interviewed (in such stellar company with Lillian Faderman) on 'lavender marriages' for Parade magazine.
parade.com/living/laven...
parade.com/living/laven...
What Is a 'Lavender Marriage,' Exactly?
Plus, where it gets its name.
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June 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Delighted to be interviewed (in such stellar company with Lillian Faderman) on 'lavender marriages' for Parade magazine.
parade.com/living/laven...
parade.com/living/laven...
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Great to see NOTCHES on Bluesky. Get following!
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
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May 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Great to see NOTCHES on Bluesky. Get following!
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!
Please share widely!
May 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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!
Please share widely!
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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
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
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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May 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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
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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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
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Read it here: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4Ni
#QueerHistory #HistSex #HistoryofSexuality
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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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April 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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
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Read it here: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4Ni
#QueerHistory #HistSex #HistoryofSexuality
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