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Tucked within the cobbled streets of Edinburgh’s Forth Street, in a time when even whispering the word “gay” in public felt radical, a little bookshop lit a quiet revolution. That bookshop was Lavender Menace—Scotland’s first lesbian and gay bookstore, born not just from a need for literature, but from a hunger for representation, belonging, and

In a world obsessed with loud success, Matt Dodd is building something radical—quiet, consistent, inclusive leadership. He isn’t the kind of queer icon who walks red carpets or drops think-pieces in global magazines. Instead, he’s handing out backpacks, standing in school cafeterias, showing up at Pride with a smile, and rewriting what it means to