🌈 Dr Ross Brooks

@rossbrooks.co.uk

Historian #histsci #queerhistory. DARWIN AND THE QUEER ORIGINS OF LIFE (Yale, 2026). Curator of queeroxford.info. LGBTQ+ life & culture. Classical music. Seaside living (near Brighton). He/him/they. rossbrooks.co.uk. Agent: www.philippasitters.co.uk.

@kmarino1.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 10:42 AMReposted by @rossbrooks.co.uk

Looking forward to the publication of my second book next month that examines the legacies of women’s suffrage for education and youth activism for women’s rights in the 1920s and 1930s! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/daughters-...

🗃️ #history #suffrage #womensstudies #academicsky @lwv.org #alicepaul

@jackshoulder.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 11:39 AMReposted by @rossbrooks.co.uk

Today is bookshop day. Go out and support your favourite bookshop.

While you're there: pick up a copy of @ajwestauthor.bsky.social How Queer Bookshops Changed the World. It's an important read about spaces that literally changed the world.

@carolynconroy.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 2:17 PMReposted by @rossbrooks.co.uk

Very honoured to have an essay appearing in the forthcoming Simeon Solomon exhibiton catalogue (exhib at the Delware Art Museum, Wilmington, USA, March 2027) - you can preorder the catalogue from Yale University Press here: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

@bucksarchives.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 10:28 AMReposted by @rossbrooks.co.uk

It's #WorldOctopusDay! Here's an 1861 clipping from the London Illustrated Times of 'A Marine Monster Discovered Near Teneriffe'.

From the description, it's likely that this was a giant squid rather than an octopus, but it's described as a 'giant polypus' by the crew.

A clipping from the London Illustrated News of a short article with a large illustration, showing a huge squid-like creature with one massive eye being ensnared by a net and dragged towards a ship. The crew watch on, shocked.

@drcarpineti.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 8:09 AMReposted by @rossbrooks.co.uk

Got several very cool events coming up!

This Sunday I'm doing A Brief Queer History Of The Whole Universe with @wearequeerwell.bsky.social

www.tickettailor.com/events/queer...

@francescabouaoun.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 11:46 AMReposted by @rossbrooks.co.uk

Happy to see this doc get a screening at The Revue, the Minnow team are lovely folks #Toronto

Understanding Myself as an Amphibian - A Queer Ecology documentary by May Matchim, presented by Minnow Magazine www.eventbrite.ca/e/screening-...

@queerde.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 8:01 AMReposted by @rossbrooks.co.uk

"Ich sehe den mir verliehenen Bundesverdienstorden als Auszeichnung für die Arbeit der gesamten Hamburger queeren Community": Der Historiker Gottfried Lorenz wurde am Dienstagabend im Hamburger Rathaus geehrt

queer.deEin Orden für die Sichtbarmachung queerer GeschichteDer Hamburger Historiker Gottfried Lorenz ist mit dem Bundesverdienstorden ausgezeichnet worden - Kultursenator Carsten Brosda (SPD) überreichte die Auszeichnung am Dienstagabend im Hamburger Rathaus. (07.10.2026, Bild des Tages)

@rossbrooks.co.uk Oct 6, 2026, 4:50 PM

Whoop, whoop — discount AND free shipping!

🤩🌈📚🦋🗃️✨

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/darw... #books #booksky #histsci #sts #Darwin #histsex #queerhistory

@rossbrooks.co.uk Oct 6, 2026, 3:17 PM

Looking forward to this . . . 🌈🦋🗃️

#histbio #histsci #Darwin #queer #queerhistory

@diasporaminnesotan.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 12:45 AMReposted by @rossbrooks.co.uk

This one is a bit odd. For years, Canada Customs seized pretty much any queer books entering Canada. Little Sisters Bookstore, a frequent target, took them to court. The arbitrary nature of CC's seizures was holding a shipment of this book based on title alone. They thought it was about sex.

Book cover:

Jane Butel's Hotter than Hell
Hot and Spicy dishes from around the world.

@nicomaramckay.com Oct 3, 2026, 10:15 PMReposted by @rossbrooks.co.uk

@susanstryker.bsky.social will be at Glad Day Lit on Tuesday, 6 October in #Toronto!!

🌈🗃️ 🏳️‍⚧️

@canopyrobin.com Sep 25, 2026, 10:05 AMReposted by @rossbrooks.co.uk

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)!

Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans

@prideinstem.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 9:24 AMReposted by @rossbrooks.co.uk

Pride in STEM's Small Grants scheme is open! The theme this year is “Empowering Queer People With STEM”.

The deadline is October 31, and it is for projects exclusively in the United Kingdom!

prideinstem.org/2026/10/01/s...

@drcarpineti.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 12:23 PMReposted by @rossbrooks.co.uk

Eyes on the sky tonight!!

It's Saturn's 'Time To Shine' But Not A Once In 500 Years Event This Time www.theastroholic.co.uk/its-saturns-...

@rossbrooks.co.uk Oct 4, 2026, 9:51 AM

Another strong performance from Bethany and Nancy! A super choice for movie week. #Strictly 🏳️‍🌈💃💃✨

www.youtube.com/watch?v=axEY... #tv #dance

@royalhistsoc.org Oct 2, 2026, 8:22 AMReposted by @rossbrooks.co.uk

'History and Archives in Practice' 2027: calls for panels now invited for our annual meeting of historians and archivists, with @ihr.bsky.social and TNA. Closing date: 16 October

HAP27 focuses on connecting past and future with sessions on advocacy and applied history bit.ly/3RGHbWy #Skystorians

@momoulton.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 7:51 AMReposted by @rossbrooks.co.uk

The new edition of A Practical Guide to Studying History is out, just in time for anyone starting a history degree.

Want to see my material on trans history? Check out 'Identities' in the Activities and Annotated Bibliography sections. www.bloomsburyonlineresources.com/a-practical-...

🌈🎓

@kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app Oct 2, 2026, 3:24 PMReposted by @rossbrooks.co.uk

AHHH, BLUESKY!
DON'T YOU DARE BE SOUR!
CLAP FOR YOUR FAVORITE AUTHORS!
AND FEEL THE POWER!!!

#Booksky

It's BUY A BOOK FRIDAY, yes it is! The rules are simple, you see a book by myself or one Bluesky's talented artists, YOU BUY THAT BOOK! Help support us and enrich yourself! 🧵 BELOW, LET'S GO!!!

@rossbrooks.co.uk Oct 2, 2026, 12:53 PM

So good to see QUEER ORIGINS in my local public library!

I love spotting the different ways that bookshops and libraries categorise the book. Some put it in their science section, others history, others (as here) LGBTQ. All are correct! 🌈📚🦋🗃️

#books #booksky #reading #histsci @yalebooks.bsky.social

Row of queer-themed books on a library bookshelf. Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life is in the centre, front-facing. Above the books is a blue banner which reads 'LGBT'.

@penamerica.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 5:37 PMReposted by @rossbrooks.co.uk

Please join us for an online screening of SECOND NATURE, the critically-acclaimed film about everything you didn’t learn in high school biology! October 10th, 3pm. Tickets are $25 each and $40 for a group of 2 or more. Proceeds benefit Allies in Arts. Get tickets: watch.eventive.org/secondnature...

The image is a promotional poster for "Banned Books Week 2026." It advertises a virtual screening of "Second Nature" with a Q&A session featuring Elliot Page, Drew Denny, Joan Roughgarden, Peter Parnell, and Justin Richardson. The event is moderated by PEN America's Jonathan Friedman. The poster includes headshots of the participants and logos for PEN America, Annapurna, AIA, and PageBoy. The event is scheduled for October 10 at 3 PM ET.

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