Lavender Ranks

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lavendernoun /ˈlæv.ən.dər/A symbolic colour associated with LGBTQ2S+ identity, queer culture, and queer resistance.ranksnoun / ræŋks /The members of a military force considered collectively.When you picture the First World War, you probably think of barbed wire, artillery fire, and mud. What you probably don’t think of: drag shows, love letters passed between soldiers, and queer lives hiding in plain sight.Hosted by Queer Collective’s Emily and Karbon, Lavender Ranks explores the stories that didn’t make it into the official record because they were too tender, too queer, or too dangerous to preserve...

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Lavender Ranks

Episodes (3)

May 27th The White Blood of No-Hope
May 20th The Front’s Favourite Gal
May 1st Introducing Lavender Ranks

Lavender Ranks

May 27, 2026
44¼ minutes
61 MB

For much of history, queer lives were criminalized, and what survives of us is too often filtered through police files and court records; stories told by those who sought to erase us. But every so often, a different kind of record survives: a story the community protected; a story someone loved enough to keep alive. Charles McDonell's is one of those rare stories. His life was captured not by the state, but by queer hands: poets, lovers, and friends who refused to let him disappear. This is a tale of forbidden queer love in the mud-soaked trenches of the...

Lavender Ranks

The White Blood of No-Hope

Knockabout Media

00:00 -44:15