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When I was very young, there were hardly any lesbian icons or celebrities and the few that were publicly out were either quite butch or ‘lipstick lesbians’ and I didn’t really identify with either – I was more emo androgynous or queer soft femme and then Clea Duvall sprung onto our screens and Corky aka Gina Gershin in Bound, and Sandra Bernhard and Sara Gilbert in Roseanne and Angelina Jolie being bisexual and suddenly I felt these were the icons I found most relatable.
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Which lesbians / queers gave you permission to be yourself as a young queer? All the wonderful friendships and close connections I’ve made on the scene with likeminded people – I wouldn’t have that if I wasn’t a lesbian. Running my own FLINTA (female, lesbian, intersexual, non-binary, transgender & a-sexual) focused club night and seeing all the wonderful lesbians and queer womxn, coming together as a community makes me so proud. Michelle Manetti, DJ, Produer, Vocalist and Promoter of Fèmmme Fraîche Get to know these queer women and non-binary people making queer visibility their mission. Dykes who foster community, platform others, and place care and inclusion at the centre of their politics. Dykes whose feminism is intersectional, inclusive and radical. We speak to six lesbians who are not often provided the same public platform to speak on the queer experience: Self-identified queer women, lesbians and dykes. The issue of visibility with regard to queer women’s experience feels particularly important at a time when a vocal minority of cis lesbians are hijacking and distorting the term ‘lesbian’ and dominating public discourse around trans and non binary identities. This Lesbian Day of Visibility, Dalston Superstore chats to some of the lesbians central to the East London queer scene about representation, community and intersectionality.
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26-04-22 Dalston Superstore celebrates Lesbian Day of Visibility with six queer trailblazers