Lesbian Lives
“Don’t feed the trolls, engage more with the lesbian community and remember to switch off!”: Kat Howard reveals her New Year’s Resolutions for 2022
2021 has been an eventful year, I think we can all agree. I’d hate to be the person who’d have to recap this last...
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“Lesbians of all ages have had enough! We are fighting back and resisting erasure.” Paula Boulton on the launch of Lesbian Fightback.
As a lesbian I know that we are at war and on the frontline. I thought it was time to assemble the troops and...
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“As one of the lesbians quoted in this article, this backlash has hurt. Deeply.” Kat Howard reflects on her BBC interview on the cotton ceiling.
When I was a student in university, I was sexually assaulted. I was 18 years old, newly out at my university, when on a...
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Claire Heuchan: “Every time I see one woman dismiss another, either as a ‘TERF’ or ‘handmaiden’, my heart sinks.”
I recently ordered an anthology called First Person Queer: Who We Are (So Far). The rush of serotonin I get from buying second-hand books...
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Kat Howard: “I want to see more lesbians on my screen like Amy and Kirsten in Vigil, not just as lesbians, but as women too.”
For the last few weeks, like millions of other people across the country, I have been enjoying the Sunday night treat that has been...
Read moreClaire Heuchan: Lesbian historical fiction gives us the past patriarchy denied
The first lesbian book I ever read was Fingersmith, by Sarah Waters. I was fourteen years old, and would save up my pocket-money for...
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Sculptor Ama Menec on her campaign for a life-sized public statue in Calderdale of diarist Anne Lister, known as “Gentleman Jack”, and seen as “the first modern lesbian”
Ama Menec is a British based wildlife, feminist and historical sculptor mostly known for her bronzes. Ama has been campaigning for a life-sized statue...
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Julie Bindel: “Martina remains a role model for all lesbians. She set a standard, and she made a difference, by breaking barriers and being brave.”
I will never forget watching Martina Navratilova play at Wimbledon the year after she came out as a lesbian. It was the 1982 tournament...
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“I was expected to smile my way through it all”: A lesbian transwidow tells her heart-wrenching story to Jo Bartosch
Jo Bartosch talks to Liz who was left grieving when her partner announced her decision to transition. Swimming helps clear Liz’s mind, it’s one...
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Ceri Black: “I need pride as a reminder that I am not broken, I am not wrong, I should not feel ashamed.”
Like many lesbians, I have struggled in my life with shame. I have felt not that I have done something wrong, but that I...
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Lauren Black: “Gloves off. I’m going to talk about how dysphoria, plus the gingerbread model, plus pornography, leads to the creation of who I call ‘porn addled robot people’.”
Lauren Black lives with dysphoria Writing about dysphoria is difficult for me. I am not great at talking about my feelings, even to my...
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Julie Bindel on political lesbianism: “When lesbians are bullied into believing that our sexuality is written in the genes it results in a distinct lack of pride.”
My favourite scene in the 2014 film Pride is lesbians singing, to the tune of Solidarity Forever, ‘Every woman is a lesbian at heart/Every...
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Caroline Spry: The woman who put gays on TV
Sonali Fernando speaks to the former Channel 4 commissioning editor who, from 1985 to 1995, staged a quiet revolution in the depiction of lesbians...
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