Tag: political lesbianism
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“Recruiting” Women to Lesbianism is Weird at Best
Our recent articles on bisexual women appropriating lesbianism revealed how there has seemingly been an uptick in Political “Lesbianism” propaganda. Yes, despite the fact that my friends and foes assure me it’s a thing of the past and that I shouldn’t criticise radical feminism or queer theory–depending on who you speak to–for the extreme lesbophobia…
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Lesbians are not politically identical… and that’s alright.
It feels like a fever dream that I need to explain that lesbians are not politically identical. The fact that we have to remind LGBT people not to be authoritarian about their political beliefs is wild. Alas, we must persist in spelling out these fundamentally common-sense and crucial truths. Sexual orientation is not a choice.…
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Why Do Bisexual Women Keep Identifying as Lesbians?
I’m going to be real with you, chief. I don’t prioritise the hyper-individualistic, deluded mentality of *~creating our own reality~* and identifying as things we literally just cannot be. Especially not when it costs a vulnerable community the language they require to ever liberate themselves from oppression. Get your selfish boots off lesbians’ fucking necks.…
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Celebrating the original Lesbian Visibility Week, held July 8th-15th, 1990
Linda Riley and Diva Magazine claim they created Lesbian Visibility Week (LVW) in 2020 for “all LGBTQ+ women,” but they weren’t the first to celebrate it. The week was first recognised in 1990. It was originally held from July 8-15, organised by The City of West Hollywood’s Lesbian & Gay Advisory Council and Lesbian Visibility…
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Lesbian Visibility Week is for female homosexuals
Lesbianism has been made invisible for a variety of homophobic reasons. Heteropatriarchal society denied that female homosexuality was possible in history, which is the epitome of invisibility. But is today much different? Lesbians can’t even have Lesbian Visibility Week (LVW), beginning April 20, to themselves without including everyone who identifies as “queer,” or else we’re…
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Hey, Political “Lesbians”! Lesbianism is not a choice!
Lesbianism means female homosexuality. It refers to a class of women who are incapable of experiencing sexual attraction towards males, only towards females. Without the word lesbian, we don’t have language to describe ourselves. Some women, mainly bisexuals, argue that lesbians should surrender our word and identity for non-lesbian women to refer to themselves as…
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Battling for Lesbians: The Lesbian Information Service amid 1980s Homophobia in England
In 1987, I was employed as a Rural Youth Worker by Lancashire County Council (LCC). I made the mistake of coming out as lesbian at my first staff conference in 1982/3. My twelve-month probation period was extended by six months, and I could not understand why. Neither could I understand why, after applying for three…
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Every lesbian is born this way. Our sexual orientation is not fluid.
I had crushes on women and girls when I was a kid. My mum would take me to the local country town supermarket. While she shopped, I’d follow the same female worker around each time, just to bask in her essence. I would forget where I was. Forget about what junk food I wanted. I…
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Lesbian fetishism is not lesbian acceptance!
Lesbian fetishism is a power move resulting from the tension of uncertainty between hatred and acceptance. A trained attack dog, running on conditioned hate, will chase blood in the enemy. But there’s a space between the attack and the dog lying on its back in acceptance of its surroundings. Lesbian fetishism, like the fetishism of…
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Why lesbian separatism is not escapist
There is a false narrative in the feminist community that lesbian separatism is escapist. There are legitimate criticisms–utopianism, rigidity, alienation–but the belief that lesbian separatism is escapism, running away into the bush, leaving the rest of womankind behind to fend for themselves against patriarchy, seems to stick the most. Lesbian separatism is meaningful lesbian-centred action.…