Gushing with Gabby: On London’s Lesbian Renaissance

The Divine
33-35 Stoke Newington Road, London, N16 8BJ (view map)

Thursday 20th February 2025 at 7:00 PM

FREE

Gushing with Gabby: On London’s Lesbian Renaissance

In this live radio and in-person event, Gushing with Gabby: on London’s Lesbian Renaissance, Gabby is bringing together the hottest and most radical agents in lesbian theirstory today: Alex Loveless, co-founder of London’s coolest (& second!) Lesbian bar La Camionera, An(dre)a Spisto, a neuroqueer clown, performance artist and co-founder of Brazilian Wax XXL, a sex-worker led queer Latinx dance party, and Shivani Dave, co-founder of the radically grassroots Dyke March. We will explore key questions on the tip of every Lesbian’s tongue: How many exes have you spotted at the lesbian bar? How do you get thousands of hot Dykes to march, ride and dance their way across the streets of London? How many times have I said hot? We’ll explore why the term Lesbian Renaissance is contested, and learn about the queers that have used protest, dance and natural wine to inspire us into politics, protest and poppers.

Timings

7pm doors

7.30 - 8.30pm talk

8.30pm til late DJs

Social Media Handles

Radio

@Montezpressradio

Venue

@thedivineldn

Panelists

@gacalales

@alexloveless69 @camionera.e9

@an_dre_aspisto

@shivcamp @dyke_march

Funder

Hackney Pride

Instagram: @hackneypride365

Facebook: @HackneyPride365

Twitter: @HPride365

Hackney Council

Instagram/ Twitter/ Facebook: @hackneycouncil

Love Hackney

Instagram: @love.hackney

Twitter: @LoveHackney

Facebook: @WeLoveHackney

The Lineup

Shivani Dave (or Shiv) (they/them) - is a journalist and commentator, who regularly appears on broadcast media such as Sky News, the BBC. They have a weekend radio show on Virgin Radio Chilled and are the only non-binary broadcaster to have their own regular show on a national commercial radio station. Shiv spends a lot of time in community organising from ACT UP London to helping run the Pop-Up Dyke Bar events. Also co-organise a radical and intersectional annual London Dyke March, which will take place on the 21st of June 2025 - get more information about that at Dyke_March on Instagram. To shake off all the stress of the world, Shiv is a gender bending drag king who performs under the name Chai La-They. Website: https://www.shivanidave.co.uk/bio

An(dre)a Spisto makes a mish mash of live theatre, art buffoonery, comedic interventions, filmed and live filmed performance with a current view into entomology, media and its relationship to perspectives as a queer, neurodiverse, Venezuelan immigrant. Trained at Lispa (Art-Haus Berlin) in Lecoq and embodied practices with a focus on clown through mask. Dre’s work has been described by critics as genre-smashing, surreal, gentle and exuberant. Dre’s Work includes. 50 Ways To Kill A Slug, El Dizzy Beast (Nominated for the Filipa BRaganca), Butch Princesa (Nomindated for Best Cabaret, Best Performance Artist and Best Theatre Show) Tylor and Vincent: Pussy and Money, Tylor and Vincent: Now That's What I Call Tylor and Vincent, Tylor and Vincent: Space, Miss Venezuela. Website: https://www.andreaspisto.com/about

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