Want to learn more about the issues that shaped dyke and queer politics in 1990s Britain? Want to have a relaxed rummage in a feminist archive? Join the Lesbians Talk Issues Revisited project for an afternoon exploring The Feminist Library's collection. We'll be discussing the themes covered in the Lesbians Talk pamphlets and using them as a starting point to find related materials in the library to share with each other.
The Lesbians Talk Issues series is made up of seven pamphlets published between 1992 and 1996. The series aimed to “provide a forum in which topics of current interest within the international lesbian community can be dissected and discussed with immediacy and flexibility”. In order the series comprises: Queer Notions by Cherry Smyth (1992), (Safer) Sex by Sue O’Sullivan and Pratibha Parmar (1992), Making Black Waves by Valerie Mason-John and Ann Khambatta (1993), Left Politics by Kristina Studzinski (1994), Violent Relationships by Joelle Taylor and Tracey Chandler (1995), Transgender by Zachary I. Nataf (1996) and Detonating the Nuclear Family by Julia Brosnan (1996). Long out of print, the series has been recently digitised and is free to read as part of the Bishopsgate Institute’s digital archive.
This is a queer group that prioritises a lesbian lens, and is open to everyone interested in learning more about these pamphlets and the topics they cover. In discussions we aim to foreground the contributions of lesbians and particularly welcome those who are represented by the specific pamphlets being covered e.g. black lesbians or trans people who are part of lesbian communities.
Venue: The Feminist Library in Peckham.
Date: Saturday 25th January 2025 from 12-4pm.
Tickets: Please book in advance so we can take numbers into account.
Ticket price is pay-what-you-can and our suggested ticket price is £3.
There is also a free ticket option - no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Any money raised through tickets in December will go to MAP - Medical Aid for Palestine.
More info: Email lesbianstalkissues@gmail.com or check/message @lesbians_talk_issues on Instagram.
Lesbians Talk Issues Revisited is supported by Consortium’s LGBT+ Futures Equity Fund.