Category: Lesbian Visibility Week

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‘How I became the proud and blossoming lesbian I am today’

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Just Like Us ambassador Jenna Athi reflects on her journey from shame to self-love, celebrating the pride and joy of being a lesbian today. WORDS BY JENNA ATHI I love being a lesbian. I love exploring my queerness, pushing myself out of my gender comfort zone, and loudly loving my girlfriend with my entire being. However, as with most things that we learn to love about ourselves, there was once a time we didn’t. Growing up the signs were blindingly obvious, but somehow no one was able to see it,…

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‘Lesbian Visibility Week is an opportunity to focus on the experiences of LGBTQIA+ women and non-binary people’

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Philip Baldwin speaks with Nancy Kelley about the urgent need for visibility, solidarity, and justice for LGBTQIA+ women and non-binary people during Lesbian Visibility Week. WORDS BY PHILIP BALDWIN Nancy Kelley is the Executive Director at DIVA and a Director of the Trans Solidarity Alliance. She is an award-winning LGBTQIA+ and human rights campaigner. From 2020 to 2023, Nancy was the CEO of Stonewall and prior to that, the Deputy Chief Executive at the National Centre for Social Research. Lesbian Visibility Week runs from 21 to 27 April, with Lesbian…

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‘The UK has become a cautionary tale about how far and fast a country can fall on LGBTQIA+ rights’

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Philip Baldwin speaks with Nancy Kelley, Director of Lesbian Visibility Week, about the 2024 celebration and the current issues facing the LGBTQIA+ community in the UK. WORDS BY PHILIP BALDWIN HEADER BY YOSEF PHELAN Nancy Kelley is an award winning LGBTQIA+ and human rights campaigner. She continues to be at the forefront of the LGBTQIA+ rights movement and is the Director of Lesbian Visibility Week. I asked Nancy which women inspire her? I get a lot of inspiration from LGBTQIA+ women and other marginalised women just living their day-to-day lives. I…

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The cast of The L Word visit White House in honour of Lesbian Visibility Week

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The cast of the hit LGBTQ+ series The L Word celebrated Lesbian Visibility Week at the White House. On 25 April, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre held a press briefing to honour the week-long observance and discuss the continued attacks on the LGBTQ+ community by conservative lawmakers. “So this week is Lesbian Visibility Week, and as the first openly queer person to hold the position of press secretary for the President of the United States, I see every day how important visibility and representation are,” she explained to the room. Jean-Pierre…

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