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The Lesbian Project highlights and champions the experiences, insights and sensibilities of lesbians in all their diversity. Subs from our podcast go to our org
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ICYMI - read our report on the failures of the England and Wales Census to collect reliable data about sexual orientation here ⬇️
THREAD/ Today the Lesbian Project publishes a report about problems with the
@ONS
England and Wales Census 2021’s collection of data about lesbians. Read and download our report here:
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We at The Lesbian Project are delighted to have Martina Navratilova
@Martina
as our patron.
In the
@Telegraph
today: find out more about our vision for this new organisation for lesbians.
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Today we are absolutely delighted to announce the launch of our new organisation for lesbians - The Lesbian Project.
Find out more about who we are, what we stand for, and what we plan to do, on our website here:
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There are plenty of separate organisations representing the interests of trans people only, gay men only, and bisexuals only. We think lesbians have the right to the same, and that’s why we are here.
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It's
#LesbianVisibilityWeek
next week! Call us crazy, but we think it should focus on stories and images of exclusively same-sex-attracted females - tag us into pictures and tweets with the hashtag
#thelesbianproject
and we'll see what we can do to help 😊
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OUT NOW 📢: Our major report into the erasure of lesbians from public life. Lesbians are now at the back of the rainbow queue for funding, charity strategy, academic research, social scenes and lots more. Download our report today to find out exactly how.
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We don't claim to "speak for" all lesbians. It's right there on our website. We know lesbians aren't just one thing, and we wouldn't patronise them by pretending they all think the same. Difference is great 😀
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We at
@project_lesbian
could NOT be happier with this news - the vicious, stupid attack on them by Mermaids and the Good Law Project has failed. We salute their indefatigable courage on behalf of lesbians
#LGBAllianceWin
#thankyouLGBA
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THANK YOU to all the wonderful lesbians that attended our inaugural event yesterday. We loved meeting you, starting productive conversations, and having a lot of fun. Thanks to our brilliant speakers too. The tribute act outside couldn't stop us! 😃 We're just getting started.
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We have big news - we're starting a podcast! All proceeds to The Lesbian Project. Read all about it and subscribe here, to get every episode into your inbox
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The Lesbian Project deplores yesterday's judgement from the Inner House of the Court of Session in Scotland, interpreting the Equality Act to mean that lesbian-only associations cannot exclude males with GRCs who think they are lesbians too. Males cannot be lesbians. Such…
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"This is apparently the first case of a sexual minority claiming persecution in their home country being granted refugee status in Japan through a judicial decision."
Japan court ruling granting refugee status to Ugandan lesbian finalized - The Mainichi
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If you're trying to see our site and getting an 'unsafe' message, this is because some internet providers automatically flag the word 'lesbian' in our URL as problematic. And if that doesn't tell you something about what it's like to be a lesbian today, nothing does! Should be…
Today we are absolutely delighted to announce the launch of our new organisation for lesbians - The Lesbian Project.
Find out more about who we are, what we stand for, and what we plan to do, on our website here:
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Great session in Parliament this evening alongside some brilliant fellow speakers - with
@Docstockk
talking to politicians about the importance of biological sex for understanding lesbian sexual orientation, and its relation to robust data and policies about lesbian lives.
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Co-director
@bindelj
writes: "If “‘sex’ is defined as biological sex for the purposes of the Equality Act, this would bring greater legal clarity in ... freedom of association for lesbians and gay men ... in a liberal society, these are matters of critical importance."…
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Here's our co-director
@docstockk
writing today about the disrespectful treatment of iconic lesbian artist Marlow Moss by Tate St Ives
@Tate_StIves
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An article today in
@spectator
by our founder and co-director Julie Bindel
@bindelj
- the title speaks for itself!
Men don’t belong at lesbian speed dating events
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Trans extremism has been erasing gay people, and Kemi has been brave enough to say it - by our co-director
@bindelj
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It's Lesbian Visibility Week! Here at the Lesbian Project, we are sceptical about LGBTQ+ holy weeks; but if we have to have 'em, this is obviously the best one 😉. So this Friday, to celebrate, we are releasing our interview with the one, the only, the icon MARTINA NAVRATILOVA!…
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Martina Navratilova ‘proud’ to be patron of new Lesbian Project
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Our co-director Kathleen Stock writes in the Observer today about why new organisation the Lesbian Project is urgently needed - read it here ⬇️
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Undermining existing legal structures like this for established lesbian families is the opposite of a pro-child or pro-family policy, no matter how it is dressed up by the conservative government. The removal of legal rights for one parent will bring additional instability and…
Italy erases the names of gay mothers from their children's birth certificates in heartbreaking crackdown against same-sex parents
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"Freedom of association for lesbians and gay men: If sex means legal sex, then any person who changes legal sex also changes sexual orientation. Women who are only attracted to biological women would lose direct legal protection as that category would no longer exist under the…
Compare this factual legal analysis of what clarifying sex means biological sex in the Equality Act *actually* achieves with the irresponsibly inaccurate takes of Stonewall, Mermaids & Liberty.
@michaelpforan
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“We think this could bring clarity in [the area of] freedom of association for lesbians and gay men” - excellent news from the
@EHRC
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The first episode of our new podcast is out tomorrow. Subscribe here so you don't miss it!
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We at The Lesbian Project are delighted our advisory board member Professor Jo Phoenix
@JoPhoenix1
has won her case, further validating gender-critical research in universities. Jo's work has focused on sexual exploitation, and women and young people in the criminal justice…
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Great to get our hands on the print version of co-director Kathleen Stock’s op ed in the Observer today
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Thank you
@ToniaAntoniazzi
for standing up for lesbians yesterday in the parliamentary debate about the definition of "sex" in the Equality Act - and for mentioning meeting with us (excerpt from Hansard)
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Fantastic ten minute speech in parliament from Lesbian Project advisory board member
@joannaccherry
, robustly standing up for the rights of exclusively same-sex-attracted females against gender nonsense - thank you Jo ❤️
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Our founder and co-director
@bindelj
was on
@andrewdoyle_com
’s show tonight, talking about where lesbians fit (or don’t fit) into the LGBTQ+ rainbow
'All the old tropes are coming back to haunt us.'
Julie Bindel of The Lesbian Project and Andrew Doyle discuss how
gender ideology and the so-called LGBTQ+ movement stigmatises same-sex attracted women.
@BindelJ
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@AndrewDoyle_Com
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@Project_Lesbian
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We were delighted to hear
@KemiBadenoch
say in parliament today that she will ask the Equality Hub to work with The Lesbian Project in future (around 14.23). As a non-partisan organisation, we're keen to work with all policy-makers wherever it's relevant to the lives and…
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The Lesbian Project co-director Kathleen Stock was on
@BBCWomansHour
this morning, talking about our new organisation on behalf of lesbians - from 22 mins on. Listen here! ⬇️
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Opinion: There’s nothing wrong when women establish boundaries /via
@globeandmail
Great piece by
@BovyMaltz
on our new organisation - thank you!
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Also great to see
@HadleyFreeman
mention Moss in her Sunday Times column today. We hope the art establishment pays attention - lesbian artists deserve their own place in history, not to be forced into someone else's story to fit modern fashion.
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Happy
#lesbianvisibilityweek
from all of us at The Lesbian Project!
#lesbianvisibility
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"Kathleen Stock, who recently co-founded ... The Lesbian Project, agreed: “Lesbians face many distinctive experiences and challenges in life and it would be wonderful if they could talk about them without the subject immediately being changed to other sexual minority groups.”…
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📢The first episode of The Lesbian Project Podcast with
@bindelj
and
@Docstockk
is now out! 📢 - you can listen here ⬇️
(And remember to subscribe, so you don't miss future episodes!😄)
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Our co-director
@Docstockk
writes in
@unherd
today about the worrying pressure tactics of LGBT dating apps (and Stonewall bosses) to get lesbians to sleep with males.
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We had a party to celebrate our launch this week - thank you to all who came! (We’re still recovering 😅)
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Happy
#LesbianVisibilityDay
. To celebrate, here's Julie and Kathleen's wide-ranging conversation with our wonderful patron Martina Navratilova
@Martina
. It's free, here or in your app - enjoy!
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A shocking decision
@AusHumanRights
The waiting is over. As expected, but it is still a kick in the guts, the AHRC has rejected our application for an exemption to run a lesbian only event. Their rejection will be up on their website shortly.
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The Lesbian Project responds to today's publication of the final report of the Cass Review
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Sheroes!
#lesbianvisibilityweek
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A disturbing report in the
@guardian
, indicating the stigma of butch presentation in girls:
"the study also found that wearing different uniforms can influence the development of a fear of “masculinisation” and “butch/lesbian” perceptions in sport"
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Great to see "lesbians" trending on Twitter - guess we must be making an impact😉
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Happy anniversary to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, passed a decade ago today, on 17 July 2013! Though marriage is not for every lesbian, there have been many wonderful lesbian weddings since the law passed into effect in 2014. It’s one of our research aims to…
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THREAD/ Today the Lesbian Project publishes a report about problems with the
@ONS
England and Wales Census 2021’s collection of data about lesbians. Read and download our report here:
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Only 2 days to go til
#LesbianVisibilityDay
and the release of Julie and Kathleen's interview with the incredible icon that is Martina Navratilova... subscribe here to get it first
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Love this. Can you spot our fierce co-director
@bindelj
? (plus a baby
@HWistrich
for bonus points...)
#lesbianvisibilityweek
#lesbianvisibility
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Register now for our inaugural event on March 25th in central London: putting lesbians back in focus. All welcome.
#TheLesbianProject
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Happy lesbians for a happy
#lesbianvisibilityweek
!
@project_lesbian
Here’s me and the Mrs. First date was February 23rd 2010. I may have got that wrong by a year.. 😂
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Other positive views of lesbianism are available 😃 Find out what we stand for here
Happy Trans Day of Visibility! Let's say it loud and clear: Trans lesbians are lesbians. Their identities are valid and their presence in our community makes us stronger.
Read the full EL*C statement:
#TDoV
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We are loving seeing your pictures of lesbians for
#lesbianvisibilityweek
- keep them coming! (no pun intended).
@project_lesbian
#thelesbianproject
Then and now.
We met in 1989 volunteering at Liverpool Rape Crisis. Still fighting for Women's Rights...still rocking the sunglasses.
@HappyHair77
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The Lesbian Project was delighted to be there too.
Together with many other members of gender critical civil society we were pleased to meet
@UNSRVAW
today.
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Our co-director
@Docstockk
writes in
@unherd
today, about whether lesbian co-parents should be named on birth certificates (the headline contains a spoiler )
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📢NEW EPISODE📢 of The Lesbian Project Podcast out today - with very special guest Katie Herzog
@kittypurrzog
Watch via link here ⬇️ or listen on your favourite podcast app
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Obituary of a fearless lesbian campaigner, Lilli Vincenz, in the Times today ⬇️
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The Lesbian Project Podcast is now on the Apple Podcast App! Also Spotify, Stitcher, and others
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A very happy International Women's Day to all our followers x
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Mexico: “We are gender-critical Southern Lesbians creating spaces for and for us ❣️”
Somos Lesbianas Sureñas críticas de género creando espacias por y para nosotras ❣️
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New FREE episode of podcast out: we discuss mad NHS surveys, Drive Away Dolls, queer fruit flies.. LIsten here or in your app
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New episode of the podcast out now - with our very special guest Lucy Masoud! Lucy talks about coming out, being in the Admiral Duncan nailbomb, internet dating, and having Stonewall contact her employers..
Listen here:
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📢New FREE podcast episode out 📢with our fabulous guest Nicole Jones
@satiricole
! We talk about the highs and lows of being young and gender-critical, life with Magdalen Berns, Nyad, phallic pride columns, and more. Listen here or in your podcast app
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Catch our co-director Kathleen Stock talking about the Lesbian Project on the
@AndrewMarr9
show on
@LBC
in five minutes time, at 18.30 pm
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2/We found that the ONS failed to follow clear Equality Act 2010 definitions of sexual orientation, allowing blurred boundaries between gender identity, sex, and sexual orientation, and so undermining the robustness of information gathered about lesbians as a group.
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Our founder and co-director
@bindelj
will be on
@TimesRadio
around 7.20pm tonight talking about The Lesbian Project - listen here
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Yes, thank you
@VictoriaPeckham
for this great piece today - and thank you
@AllianceLGB
for fighting for lesbians of all ages
Great piece by
@VictoriaPeckham
on a big win for lesbians. This case is also an important one for the future of the
@project_lesbian
. Thank you, Janice, for standing up for us lezzers!
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New free episode out of our podcast today: Julie and Kathleen talk Christmas, how terrible Saltburn was, abrosexuality, sex clubs for women, and more.. Have a listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.
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"Homosexuality was partially decriminalised in 1967. While lesbians were not explicitly outlawed in the same way as gay men, they were sometimes punished for same-sex activity under indecency laws."
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New episode of The Lesbian Project Podcast just dropped! In which Kathleen recounts an NHS mis-ageing trauma 🤬😁
Watch and subscribe here (or listen on your podcast app)
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We know we've been a bit quiet ... we're in a period of intense strategising and have some exciting things in the pipeline! Sign up at the link on our website page (scroll to bottom ⬇️) if you'd like to keep up with our news and updates in future.
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This week's FREE episode of the pod out now - Julie and Kathleen respond to the Cass Review; plus queer pheasants, Isla's Way, and the ancestral wisdom of our LGBTQIA+ elders. Listen here or in your app
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4/In conclusion: despite inclusion of a voluntary question on sexual orientation in the census, lesbians as a group have been badly served by handling of this question, and there will be a detrimental effect on any research which incorporates data from the Census about them.
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New FREE episode of the podcast out now - photobombgate, sexual orientation and the census, queering Taylor Swift, Sandi Toksvig at Cambridge, the politics of sperm donation, lesbians in Gaelic... get all your Friday morning controversy needs here ⤵️ or wherever you listen 😁…
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The Lesbian Project is hiring! We're seeking a policy and research analyst, for a short-term project - please see below for further details, and RT/share in your networks. ⬇️
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Christmas episode (premium) of The Lesbian Project Podcast is out now - in which Julie and Kathleen try to muster Christmas spirit of various kinds (negroni for J, margarita for K)
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3/We also found that "there were problems in the design of the question itself, in the way the variables for analysis were constructed, in the way the data was analysed, and in the way the statistics were reported.”
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Here's a French translation for
@ResistanceLesbi
of a recent interview of our advisory board member
@el_nagashi
by
@bindelj
- thanks to
@LabrysSarah
and
@GetTheLOutUK
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Some valuable feedback from a listener on our latest podcast episode. All I can say is that we have listened, and we will try to do better in future 😳
📢
This is a public service announcement for the 0.0000024% of gaelic speaking lesbians in Scotland
@project_lesbian
do better 🤣
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We love you Martina ❤️
Welcome to The Lesbian Project Podcast- am a patron here:), check it out!
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Due to technical difficulties, otherwise known as Kathleen accidentally unpublishing it, our latest paid-subscriber-only episode is offline for the next hour at least - sorry about that! Normal service will be resumed soon..
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Our co-founder
@bindelj
talks about Pride month, and lesbians getting lost somewhere over the rainbow - listen here
I did this, with
@DouglasKMurray
, on the Holy Month Of Pride:
The Week in 60 Minutes | SpectatorTV via
@YouTube
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New premium episode of podcast out now! (free preview available in apps): The Wonderful World of Lesbians in the 80s, with our fabulous guest Maria Esposito
@mespo99
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Great piece from a lesbian in the Times today (paywalled) about her history of identifying as a boy in childhood and teen years - though sad that she felt she had to write it anonymously.
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New FREE episode of the podcast out now: in which we discuss Stasi-style behaviour on trains, lesbian phone lines, lesbian marriage rates, and identifying as gender apathetic. Subscribe here or listen on your app
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New transatlantic podcast episode out for paid subscribers: lesbian parents on birth certificates, rising bisexual identification, and being a pomodorosexual (or something)
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New premium episode of podcast out today (free excerpt for non-subscribers) - we talk about the most Guardianish article there has ever been, lesbian prison drama, and other nonsense. Listen here!
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New FREE episode out with the iconic television exec Caroline Spry
@caspry
, former commissioning ed at Channel 4. We talk lesbian representation on screen, what went wrong at C4 and the Beeb - and also Highland orgies and orchidsexuals. Subscribe here, listen anywhere ���️…
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A great interview with our Advisory Board member Faika El Nagashi
@el_nagashi
She talks to
@8RosarioSanchez
for
@FiLiA_charity
about her lesbian life, politics, and activism - listen here!
𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗙𝗶𝗟𝗶𝗔 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧
Faika El-Nagashi is a long-time feminist & lesbian human rights advocate and sits on the Advisory Board of the Lesbian Project, which was launched in March 2023.
Here
@el_nagashi
speaks with
@8RosarioSanchez
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LISTEN:
@bindelj
talks to Lesbian Project advisory board member, Austrian MP
@el_nagashi
about why she's so proud to be a lesbian - and we are delighted to have her with us.
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Our pal
@suzanne_moore
reups a piece about The Lesbian Project on her substack today 😁
Poor Billy Bragg . Not in charge of all women, by
@suzanne_moore
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New premium episode of podcast out now - we talk "bed-death", Kristen Stewart's Rolling Stone cover, porn and other nonsense - if you want the whole thing, subscribe here
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