World Wide Wave

11 Mar 2020

USA: Capturing the Power of Lesbians in History

News & Politics, North and South America

This year’s International Women’s Day theme is being “Each for Equal”. It’s a chance to celebrate women’s achievements, raise awareness against bias and take action for equality. And the way we’ve chosen to do that tonight is through the lens of lesbian women’s history.

Joan Nestle is the co-founder of the Lesbian ‘Herstory’ Archives in the USA – the world’s largest collection of materials by, and about, lesbians and their communities. From humble beginnings in Joan’s Manhattan apartment, the collection has captured the stories and the characters that have shared their lives in the interests of retaining a history that would otherwise go unnoticed. And now that story has become a feature documentary at this year’s Melbourne Queer Film Festival, called The Archivettes.

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4 Jul 2024

World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ news for the week – July 2nd, 2024

News & Politics, Social issues, Worldwide

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the ...

4 Jul 2024

Middle East: queer life in the gulf states

Africa and the Middle East, Discrimination, Social issues, Transgender, Travel, world wide wave

In the Gulf States, penalties for queer acts can include imprisonment, deportation, torture and even death. Yet the region is ...

12 Jun 2024

World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ news for the week – June 11th, 2024

News & Politics, world wide wave, Worldwide

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