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    Da Lesbian Avengers

    Do you want to know about the Lesbian Avengers? Of course you do! Therefore, check out this article DGUtley wants me to share with you as my reward for being gay!

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    When I called $#@! historian Lillian Fadermann to discuss the legacy of the Lesbian Avengers — the ’90s activist group that founded the Dyke March — she opened with, “I think it’s important to remember that lesbians used to get lost in the gay-rights movement then, and I think they can still get lost in the LGTBQ+ movement today.” For the past 28 years, the Dyke March has been a meaningful point of congregation for lesbians who long for greater visibility and support in their fight against homophobia and sexism and to celebrate the joys of lesbian life. The activists Ana Maria Simo, Sarah Schulman, Maxine Wolfe, Anne-christine d’Adesky, Anne Maguire, and Marie Honan had these precise aims in mind when they formed the Lesbian Avengers, who exploded onto the New York scene in 1992 with their entertaining and eye-catching demonstrations. At its peak, the group expanded to include 60 chapters on three continents before officially dissolving in 1997. In honor of New York City’s Dyke March on June 26, the Cut spoke to some of the Avengers who helped the direct-action group expand into an international movement.
    I'd share more, but it's too gay.

    In all seriousness, I remember when the first Dyke March made the news back in '93. I didn't fully understand my own sexuality at the time and wouldn't for years to come, but it gave me words for what was "wrong with me" and, back in those pre-internet days, was really my first clue that I wasn't alone in the world in feeling the way I did.

    K, enough sentimentality. Read about the fire-eater!

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    Are you a lesbian or a bisexual?
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    I’d never heard of them. Anyone else?
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    IMPress, you're gonna confuse the heck of the narrow minded online here, they can only take so much diversity or their brains go haywire.


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    Quote Originally Posted by midcan5 View Post
    IMPress, you're gonna confuse the heck of the narrow minded online here, they can only take so much diversity or their brains go haywire.


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    Quote Originally Posted by midcan5 View Post
    IMPress, you're gonna confuse the heck of the narrow minded online here, they can only take so much diversity or their brains go haywire.


    "Gay, straight, bi, whatever - it doesn't matter. Love is love." Amber Liu
    You realize she thinks you're clown, right?
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    Quote Originally Posted by midcan5 View Post
    IMPress, you're gonna confuse the heck of the narrow minded online here, they can only take so much diversity or their brains go haywire.


    "Gay, straight, bi, whatever - it doesn't matter. Love is love." Amber Liu
    Wasn't aiming to go up against anyone. Was just sharing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ethereal View Post
    Are you a lesbian or a bisexual?
    Yes.

    (Oh wait, you meant to ask WHICH I was! I's properly lesbian. Now I've had my share of relationships with men and tried to be straight for sure, but it's just not enjoyable and doesn't work out. I'm much happier with the ladies.)
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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    I’d never heard of them. Anyone else?
    I remember them for sure! They were kinda cool.

    Although these days I do notice the insertion of apparently necessary disclaimers like this:

    "Sarah Schulman: It grew very quickly. It was also a very radical and open organization. Anyone could be in the Avengers if they were willing to fight for lesbian visibility, so it was the opposite of “terf-y.” We voted 99 to one to include trans women and men and were part of the group of people who created Camp Trans."

    Camp Trans was that tiny group of people who protested outside the annual Michigan Womyn's Music Festival (attendance roughly 98% lesbian) most every year between 1993 and 2010, complaining that they bafflingly weren't allowed in without an invitation because they were male transgender. Camp Trans ultimately dissolved from corruption and infighting several years before MichFests stopped being held, but the gender identity movement did eventually succeed in cancelling the event forever, which was sad because it was the largest annual gathering of lesbians in the country. It's likewise kind of sad to me that nowadays you have to justify your right to be a lesbian activist by mentioning your role in actively dismantling other parts of lesbian culture because not all of it has been politically correct. Sometimes I likewise wish you didn't have to volunteer that your definition of "lesbian" includes women of all sexes, and thus heterosexuality.

    Still, the net impact of the Dyke March and the Lesbian Avengers back in the '90s was definitely positive for lesbian visibility and increased awareness of lesbian-specific social issues. It's actually, like I said, how I became aware that there were others like me that way, even if it took me much longer to really wrap my around how it all applied to me fully.
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    Quote Originally Posted by IMPress Polly View Post
    Yes.

    (Oh wait, you meant to ask WHICH I was! I's properly lesbian. Now I've had my share of relationships with men and tried to be straight for sure, but it's just not enjoyable and doesn't work out. I'm much happier with the ladies.)
    So are you no longer attracted to men?
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