Sapphic Circle is a space for lesbians to come together to explore feminist issues, build solidarity, and connect over shared experiences. We seek to build lesbian community through engaging in lesbian ideas, politics, media, and feminist resistance! Sapphic Circle meets the 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month, 12pm PT/ 3pm ET/ 7pm UTC.
"Many female activists... are gazing thoughtfully into the glowing embers of lesbian culture. For us, this is still an active campfire where we gather and warm ourselves; one which, we hope, will not fade away into forgotten ash, but instead retain hot coals to stoke new fires." - Bonnie Morris
"It is important to recognise that separatism is a strategy engaged in by every feminist. It is a fundamental element of all feminist philosophy." - Susan Hawthorn (2019)
“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.” Lillian Faderman, 2021
“Whether you’re at a festival or on Land, the context of being in a space with only women, particularly lesbians, kind of redefines what a woman is,” Claire states, “There [becomes] this whole new concept of the word ‘woman’, because it’s used like most people use the word ‘people’.”
Now, some celebrity lesbians don't even "come out," they simply post photos online with their partners, and it really shows how far we've come.
What I'm saying is that lesbian community is possible— a community that is "separate" in the sense that there is a lesbian center of gravity (or of hilarity, perhaps), a force field, in which natural lesbian connection happens, which sustains and protects lesbians... - Marilyn Frye
What offerings do you envision from a lesbian-centered group? What does the world we want to create for women and lesbians look like?
