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 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month at 12pm PST/3pm EST/8pm UTC.
Because these events were women-only and private, lesbians flocked to them in droves and recreated them locally. Given the political climate for lesbians, there were very few places they could vacation without fear of being outed as homosexuals.
"The subject of lesbianism is very ordinary; it’s the question of male domination that makes everybody angry." - Judy Grahn (1971)
"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
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"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,” C. 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.
