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Sarah Ditum article in the New Statesman: Why were lesbians protesting at Pride? Because the LGBT coalition leaves women behind

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Itscurtainsforyou · 15/07/2018 22:46

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but a good summary of the protest at pride
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2018/07/why-were-lesbians-protesting-pride-because-lgbt-coalition-leaves-women

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Itscurtainsforyou · 15/07/2018 22:54

I think it gets the message across without "attacking" or devaluing the trans community - which many areas of the media would believe the protesters were trying to do

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UpstartCrow · 15/07/2018 22:48

''Why does this matter so much? Because lesbians have consistently faced everything from mockery to violence for insisting on boundaries to their sexuality. For lesbians who know the history of “corrective rape” as a weapon against gender non-conforming women – the practical application of the old saw that all lesbians need to “fix” them is a dose of penis – this is a deeply alarming development in LGBT politics.''

Spot on.