Pride protests - Summary of the year so far

[SanctimoniousMorph]

This article provides a summary of some of the Pride protests by lesbians up to June.

wlrnmedia.wordpress.com/2018/06/26/dykes-take-pride/

Since then there has been Brighton (un-transing Storme DeLarverie):

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and Liverpool (which I heard about from a friend who was there, although I haven't seen any pictures on social media).

Inspiring women and incredibly brave - I wish I had the courage to protest at my local Pride . Unfortunately, the 'queer' community is the place I feel least safe these days even though the organisations, bars and areas I'm talking about were the ones that I once considered to be 'my community' for many years.

I was reading this thread ( www.reddit.com/r/truelesbians/comments/92n3ru/is_being_a_lesbian_harder_socially_nowadays_than/ ) and the following comment chimes so well with my experience:

I think it has gotten a lot easier in the straight world to be a lesbian but more difficult to be a lesbian in the gay world.

I think it has gotten a lot easier in the straight world to be a lesbian but more difficult to be a lesbian in the gay world.

Indeed. I don't think lesbians were ever really welcome in 'gay world', however.

Another one today! Vancouver Dyke March:

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Is it true that the Leeds Pride had Trans people at the front?

SanctimoniousMorph that thread is really sad

I don't think lesbians were ever really welcome in 'gay world', however.

Yes, a lot of the gay men treated us like crap but we at least used to be able to have women-only groups/spaces (however limited!) and to be able to name what was going on. It's amazing how many gay men who never gave a shit about lesbians suddenly care passionately about the "new lesbians". Whether it's because they have d**ks or whether it's just because they enjoy seeing lesbians getting pushed (further) to one side, I don't know.

Angryresister Apparently so:

www.leedspride.com/news/2018/local-trans-groups-to-lead-this-years-leeds-pride-parade

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Yes sanctimonious , I saw that...but wondered if it actually happened.

Sorry! Phone in bag!

Yes young trans people lead the parade and the support for them was amazing. also the number of l with the t and other signs was over whelming. also the lesbians looked to be very much part of pride in Leeds. if you think a small number speak for a whole community you should have been there to see there response to that

Liverpool? I would love to know more. I thought they had gone full tra.

There is resistance in Liverpool.

Can I ask a question and I hope I don't offend. I am straight but am utterly horrified by the lesbian erasure and proposed removal of women's rights.

My city have their Pride in a few weeks and I would like to make some sort of protest - likely just a sign.

Would this be offensive as I am not a lesbian myself? I know I could make this about women's rights and biology but it is the silencing of lesbians and what feels like the utter eradication of this side of the gay community which I think needs shouting about more and Pride seems to be the place to do this?

Or am I on a hiding to nothing and the gay community would consider me an interloper and 'virtue signalling?

Well done Liverpool!

Bespin It's amazing how many "queer" women have started identifying as lesbians since the London Pride protest just so that they can say that they are lesbians and they love d**k so what's the problem? If they are attracted to people with penises, they are not lesbians.

SanFranBear What kind of sign were you thinking of? I think you would definitely encounter hostility - but from the "queers" and the transactivists - as have the lesbians who have protested. Some of the protesters have gone for a slightly more subtle approach e.g. the Liverpool protest (with the same-sex attracted sign) and the Brighton one with the sign about Storme DeLarverie being a butch lesbian. Everyone who is in the know about these issues knows the meaning of these signs (ie same sex attracted as opposed to same gender-attracted and the erasing of lesbian history by claiming the Storme was a transmen) but it's difficult for the transactivists to openly say, for example, that same sex attraction is wrong at a Pride event.

I really liked the 'Woman is not a feeling' from the link but I think that would be far too controversial?

The 'Lesbian is a female homosexual' from London pride was what peak-transed me as I could not for the life of me see what was anti-trans about that statement so did some digging and I have literally been ever since.

They've tightened up the parade in the last year - it used to be just 'join in' but last year, all the corporate sponsorship was front and centre. I expect I would barely be noticed but I guess you never know? It's quite a 'young' event in that it was only reinstated a few years back after 15 years of nothing. I'm just unsure if its even a wise idea given that it doesn't impact me (lesbian erasure that is - the infringement of women's rights very much does but not sure Pride is the place for me to shout a pit that?)

*about, even!

I really liked the 'Woman is not a feeling' from the link but I think that would be far too controversial?

The 'Lesbian is a female homosexual' from London pride was what peak-transed me as I could not for the life of me see what was anti-trans about that statement so did some digging and I have literally been ever since.

I don't think the TRAs will care which of those slogans you use - they will see both as equally transphobic.

Oh, I know. I wouldn't use either tbh..

I'm really in two minds whether to even go but I want to show my support for the LGB part of the community as when I first moved to the city, I was completely taken under their wing due to knowing hardly anyone. It's such a welcoming scene - or at least it was. Since DC, I haven't been able to really go out (single parent) and a lot of my friends have settled down themselves.

Brighton and Hove (L)GBT asked lesbians to make a short video supporting transactivism and denying lesbian erasure. That went well....

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