Lesbian (in)visibility week is next week

[SapphosRock]

And out of all the lesbians in the world, these 3 make the top 100.

You really couldn't make it up 🙈

(For those who don't know, Ellen Page recently transitioned to become Elliot Page)

Gutted that Nicola Adams didn't make the list:

www.visiblelesbian.com/#/

Fucking ridiculous. So going by TRA logic, Transwomen and Transmen can both be Lesbians?

Is it bad reading your OP I thought 'well at least 98% are XX women?'

Then thought...are expectations that low?

Whatever next? Julie Bindel and Kathleen Stock topping the list in trans visibility week?

It's all a bit of a joke now.

It's not very consistent thinking, is it? Surely if they want to include two male people on the basis that TWAW, that would exclude E Page?

I think E Page will be swiftly removed once someone points out their mistake!

They've misgendered E Page, surely?

eagle-eyed readers will note there are actually 110 women here

So they have listed 108 women in their list of 100 lesbians.

You missed another male.

They’ve simultaneously included males, women who are devout TWAW followers, all while dead naming Page.

These people can’t even follow their own logic.

No Nicola Adams? That's ridiculous.

Unless ... how many of these visible lesbians are openly GC?

You missed another male.

I can see three other males.

I count 5 males on the list.

You missed Christine Burns & Emily Brothers

If, generally speaking, one (the royal one) would describe oneself as fluid, could one be a lesbian in the (aspiring) politics category, but not be included in the acting category? Just wondering what how rigid the criteria are.

They've misgendered Dr Ronx too.

"A writer covering issues including political and sexual liberty"

Bit unclear. "Sexual liberty" could mean anything from fighting to destigmatise sex outside marriage to fighting to destigmatise watching torture for sexual enjoyment.

I'm not exaggerating there. Man in the UK was recently sentenced for downloading video material of FGM (i.e. female ^children) being performed.

At least one more misgendering Kate Tempest first rose to fame when she won KT uses they.

The artist formerly known as Kate Tempest has changed their name to Kae, too.

They also misgendered and deadnamed Kae Tempest.

Are there any 'vanilla' women on that list? You all seem to be pointing out more and more who have chosen to be 'other'

What strikes me from that list is they are mainly women in their 40s and 50s. Rose Ellen Dix is probably the youngest and I believe she's mid 30s.

Nice for them that they were able to come out as lesbians in more tolerant and accepting times.

Now there is much pressure for young women to identify as queer or pan and lesbian is seen as exclusionary. The writer even says as much in the opening paragraphs.

I'm absolutely certain there are lots, Samphire but due to their poor success in abiding by the preferred pronouns of some very high profile individuals, I wouldn't like to trust the writers' assumed pronouns for all of the rest!

P.S Clare Balding, Megan Rapinoe and Sandi Toksvig are included.

@PurgatoryOfPotholes

"A writer covering issues including political and sexual liberty"

Bit unclear. "Sexual liberty" could mean anything from fighting to destigmatise sex outside marriage to fighting to destigmatise watching torture for sexual enjoyment.

I'm not exaggerating there. Man in the UK was recently sentenced for downloading video material of FGM (i.e. female ^children) being performed.

Jane Fae very much campaign's for the legalisation of the most degrading and extreme pornography. So that is indeed what is meant by 'sexual liberty' and 'online censorship' here.

Ewww. That is quite a line up.

Nice. I’m going to treat myself to not looking at that list, today, seeing those three.

It wasn’t 10 years ago we were mourning the loss of the lesbian bar. I never thought I’d be mourning the loss of the bloody descriptor itself!

Is this from a while ago? If not, they’ll be crucified for ‘dead-naming’ Page...