In catering to LGBTQ+ women more broadly, its guests have included transgender women, non-binary people and even heterosexual women. “Olivia, as a brand, as a company, is so strongly about the female experience. So, however you feel you fit into that, you belong.”
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/may/22/olivia-travel-lesbian-cruise
I was a bit sad to read that and wonder if that cheery inclusive statement is from an ideological belief, economic necessity or fear of being cancelled.
Love the way it says "even heterosexual women" as though they are more radically different to lesbians than transgender women and non-binary people.
The Olivia brand, which was launched in 1973 as a radical women’s record label, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
I wonder how many of the women involved in setting up Olivia Records in 1973 would ever have imagined it would be surviving as a luxury holiday company!