While it’s widely recognized today, Lesbian Visibility Week disappeared for a bit and didn’t make a mainstream comeback until 2020. Lesbian Visibility Week originally began in Los Angeles in 1990 and was celebrated until 1992. The reasons were still the same; lesbians were tired of being “invisible to straight America” and were annoyed at the attention afforded to gay men and not as much to lesbians.
However, after 1992, the week fell off until International Lesbian Visibility Day came to be in 2008. A whole week still didn’t exist again until 2020. That’s when Linda Riley, the publisher of DIVA Magazine—a major LGBTQ media brand in Europe and the UK—believed that only 24 hours of celebration of lesbians was “simply insufficient” and she needed to change that. This led her to found Lesbian Visibility Week, with the support of several UK and international organizations such as GLAAD, Stonewall, Kaleidoscope Trust, UK Black Pride, Albert Kennedy Trust, LGBT Foundation, Mermaids, the Peter Tatchell Foundation and more.
Here’s a few of the special Events that are taking place around the globe
BOSTON Lesbian Night Life LGBTQ+ Women, nonbinary & trans Friends take over Han Nightclub April 27th for Lesbian Visability Week. TEA DANCE 4pm-8pm with DJ and Dancing. We will be celebrating the power of sisterhood by uplifting incredible LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary people from every generation, in every field and in every country around the world. One community, so many brilliant individuals.:
LONDON. DIVA Film Festival Wed 24 Apr 2024 — Sun 28 Apr 2024 Bang in the middle of Lesbian Visibility Week, DIVA will launch the inaugural DIVA Film Festival at the iconic Garden Cinema in the heart of Covent Garden. Lesbian Visibility Week has grown over the years to include a wide-range of cultural events and activities. Now is the time to include an event dedicated to film and the moving image because if we can’t see it, we can’t be it. In partnership with the Iris Prize and programed by a team of queer women, DIVA Film Festival 2024 presents an eclectic programme of features and shorts, celebrating queer films from the UK and internationally, all of which are unapologetically skewed towards independent queer female and non-binary content.
LOS ANGELES The City invites community members to spend an afternoon at West Hollywood Park, located at 647 N. San Vicente Boulevard, for a Queer Art in the Park gathering on Sunday, April 28, 2024 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. The event will feature lawn games, music, and queer arts and crafts vendors. Entry is free. Feel free to bring a blanket, yoga mat, lawn chair, sunscreen, and picnic accoutrements and meet new and old friends in the park. For additional information, please visit www.weho.org/lgbtq.
NEW YORK As part of The Center’s Lesbian Visibility Week programming, join us for a screening of Episode 3 of The Lesbian Bar Project and panel discussion following the screening with prominent figures within NYC lesbian nightlife.
Please join us after the screening for a discussion with co-directors and founders of The Lesbian Bar Project, Erica Rose and Elina Street, as well as co-founders of Dyke Beer Loretta Andro Chung and Sarah Hallonquist, and co-owners of The Bush, Jenille Nikke Alleyne and Justine Laviolette.
Following the panel discussion, there will be an after party at Henrietta Hudson (438 Hudson St, New York, NY 10014) from 8:30-10:30 p.m. with a complimentary open bar (donated by Henrietta Hudson) for event attendees.
PROVINCETOWN.
Are you Looking for Love in all the wrong places? The planets can help align you with the love you’ve been searching for- all you have to do is fill out our brief questionnaire to apply at Provincetown’s Crown & Anchor with Star Crossed: The Astrology Dating Game Show.
Six lonely contestants compete for a chance at true love. Participants are paired with a partner based on gender preference and astrological compatibility- look out Venus! Comedian Kristen Becker and KT (host of the Miss Guided Astrology podcast ) will test the viability of the new couple’s love, on stage in front of a live audience for a chance to win cash and prizes!
For so much more check https://www.lesbianvisibilityweek.com/
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