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Campaigning for lesbian wellbeing and community in Scotland.

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Book Review: Unsafe: The Carceral Roots of the Anti-Trans Backlash by Sarah Lamble

Reviewed by Lorraine

Review of Decentring Heteronormativity Symposium

On 22nd July 2026, the Decentring Heteronormativity: Theorising Lesbian Erotic Life Symposium took place online, hosted jointly by the Centre for Intimate and Sexual Citizenship at the University of Essex, and the Journal of Lesbian Studies. Being interested in research as well as whatever is currently being said within academic circles about lesbians, I attended the symposium.

We are Four

We started Scottish Lesbians four years ago today, and now seems like a good time to reflect on where we started, where we are now and some thoughts about what might happen next.

One Year Later

(Badge in photograph kindly given to us by Jenny Reilly of Women Won’t Wheesht)

A question of height

I’m quite big.

A Guest Post: Sticola Nurgeon – Lesbians, Frankly

The Worst Day of My Life

Lesbians respond to the UK Supreme Court ruling

The recent, unanimous UK Supreme Court ruling, that ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 means biological sex, was a momentous one for lesbians.

Lesbians: the cause of, and solution to, all life’s problems

With thanks to Homer Simpson

After the Supreme Court

I was privileged to be in the Supreme Court on Wednesday as the ruling was handed down in the For Women Scotland case.

Lesbian Survey 2025

We’re currently running our Lesbian Survey 2025, and we’d love some more responses!