What We've been up to lately

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On June 1st we hired a crew of professional film, light and sound folks to help us capture the last of our interviews. 

For the closing shot we gathered some OG patrons and had a hoot reliving old memories.

In May we traveled to Oakland, California to interview Lesbian Punk Rock Legends, Lynn Breedlove and Leslie Mah of    Tribe 8 fame. Their ethos played a big part in the Topless 5 action during the 1995 Columbus Pride March. We were pinching ourselves the whole time. 

Meet-up for butches, femmes, dykes, lesbians, non-binary grlz, women loving women and queer women to meet and mingle. This event is ALL AGES! Perfect opportunity to widen your family/friend groups. Come hangout with other like-minded women. FREE!

Right after our Sapphic Sisters meetup, we have Lesbo Bingo! Join us for an afternoon of lesbo bingo benefitting Free Beer Tomorrow. 10$ for 3 bingo cards and prizes!

We are excited to share the news that we have contracted with internationally acclaimed filmmaker and artist, Jules Rosskam to edit the film. Rosskam will work from a paper edit during the month of August to bring the film alive. Shout out to Jennifer Reeder for her help in connecting us to Jules.

In April we spoke to members of the PRISM Employee Resource Group at Bath and Body Works for Lesbian Visibility Day. They kindly asked us back to celebrate Pride Month with a closing party. It was such a great experience and we would like to do it again! Reach out if your organization or business would like to host a conversation about LGBTQ+ history, culture and community. 

Folks, we won a big award on May 8th. We learned we were awarded $41, 285 to conduct a research project with 50 lesbians over 40 who have patronized lesbian bars. Our project, Aging Well, Aging Together, will explore the impact of lost lesbian spaces on aging and social isolation. We know how important these spaces have been to building  and sustaining community. This project will enable us to add to the research on our population. We are one of only two projects to receive funding in a field of 46 submissions.  Dr. Joanne Patterson of the College of Public Health at Ohio State will join us as Principal Investigator on the project. Go Team!!!

Our little crew, Julie, LuSter and Project Manager Megan will be traveling to New Jersey, New York City and Pittsburgh soon. This trip will close out interviews for the time being. While out and about we will talk to the legendary Shushie (long time bartender), Brenda (one of the 5 lesbians arrested at Columbus Pride for going topless) and Viva Valezz (legendary burlesque performer).

If you have our hats and t-shirts and want to be featured on our social media pages, please send us a picture or short video. We love our fans!

 As a result of work on the film, LuSter and Julia have both joined the United We Stand Speakers Bureau at Ohio Humanities. Check out the webpage and consider inviting us to speak!

Many folx have pitched in financially to help us make this movie. With all of the support we were able to purchase professional lighting and podcast equipment. join us for an episode of what we have lovingly named Queerbilly Dreams.