London’s First Ever Lesbian Festival Is Coming Next Month

In October, London will welcome ‘Lesbiennale’, a new ongoing art project described as a “multi-event celebration of dyke culture”.

Lesbiennale says it aims particularly to "showcase and explore marginalised identities within lesbianism, such as lesbians of colour, queer and trans lesbians, disabled lesbians, non-binary lesbians and more”.

As part of the festival, Boiler Room’s 4:3, who is planning the event is also curating a digital exhibition of video art designed to “tear open the themes of gender identity, sexuality and race”.

“I always wanted to identify as a lesbian but felt locked out of it”, says co-curator Nadine Ahmad. “I was made to feel not lesbian enough due to my relationship with queerness and my gender, but now I am more confident about those aspects of myself, it makes so much sense to play and flirt and explore lesbianism in whatever way that feels good for me. Being denied access to the terminology that felt good for me greatly slowed down my process of coming to terms with who I am. That doesn’t need to happen anymore. We’re here to widen the conception of what a lesbian can look or feel or sound like.”

Lesbiennale will take place in several venues in London from October 8-10.

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