Full programme for Sapphormation

Members of LGBT Youth North West have been having lots of conversations about lesbian visibility. We feel that there are few places and spaces where women who are lesbian or bisexual can get together.

The ‘Gay Scene’ (in urban areas only) is still male-dominated, ‘body beautiful’, anti-intellectual and commercially driven – excluding many women. Those who ‘find each other’, (e.g. online), remain largely in homogenous groups who inhabit domestic spaces to socialise. They are often depoliticised and lacking the connectedness of a ‘community’.  Rarely is there the space and context in the lives of lesbian and bisexual women to explore and reflect on their own lives, and to talk with a wide range of other lesbian and bisexual women. This lack will be addressed in our event the Sapphormation Festival. Women will meet, discuss, debate and participate in fun activities – drawing both strength and action from this. We will have experts and thinkers from communities and Universities there to run lively interactive workshops plus activities, music, performance and art from local LGBT and women’s groups to provide fun and a range of events, including the Stirred Up Poetry workshops, Spokes Women’s Bicycle Dance Troop, hoola-hooping, Rapture women’s evening, comedy and Rapper Sword Dancing.

Suitable for women who love women.

Sappormation is FREE Saturday 3rd - Sunday 4th November 2012 across the Mcr. All ages welcome! (Including children in day events when supervised by a responsible adult).

Visit www.sapphormation.com or book:http://sapphormation.eventbrite.com

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Published: 14-Sep-2012: (1513)