Deep dive: Political histories, solidarity and movement building

We can't afford to start from scratch: Transformative recordings from the contemporary archive

The participation of LGBTIQA+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy communities within feminist and anti-violence movements is not a new development. However, archives are not always available to demonstrate and model the kinds of conversations, language and framing needed to represent LGBTIQASB+ communities within gendered violence and gender equality movements. This series of post presents a curation of key snapshots from an archive of recorded events that are now available online, with additional research and academic literature related to the topic. We present these in the hopes that they may assist workers, organisations and leaders in reflecting and directing greater inclusion, solidarity and partnerships between LGBTIQASB+, women's and broader anti-violence and gender equality organisations in our shared work together.

2026

• 12 mins Situating the shared histories of feminist and trans grassroots activism, connecting to contemporary realities of gendered violence (end 23:50)

• 6 mins The moral and political imperative of women's organisations taking greater responsibility and solidarity in trans and gender diverse rights and safety (end 28:57)

• 5 mins Imagining and articulating a future free from transphobia, and what is required of us (end 47:40)

• How to move from resource creation to taking meaningful coalitional action for change, and what productive ways of working can look like (25:44)

• The role and influence of legal and institutional frameworks in SOGIESC inclusion (end 35:15)

• Looking ahead to imagine meaningful inclusion and progress (1:25:36)

2025

• 7 mins The contemporary political environment in relation to gendered violence and prevention (September 2025) (end 11:35)

• 18 mins Building partnerships in a period of backlash, work into the future and celebrating the wins (end: 23:28)

2023

• 90s emergence of lesbian sex radical, queer and trans scenes, cross-pollinating conversations reflecting politics of emerging lesbian sex radicalism (end 18:42)    

  
  

• The development of Australian lesbian feminism - sisterhood, separatism and sex radicalism (end 57:49)

2022

• 4 mins Framing the importance of safety for trans communities & trans women specifically & political climate

• 2 mins Importance of standing against political transphobia and transmisogyny

• 12 mins Assessing the political climate since marriage equality and anti-LGBTIQ backlash to Human Rights Education in schools (end 29:01)

2021

• 13 mins Lesbian, feminist and queer histories in creation of social and cultural space in Sydney from 60s through 90s end 16:27, 13mins

• 3 mins: Responding to perception of loss of lesbian and dyke space in relation to increasing visibility and participation of TGD communities (end 18:22)

Full recordings

• Resource Launch: Allyship in Action | Zoe Belle Gender Collective and WHIN 

• Women Deliver 2026 - Change Calls Us Here: The Opening of the Women Deliver 2026 Conference - Plenary 27 April

• Women Deliver 2026 - The Future Calls Us Here: Women Deliver 2026 Closing Ceremony - Plenary 30th April

• Pride in prevention Partnership Guide 

• Pride in prevention Messaging Guide 

• Flesh Meet: Traversing the rise, decline and transformation of lesbian and queer spaces (part 1) 

• Flesh Meet: Traversing the rise, decline and transformation of lesbian and queer spaces (part 2) 

• Partners in Prevention Webinar – LGBTIQ inclusive prevention in conversation with Rainbow Health Victoria 

• Solidarity talks: Vicki Reynolds & Felix Gilliland

Research & Academic literature

2025

• Reconsidering Violence Against Women through the History of a Refuge for Trans Women

• Roberta Perkins: Sex Work, Feminism, and the Dawn of Transgender Activism in 1980s Australia

2024

• On the Structural Conditions Shaping Implementation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ)-Inclusive Practices Within Intimate Partner Services in Australia

2022

• Sex in placemaking activism: lesbians’ and queer women’s sex-based sociality in Sydney, Australia

2021

• Eggs, O’Wheels, hexagons, repairs: lesbian feminist Utopias in Australia, 1970s–1980s 

• Building an Intersectional and Trans-Inclusive Criminology: Responding to the Emergence of “Gender Critical” Perspectives in Feminist Criminology

2020

• Rainbow Health Australia: Pride in Prevention Evidence Guide

2019

• The lesbian presence in feminist, gay and queer social movements in Australia, 1970s-1990s.

2018

• ‘The New Lesbian Sexual Revolution’: Lesbian Sex Radicals in Sydney during the 1980s and 1990s

Further reading & Resources

• Allyship in action: Frameworks for trans and gender diverse inclusion in prevention of gender-based violence initiatives

• Rainbow Health Australia | Pride in Prevention Messaging Guide

• UN Women: LGBTIQ+ Equality and Rights: an internal resource guide