The End and what comes next

After the Geneva events, the ILIS secretariat returns to Amsterdam. The work to empower black, migrant and refugee lesbians continued, and ILIS contributes to developing lesbian networks in both Latin America and Asia. The newsletter reached its peak circulation, and on the political front, the demands put forward by the associations began to receive a positive response. But the energy starts to wane and the secretariat does not rotate anymore. In 1998 the incredible ILIS network ceases its activities, taking care to deposit their precious archives at the IHLIA.

ILIS undeniably played a fundamental role in lesbian visibility. So the question remains: why do lesbians disappear from history? To write our Herstory, we return to the starting point and ask today’s activists and researchers what we can learn.

Featuring, in order of appearance : Shelley Anderson ; Anne Krul ; Evien Tjabbes ; Sylvia Borren ; Silvia Yuri Casalino ; Dragana Todorovic ; Joëlle sambi ; Adriana Churampi ; Paola Bacchetta ; Rina Nissim ; Elena Biagini ; Lepa Mlađenović ; Haidy Möller ; Suzana Tratnik

Extracts and borrows : Berverly Ditsie ; Elena Biagini

To go further : some pictures of the Bejing conference 1995

The narrative voice : Roberta Miss with Peggy Pierrot for additional voice

Written, made and edited : Virginie Jortay with the complicity of Malin Björk and Evien Tjabbes

Music and audio post production : Teresa Ferraro

Illustration : © Marieke van Ballegooijen and the eye of An/Ash Smolar

Produced by Groupe Kuru and Stichting Vesta, with the support of Mamacash and EL*C. Big up to Carine Demange from Radio Campus. Thanx a lot to la Scam - Belgique

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