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Shauna

July 9, 2013 by 55Upitty

The most special thing about me is that I can sing.  Singing has been a part of me since I was a very little girl. I’m fifty-nine. I’ll be sixty this year. When I was seven years old, there was a talent school run by Miss Roderick, who by the way lived with her companion and wore very sensible shoes, tartan skirts and twin-sets. The talent school was in the local Presbyterian Hall, and we’d go and do dance and […]

Categories: Artists, Lesbians, Musicians • Tags: age, ageing, ageism, australia, gay, homosexual, lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, mardi gras, mother, sex, sexuality, sydney, viv mcgregor, viv mcgregor photography, woman, women

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Ludo

September 19, 2012 by 55Upitty

I knew I was different when I was sixteen, but couldn’t put my finger on it, metaphorically speaking. Dusty Springfield was the only person I’d ever heard of who was a lesbian.  I couldn’t do the big hair…   These days, I’m a retired lesbian.  Women have been the focus of my life, but I’ve got to the point where I think, ‘that will do’. I have a wide circle of friends and I never really was the domestic or […]

Categories: Activists, Feminist, Lesbians, Musicians • Tags: 1970s, activism, activist, age, ageing, ageism, animals, architecture, assisted suicide, aunt, Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearing House, cancer, children, chosen family, coming out, discrimination, dog, domestic violence, Dusty Springfield, DV, dying, dyke, edinburgh, elsie women's refuge, euthanasia, feminism, feminist, france, friends, gay, Gay Liberation, history, homeless, homeless women, homosexual, horse, industrial protections, industrial reform, jillaroo, Kent University, lesbian, lesbian feminist, lesbian feminist conference, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, life, Margaret Coulson, music, musician, older, older people, older woman, older women, Older Women's Network, oral history, paris, pets, photography, politics, portrait, portrait photography, punk, queer, refuge, relationships, retire, retirement, Robin Archer, rock climbing, saxophone, scooter, sex, sexuality, Stray Dags, surfing, sydney, violence against women, viv mcgregor, viv mcgregor photography, women's liberation conference, women's movement, women's music, women's warehouse, work, youth

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