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Su

December 19, 2019 by 55Upitty

We tell stories from our lives because as women and as lesbians they’re not heard enough. Life is long, in a good way. The most important thing I’ve done recently is make a feature documentary about my father and the family he kept hidden from me. I’ve always told stories. It’s a creative thread that runs through my life, no matter what I’m doing. I’ve been a performer, a writer, a theatre producer, an artist, a worker in a feminist […]

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Dorothy

July 2, 2014 by 55Upitty

I have always been open about my age, but I am particularly comfortable, and proud, to say that I am eighty. When I was about three, I can remember having a sense of another presence around me, a comforting presence. I always felt there was something beyond me. I was brought up a Methodist, and then the Methodist church became part of the Uniting Church. I am so glad I had a father who was a radical thinker. I never […]

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Mary Jane

April 30, 2014 by 55Upitty

I’d urge everyone to enjoy each period of life. Try not to get too consumed with what’s ahead and what’s behind. I don’t mind being this age, but I’d like the fitness and energy I had when I was 25. I’m 62 years of age, but I have to think about it to be sure. I am a family therapist and counsellor, and I also work with people who have drug and alcohol dependence. Both privately and in a psychiatric […]

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Katherine

February 24, 2014 by 55Upitty

I am 78, approaching 79 years old. Ageing is inevitable so there’s no point worrying about it. I’d prefer to be 39, but there it is. From my earliest memory I wanted to be female. That feeling never left me, no matter the social circumstances around me. I realised I could do something about it when I was seventeen, but I was 52 when I began my transition. I could not hurt people who loved me and depended on me up […]

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Liz

November 13, 2012 by 55Upitty

…I don’t see being gay as a lifestyle, it’s not just that I prefer women, it’s more than that because I am in a world, and in a culture where that is not the norm. You can only deal with it by having a political framework… I think sex is wonderful. Always was, hopefully always will be. And you really shouldn’t neglect it…For me, it hasn’t changed as I’ve got older. I talk about my age like a little kid. […]

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