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Beatriz

January 14, 2014 by 55Upitty

I’m old. Not inside. Inside I’m still very young. But I’m proud to say that I am seventy one. I grew up in Rosario, in Argentina. When I was eighteen I saw a documentary about Bondi Beach, and I really wanted to come and see it. When my father died, I asked my sister if she’d come here with me. My mother was against it. She asked; “Why do you want to go there? There’s no women there.” But it […]

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Lyn

December 11, 2012 by 55Upitty

…people saw me as cute, oh, like a Chinese doll. Except I had a horrible temper. They soon found out I wasn’t such a sweet little thing. I’ve had to grow my personality to cope with being different, and I could either choose to be a victim or I could choose to think of myself as special… My sexuality is the central theme of my experience. Again, I am part of a minority, and I am very proud of […]

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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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Jude

July 3, 2012 by 55Upitty

…the older I get the more serenity I find. When I was a young feminist we called respected older women crones – that would suit me. As time passes I grow more comfortable with myself – age empowers me… I saw the film of Calamity Jane when I was ten, and it just stuck with me. I always wanted a cowgirl suit, not one with a skirt, the boy’s one with pants. When I see that film now the lesbian sub-text is such […]

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Gabrielle (Gail)

June 2, 2012 by 55Upitty

… I don’t think much about age. Mind you, it’s very strange to feel more or less the same as you have always felt but catch sight of yourself in a mirror every now and then and wonder, who is that? To have been beautiful, and to accept wrinkles and still feel beautiful. I like queer as a label – to me, it’s inclusive. I don’t like phobia of any kind – and early on I had to stand up […]

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Beatriz

Liz

Gabrielle (Gail)