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Sal

October 24, 2016 by 55Upitty

Now I’m 58, proud to be a feminist and still feel the personal is political. When I was a child I’d had a floppy doll. I cut her hair off really short. And I took her dress off, so that she was wearing a singlet and pants. She was very tomboyish. I had her with me for years. I was 18 when I came out. I’d had a boyfriend, and I said to him – I think we should have […]

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C. Moore Hardy

October 6, 2015 by 55Upitty

As a feminist who’s just turned sixty I’ve got wisdom, I’ve got knowledge and I think I’m pretty fabulous for my age. I’m a professional perve. I’m a shutter slut. I’m a photographer. I’m a subversive and a pervert. I like those labels. As a feminist who’s just turned sixty I’ve got wisdom, I’ve got knowledge and I think I’m pretty fabulous for my age. I consider myself a Sydney sider. I was born in Darlinghurst, Sydney – couldn’t be […]

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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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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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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 […]

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Kaye

August 21, 2012 by 55Upitty

…I remember going to see Peter Pan, and being so impressed by a woman, dressed as a boy, who could fly around with her companion, Wendy. I realised that a girl could live like that… That’s how I came to be jailed by the Bjelke-Petersen government. I got three weekends in jail – the men got five! You can imagine how happy my parents were when I rang them from the Watch House. Dad refused to go bail. I’m fifty-nine […]

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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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