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Article: Visible invisibilities: lesbians at the women and health meeting in Toronto. (Panorama).
- Article from:
- Women's Health Journal
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
- Author:
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A diverse group of women assembled at the International Women and Health Meeting in Toronto, Canada; black women, white women, indigenous women, young women, adult women, lesbian women, bisexual, heterosexual -- all with their own thoughts, ideas and dreams. The issue of how we felt included/excluded on the grounds of our different identities as women was reflected by some of the demands presented during the meeting.
Our demands as lesbian women were related to the very limited inclusion of "lesbian issues" during the meeting and the heterosexist focus of the IWHM. Our claim is based on the fact that the program of the meeting included only one single workshop ...