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| Episode 145 FREE: fewer young girls identify as L and B; being a gay footballer in Saudi Arabia; asexual rights in the UN; the Lipstick Lesbians beauty product drama. | 23 Oct 2026 | 01:00:52 | |
From last week: tour through Lesbians Leap From the Archive Drop in US younger women identifying as L or B https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/high-school-girls-identify-lesbian-bisexual-0nvnzqnzn Fan backlash as gay World Cup star joins Saudi club (from a month ago) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cvgyl2dvvv0o Asexuality in the UN https://www.yasminbenoit.co.uk/ The Lipstick Lesbians drama The product Their first response to the backlash https://www.facebook.com/thelipsticklesbians/videos/welcome-to-our-first-leakedlabs-state-of-the-union-if-we-are-going-to-build-in-p/1882470882384956/ Their second response Their third response Their fourth response Julie Bindel wears Avon https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/may/06/avon-party-makeup-cosmetics-feminism This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 142 FREE: the Boston lesbian bar story; are numbers of lesbians decreasing?; the Raygun doc. | 02 Oct 2026 | 00:56:58 | |
Boston lesbian bar story https://web.archive.org/web/20260922162736/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/22/magazine/greenfield-last-ditch-bar-backlash/ BAR pod Julie on lesbian fragility https://quillette.com/2026/09/28/lesbian-fragility-then-and-now/ Twenge piece Raygun documentary: Breaking badly This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 139 FREE: Mother Mary; a new lesbian pub; writing about your relationships; a dilezza. | 11 Sep 2026 | 00:50:10 | |
Mother Mary A lesbian pub https://southwarknews.co.uk/area/camberwell/meet-the-couple-behind-camberwells-new-lesbian-pub/ Would My Marriage Be Better If I Stopped Writing About It? The original article: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/shannonkeating/lesbian-cruise Send us your dilezzas! thelesbianprojectpod@substack.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 136 FREE: EHRC guidance now in force; Soho nightlife; a lesbian head of FIFA?; Bumped. | 14 Aug 2026 | 00:52:41 | |
Second call: Or see the form here https://forms.gle/cnkTZQ2qJvgykNx69 ___________________ EHRC guidance comes into force https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9983lv4dlno The changing face of Soho https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgej2887lvo A lesbian head of FIFA? https://www.attitude.co.uk/news/fifa-president-supports-lisa-klaveness-replace-gianni-infantino-530750/ Bumped https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0027mvf/bumped Send us your dilezzas! thelesbianprojectpod@substack.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 133 FREE: The Archers; lesbian aunts; Cara Delevigne does Playboy; cricket drama. | 24 Jul 2026 | 00:45:06 | |
Archers same-sex relationship https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/the-archers-pip-stella-romance-interview/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Ambridge/comments/1nx1nid/pip_stella/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0lb37sn https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/22/the-archers-bbc-radio-4-first-lesbian-kiss-in-history/ Lesbian Aunts https://www.them.us/culture/community/lesbian-aunts-day-july-13 Cara Delevigne does playboy. https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/07/15/cara-delevingne-playboy-cover-lesbian/ Lesbian cricket drama https://gomag.com/article/this-lesbian-cricket-drama-keeps-getting-messier-heres-what-happened/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 130 FREE: lesbian motherhood, Hoochie Daddies, a viral lesbian breakup, fraysexuals in the Guardian. | 26 Jun 2026 | 00:49:30 | |
Recruitment for our lesbian motherhood research project Here is the form without the QR code: https://forms.gle/cnkTZQ2qJvgykNx69 IN OTHER NEWS: Hoochie Daddies https://tubitv.com/series/300000276/hoochie-daddies?start=true&tracking=google-feed&utm_source=google-feed A viral lesbian break up https://www.out.com/gay-entertainment/lesbian-tiktok-drama#rebelltitem2 https://www.tiktok.com/@eriniveson This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 128 FREE: lesbian nuns, lesbian vampires, the peril of robot companions that misgender you. | 12 Jun 2026 | 00:39:41 | |
Two lesbian nuns who hated each other get married after quitting convent https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/two-lesbian-nuns-who-hated-37266921 Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmilla Academic article of the week returns: “Not the Intended User: Queer Perspectives on Identity, Risk, and Trust in Robot Companions” https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3757279.3785581 Short piece on robot companions, generally Kathleen Richardson’s book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sex-Robots-Love-Kathleen-Richardson/dp/1509530282 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 125 FREE: Vera Gedroits book; dyke drama; in and out of the closet; an instagram page for lesbian love. | 22 May 2026 | 00:47:11 | |
Surgeon, princess, bear-hunting lesbian — the extraordinary life of Vera Gedroits Dyke drama, reported at the BAR pod New occasional feature: which celebrities are lesbian this week? Cara Delavigne https://www.them.us/story/cara-delevingne-rosalia-show-sexuality Christine McGuiness https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/paddy-mcguinness-blindsided-wifes-reported-33914201 New Instagram page for lesbian love stories https://www.instagram.com/unlikelylesbianlovestories?igsh=eHlocnh2bDY3cjI= This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 124 FREE: Believe Me; a women's housing coop; the end of swiping left?; Madonna as lesbian icon; unknowingly joining a cult. | 15 May 2026 | 00:45:17 | |
Believe Me https://www.itv.com/watch/believe-me/10a0144 Harriet on This Morning Women’s housing coop Bumble stops swiping – has swiping left degraded love? Guide to lesbian-friendly apps – or not - https://queersapphic.com/lesbian-dating/lesbian-dating-apps/) Madonna as lesbian icon https://www.instyle.com/madonna-ship-hat-gray-mesh-sails-black-hair-met-gala-2026-11966641 https://www.papermag.com/madonna-iconic-looks#rebelltitem2 Have you ever unknowingly joined a lesbian cult? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 121 FREE: a chat with Joan Burda about the Anne Lister birthday weekend. | 24 Apr 2026 | 00:46:52 | |
https://annelisterbirthdayweek.com/ https://www.annelisterofhalifax.co.uk/ Lesbian action group win right to appeal https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/15/australian-lesbian-groups-fight-to-bar-trans-women-to-return-to-tribunal-after-federal-court-win Lesbian wedding on Corrie https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/38809349/coronation-street-lesbian-wedding-shock-murder/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 119 FREE: Oxford catch up, Queer Eye, Bridgerton. | 03 Apr 2026 | 01:04:26 | |
Iceland article in Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/28/iceland-corrosive-gender-ideology/ Interview with Yehudis Fletcher https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/25/ultra-orthodox-jewish-wife-living-secret-life-lesbian/ Yehudis interview on Julie’s substack Another Yehudis interview with us https://www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/p/episode-79-free-an-interview-with Kathleen’s book is out https://www.amazon.co.uk/Do-Not-Go-Gentle- Queer Eye https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/opinion/queer-eye-finale-america-lgbtq.html This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 117 FREE: chat with journalist Claire Berry; Desert Hearts at 40; I Kissed A Girl cancelled; how to seat lesbians at a dinner party. | 20 Mar 2026 | 00:49:02 | |
Desert Hearts at 40 https://lwlies.com/in-praise-of/desert-hearts-40 Gentleman Jack the ballet has opened to great reviews BBC I kissed a girl/ I kissed a boy cancelled due to “funding issues” https://gomag.com/article/bbc-cancels-i-kissed-a-girl-and-i-kissed-a-boy-after-citing-funding-challenges/ How to seat lesbians at a dinner party https://spectator.com/writer/mary-killen/?filter=article This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 115 FREE: new book Kindred in Chaos; Merseyside lesbians look back; Jo Purvis on film; the ties that bind | 06 Mar 2026 | 00:45:58 | |
Kindred in Chaos book (lesbians in the age of gender identity) edited by Tonje Gjevjon – on sale at the LGB Alliance conference (18th April) https://lgballiance.org.uk/conference/ Merseyside lesbians look back https://merseynewslive.co.uk/2026/02/25/older-liverpool-lesbians-reflect-on-then-and-now-during-lgbt-history-month/ Film about Jo Purvis Ties https://www.them.us/story/tie-style-advice-lesbians-natasha-cloud-willa-bennett-louisa-jacobson https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/neckties-ties-for-women-fashion-trend-2025 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 113 FREE: a chat with author Linda Rosewood!; plus lesbians and guns, and remembering Jo Purvis. | 20 Feb 2026 | 01:00:16 | |
Interview with author Linda Rosewood Buy her great book: A Circle Outside Lesbians and guns https://slate.com/life/2026/02/gun-range-safety-gay-lesbian-lgbtq-trump.html Remembering Jo Purvis This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 112 FREE: Rafiki; Sidney Mardi Gras; Lesbians in the Winter Olympics. | 13 Feb 2026 | 00:47:01 | |
Rafiki to be shown in Kenya after banning https://76crimes.com/2026/02/04/kenya-film/ https://player.bfi.org.uk/rentals/film/watch-rafiki-2018-online Sydney Mardi Gras after party falls apart Lesbians in the Winter Olympics https://www.pride.com/culture/sports/lgbtq-olympians-winter-2026#rebelltitem17 Julie’s interview with Fiona Goddard, grooming gang survivor This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 110 FREE: LGB mortality rates; a sapphic literary hoax; Mondrian and Marlow Moss; the queer history of Norwich; are enbies scared of AI? | 30 Jan 2026 | 00:46:15 | |
Oxford literary festival https://oxfordliteraryfestival.org/ LGB mortality rates Sappho and a literary hoax https://aeon.co/essays/how-a-playful-literary-hoax-illuminates-classical-queerness Mondrian and Marlow Moss Radio Norfolk programme That’s a Queer Ol’ Place - Norfolk Nightlife - BBC Sounds Are non-binary people scared of AI? https://www.advocate.com/technology/can-queer-people-trust-ai This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 108 FREE: Sylvia Townsend Warner; the end of rainbow-washing?; Labour party members disappointed with gay children. | 02 Jan 2026 | 00:47:18 | |
Sylvia Townsend Warner statue https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/dec/12/dorset-unveils-sylvia-townsend-warner-statue Corporates withdrawing from Pride Disappointment that your child is gay - survey This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 105 FREE: Christmas food, Christmas novels, Christmas parties, the Meghan Christmas special! | 12 Dec 2025 | 00:51:05 | |
Christmas food https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/434513/christmas-days-by-jeanette-winterson/9781784709020 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/jun/30/recipes.foodanddrink1 Meghan Christmas special on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81770808 Novels with a lesbian Christmas theme https://thelesbianreview.com/15-best-sapphic-christmas-books/ Christmas parties This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 103 FREE: The Beast in Me, the Prix Gouincourt, lesbian drama in space (allegedly), oil wrestling gets queered. | 28 Nov 2025 | 00:30:40 | |
Apologies for the sound quality today: Kathleen’s laptop had a serious wine-based incident, and we had to use a different, inferior platform to make it work. Back to normal next week! The Beast in Me – Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81427733 French lesbian literary prize announced https://www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/article/2025/11/02/french-lesbian-literature-steps-into-the-spotlight-with-new-prize_6747015_117.html Lesbian drama in space (allegedly): https://www.advocate.com/news/astronaut-anne-mcclain-falsely-accused Lesbian oil wrestling https://torontolife.com/culture/lesbian-oil-wrestling/ Get 20% OFF new annual subscriptions til December 5th!. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 101 FREE: the television episode! The state of the BBC, Celebrity Traitors, Riot Women, another Aileen Wuornos documentary. | 14 Nov 2025 | 00:42:59 | |
Julie talking about the BBC on Seen in Journalism Podcast Celebrity Traitors https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002csng https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2pxz14ypro Riot Women https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002hd7x https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/22/tv-series-riot-women-sally-wainwright https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/oct/26/riot-women-and-lesbians-in-the-1970s Aileen: Queen Of the Serial Killers https://www.biography.com/crime/aileen-wuornos https://people.com/what-monster-got-right-and-wrong-about-aileen-wuornos-11841618 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 97 FREE: interview with Katie Herzog about her new book! Plus checked shirts are back; and another dilezza. | 17 Oct 2025 | 00:57:07 | |
Katie’s great new book: Drink Your Way Sober https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Drink-Your-Way-Sober/Katie-Herzog/9781637747407 Checked shirts are back, baby https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/fashion/article/the-check-shirt-is-back-but-not-as-you-know-it-plus-more-trends-to-know-8kx2nc53s Send us your dilezzas! thelesbianprojectpod@substack.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 96 FREE: interview with Professor Ronan McCrae – are we facing the end of gay liberation? Plus: divorce, and another dilezza. | 10 Oct 2025 | 01:03:40 | |
The End of the Gay Rights Revolution: How Hubris and Overreach Threaten Gay Freedom, by Ronan McCrae Julie’s review in the Spectator https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-gay-rights-movement-threatens-to-implode/ Lesbian divorce in Finland: https://www.them.us/story/lesbian-marriages-weddings-divorce-rate-study-reasons-why This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 95 FREE: Indian lesbian romance novels; the virtues of civility; rainbow families; larks on Lesbos; another dilezza. | 03 Oct 2025 | 00:49:39 | |
(NB Kathleen got the publication date of Fourth Wing wrong: it was 2023.) Granny’s flag First lesbian romance novel to be published in India Is civility a fantasy? Woman Raised by 2 Lesbian Moms and 2 Gay Dads Opens Up About Her Childhood International Eressos Women’s Festival https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/36779521/lesbian-island-greek-paradise/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 93 FREE: interview with Professor Kathleen Richardson on her book, Sex Robots: The End of Love. Plus: lesbian drama of the week | 19 Sep 2025 | 00:52:33 | |
Sex Robots: The End of Love https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=sex-robots-the-end-of-love--9781509530281 Lesbian drama of the week https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15029475/Billionaire-heiress-best-friend-crypto-investment-taylor-thomson.html Special promo code for listeners at the Battle of Ideas: LP25 https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/battle-of-ideas-festival-tickets-2025/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 91 FREE: remembering Ann McManus; hot stolen moments in the garden centre; lesbian Hedda Gabler; queer signature scent. | 05 Sep 2025 | 00:39:23 | |
Remembering Ann McManus: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/aug/28/ann-mcmanus-obituary https://metro.co.uk/2025/08/28/ann-mcmanus-created-uks-iconic-shows-dies-aged-67-24022909/ School gate crushes Lesbian remake of Hedda Gabler https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/hedda-trailer-tessa-thompson-lesbian-reimagining-491967/ Film version with Ingrid Bergman Queer perfume https://www.whowhatwear.com/beauty/gender-affirming-power-of-scent This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 89 FREE: same-sex divorce rates, mullets in Berlin, lesbian cutlery. | 15 Aug 2025 | 00:50:06 | |
Same-sex marriage https://www.economist.com/britain/2025/07/31/in-britain-same-sex-marriages-are-more-common-for-women-than-men Aesthetic norms in Berlin https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/68335/1/sapphic-gaze-berlin-lesbian-renaissance-reclaim-desire-gender-beauty-lip-service Lesbian cutlery https://www.thetimes.com/uk/history/article/yours-for-800-the-lesbian-cutlery-inscribed-with-secret-love-notes-kn6qczv2g This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 88 PREMIUM: chat with Sarah Tanburn and Dee McCullough of LGB Alliance Cymru; plus the Lionesses and a lez archbishop. | 08 Aug 2025 | 00:10:00 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com https://lgballiancecymru.wales/the-legal-defence-of-lesbian-space/ https://lgballiancecymru.wales/the-legal-defence-of-lesbian-space/ Belper Pride - https://lgballiance.org.uk/the-curious-story-of-belper-pride/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/22360544014/posts/10163487456889015/ https://www.facebook.com/LGBAllianceUK/photos/we-were-in-belper-in-derbyshire-y… | |||
| Episode 87 FREE: Amy Bradley is Missing; surf champ statue; are lesbian parents stricter? | 01 Aug 2025 | 00:52:16 | |
Amy Bradley is Missing https://www.out.com/gay-tv-shows/amy-bradley-netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81741332 Pauline Menczer https://qnews.com.au/lesbian-surf-champ-pauline-menczer-to-get-statue-at-bondi/ World’s strictest lesbian parents This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 87 PREMIUM: a chat with film-maker Melanie Chait, director of Breaking the Silence. no Pride for Northumbria police, heteronormativity in Jane Austen, and a dilezza. | 24 Jul 2025 | 00:10:00 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com Melanie Chait: https://lesbianhistorygroup.org/2025/06/01/breaking-the-silence/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0025vb2 Melanie’s recent film: https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Dance-Me-To-The-End-Of-Time/0G115RFO7LWRA7M3QY7VK61APZ From Melanie: I would appreciate asking lesbian mothers and their children between the 1960s to 1980s who lost custody/ did n… | |||
| Episode 85 FREE: the LP does Glyndebourne; Desexing Society pod; was Margot Leadbeatter a lesbian?; are you a doppelbanger? and other vital questions. | 18 Jul 2025 | 00:45:46 | |
Glyndebourne: THE CANAPES…. Desexing Society podcast on Lesbians in Oz https://x.com/DesexingSociety/status/1941048356899631259?t=Js_rY_ug4neobq_iCYBgFA&s=19 Lesbian prison angle for the Erin Patterson case https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/mushroom-killer-erin-patterson-locked-35546058 Gateways club gets a blue plaque https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateways_club Lesbian slang https://www.refinery29.com/en-au/lesbian-slang-terms-definitions#slide-17 Send us your dilezzas! thelesbianprojectpod@substack.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 84 PREMIUM: Eve Adams, The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs, sapphic Tudor romps, another dilezza. | 04 Jul 2025 | 00:10:00 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com Eve Adams: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/rediscovering-eve-adams-the-radical-lesbian-activist https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lesbian-Love-Evelyn-Addams-ebook/dp/B0CWPRSM9M The … | |||
| Episode 83 FREE: Sarah McBride interview; queer food book; Jillian Michaels on Pride; another dilezza. | 27 Jun 2025 | 00:55:48 | |
Sarah McBride interview: Jillian Michaels on Pride Queer food https://48hills.org/2025/06/what-is-queer-food-book-john-birdsall-interview/ Send us your dilezzas! thelesbianprojectpod@substack.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 82 PREMIUM: wives who look like sisters; vegetarian lesbian cookbook; are you doing femme fashion right?; celebrating lesbian lineage through photos; Kathleen has a rant. | 20 Jun 2025 | 00:10:00 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com Marrying your twin sister https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/11/pride-wife-twin-sister-similar Lesbian vegetarian cookbook Femme fashion – are you doing it right? | |||
| Episode 81 FREE: limerence, a romcom, Jeanette Winterson, L word memoir, lesbians mean business. | 13 Jun 2025 | 00:50:51 | |
Limerance https://www.pride.com/answers-advice/love-and-sex/limerence-explained#rebelltitem5 The Situationship https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Situationship/0P6OGKYFC7QIGCBYN8EESPEMXD RSC to do Oranges are not the only fruit https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/rsc-jeanette-winterson-lesbian-novel-rf38stcvx https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/434513/christmas-days-by-jeanette-winterson/9781784709020 L word memoir out https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/so-gay-you-memoir-kate-moennig-leisha-hailey-l-word-rcna210393 Lesbians mean business (can’t believe they didn’t call it that) https://www.swlondoner.co.uk/life/04062025-lesbian-led-business-group-takes-on-workplace-exclusion This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 80 PREMIUM: Dublin conference, Italian birth certificates, learning from gay marriage, Pride. | 06 Jun 2025 | 00:10:00 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com https://www.notallgays.org/nagference-2025 Italian lesbians win right to be named on birth certificate even if not biological mother https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/lesbian-mothers-win-legal-status-italy-ivf-ruling-2025-05-22/ To Stop Losing the Culture Wars, Learn From Gay Marriage | |||
| Episode 79 FREE: an interview with Yehudis Fletcher, author of Chutzpah; plus queering research methods and sex ed in schools. | 30 May 2025 | 00:56:16 | |
Interview with Yehudis Fletcher, author of Chutzpah: A memoir of faith, sexuality and daring to stay https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/459991/chutzpah-by-fletcher-yehudis/9780857529954 https://unherd.com/2025/05/the-charedi-have-a-woman-problem/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 78 FREE: Virgin Island, Blue Jean, lesbian architecture, dilezza of the week. | 23 May 2025 | 00:54:59 | |
Virgin Island https://unherd.com/2025/05/virgin-islands-humiliation-kink/ Blue Jean https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0027wtp/blue-jean Queer home-making, Phyllis Birkby, and lesbian feminist architecture https://www.archpaper.com/2025/05/center-for-architecture-phyllis-birkby/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Birkby Study about lesbian parenting The Lesbian Project is looking for a researcher: Send us your dilezzas! thelesbianprojectpod@substack.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 77 PREMIUM: I Kissed A Boy; pride flags banned from Eurovision; slogan T-shirts; lesbian wedding aesthetics; double dilezza of the week. | 16 May 2025 | 00:10:00 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com The Umbrella Hour I Kissed a Boy https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001m01c Slogan t-shirts – good or bad? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14677593/gay-woman-slams-walmart-cringe-lgbtq-merchandise.html Pride flags banned from Eurovision https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/66730/1/eurovision-pride-flag-ban-opinion-lgbtq Lesbian wedding aesthe… | |||
| Episode 76 FREE: recipes, late bloomers, the "lesbian voice", sounding posh when you're angry, Subarus, dilezza of the week. | 09 May 2025 | 00:46:40 | |
Why are so many women in their 20s and 30s coming out as lesbian? https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a64551163/young-women-later-in-life-lesbians/ Is there a lesbian voice? https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/study/undergraduate/languagelab/lesbian_voice/ Is Subaru turning me into a lesbian? https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/is-subaru-turning-me-into-a-lesbian/ Dilezza of the week Send us your dilezzas! thelesbianprojectpod@substack.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 75 PREMIUM: first ever lesbian mag; fashion's love affair with the lez; Jojo Siwa on CBB; boy bands and first crushes; a sexual health dilemma. | 02 May 2025 | 00:10:00 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com Meet the 1940s secretary who used office time to produce the first lesbian magazine Tracing fashion’s love affair with the lesbian https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/66660/1/lesbian-visibility-week-2025-jean-paul-gaultier-jil-sander-vivienne-we… | |||
| Episode 74 FREE: Supreme Court judgment and what it means for UK lesbians; new report on lesbian erasure; Black Mirror; more good news; two new dilezzas! | 25 Apr 2025 | 01:06:54 | |
The Supreme Court judgment https://www.thelesbianproject.co.uk/resources/statement-on-the-supreme-court-judgement https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/34494798/trans-women-not-women-law-backed/ https://unherd.com/2025/04/how-women-won-the-gender-wars/ https://substack.com/home/post/p-161612037 What it has been like for lesbians organising: New report from WiT on lesbian erasure https://witsurveyreport.org/lesbian-erasure/ Black Mirror Season 7 episode 3: Hotel reverie https://www.netflix.com/watch/81716299?trackId=14277283&tctx=-97%2C-97%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C70264888%2CVideo%3A81716299%2CdetailsPageEpisodePlayButton This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 73 FREE: Julie's book is out!; Julie on Woman's Hour; the lavender scare; new stats on LGB self-harm; Murder in the Valleys; asexuals for the last time, we promise. | 18 Apr 2025 | 01:07:07 | |
Julie on Women’s Hour https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0029zcy Lesbians and the lavender scare https://daily.jstor.org/lesbians-and-the-lavender-scare/ Full article: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26857562?mag=lesbians-and-the-lavender-scare&seq=1 LGB suicide risk Murder in the Valleys https://www.nowtv.com/watch/asset/murder-in-the-valleys/iYEQYZaTURDhwXD32M5Wkb Asexuals again https://www.gaytimes.com/life/my-life-as-an-aceflux-asexual-person/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 72 PREMIUM: the morning shed trend; international asexuals; gay exorcisms; more barking academics (quite literally). | 11 Apr 2025 | 00:00:15 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com The morning shed trend | |||
| Episode 71 FREE: lesbians take over the UN; Gen Z need to drink more; sporting power couples; epigenetic sperm editing for same-sex procreation. | 04 Apr 2025 | 01:10:45 | |
Lesbians take on the United Nations https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2025/02/26/lesbians-take-on-the-united-nations/ https://www.troubleandstrife.org/articles/issue-33/lesbians-take-on-the-un/ Memories of the 1996 International Conference on Violence, Abuse & Women's Citizenship https://brighton96.filia.org.uk/ Gen Z need to drink more to save lesbian bars https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/gen-zers-dont-know-how-to-go-to-bars-are-lesbian-bars-in-danger/ 18 lesbian sports power couples who are winning at life and love https://sports.yahoo.com/article/18-lesbian-sports-power-couples-203743549.html Would you do this? https://www.thecollegefix.com/gene-edit-lesbians-eggs-to-mimic-sperm-medical-journal-argues/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 69 PREMIUM: lesbian holidays, covid conscious meet ups, mermaiding as a career, lesbian feminist cyborg robotic dog intimacies | 21 Mar 2025 | 00:15:00 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com Fancy a lez holiday? Two contrasting visions: https://www.gaycities.com/articles/95789/inside-europes-biggest-lesbian-festival-velvet-ibiza/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/33764837/oban-gay-lesbian-hotspot-pride-lgbt/ Covid conscious lesbians https://gomag.com/event/covid-conscious-lesbian-takeover-witching-hour/ Mermaiding as a career | |||
| Episode 68 FREE: Julie discovers packing, Jackie Forster's plaque, drag kings, the "new ex-gay", dating apps again. | 14 Mar 2025 | 00:58:04 | |
Jackie Forster gets a plaque https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c983zzlw75ro Drag kings The new ex-gay https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-new-ex-gay/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 66 FREE: Thai GirlsLove shows, Amandaland, Lesbian Space Princess, wedding cakes, and a polyamory dilemma. | 28 Feb 2025 | 01:01:53 | |
How Thailand’s TV lesbian romances captured a global audience https://theconversation.com/how-thailands-tv-lesbian-romances-captured-a-global-audience-248261 Amandaland https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024pyy Lesbian Space Princess trailer https://gomag.com/article/the-lesbian-space-princess-trailer-is-here-and-very-queer/ Wedding cakes again https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/02/lesbian-couple-wins-appeal-after-bakery-refuses-to-sell-them-wedding-cake/ Send us your dilezzas! thelesbianprojectpod@substack.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 65 PREMIUM: Valentine's day heaven or hell; an ice hockey love story; The Watermelon Woman; Lucy Dacus's new vid; the future of nonbinary; and a new dilemma. | 21 Feb 2025 | 00:15:00 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com LAVA update and fundraiser https://donate.stripe.com/bIY14n3ZW9aM5YAfYY How really Julie feels about Valentine’s day https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-great-valentines-day-con/ An ice hockey love story from Canada for Valentines day https://www.cbc.ca/sports/longform/features/Hockey-love-story-Poulin-Stacey The Watermelon Wo… | |||
| Episode 64 FREE: we talk to superstar trailblazing lawyer and world-renowned disco queen, the one, the only HARRIET WISTRICH!! | 14 Feb 2025 | 01:13:30 | |
Harriet on Desert Island Discs https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00274n7 Harriet’s amazing book Sister-in-Law Julie’s book now available to preorder… https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/lesbians-where-are-we-now-julie-bindel/7790288 Sandi Toksvig’s Great British Woodland restoration https://www.channel4.com/programmes/sandis-great-british-woodland-restoration The importance of queer-inclusive tattoo agencies https://www.swlondoner.co.uk/life/06022025-the-importance-of-queer-inclusive-tattooing This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 63 PREMIUM: Thank you for calling the lesbian loveline; soulless Soho; the Black Lesbian archive; Emilia Perez; dumped-for-a-bloke heartache. | 07 Feb 2025 | 00:20:00 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com 1Thank you for calling the lesbian loveline Has Soho lost its queer identity? https://metro.co.uk/2025/01/24/iconic-london-gay-bar-put-sale-owner-reveals-fed-nimbys-22429020/ Black Lesbian archive | |||