It’s all about you: finding community in a museum
There is no doubt in the mind of anyone affiliated with the Charlotte Museum Trust, that preserving lesbian heritage and culture is an...
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Dr. Alison J. Laurie
Dec 21, 20155 min read
Vanishing Lesbians? Dr Alison J Laurie considers the history and significance of lesbian spaces
Are lesbians vanishing? Or has the way we understand visibility changed? World wide, it seems that there are very few lesbian bars, clubs...
Miriam Saphira
Nov 2, 20152 min read
“Am I changing into something of a monster or am I just claiming back my rights?”
Could violence be liberating? Not a commonly posed question concerning women’s relationship to the serious issue of domestic and related...
Miriam Saphira
Aug 23, 20153 min read
Why not a lesbian museum? Miriam Saphira reflects
In 2001 a small archives group was set up in Auckland to try to encourage people to write their stories and send them to LAGANZ (Lesbian...
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Jun 26, 20154 min read
Jumping on board the flag wagon: union jacks and rainbow stripes
Flags are an excellent way of identifying things from a distance – Raleigh Choppers parked at the end of a suburban street – for example....
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Jun 9, 20155 min read
A little something we like to call volunteering
Who keeps the cogs turning, the balls rolling, and the gears oiled when it comes to the Charlotte Museum Trust? In this blog we let you...
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May 25, 20155 min read
For lesbian lips only.
The Charlotte Museum Trust contains within its archives a selection of lesbian feminist newsletters and magazines from the 1980s. Run by...
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May 12, 20153 min read
Colour glaze and venereal disease: food for thought
Recently I had the pleasure of playing tourist in the fine city of Auckland, casting aside my commuters’ hat in favour of walk socks and...
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May 1, 20153 min read
Compulsory Invulvament
Over the last few weeks I learned a number of valuable lessons – the plural of vulva is vulvae, Hamilton is the knitting capital of New...
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Apr 13, 20153 min read
When lesbians knit.
You know that feeling when you come across a photo of a woman knitting and you know you know her partner from somewhere but for the life...
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Mar 28, 20153 min read
A poppy by any other name – or – when is a vulva not a vulva?
When I was young, every Anzac Day we had a school flag hoisting; rows of fidgeting primary schoolers contemplating the significance of a...
View of Our Street | Karangahape Road Queer Space
This blog is taken from the zine 'VIEW OF OUR STREET' a companion zine to the exhibition A View of OUR STREET 16 June 2023 - 9 September...
The Rise (and Rise) of Zines
Auckland Zinefest is just around the corner! To celebrate, we’re looking at the rise of zine publishing and the role it plays in...
Keep Your Laws Off My Body: Roe v Wade - What It Means for Women in the US and Aotearoa
Image: Badges from the Charlotte Museum Collection Image: Broadsheet Magazine June 1977 Front Cover, from the University of Auckland...
View of Our Street | Karangahape Road Queer Space
This blog is taken from the zine 'VIEW OF OUR STREET' a companion zine to the exhibition A View of OUR STREET 16 June 2023 - 9 September...
The Rise (and Rise) of Zines
Auckland Zinefest is just around the corner! To celebrate, we’re looking at the rise of zine publishing and the role it plays in...
Keep Your Laws Off My Body: Roe v Wade - What It Means for Women in the US and Aotearoa
Image: Badges from the Charlotte Museum Collection Image: Broadsheet Magazine June 1977 Front Cover, from the University of Auckland...
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