In June 2019 the 43 rd Lesbian Spring Meeting (LFT) met in Cologne. The theme was to look up at the stars, where we have come from, what...

The other day I noticed some very well manicured hands with short nails, I realised my gaydar had been slipping. She smiled in an...

Our Beginnings Since 2000 a group of women discussed how to preserve the many lesbian cultural objects such as labrys, paintings,...

The lesbian community is part of the bigger LGBTI community.  In the past the LGBTI community has come together in times of strife, such...

Kia Ora My name is Rachel an I am one of the workers at the Charlotte Museum, but I am also an anatomy and genetics student at Otago...

There is no doubt in the mind of anyone affiliated with the Charlotte Museum Trust, that preserving lesbian heritage and culture is an...

Are lesbians vanishing? Or has the way we understand visibility changed? World wide, it seems that there are very few lesbian bars, clubs...

Could violence be liberating? Not a commonly posed question concerning women’s relationship to the serious issue of domestic and related...

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...

I am not sure I even remember my first selfie. It was definitely taken on a 35mm semi-automatic film camera, and definitely using a...

Flags are an excellent way of identifying things from a distance – Raleigh Choppers parked at the end of a suburban street – for example....

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...

The Charlotte Museum Trust contains within its archives a selection of lesbian feminist newsletters and magazines from the 1980s. Run by...

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...

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...

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...

When I was young, every Anzac Day we had a school flag hoisting; rows of fidgeting primary schoolers contemplating the significance of a...

See these items and more at the Charlotte Museum! Shown below are some of the interesting items we have on display at the museum.