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Elizabeth Simpson
Dec 1, 20215 min read
Katherine Mansfield
A brief look at the life and loves of Katherine Mansfield. After discussing female companionship, it would be difficult not to talk about...
Starr Ratapu
Oct 29, 20214 min read
The Topp Twins: Country Music Stars, Radical Lesbian Feminists
Dame Lynda and Dame Julie (Jools) Topp, AKA the Topp Twins, have had incredibly varied and successful careers spanning four decades....
Elizabeth Simpson
Oct 8, 20214 min read
Happy International Lesbian Day
International Lesbian Day is a day for celebration in the lesbian community, but what exactly is International Lesbian Day? And what is...
Elizabeth Simpson
Oct 6, 20213 min read
Home is where the Lezzo tin is.
Walking around the Charlotte Museum I found myself intrigued by a tin in one of the glass cabinets with the word Lezzo placed across it...
Annaida Varghese
Aug 30, 20214 min read
Where To Get an Abortion
The cover page of Broadsheet Magazine Jan 1978, issue no. 56. While doing some archiving work for the Charlotte Museum, our team was...
max13455
Nov 15, 20172 min read
Queerest Tea Party 2017 @Otago University
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...
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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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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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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