My Lesbian Mom in the 90s: A Son’s Journey to Acceptance

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Influenced by the formalism of early Chantal Akerman films such Je tu il elle (1975), it boasts music from local bands (Wet Dog, Peggy Sue) and the kind of realistic characterisation of people and city that can be found in Bette Gordon’s cinema (eg Variety, 1983). At time of writing, Ukraine is going through a 21st-century revolution and if the geopolitical land grab ends in victory for Russia, with its anti-gay laws, then the future for Ukraine’s LGBT community will be uncertain. Without Hammer, there would be no Born in Flames (1983), no Desert Hearts (1985), no Go Fish (1994).

Well it would have been magic if you happened to be a boho creative woman living on the city’s Left Bank in the early decades of the 20th century. In the UK, 1967 was a milestone, the year that homosexuality was decriminalised (even if there was no mention of lesbianism in the new legislation).

For International Lesbian Day and LGBTQ History Month, here are some fun moments of lesbian mom history to know and share! From those moments on, lesbians have been slowly coming out on celluloid, albeit often controlled by the gaze of male directors. It’s like a lesbian Annie Hall (1977) or Frances Ha (2012), with Gornick (who recently starred in The Owls) cornering the market as the thinking woman’s favourite dyke.

I hope lesbian moms (and others) will find something interesting and perhaps worthy of conversation. Non-profit Pride and Less Prejudice, which has donated over 10,000 LGBTQ-inclusive picture books to elementary school classrooms since 2019, is holding a virtual auction through this weekend so they can send 1,200 more. deftly captures the zeitgeist with its investigation of lesbian identity and sexual mores in the 21st century. Gornick wrote, directed and starred in this breezy, urbane comedy, which she described as “a thesis on love and its labels”. Things are always pretty purple here at Mombian, but I’m feeling extra purple today for Spirit Day, GLAAD’s annual event to show support for LGBTQ youth and speak out against bullying—which to my mind includes both personal bullying and the sweeping bullying of anti-LGBTQ laws and rhetoric.PARENTS, PLEASE BE ADVISED: If you are a parent, it is your responsibility to keep any age-restricted content from being displayed to your children or wards. Pre-decriminalisation dramas included 1967’s The Fox, which has the basic premise that all a lesbian needs is a man, and 1963’s The World Ten Times Over, which is possibly the first British lesbian film but was heavily censored before its release. All hail Beryl Reid, magnetic in her portrayal of George, a loud, aggressive, cigar-chomping dyke who loses her job and her young lover.