Old Lesbians: reclaiming old age and queerness through storytelling

From first crush to first love, from the closet to coming out and from loss to connection. For the last 25 years, retired schoolteacher Arden Eversmeyer travelled from Houston across the US to record hundreds of oral 'herstories' from a rapidly disappearing population.
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Old Lesbians honours Arden’s legacy by animating the resilient, joyful voices she preserved in the Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project - a powerful reminder of the strength, resilience and unwavering spirit of these remarkable women.
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Пікірлер: 35

  • @flourbvoy1269
    @flourbvoy126924 күн бұрын

    What a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing it. :)

  • @nikandjb1
    @nikandjb116 күн бұрын

    This is beautiful, thank you

  • @christinasornbutnark1208
    @christinasornbutnark120827 күн бұрын

    This is so cool & beautiful. I want to hear every minute of everyone’s story!!! Every Thanksgiving I announce to my entire extended family if any one is LGBTQ I’m ur Allie. No takers yet😊

  • @kirsten7072
    @kirsten707228 күн бұрын

    Lovely stories, thank you for bringing it up ❤

  • @josephhilditch8792
    @josephhilditch879223 күн бұрын

    This is so lovely ❤❤ it makes me so happy

  • @giovannacapone400
    @giovannacapone40011 күн бұрын

    Great overall landscape of our lesbian lives from the early beginnings. Thank you for capturing this essential lesbian herstory.

  • @lafimelo
    @lafimelo28 күн бұрын

    Beautiful stories, thank you for sharing.

  • @Trund27
    @Trund2720 күн бұрын

    Love is love. This is essential!

  • @SmileyRays
    @SmileyRays11 күн бұрын

    I love this! All of the stories collected for the project are incredibly interesting. I'm so glad things have improved over the years, and I hope things continue to improve.

  • @amyhuske8690
    @amyhuske869016 күн бұрын

    so so beautiful!!

  • @karien1972
    @karien197225 күн бұрын

    Thank you! ❤

  • @Handymoo
    @Handymoo18 күн бұрын

    Brilliant!

  • @Kane0123
    @Kane012327 күн бұрын

    Haha Edith is such as a character - Down to earth, funny and thoughtful. I imagine it’d be a hard listen for a homophobe because the stories of being young, discovering yourself and falling in love could just as easily be a story from straight guy with the change of a couple pronouns. This project is amazing.

  • @tothelighthouse9843
    @tothelighthouse984320 күн бұрын

    Fantastic! I'm an older lesbian, it's great to see my peers represented in our community, & our herstories documented.

  • @ruffey1748
    @ruffey174827 күн бұрын

    Amazing. Young LGBT people in the West have a rich inheritance because of people like Arden, the volunteers and interviewees. The coalitions we have today in the community are not new, they are a continuation.

  • @katella
    @katella19 күн бұрын

    ❤️

  • @lw9515
    @lw951527 күн бұрын

    💕

  • @ashleybrockington2521
    @ashleybrockington2521Күн бұрын

    Lesbian Herstory Archives

  • @craigbrowning9448
    @craigbrowning944827 күн бұрын

    I wonder how Bridget Ziegler would fit in this group?

  • @reetahjustine5870
    @reetahjustine587024 күн бұрын

    Do they have biological children at one time?

  • @live4thehunttoday678
    @live4thehunttoday67812 күн бұрын

    Funny this has so few views and likes, yet it won an award. Pushing that narrative.

  • @tamaldas8899
    @tamaldas889925 күн бұрын

    Do you know, Indian Central Force unable to provide peaceful Parliamentary Election in West Bengal, India. It is said that India has a strong and leathal Central Force. But, unfortunately, some Indian Central Force personnel fled away from the voting ground during pelting and other activities by the local culprits. If they can not control local bengali culprits how they can control the nation India? It seems that Indian Central Force is not lethal enough as projected. You are requested to watch videos of TV9 Bangla, Republic Bangla, ABP Ananda etc on 25th May, 2024.

  • @JobVanDam
    @JobVanDam28 күн бұрын

    For a group of people who are so strong, amazing, courageous, brave and strong its interesting how often they need to be reminded how strong, amazing, courageous, brave and strong they are.

  • @CherDele

    @CherDele

    28 күн бұрын

    Seriously? Actually, many of us do it to people we love and care about very often indeed.

  • @JobVanDam

    @JobVanDam

    27 күн бұрын

    @@CherDele You are doing it on a personal level. What other group is reminded this often how great they are?

  • @mariannehavisham8323

    @mariannehavisham8323

    27 күн бұрын

    Is it really? Would you say that about Marcus Garvey? It isn't surprising at all really when you put it in it's historical context.. only a person who has given the matter no thought at all could possibly say that..

  • @mariannehavisham8323

    @mariannehavisham8323

    27 күн бұрын

    ​@@JobVanDamthe black community historically (it was part of the civil right's movement)

  • @JobVanDam

    @JobVanDam

    27 күн бұрын

    @@mariannehavisham8323 The black community gets 1 month of being reminded how great they are. The LGBT get 4 months of being reminded how great they are. 4 months. 4 months and meanwhile what have they actually done?

  • @JK_JK_JK_JK
    @JK_JK_JK_JK28 күн бұрын

    😳 What The Actual F!!! 😳 😲 What Have I Just Watched!!! 😲

  • @mariannehavisham8323

    @mariannehavisham8323

    27 күн бұрын

    Ssomething beautiful

  • @josephhilditch8792

    @josephhilditch8792

    23 күн бұрын

    Open your heart ❤ perhaps you will love yourself eventually

  • @Ml91231

    @Ml91231

    10 күн бұрын

    a bunch lesbian dried plums