ENOUGH! LET’S DROWN THE SILENCE AND PUT AN END TO DISCRIMINATION!

The
Insurrection of Lesbos (Founded
in Ljubljana,
October 2007) is an activist group which questions the purpose and meaning of
public space in search of an answer to the question ‘Where in this space is
there room for lesbians?’ They caution against the narrow-mindedness of a
hetero-normative society which treats lesbians as inaudible and invisible. They
warn that our society supports an apparent tolerance, but is tolerant only of
notions, not of real, breathing people who live and work within it. When
lesbians refuse to hide their sexual orientation, they become a target of
ridicule, violence, and homophobic attacks. They are banished from public
places. In recent years intolerance has been on the rise, partly because of the
increased visibility of minority groups who have decided to react against
homophobia and break the silence and invisibility: “Public space is intended
for ALL, belongs to ALL, and by no means only to the heterosexual population.
Personal safety, dignity, and freedom of movement and expression are the rights
of EACH individual. The eviction of lesbians and gays from public places has a
broader subtext: the dominance of majority and self-proclaimed “normal” society,
which purges itself of all its “excesses”, the Roma population, gays, lesbians,
immigrants, the handicapped…”

The Insurrection of Lesbos was formed by individual women following the infamous homophobic event
of October 11th 2007 in Orto Bar (Ljubljana),
during which two lesbians were banished from the club. The initiative performs
and documents guerrilla street actions in order to demonstrate that public
space belongs to all, lesbians included.