We start in 2017 at the annual ILGA-Europe conference in Cyprus. Eighty lesbians come together and decide to form an independent group. And so EL*C is born. Propelled by their enthusiasm, the new network announces that it will organise the first ever international lesbian conference. The first? No it is actually not, as a Dutch activist points out - and introduces them to the existence of ILIS, a lesbian network active many years ago. ILIS? But who knows about ILIS? Apart from those who were part of it, subsequent generations of lesbians have never heard of this exceptional activist network, which has almost been erased from history. But memories and people remain. That is why we set out to meet those who, for 18 years, worked tirelessly to raise the profile of lesbians and defend their rights.

Featuring, in order of appearance : Evien Tjabbes ; Dragana Todorovicz ; Joëlle Sambi ; Silvia Yuri Casalino ; Haidy Möller ; Sylvia Borren ; Lepa Mlađenović.

Extracts and borrows : EL*C conference Vienna 2017 : History of Lesbian Movement in Europe with Maria von Känel ; Propellerheads ; Meredith Monk ; Adrienne Rich - Planetarium

To go further : Some pictures from the Amsterdam Conference in 1980

The narrative voice : Roberta Miss with Peggy Pierrot for additional voice

Written, made and edited : Virginie Jortay with the complicity of Malin Björk and Evien Tjabbes

Music and audio post production : Teresa Ferraro

Illustration : © Marieke van Ballegooijen and the eye of An/Ash Smolar

Produced by Groupe Kuru and Stichting Vesta, with the support of Mamacash and EL*C. Big up to Carine Demange from Radio Campus

diffusion.ilis@groupe-kuru.art

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