*“I WASN’T IN IT FOR THE MONEY”: THE WOMEN’S SCENE REMEMBERED BY THE WOMEN BEHIND IT, TALK BY LOUISE CAROLIN FOR LAGNA, 2013. PHOTOS CHRISTA HOLKA, BEX WADE, TABS BENJAMIN
Have the marriage laws killed lesbian subculture?” I’m by the fire at my friend’s 50th birthday party, and the old lezza gang – which I’ve assimilated myself into though I’m only 26 – is lamenting the lost days of lesbian clubbing. The days when girls-only parties were rammed with political fervour as much as sexual tension.
“When I was first in London 20 years ago there was a lesbian night you could go to any night of the week. It was roadblock – packed every night,” says Heidi, now a 40-something gardener.