Lesbian Nation (organisation)

[1][2] Lesbian Nation was formed in 1976 out of a consciousness raising group meeting in the feminist squat 'Vrouwenhuis' (women's house) in Amsterdam.

[5][6] Lesbian Nation disbanded in the mid 80s as members got increasingly absorbed by other things, like careers and families, and also felt that their efforts had paid off.

[9][8] Together with Monique Wittig, with whom they were acquainted,[9] Lesbian Nation dreamt of establishing a womyn's land on an island, where only women would live and work.

[11] For mostly personal and practical reasons they failed to achieve it,[11] but the idea of separatism was inspirational in creating a number of cultural establishments.

[12] A year later the group, in cooperation with Maaike Meijer,[2] organised the first large gay march in the Netherlands, in an international protest against the activities of Anita Bryant in the US.