A new documentary celebrates a group of gay women who lived in London in the early 1980’s and described themselves as “rebel dykes”.
“Before there were queer activists, before there were Riot Grrls, there were the Rebel Dykes of London. They were young, they were feminist, they were anarchists, they were punks.” is how the makers of the upcoming documentary introduce their subject matter.
A trailer for the documentary has just been released and it shows the subculture that was filled by women who lived in squats in the London suburbs of Hackney and Brixton, who spent their time going to gigs featuring bands like Poison Girls, Mouth Almighty, The Darlings and The Gym Slips.
The media release for the no-budget doco describes how the women ran sex positive Lesbian S/M clubs and women’s nights, described s the cohort as gender-fluid and trans friendly. The Rebel Dykes included women who worked in the sex industry, or in manual trades, or between the cracks.
The film had a work-in-progress screening at the British Film Institute’s Flare: London LGBTI Film Festival earlier this month and the final film is expected to be released later this year.
Find out more about the film at it’s website, or read this interview at 1-D
Rebel Dykes trailer (Autumn 2015) from Queer Content on Vimeo.
