Release online Journal “LES Online”

December 31, 2009 - LES Online announces the release of their digital journal on lesbian issues.

LES Online is a digital journal which aims to promote studies and scientific research as well as intervention projects and opinion pieces related to different aspects of lesbian issues. This journal pretends to contribute to the study of lesbian issues and to promote actions that improve lesbian equal opportunities and civil rights.

LES Online is available at http://www.lespt.org/lesonline

The first issue Vol. 1, No 1 (2009) tries to answer the question:
Lesbian issues are often addressed within the framework of feminist or LGBT issues. Are there specific aspects relating lesbian issues that are not visible when using a feminist or LGBT frameworks that justify a specific approach?

Articles

Editorial (português) / Editorial (english)

• Da INTERvenção à INTRAvenção: pistas para um activismo lésbico-feminista | Clues to a lesbian-feminist activis. (Salomé Coelho, Cristiana Pena)
• Lesbianismo, Feminismo e Activismo Gay: alianças difíceis | Lesbianism, Feminism, and Gay Activism: Difficult Alliances. (Ana Maria Brandão)
• Um nome que seja só seu – para uma cartografia da (in)visibilidade política lésbica | A name of their own - for a mapping of lesbian policy (in) visibility. (Ana Cristina Santos)
• Reflexões sobre a questão lésbica | Reflections on the lesbian issue. (Paulo Roberto Ceccarelli)
• La construcción del sujeto lésbico | The construction of the lesbian subject. (Raquel Platero)
• Lesbian movements: ruptures & alliances | Movimentos Lésbicos: rupturas e alianças. (Patricia Curzi)

Submissions of articles

Submissions of articles for LES Online n. 2 are open. Articles should be submitted until 16 May 2010. They can be sent through the site (see instructions For Authors), or sent by mail to lesgrupo@gmail.com. The expected publication date is June 2010.