ILIS ’86 – 40 years later: rethinking power, queer and feminist subjects and alliances…

Introductory conference by Paola Bachetta (Professor of Gender Studies and Feminist Studies at the University of California, Berkeley) In March 1986, Geneva hosted the 8th conference of the International Lesbian Information Service (ILIS) — a group resulting from a split with the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) — bringing together nearly 800 lesbians from around the world in the auditorium...