The iconic Valerie (Vimalasara) Mason-John, co-author of Lesbians Talk Making Black Waves, will be in conversation with Nazmia Jamal at The Feminist Library as part of the Lesbians Talk Issues Revisited project on Wednesday 1st October 2025. Booking is essential.
Valerie Mason-John, once recognized as one of Britain's Black lesbian icons, is now known as Vimalasara and has been hailed by Dr. Ken Hardy as “one of the premier social, cultural, and psychological healers of our time.” Vimalasara has paved the way for Black and Asian lesbians as an author of ground-breaking books, the artistic director of London Mardi Gras, a club promoter, and through their cult play "Sin Dykes." Now an award-winning author of 11 books, many dedicated to healing and self-liberation, Vimalasara remains a vital community figure. They are a member of the new organization Black Lesbian Warriors, which is co-organizing the Black Lesbian Warriors Fair - Black & Asian Lesbian Day of Connection on Sunday, October 5th at Oxford House in Bethnal Green, in association with UK Black Pride.
Nazmia Jamal is a London based researcher whose project Lesbians Talk Issues Revisited aims to create intergenerational discussion about feminism in Britain using the 1990s pamphlet series, Lesbians Talk Issues, as a focus. She is the Paul Mellon Centre's New Narratives Doctoral Scholar 2025-2028 and is working on a PhD about Sheba Feminist Publishers.
This event is funded by LGBT Consortium's LGBT+ Futures Equity Fund. This fund has also supported the Lesbian Talks Issues Revisited project to digitise all seven pamphlets, which are now available through the Bishopsgate Institute's online archive and a monthly reading group at The Old Nun's Head where we are working through the pamphlet series. Information about our other events can be found here.
All proceeds from ticket price will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestine.