I’ve spent years trying to find a space where I could convene with other Lesbians. Not to be a token, or a symbol, or a political tool. I simply wanted to find other Lesbians who share my experiences, could offer new perspectives, and to maybe even organize with them. I’ve tried to get along in feminist spaces, in queer spaces, at the so-called LGBTQ+ events, and even in online communities that claim to be "female centered". But time and again, I’ve found that our voices are either drowned out, dismissed, or manipulated to fit a narrative that doesn’t reflect my lived reality as a female homosexual.

This is not a coincidence, it's a violent pattern I know all too well. You know it too. It’s not just about semantics or identity politics—it’s about power, control, and the deliberate erasure of lesbianism as a distinct, autonomous experience. I’m not the only one who’s felt this. I know there are thousands of lesbians, maybe even millions, who have grown tired of being the invisible support roles, the forgotten ones, the ones who are always asked to compromise, to explain, to justify, to apologize, and to make space for others who never ask the same of themselves.

In the last decade, we've lost festivals, clubs, bars, and even regular events, all because so many groups want genuine Lesbians out of the public sphere and out of power (even over ourselves and our spaces).

So I’m building for us a sanctuary. This is Revolutionary Lesbians—a multimedia social platform and online publication designed by Lesbians, for Lesbians, and accountable only to Lesbians. We are finished with what we've been offered by the outsiders. We were never theirs to use. Here is a place for you to exist, to speak, to organize, and to reclaim our narrative.

We are lesbians. We are womyn who love womyn. We are not a subset of "queer" or "sapphic". We are not a side note in the story of gender fluidity or non-binary gender ideology. We are not the “lesbian option” in a rainbow flag that no longer represents us. We are not the “lesbian” in a trans-inclusive space that only allows us to participate if we submit to their terms of subjugation. No one else will demand that we abandon our history, our language, and our bodies to fit what they think is "expanded".

We are not the “lesbian” who must apologize for wanting to be with womyn, or who must defend our right to be in a relationship with a womin (especially other Lesbians) without being accused of "transphobia", misogyny, or essentialism.

This is the purpose of RevLez. Sself-determination. We are not asking for permission. We are not asking to be included. We are saying: *We are already here.

We are tired of being told that our love is “problematic”, or being likened to the males who've abused abusive heteropessimistic womyn. We are disgusted with being preached to that our relationships are "complicated", and that our demands are unreasonable.

We are going to exist on our own terms—without the pressure to perform, to apologize, or to justify our existence, whether the outsiders like it or not.

RevLez is a space for dialogue with people who share our values or our lived experience. It is a space for true Lesbians to speak freely, to share our stories, to express our frustrations, to celebrate our love, and to build a community that is authentic, safe, and accountable to us.

We are not here to be “inclusive” of people who will never understand us. We are here to be inclusive of ourselves. We are not here to be “tolerant” of people who don’t respect us. We are here to be genuinely represented.

We aren't begging anymore. We are not asking for permission. We are not asking for a place in someone else’s world. We are claiming our right to exist.