B.Queer Film Club: REBEL DYKES
To celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month, B.Queer are screening REBEL DYKES (2021) a full length documentary that explores the often overlooked story of post-punk SM dyke subcultures, queer politics and feminist conflicts in 1980s London.

REBEL DYKES (2021), Dir. Harri Shanahan, Siân A. Williams, duration: 90mins
In telling this fascinating but often forgotten queer history, directors Harri Shanahan, Siân A. Williams, have skilfully woven together archival material, animation, and re-enactments, as well as interviews with the dykes themselves, tracing a trajectory from Greenham Common to the streets, squats and clubs of London.
Crucially, the sheroes and queeroes of the documentary are not all cis, white lesbians, with contributions from women of colour, trans, non-binary and genderqueer people, intersex people and sex workers, raising complexities and exploring ruptures within LGBTQIA and feminist politics, communities and spaces.
Feat. Debbie Smith, Roz Kaveney, Del Lagrace Volcano, and many more.
CONTENT NOTE: The film includes descriptions and depictions of homophobic and transphobic violence and attitudes, kink and BDSM, nudity, drinking and drug use, family estrangement.
Booking
Due to limited space booking is necessary.
Schedule
- 17.30 Drinks and snacks
- 18.00 Film screening
- 19.30 Drink and snacks
Event information
- Find more information on REBEL DYKES
- If you have any questions or concerns, please email Lo Marshall: lo.marshall@ucl.ac.uk
- Room 1.02 in 22 Gordon Street is a discrete room located on behind the lifts on the first floor
- Access information
About B.Queer
This event is organised by B.Queer, The Bartlett’s Queer Network, which brings together lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, asexual (LGBTQIA+) students, staff, and allies from across the faculty’s 12 schools, institutes, and departments.
Join the B.Queer MS Teams channel to stay in touch.
Further information
Ticketing
Open
Cost
Free
Open to
UCL staff
Availability
Yes