The limits of ‘lesbian': Nomenclature and normativity in feminist approaches to sexuality, gender and development

‘ In the local and regional feminist movements, we abandoned the topic of sexuality a long time ago. We have been working on state sexual and reproductive rights and health policies, but not sexuality itself. Exploring sexuality enables you to ask questions, open up the topic, so then people can tell you what they know about it and what they see and don’t see in their neighbourhood.’