Joan E. Biren, known as JEB, is a filmmaker, photographer, and lesbian activist who has been documenting lesbian lives and communities since the 1970s. Her work serves to legitimize the lives and experiences of lesbians and queer people through honest portraits of everyday life. She was a member of the short-lived but influential The Furies Collective, a lesbian commune in Washington, DC, presented the touring slideshow exhibition The Dyke Show throughout the 80’s, and has produced several documentaries on queer topics. In an effort to destabilize the traditional power structures present in portraiture, she considers her models to be muses rather than subjects.
JD Samson is a musician, producer, songwriter, and DJ. As lead singer of the band MEN and member of the feminist-punk band and performance project Le Tigre, Samson has toured extensively and collaborated with numerous major artists, in addition to producing and composing highly influential work across the fields of music, fine and visual arts, fashion, and activism. She is currently an Assistant Arts Professor and Area Head of Performance at NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, where she is working on a range of collaborative music and performance projects.
Lori Lindsey is a retired American soccer player. With a career spanning thirteen years, Lindsey was a member of the United States Women’s National Team, representing the team at both the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup and the 2012 Olympics. She is currently a commentator for the National Women’s Soccer League, ESPN, Major League Soccer, and United Soccer League. Also a public speaker, she has traveled the world advocating awareness and equality for women and the LGBT community, in both sports and society overall.
Lola Flash is an American photographer whose work focuses on subjects deemed invisible by society—interrogating gender, sexual, and racial norms. Her career began in the 1980s, documenting the social and political issues of the AIDS epidemic, later becoming an integral member of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power. Flash has produced a number of critically acclaimed series, including Salt, [sur]passing, and Legends, and has been exhibited in The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Pen + Brush, and Victoria and Albert Museum.
Tee Corinne was a photographer, author, editor, and activist. Often noted as one of the most influential lesbian women of her generation, her work is noted for its celebration of female sexuality and lesbian love, and subverting the male gaze. As a sex educator in the '70s, Corinne recognized the need for accessible images of female genitalia and self-published the iconic Cunt Coloring Book (1975), which remains in print to this day. Her artwork has appeared in The Advocate, Feminist Studies, and Philadelphia Gay News. She was the recipient of the Lambda Literary Award, the Women's Caucus for Art President's Award, and the Abdill-Ellis Lambda Lifetime Achievement Award. She passed away in 2006 at the age of sixty-two.
