Formation | 1976 |
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Type | Organisation for lesbians with disabilities |
Purpose | Social networking and support group |
Headquarters | England |
Region served | England |
Official language | English |
GEMMA is a magazine and a social group founded in 1976 whose mandate is to provide a "friendship and support group for disabled lesbians in England". [1]
The organisation was founded by members of lesbian organisation Sappho and mixed organisation Campaign for Homosexual Equality, including Elsa Beckett. [1] Gemma's member newsletter was published in regular print, in braille as well as cassette format. [2] [3]
In her essay Unearthing Our Past: Engaging with Diversity at the Museum of London, Raminder Kaur describes a leaflet promoting the activities of Gemma, which is a part of the Museum of London collection, as "crucial to exploring the theme of multiple identities or difference within difference". [4]