The Avengers went national right here in DC when they got 20,000 lesbians in the streets the night before the 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Rights and Liberation. In front of the White House, a dozen Lesbian Avengers stunned the crowd by dramatically eating fire.
"Out for Power" in their first Dyke March ever, lesbians didn't stop after DC. They went home, manifestos in hand, and launched their own Avenger groups until there was a full-fledged movement with chapters springing up all over the United States, as well as in Canada, the UK, Australia, and elsewhere. Dyke Marches, still held worldwide, are one of the Lesbian Avengers' lasting legacies.
This video is an excerpt of the 1993 documentary video, Lesbian Avengers Eat Fire, Too, produced and copyrighted by the Lesbian Avengers.
Lesbian Avengers
Eat Fire, Too
Produced by
The Lesbian Avengers
Directed and edited by
Janet Baus
Su Friedrich
Camera
Janet Baus
Jean Carlomusto
Julie Clark
Su Friedrich
Harriet Hirshorn
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Kristina Deutsch
Alison Froling
Lisa Guido
Phyllis Lutsky
Dolly Meiran
Morgan Grenwald
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