Kelly Cogswell Interview - Lesbians Eat Fire Too

Kelly Cogswell, is a longtime lesbian activist, a writer, journalist, artist, and author of Eating Fire: My Life as a Lesbian Avenger was hosted by Pink Life QueerFest during the festival period, 14-25 January 2015.
She is co-founder and co-editor of The Gully online magazine (2000-2006), her work has appeared in a range of venues including the International Herald Tribune, Louisville's Courier-Journal, and THIS WAY OUT: the international lesbian & gay radio magazine. Her column in New York's Gay City News has been recognized by the New York Press Association.
She was awarded the Joan Heller-Diane Bernard Fellowship for her project documenting the Lesbian Avengers. The documentary Lesbian Avengers Eat Fire Too was screened both in Ankara and Istanbul.
LESBIAN AVENGERS EAT FIRE TOO
Lesbian Avengers Eat Fire Too offers a rare insiders' look at the New York group's first year, from their initial groundbreaking demo in front of an elementary school in '92 to the incredible Dyke March in DC, where the Avengers ate fire in front of the White House, cheered on by an enormous crowd. Released shortly after the Avengers exploded nationally in 1993, it was an essential tool for sharing activist skills and recruiting members. Even today, it inspires as much as it does instruct. If they can do it, I can, too.