Léa Lootgieter

Léa Lootgieter

France

I’m a french cultural journalist who works in a news agency on the Internet called News Tank Culture. I cover specially subjects about museums, heritage and cultural economics in France, but also internationally.
Simultaneously, I’m deeply concerned about lesbians issues. I worked for several communauty medias like Têtue or Well Well Well. Currently, I participate in the associative radio programme Gouinement Lundi – meaning “Dykes Monday” in english”. I am also part of the association of the LGBT journalists since its inception in 2013.
Last, I conduct research this year on 40 french lesbians singer from 1920 until today for purposes of a publication for 2020.

Which place for lesbian journalists and dyke stories in this machomedia world?

Virginia Room, 20th floor

This session will welcome fabulous media activists and lesbian journalists from Brazil, France, Hungary, Ukraine, the Netherlands and Germany. The activists will tell us how they managed to make sure the media cover some issues related to lesbian rights and activism. The lesbian journalists will explain how to survive as a lesbian journalist in a […]

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