As a struggling lesbian writer, where shall I find a literary mother? By Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz Northern Dispatch A lesbian who does not reinvent the world is a lesbian in the process of disappearing. — Nicole Brossard The silence surrounding the lesbian in Philippine literary history is appalling. Anglo-European lesbian critics can at least…

The streets of Davao still seethe with the indignation of the thousands of Nenas, Lydas, Indays and Juanas who, decades before, had given birth to one of the country’s most active and determined women’s movement. By Cheryll D. Fiel DAVAO CITY — A boy who must have been around four years old clung tightly to…