Local Action: Janet Fraser — roots, backlash, and the renaissance ahead

The AAWAA Women’s Advocate · Oct 7, 2025 · 4m

Emma and Sue unpack Janet Fraser’s journey from second‑wave roots and lesbian organising in the ’90s to founding Joyous Birth after a traumatic hospital transfer, being branded for saying ‘birthing women’, and finishing law to fight for female‑only spaces and legal clarity.

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