Resistance As A Way of Living: Lesbian Lives Through The Covid-19 Pandemic / compiled by a core team within EL*C

Survey report based on two online surveys, one aiming to assess the impact of the situation on lesbian individuals and the other focusing on lesbian organisations and groups in our region. In March 2020, in a context of insecurity and fear linked to the COVID-19 pandemic spreading globally including in Europe and Central Asia, EL*C decided to react by organising an online space for lesbians to exchange information on the ongoing situation and its many repercussions. This online space, coined 'LLL ? Locked-down Lesbians Listening', was open seven days per week for several months and moderated in a number of languages to accommodate as many lesbians as possible. Based on these initial findings (or lack thereof), ELC decided to launch two online surveys, one aiming to assess the impact of the situation on lesbian individuals and the other focusing on lesbian organisations and groups in their region. Between December 2020 and March 2021, while several countries within thier scope were facing second and third waves of COVID-19, they collected 2.113 answers from individuals and 134 organisations and groups in Europe and Central Asia. A detailed analysis of the methodology followed by the collection and analysis of this data is to be found in this report.