While lots of lesbian music and musicians, and activism which critiques heterosexism, are found within the archive, we’ve not had a page dedicated to it – so we’re delighted that Amy Overd has offered to share with us her 2024 thesis “Britain’s Lost Lesbian Music History: A content analysis of “Women’s Music” lyricism, and its impact on modern lesbian community.”  Using the WLMA as part of her research, Amy transcribed and analysed the lyricism from 34 women’s music songs from the period, and presented her findings to a focus group of queer/lesbian women aged 18-28 to look into the impact of knowledge of WLM. She writes ‘I want to send my genuine thanks and appreciation for the all the work that you and your collaborators put into the archive, not only could I not have done this without you all, I wouldn’t have even known about the wealth of amazing, empowering and impactful musicians and the fantastic, bold and exploratory music they made … if possible, pass on my deep gratitude to the curators and artists involved in this brilliant project, and know that the collection has had a real impact on my life.’ We congratulate Amy on being awarded a high first and appreciate her spreading the word about us!