WHAT'S WITH THE BOMB LOGO?
A year before the Lesbian Avengers were founded, Oregon skinheads killed a lesbian and a gay man by throwing a Molotov Cocktail into their home. This was done in retaliation for their working against the passage of an amendment to Oregon's constitution that would have labled homosexuality "perverse". When the Lesbian Avengers eat fire, they take that very element that was used against them and consume it in a symbolic act while non-fire eating Avengers chant, "The fire will not consume us--we take it and make it our own."
Lesbian Avngers eat fire to show that they can conquer their fears, and that they will not be intimidated. The bomb symbolizes the fact that we take the violence...consume it..and turn this energy into positive non-violent action.
Check out the Lesbian Avenger Handbook located on the Chicago Avenger site for a more indepth history of the group and what we're all about...
