Marianne Driessen (Left)
Marianne Driessen (left), next to bestselling author Helen Joyce from Sex Matters UK, is a smart and fierce fighter for women's and lesbian rights. It was her idea to start this book, she is part of our think tank, and she contributed several chapters. Driessen now devotes her time to Athena Forum, an organisation founded by the fabulous Faika El-Nagashi to scrutinise what the European Union is doing to undermine women's sex based rights.
In the media
Bi Visibility Day: LGB International calls for greater visibility for bisexual people. Read the ten life stories in the free e-book BI.
(July 11, 2026). First WDI's Jo Brew interviews editor Sybilla Claus. Lorraine Nowlin from WDI USA and the Black Women's Caucus, discusses the adultification of black girls (at 0.48 minutes). Listen to Vivian Kuo on misogyny in Confucian-shaped societies (0.18). Marianne Driessen talks about her chapters on Jamie Reed, whistleblower from a gender clinic, and Riittakerttu Kaltiala, the Finnish psychiatrist known for her advocacy of careful, evidence-based care for gender dysphoria (at 0.35 minutes). Our photographer Iratxe Álvarez also shares her experiences working with girls and young women (at 1.00 hour).
Watch our Spinifex Press book launch with Bev Jackson, co-founder of LGB Alliance, and Australian anti-porn specialist Melinda Tankard Reist. They both wrote an excellent chapter in the book 'Rebel Girls'.
The rest of the team
Author, anthropologist and research journalist who worked over 30 years for the biggest Dutch national newspapers.
Spanish photographer living in Belgium who joined the project to make the attack on women's rights visible.
Born in Germany, raised in South Africa: translator, editor and interviewer for the English edition.
From LGB Taiwan, doing magnificent research on women in China, Taiwan, Japan and South-Korea.
Teacher from Belgium who helps with English translations and wrote a book for young people about the trans issue.
In memoriam (6-5-1959 – 27-5-2025). Part of the Gender Rebel think tank from the very start.