Lambert, who describes herself as in recovery from alcohol addiction, said that she’s been sober for 3½ years. During the Pansy Craze from the 1920s until 1933, people in the lesbian, gay, bi, trans and queer (LGBTQ) community were performing on stages in cities around the world, and New York City. “I feel very strongly that people are hungry for connection and are starting to see through the lie that alcohol has sold us,” she said, referring to the idea that drinking is in some way feminist, or a way to celebrate your identity as a sexual minority. Today, she said, she has strong negative views on the marketing of alcohol, and hates that drinking has become almost synonymous with queer liberation. It was seeing my actions were really affecting somebody I cared about.” Conybeare came in so late that her partner only got two hours of sleep, and the next morning he had a seizure and hit his head. Her partner, who has epilepsy, stayed up waiting for her, even though sleep deprivation put him at risk for seizures. The turning point, she said, came in November 2017, when she went out drinking with friends. She rejects the label alcoholic but said she experienced alcohol addiction, from which she says she is fully recovered. Phoebe Conybeare chats at the Chicago Queer Sober Social at Reunion Chicago on Feb.
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