@lesbianherstorian

happy lesbian day of visibility ♥♥♥

stills from the film superdyke, 1975

RIP to the legendary lesbian filmmmaker, barbara hammer

happy valentine’s day, lesbians!!!

watch lesbian historian lillian faderman and lesbian activist phyllis irwin tell their love story of 47 years in legacy of love here ♥️♥️♥️

lesbianherstorian :

“wild geese” from dream work by mary oliver, may 1986

rest in peace, mary oliver. your words will live on forever.

an ad for gay dances, published in the lesbian tide vol. 1 no. 6, january 1972

happy new years!!!

photographer molly malone cook and poet mary oliver at their home in provincetown, massachusetts, published in their book our world, october 2009

from lavender woman vol. 2 no. 2, march 1973

“I was a LESBIAN child”, a still from the documentary film lesbian avengers eat fire, too edited by su friedrich and janet baus, 1993

an advertisement drawn by alison bechdel in the newsletter of the atlanta lesbian feminist alliance vol. 16 no. 3, march 1988

“for the record” by fierce pussy, 2013

happy thanksgiving. today and every day i’m thankful for lesbians ⚢♥

a t shirt design captioned “be politically correct!” featured in dyke review, summer 1994

a comic by nikki, reprinted in lesbian contradiction: a journal of irreverent feminism by and for women no. 45, winter 1994

photographed by e.k. waller in the lesbian tide vol. 6 no. 1, july 1976

hi lesbians!

i’m sorry i’ve been so absent! i’ve been dealing with major life changes, a big move to a new city, and some money troubles. but i should be researching, writing, and posting on a regular basis again soon!

i’ve missed y’all. thanks for being patient with me.
love,
m

happy national coming out day!!!

from fun home by alison bechdel

happy international lesbian day!!!

the covers of die freundin (the girlfriend), september 1932, and liebende frauen (women in love), 1929. photographed by nana bahlmann

read about “new objectivity: modern german art in the weimar republic, 1919–1933″ at LACMA here

“dyke” photographed by catherine opie, 1993

a portrait of the jewish-french gender-defying lesbian surrealist claude cahun, 1927

“happily ever after?” by roberta gregory, reprinted in the lesbian tide vol. 9 no. 2, november 1979

k.d. lang in an early promotional shot from bumstead records, c. mid 1980s

written by plato and translated by lord neaves, published in the baltimore sun, january 1922

“lesbians are coming out”, a poster by see red women’s workshop, 1982

photographed by deborah snow on the cover of sinister wisdom no. 8, winter 1979

“lesbo world … at your depositary … thanks to the caresses of a ‘super butch’”, clipped from the zine fuzz box, c. 1990s

lesbianherstorian :

the lesbian avengers are currently selling prints of their classic t shirts to raise funds for their documentary project!!

get your avengers gear! grab one here!!!

today’s the last day!!!

self portraits of honey lee cottrell, published in sinister wisdom no. 7, fall 1978

rita mae brown on the cover of the lesbian tide vol. 2 no. 9, april 1973

“sappho’s reply” by rita mae brown

my voice rings down through thousands of years
to coil around your body and give you strength,
you who have wept in direct sunlight,
who have hungered in invisible chains,
tremble to the cadence of my legacy:
an army of lovers shall not fail.

a headline from an article about “mannish” and “boyish” styles in new york’s daily news, september 1925