Framing Lesbian Fashion (1992)

“DISABLED LESBIANS & THEIR FRIENDS,” San Francisco, June 28, 1987. Photo by Nancy Palmieri, c/o Special Collections & University Archives, UMass Amherst.

residents of the los angeles gay community service center's "lesbian house" photographed by bee ottinger for her thesis, c. 1972-73.

"TWO WOMEN IN LOVE" JOHN GUTMANN // 1937 [gelatin silver print | 19.6 × 19.7 cm.]

When it’s all said n’ done by Olivia Morgan

Quality Pie (1992) by Jessica Tanzer, Nothing But The Girl: The Blatant Lesbian Image

Footage of 1950s Butch-Femme Lesbians, to Lisa Ben’s song “The Girl That I Marry” in Before Stonewall (1984)

Annemarie Minna Renée Schwarzenbach (23 May 1908 – 15 November 1942) was a Swiss writer, journalist, photographer and traveler. One of her friends recalled: “She lived dangerously. She drank too much. She never went to sleep before dawn.”

(September 10th 1960)

illustration by Fred Spurgin

photographs of the los angeles gay service center's 'lesbian house' residents by bee ottinger for her thesis, 1972-3.

And that was after almost a decade of marriage equality! The fear and anxiety leading up to that surgery and the recovery process after reinforced for me just how important marriage can be. It’s a form of self-determination.

(Image of Electric Fan (Feel It Motherfuckers) by John Boskovich)

residents of the los angeles gay community service center's "lesbian house" photographed by bee ottinger for her thesis, c. 1972-73.

1930 c. Josephine Baker in top hat, white tie and tails. From Images of Yore, FB.

I had an aunt who dressed like these ladies and she identified herself as a “stud” , a word used in the lesbian community to identify a level of masculinity. My aunt had to endure sexism, racism and scrutiny more than I can imagine. She was “out” during the 50s and 60s, waaaay before the famous LGBT Stonewall riots that took place in NYC.

drawn by emily oddwoman, september 1979