High Femme Heaven

Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues

vintage lgbt shirts from wearinggayhistory some are undated but the others range from the 1970s to early 2000s

1991

The Joy of Lesbian Sex: a Tender and Liberated Guide to the Pleasures and Problems of a Lesbian Lifestyle, 1977

Dykes & Gorgons, vol. 1 issue 1, 1973

Dykes & Gorgons, vol. 1 issue 1, 1973

Angelic Rebels: Lesbians and Safer Sex, Tessa Boffin, 1989

"Four Colors," 2023, acrylic paint. These are heavily inspired by "Forbidden Colors," by Felix Gonzalez-Torres (read more here). From 1980-1993, the state of Israel banned artwork displaying these four colors together in occupied Palestine.

cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other

Offerings by Joe Breggia (1997), from Butch/Femme: Inside Lesbian Gender by Sally Munt and Cherry Smyth

(1) The Heist, 1996; (2) Asia’s Room, 1996; (3) Anita & Sunny, 1998; (4) Before the Gig, 1997; (5) Cary Okie & Gee, 1997; (6) Bearded Lady’s Truck Stop Cafe, 1997; (7) Corner Store 14th & Guerrero St., 1996; (8) Beer Club with Malia, 1999 from Chloe Sherman’s Renegades: San Francisco: The 1990s

the body keeps score

Alisa Shea, ‘A Feminine Touch’, 2021 Watercolour on paper, 35 x 50cm

Members of Boston’s Lesbian Avengers eating fire at a reproductive rights rally | 1995

“The fire will not consume us. We take it and make it our own.”

Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807): Télemakhosz és Kalüpszó nimfái Tarhonya

Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Metropolitan Museum of Art