The Ladies Of Llangollen: Runaway Romantics In 18th Century Ireland
The story of two women who escaped their homes in the middle of the night, lived in a castle and loved each other for over 50 years.
I Saw The Sign: LGBT Symbols Then And Now
Roses are red, violets are gay, if you want a queer symbol, we’ve got an array.
When After School Specials Made Gay People Seem Not-So-Special
Curated video from 80’s and 90’s afterschool specials in which being gay was a lot like being a tornado or a flesh-eating virus.
The Lesbian Herstory Archives: A Constant Affirmation That You Exist
“I wish that people thought of it as a place to come on a Saturday afternoon, because it is important and it’s special. It’s not just about the things. It’s about having this home.”
The Very Lesbian Life of Miss Anne Lister
“I give you a selection of the extremely gay life of Miss Anne Lister, a contemporary of Jane Austen and a precursor to Shane McCutcheon.”
15 Ways To Spot A Lesbian According To Some Really Old Medical Journals
“Has a firmness to her walk, a long step, and a rather heavy timbre to her voice.”
Ann Bannon, Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction: The Autostraddle Interview
“And so while I would have loved to have done what Laura did, to go to New York and try to find myself, I did the more conventional thing, and I think I was not alone in that.”
Trials and Titillation in Toronto: A Virtual Tour of the Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives
“Happily, in the rainbow-tinted future we are surely headed for, where queer history is included in high school curriculum as a matter of routine, textbook editors will have somewhere to turn for their chapter content: The Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives.”
16 Vintage “Gay” Advertisements That Are Funny Now That “Gay” Means “GAY”
“Happiness is a gay ribbon…”
In 1973, Pamela Learned That Posing in Drag With A Topless Woman Is Forever
“During Gay Pride Week, Pamela’s father came to the Village to take her out to dinner… and that’s when Pamela saw it: plastered literally all over the place, on every wall and phone booth, was her own face staring back at her.”
Grrrls! Grrrls! Grrrls!: What I Learned From Riot
Riot showed us what revolution could look like. We had a new concept of what power could be. We could find it within ourselves and in each other — and we didn’t have to ask.
20 Lesbian Slang Terms You’ve Never Heard Before
You’ll never hold a bowling ball the same way again.
Read a F*cking Book: “Odd Girls & Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in 20th-Century America”
If I had the power to declare this the official book of Herstory Month, I would. But I don’t have that power. Only you have that power. And you should read this book!
Before “The L Word,” There Was Lesbian Pulp Fiction
Unfortunate representation of queer communities may piss us off but it doesn’t mean it won’t help in some wacked out way. Just look at lesbian pulp fiction novels.
The Unaccountable Life of Gender-Bending Rebel Charlie Brown
“This little book… is to my mind the progenitor of all funny queer blogs written in the first-person. Yes, this is the story of the first queer blogger.”
Herstory Spotlight: Vita Sackville-West Wrote Words, Wooed Women, Wanted Woolf
On the lady who wrote this to Virginia Woolf – “You have no idea how stand-offish I can be with people I don’t love. I have brought it to a fine art. But you have broken down my defences. And I don’t really resent it.”
Portraits of Lesbian Writers, 1987-1989
Robert Giard took 500 photographs of queer writers in the 80’s and 90’s. They’re pretty f*cking awesome.
10 Great Places to Meet Lesbians If You Have a Time Machine
If you’re really sick of the lesbian scene where you live, why not build a time machine and go back to when everyone hated us? Here are some excellent places to meet ladies from history.
I Was A Baby Queer at Bible Camp
“The summer after I turned thirteen, I decided that exactly two things needed to happen in order for my life to matter: I needed Rosie Collins to like me, and I needed my parents to send me to Bible Camp.”
NYC Rock Camp Director Karla Schickele Is Badass: The Autostraddle Interview
“I guess the only person who shouldn’t come to rock camp is the person who’s dead set against supporting other people. That wouldn’t really jive with us.”