the way we were

LGBT history

Queer History

issues

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…

Vanessa —

Jun 19, 2012

lesbians they didn't teach you about in history class

LGBT history

issues

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.”

Laura L —

Jun 18, 2012

all the things they said

greatest hits

issues

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.”

Riese —

Jun 17, 2012

interview

lesbians they didn't teach you about in history class

book features

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…

Ryan Yates —

Jun 15, 2012

'zines/magazines

LGBT history

issues

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…

Chandra —

Jun 15, 2012

greatest hits

Lists/Top 10s

issues

16 Vintage “Gay” Advertisements That Are Funny Now That “Gay” Means “GAY”

“Happiness is a gay ribbon…”

Riese —

Jun 14, 2012

LGBT history

Queer History

issues

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…

Gabrielle Korn —

Jun 13, 2012

bikini kill

kathleen hanna

issues

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…

phoenix —

Jun 13, 2012

all the things they said

greatest hits

issues

20 Lesbian Slang Terms You’ve Never Heard Before

You’ll never hold a bowling ball the same way again.

Riese —

Jun 12, 2012

LGBT history

nonfiction

issues

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…

Riese —

Jun 11, 2012

LGBT history

pulp fiction

issues

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.

Brittani —

Jun 11, 2012

genderqueer

lesbians they didn't teach you about in history class

issues

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.”

Jemima —

Jun 8, 2012