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There was so much incredible material that I just couldn't fit into this piece. The most moving were the expressions of support for Sandy I found from women writing in lesbian-feminist newsletters and magazines from the time. #TransHistory #LesbianHistory #TransWomenAreWomen 🧵
There were certainly hostile responses to the Olivia scandal, but there was also pushback against that. In 1978 Lesbian Connection printed ten letters responding to an open letter criticising Olivia for working with a trans woman. Eight of those ten disagreed, siding with Olivia. 
Some of the letters describe loving personal and romantic relationships between cis and trans lesbians. #LWithTheT #TransWomenAreWomen #TransHistory #LesbianHistory
My mom or one of her relatives from Crete gave me a tiny silver labrys (or pelekys / πέλεκυς). I later learned lesbians claimed the symbol too.
Happy #InternationalLesbianDay!
Happy #InternationalLesbianDay!
I don’t remember learning that the pelekys also was the symbol of the fascist Metaxas, as it is an ancient Hellenic (actually — Minoan) symbol. metaxas-project.com/doube-axe-labr…
The Hellenes also gave the world Sappho, who gave us some of the earliest recorded or preserved love and erotic poetry about women by a woman.
Happy #InternationalLesbianDay!!!
Happy #InternationalLesbianDay!!!
🇬🇷 Welcome to Lesbos, Greece.
👩❤️👩 The Greek island is inhabited by 115,000 Lesbians, but has also given its name to women loving women worldwide.
🌈 For #InternationalLesbianDay, let's take a look at the history of the word "lesbian". 🧵
👩❤️👩 The Greek island is inhabited by 115,000 Lesbians, but has also given its name to women loving women worldwide.
🌈 For #InternationalLesbianDay, let's take a look at the history of the word "lesbian". 🧵
🏛️ From the Iliad to the Odyssey, Lesbos has had a central part in Ancient Greek history.
✒️ One of its most famous inhabitants was the 6th century B.C. poet Sappho, whose lyrical poems explored her love of women and their beauty – sometimes even venturing into the erotic.
✒️ One of its most famous inhabitants was the 6th century B.C. poet Sappho, whose lyrical poems explored her love of women and their beauty – sometimes even venturing into the erotic.
👩 Sappho was regarded as one of the greatest poets of her time.
📜 Today, not much is known about her life, and much of her work has been lost over the centuries.
👩❤️💋👩 But Sappho's homoerotic writing – and possible personal life – has been discussed since Hellenistic times.
📜 Today, not much is known about her life, and much of her work has been lost over the centuries.
👩❤️💋👩 But Sappho's homoerotic writing – and possible personal life – has been discussed since Hellenistic times.
Pulp is lowbrow and cheap, so it could skirt around the censorship laws of the 1950s and cover subjects that 'serious' novels had to hint at. And one taboo topic dominated pulp in the '50s...
For #InternationalLesbianDay this is the story of the 1950s lesbian pulp explosion!
For #InternationalLesbianDay this is the story of the 1950s lesbian pulp explosion!
There were a few pre-war novels that treated lesbians as serious characters in relationships with other women, but mostly the topic was handled in circumspect code.
However all that changed in 1950...
However all that changed in 1950...
Women's Barracks by French author Tereska Torrès was published by Fawcett Gold Medal in 1950. Describing the lives of Free French Forces stationed in London in WWll it candidly discussed lesbian relationships and passions, and went on to sell over four million copies worldwide.
It's #InternationalLesbianDay!
Here is a thread on iconic lesbians in history, past and present.
I hope you will show your allyship by reading and sharing. 📌
#Lesbians have been with us for centuries.
This sweet couple was photographed in 1907.
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Here is a thread on iconic lesbians in history, past and present.
I hope you will show your allyship by reading and sharing. 📌
#Lesbians have been with us for centuries.
This sweet couple was photographed in 1907.
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19th c lesbians lived together in what were called #BostonMarriages.
Some (straight) historians have tried to de-gay them and erase their lesbian sexuality, agency and history. But they were still lesbians.
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#InternationalLesbianDay
Some (straight) historians have tried to de-gay them and erase their lesbian sexuality, agency and history. But they were still lesbians.
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#InternationalLesbianDay
Democratic women have long been in the forefront of radical change in America.
#DrAliceHamilton was a physician, scientist, social reformer & #lesbian. Her work created #OSHA. Hamiliton focused on the health of #immigrant women.
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#DrAliceHamilton was a physician, scientist, social reformer & #lesbian. Her work created #OSHA. Hamiliton focused on the health of #immigrant women.
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#InternationalLesbianDay
Oct 8 is #InternationalLesbianDay
#MphoTutuVanFurth is an Anglican priest, feminist activist, daughter of #DesmondTutu & lesbian.
#MphoTutuVanFurth is an Anglican priest, feminist activist, daughter of #DesmondTutu & lesbian.
Oct 8 is #InternationalLesbianDay
#QuiJin was a Chinese scholar, revolutionary, feminist, writer, warrior & lesbian. She was executed at 31.
#QuiJin was a Chinese scholar, revolutionary, feminist, writer, warrior & lesbian. She was executed at 31.
Oct 8 is #InternationalLesbianDay
#Chrystos is a #NativeAmerican/indigenous poet, activist, two-spirit, lesbian.
#Chrystos is a #NativeAmerican/indigenous poet, activist, two-spirit, lesbian.
October 8 is #InternationalLesbianDay
In South Africa, lesbians are at high risk from #correctiverape & murder, just for being gay.
In South Africa, lesbians are at high risk from #correctiverape & murder, just for being gay.
October 8 is #InternationalLesbianDay
19th c #lesbians lived together in what were called #BostonMarriages. Some have tried to de-gay them.
19th c #lesbians lived together in what were called #BostonMarriages. Some have tried to de-gay them.
