Real old photos of sapphics; a thread
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1890
1910
1920
1930 I'm sensitive
Dorothy Putnam and Lois Mercer started dating in the 1930's and were partners for over 50 years.
Dorothy served in the Women’s Ambulance and Transport Corps of California during the World War II, and later the Air Force, rising to the rank of First Lieutenant.
Evelyn Jackie Bross and Catherine Barscz at the Racine Avenue Police Station in Chicago, 1943, for violating the cross-dressing ordinance.
1950
always cottagecore
old times
always caring
strong
in love
in group
demonstrating
getting married
admiring
and always inspiring
Jannett Louise, Mary Alice Wesley and Ann Bush, Florida
Takarazuka Girls, 1930. The Takarazuka Revue is an all female Japanese musical theatre act.
Lesbian wedding, 1968
1940
oriental couples
Members of Lavender Menace, at the second congress to unite women, New York, 1970
Gay Activists Alliance Softball team
The Black Lesbian Caucus, New York Gay Pride, 1972
Women embracing at Michigan Womyn's festival, 1976
couple
Germantown couple, 1977
The Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance Softball team
Lesbian protests
2° photo from 1982
The common Lives team
lovely couples
Janet Gail and Carolina Kroon
The lesbian tent at the Beijing International Women's Conference
2° photo: Keisha and Lia, 1995
from older times to the more recent
Lesbian couple fighting for custody of their child, 1995
Gay rights demonstration, New York 1971
New York Pride March, 1993
Bibliographical References
Some history information were taken from this site
autostraddle.com/150-years-of-l…
Some of the pictures from the beginning of the thread were taken from this site.
vintag.es/2016/05/vintag…
Some photos were taken from here.
dailymail.co.uk/femail/article…
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