Lesbian Herstory Archives AudioVisual Collections

Straight Talk About Lesbians, 1980

Title

Straight Talk About Lesbians, 1980

Description

A didactic resource in which various lesbian women speak frankly about identity, culture, and history. Features women discussing their experiences, and perspectives as lesbians, including coming and being "out" in homophobic environments. Also features discussions with the children and parents of lesbians surrounding their thoughts on having lesbian parents or children. Notable is the discussion of lesbian music, with many songs played throughout.

"The first media presentation about lesbians and, pretty much, gay people at all... And nobody was really doing that until that point in time" - Debra Chasnoff of GroundSpark (formerly Women’s Educational Media), Director of later episodes of "Straight Talk About Lesbians"

Sources: GrouchoReviews, http://grouchoreviews.com/interviews/263

Creator

Lizabeth R. Diamond

Date

1980

Collection Items

  • Straight Talk About Lesbians.jpeg

    An educational film strip about lesbian women in which several speak frankly about who they are, as well as their culture and history. Features women discussing their experiences, histories, and perspectives as lesbians, including coming out and living in a homophobic society. Also features discussions with children about their experiences having lesbian parents, as well as with the parents of lesbians. Notable is the discussion of lesbian music, with many songs played throughout.

    Video restoration created by digitizing two filmstrips and accompanying cassette tape and assembling through computer video editing program.
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