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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Julie Lee, 1989

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Julie Lee was an early and important member of the Daughters of Bilitis. She worked as a secretary and lesbian counselor for the DOB and kept up correspondence with a large number of women from across the United States, advising them on various issues including finding support, coming out, various personal issues, and locating literature, as well as general topics relating to lesbianism. Although she generally told the younger set to wait until they had reached the age of majority before locating and joining a DOB group, her writings invariably reached a large number of lesbians and helped them accept themselves and locate the support and resources they needed.

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Julie Lee, 1989

Julie Lee and her partner [Ginny] are interviewed in 1989. They discuss relationships, lesbian communities, activism and the civil rights movement. Julie talks about her role as secretary of the New York chapter of DOB and her roles in United Sisters, ACLU, etc. They both talk about police harassment and how 'out' lesbians lost their jobs. Julie also mentions her pseudonym.

Tags Activism, Anti-Semitism, Coming Out, Daughters of Bilitis, Discrimination, Job Discrimination, Julie Lee, Police Harassment, Relationships
Julie Lee, 1989

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- Daughters of Bilitis Video Project, 1987-1993
  - LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Julie Lee, 1989